© Jeongmee YoonYesterday I came home to find two packages at my front door. Inside the first package was a signed copy of Jeongmee Yoon's new Pink & Blue Project monograph. The book is published by the Geonhi Art Foundation and includes an essay by Art in America editor, Richard Vine. It's simply stunning. Jeongmee is a dear friend and a fellow SVA MFA grad and I couldn't be more proud of...
Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Monday, 30 July 2007
One Man's Garbage Can Project
Posted on 06:45 by election
© Jonathan GitelsonThe fabulously creative and altogether wonderful human being that is Jonathan Gitelson just launched his latest masterwork, The Garbage Can Project. You have probably seen Jon's previous work like the brilliant The Car Project or his clever posters. The Garbage Can Project was born from his need to explore the mysterious motivations behind the continued theft of garbage cans...
Saturday, 28 July 2007
Photographer Googlegangers
Posted on 14:18 by election
Mike © Amy Stein (not me)If you know Brian Ulrich then you know he performs smooth jazz the way you like it. Perhaps you know about Brian's ministry that serves up the word with sweet and easy saxophone music.Oh, wait. Did you think I was talking about Brian Ulrich, the godless photographer from Chicago who beatifies his dark photo lord with an evil ritual of BMX, anti-consumerism, and gut...
Sign the Petition Already!
Posted on 05:46 by election
© Bruce DavidsonHey New Yorkers and fans of civil liberties. You know the situation, so sign the petition alrea...
Thursday, 26 July 2007
A Kind of Immortality
Posted on 10:10 by election
Map of the InternetBy now many of you have heard of the apparent double suicide of Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake. I really wasn't aware of their lives before they decided to end them, but because Theresa lived such a public life through her blog I have come to appreciate her work and thoughts since her passing. I mention all of this because unbeknownst to me Theresa once mentioned my work on...
Monday, 23 July 2007
Make All Your Photos Shore Things
Posted on 12:01 by election
Do your urban landscapes suffer from 'contemporitis?' Does the glut of taupe Geo Metros and silver Honda Civics that dot our modern malls, liquor stores, and gas stations thwart your attempts to produce insta-classic color photos? Are your efforts to explore 'the American identity' missing that critical old car nostalgia that immediately places your work in the rarefied company of Stephen Shore...
Friday, 20 July 2007
A Culture of Corruption
Posted on 07:48 by election
© Kathleen FlynnI once viewed this administration as merely incompetent. Now, in their every scandal, I see the calculating and pathological actions of a criminal. From the Washington Post:FEMA Knew Of Toxic Gas In TrailersThe Federal Emergency Management Agency since early 2006 has suppressed warnings from its own field workers about health problems experienced by hurricane victims living in...
Thursday, 19 July 2007
Random Rules
Posted on 10:50 by election
Every once in a while the shuffle setting on my iPod will play a string of songs that lead me to believe there is an intelligence involved. I am not talking about mere similarities of BPMs or genres. That wouldn't be worthy of mention. I am talking about the juxtaposition of ironic song content or similarly themed song subjects that would seem to require an acuity not possessed by most of...
Wednesday, 18 July 2007
Photographic Truthiness
Posted on 08:50 by election
This is not the LusitaniaDocumentary filmmaker, Errol Morris, who directed one of my all time favorite movies, Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control, takes up the debate about photography and truth in a blog article in today's New York Times: The idea that photographs hand us an objective piece of reality, that they by themselves provide us with the truth, is an idea that has been with us since the...
Tuesday, 17 July 2007
Found Stranded Photo
Posted on 20:18 by election
Found photo via cigarettesandpurity by way of Big Happy Funhou...
Monday, 16 July 2007
The Interactive Landscape
Posted on 10:14 by election
© Daido MoriyamaMathew Pokoik has curated a great photography exhibition for the 3rd Annual Mt Tremper Arts Festival. The show, The Interactive Landscape, opens on September 2 and features an eclectic, but solid lineup of photographers: Aaron Diskin, Amy Stein, Christian Patterson, Daido Moriyama, Ian Baguskas, John Daido Loori, Mark Wyse, Matthew Porter, Stephen Shore, Susana Raab, and Timothy...
