What the fuck is wrong with us?A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and witnesses said.The 34-year-old employee, a temporary maintenance worker, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the Valley Stream store opened at 5 a.m.Witnesses said the surging throngs of shoppers knocked the...
Friday, 28 November 2008
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
It's a Mus-Mus World After All
Posted on 10:50 by election
© Roger BallenOn November 4 at 600 Internet Time (the Esperanto of interval measurement?) a host of photographers from around the world took a picture. The results are now up on the Mus-Mus site. The most exciting surprise for me was that Roger Ballen's rec room looks exactly as I imagined it wou...
Monday, 24 November 2008
A Few Questions for Molly Landreth
Posted on 20:23 by election
Clare Mercy, Bellingham, WA © Molly LandrethI first saw Molly Landreth's Embodiment series while we were both grad students at the SVA. She was a year ahead of me and the series was still in the early stages, but I took notice. Earlier this year I was at Humble Arts Foundation's 31 Under 31 show and got really excited about an image that turned out to be Molly's. After the show I checked ...
Miss America
Posted on 13:58 by election
Amy and Zoe at the America openingZoe Strauss' America: We Love Having You Here opening at the Bruce Silverstein Gallery was a fabulous affair. Once again, the girl did it up right with beer and pretzels, comfy living room chairs, and photographs so good they make you want to quit taking photographs. Whether it's her gallery exhibitions, her public installations or her book, Zoe is completely...
Friday, 21 November 2008
Pre-order Signed Copies of Domesticated from Photo-eye
Posted on 07:00 by election
You can now pre-order signed copies of my Critical Mass book, Domesticated, on the photo-eye bookstore site. It is a lovely little book sure to bring you years of page-turning, photo-gazing joy. And, because it's a competition book put out by Critical Mass, only 600 will be available for sale and there won't be a second printing. Talk about an instant collector's item.Pre-order n...
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Thursday Night In NYC
Posted on 08:13 by election
Forest Glenn III © Christoph GielenTonight is a slow night for openings in New York, but that doesn't mean I won't be making the rounds. Donning a parka and warmed by wine, I am going embrace the New York chill to see the Moving Walls 15 group exhibition at the Open Society Institute and Christoph Gielen's Arcadia show at Daniel Cooney Fine Arts.The Moving Walls 15 show will feature work by...
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Thank You Syracuse
Posted on 19:07 by election
Today I returned to New York City after two action packed days as a visiting artist in the Art Photography department at Syracuse University. I was honored to have the opportunity to share my work with the students and spend time with them discussing their work during studio visits and crits. The students at Syracuse are extremely committed and were enthusiastic with their generosity. They...
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
ASMP Mentor Program
Posted on 06:56 by election
I'm about to hop on a plane to do a visiting artist stint in the grad photo program at Syracuse University, but I wanted to give a quick shout to the ASMP New York mentor program. The program connects working photographers with those just starting out. This year I'm participating as a mentor which means I'm committing at least one day a month for six months to my "mentees." If the thought of...
Sunday, 16 November 2008
Battle Photo: Auto Graveyard!
Posted on 17:01 by election
I have led many a photographer into the visual Thunderdome that is Battle Photo, but I have never entered the squared circle myself. It only seems fair that I subject my own work to the same test. And what better way to make my debut than against the best pound-for-pound photographer ever. I am doomed! Joe's Auto Graveyard, Pennsylvania © Walker Evansvs.Auto Salvage Yard, Route 90, Louisiana...
Saturday, 15 November 2008
Chris Marker's La Jetée
Posted on 09:23 by election
I teach the Freshman Seminar course in the photography program at Parsons The New School for Design. The course serves to give incoming students both a technical and conceptual overview of all things photography and a foundation of knowledge that they can build on throughout the rest of their time in the program. Each year one of the first things I do is show the students the 1962 science...
Friday, 14 November 2008
Certificate of Awesometicity
Posted on 10:07 by election
I took my car in to get an oil change this morning and this commercial was playing in the waiting area. My two favorite parts are when the white family toasts their Obama plate in the beginning and when the man in the pink shirt stops writing, turns to gaze upon his Obama plate, and then turns back to his writing with a shit-eating grin.Yes you can...own a piece of history.BUT WAIT, THERE'S MO...
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Framing the Presidency
Posted on 10:56 by election
In an age of hyper-partisan media and made-for-TV presidential stagecraft does the photograph still play an important role in helping the electorate define a candidate? Or, has the singular photographic image morphed from moment definer to mere visual buttress to support the rhetoric of partisans? Tonight, I am looking for answers.“Framing the Presidency”Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 7:00...
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Brand New Funky President
Posted on 20:00 by election
"Hey, countryDidn't say what you meantJust changedBrand new funky President"- James Br...
Monday, 3 November 2008
Vote! Vote! Vote!
Posted on 22:00 by election
If you are going to vote, great. I strongly suggest you vote for Barack Obama. If you live in California, don't be a dick. Please vote against Proposition 8. If you are not going to vote, you suck. And, I am going to kick your a...
ARTWALK NY 2008 Tonight
Posted on 07:36 by election
Now in its 14th year, ARTWALK NY is one of the great benefit art auctions in New York City. The auction helps fund the amazing work of the Coalition For the Homeless. This is the third year in a row I have been asked to donate a piece to ARTWALK and the third year in a row I have done so without hesitation. The economy is in the dumper right now which means that homelessness is on the rise ...
Sunday, 2 November 2008
Saturday, 1 November 2008
There is No Off Switch for Jason Polan's Genius
Posted on 20:40 by election
Lionfish © Jason PolanSunday my good friend Jason Polan will be doing something special for the Editions/Artists' Books Fair. As usual, it's pretty much genius.On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday I will be making drawings for a book called 100 People I Saw At The Editions/Artists’ Books Fair. The book will contain 99 people I saw during these three days. Once the drawings are completed I will pr...
Run Amy Run
Posted on 07:32 by election
Yesterday was a whirlwind of activity that took me to every corner and three boroughs of the city. It really wasn't much different than most days--my life pretty much follows the plot of Run Lola Run--but yesterday all the bit players and extras were dressed like the Joker and slutty nurses.I started off in Brooklyn with my assistant Geoff prepping images for my upcoming show at the Print Cen...
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