Friday, 13 July 2007
Photo of the Week: Carny, Coney Island
Posted on 10:41 by election
2003 © Amy SteinAnother image from my Photo of the Week focus on Coney Isla...
Thursday, 12 July 2007
Road Trip Opening, Then Actual Road Trip
Posted on 21:24 by election
Last night was my first New York gallery opening and what a fabulous opening it was. All the work looked great and the joint was packed. I want to thank the whole Mixed Greens crew for a great show. In true Magic Mirror style I also want to thank John, Andy, Mathilde, Resa, Terry, Shen, Matthew, Bill, Cate, Jeff, Julie, Rachael, Suzanne, Sarah, and, of course, Shai and Marie. It was great...
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Stranded Google Map
Posted on 09:10 by election
© Amy SteinFor the Road Trip show at Mixed Greens Gallery I have put together a Google Map of my Stranded series. 61 photographs from the series are marked on the map to show the location where the pictures were taken. My hope is that this will lend more geographical context to the photographs and highlight the breadth of the Stranded series. I will continue to add images to the map as I take...
I Love Gifts in the Mail: Wendy Small
Posted on 08:52 by election
© Wendy SmallI just received a wonderful package from Wendy Small. Inside was a very nice note and three of Wendy's beautiful photograms from her Gun Running series. What an amazing gift! Currently, Wendy has a solo show at Schroeder Romero Gallery in Chelsea. Be sure to see her work before the show closes on July ...
Monday, 9 July 2007
Stranded Featured at Mixed Greens Gallery
Posted on 08:38 by election
© Amy SteinWork from my Stranded series will be featured in a group show at Mixed Greens Gallery opening this Thursday. Here are the details:Mixed Greens presents Road Trip, a group show featuring Luke Barber-Smith, Jinkee Choi, Linda Ganjian, Birgitta Lund, Eric Payson, Don Porcella, Kathryn Refi, Marie Sauvaitre, Joseph Smolinski, Zoë Sonenberg, Amy Stein, Ann Tarantino, and Carlo Vialu. For...
Friday, 6 July 2007
On the Record
Posted on 08:02 by election
© Amy Stein"I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk."- PJ HarveyThis year I have been asked to do several interviews about my work. The most recent interview with UNseeN Magazine was just published on their Web site along with a nifty Flash presentation of my Stranded series. I find being interviewed an awkward exercise becau...
Thursday, 5 July 2007
Photo of the Week: Girl With Pink Umbrella, Coney Island, NY
Posted on 07:04 by election
2003 © Amy SteinWith the impending redevelopment of Coney Island there has been some wistful recollection on the photo blogs of late. I thought I would join the wake and show some photos from my Coney Island series as part of my Photo of the Week feature. Coney Island has been a rite of passage for a lot of New York photographers and back in 2003 I took my turn at trying to capture the curious...
Tuesday, 3 July 2007
Independence Day
Posted on 08:12 by election
© William Lamson"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."-- US Declaration of Independe...
Monday, 2 July 2007
The Art of the Nonresponse Response
Posted on 14:35 by election
© William KleinToday the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (MOFTB) issued a statement in an attempt to clarify their proposed new rules governing street photography and filming in New York City. The MOFTBs nonresponse response was no doubt prompted by the flurry of negative blog activity after a New York Times story brought to light the new requirements under consideration. The...
Silas H. Rhodes
Posted on 09:22 by election
Last Wednesday the world lost a truly wonderful man and one of the great innovators of arts education, Silas H. Rhodes. I knew Silas as the co-founder of the School of Visual Arts, but his accomplishments inspired far beyond the walls of the college he helped create in 1947. He was a visionary, a creative, a champion for social justice, and a tireless supporter of the arts and free...
Sunday, 1 July 2007
Beware the Lure of the Pygmy Goat
Posted on 18:19 by election
(Not actual goat)I offer the following as cautionary tale. Saturday was an absolutely beautiful summer day. It was the perfect excuse to get the hell out of the city and head out to the wineries on the North Fork of Long Island. After a full day in the sun and many glasses of wine we decided to make one more stop for one more glass. It all seemed innocent enough.As we sat on a picnic table...
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