2009 was an ass-kicker of the highest order. The year found me traveling, exhibiting, and teaching all over the world, which was great, but it left me precious little time to spend with my husband, few opportunities to focus on my 2009 goals, and almost no extra space to expand my mind with the cultural happenings that have made up my past "Big List of Lists." So, this year I'm presenting...
Thursday, 31 December 2009
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
Bedlam Exposed
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© Charlie LordAll Things Considered had a fascinating story today about a group of WWII conscientious objectors who were assigned to work at state hospital Philadelphia in lieu of military service. While working in the hospitals they witnessed disturbing excesses of abuse against the patients. When the war was coming to an end they decided they would expose the violent neglect. Charlie Lord sn...
Friday, 25 December 2009
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Vic Chesnutt RIP
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A tragic end for a truly brilliant singer and songwri...
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
One-Eyed Man with Harpoon
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Fascinating story from Smithsonian.com about the discovery of the first known photograph of Phineas Gage, neuroscience's most famous patientIn 1848, Gage, 25, was the foreman of a crew cutting a railroad bed in Cavendish, Vermont. On September 13, as he was using a tamping iron to pack explosive powder into a hole, the powder detonated. The tamping iron—43 inches long, 1.25 inches in diameter ...
Monday, 21 December 2009
Glass Jars
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Alec Soth is spreading his narrative wings with video. More plea...
Sunday, 20 December 2009
Birdfeeders and Evolution
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Domesticated was born largely from my interest in evolution after reading The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time. I became fascinated with the concept of evolution in real-time and wanted to explore the grander implications of subtle and gradual human interventions within ecosystems.We tend to think to think of evolution as something that has happened in the past. We see the...
Friday, 18 December 2009
The Largest Panorama Photograph in the World
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360 Cities has put together what they believe is the largest panorama photo in the world. Check it out, but be prepared to spend the next 5 hours getting lost in this amazing photo of Prague.This image was shot on October 3, 2009. It is made from hundreds of individual photographs and stitched together into a single seamless panoramic image.We have put the entire image, in full resolution, onl...
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Monday, 14 December 2009
A Few Questions for Geoff Smith
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Dishdrainer 2006© Geoff SmithA little over a year ago I was in need of a digital assistant to help me improve my technical skills and prints. Joshua Lutz suggested I contact his friend Geoff Smith. And I'm really glad I did. Geoff whipped my work into shape, showing me how to improve my scanning and print quality in my preparation for my show at ClampArt this past fall.Not only is Geoff...
Larry Sultan RIP
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Mom and Dad in Bed, Reading © Larry SultanLarry Sultan's influence can not be understated. Truly a giant of contemporary photograp...
Saturday, 12 December 2009
The Future of Photobooks
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Andy Adams of Flak Photo asked me to weigh in on the 'Future of Photobooks' conversation initiated by Livebooks. Most of what I've read on this topic has centered on technology and it's impact on the process and distribution of photography books. Technology has lowered the barrier to entry and the Internet has changed the distribution model, but does this represent a significant advancement of...
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
The Exhibition Lab
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Two of my favorite NY gallerists, Sasha Wolf and Michael Foley, have banded together on a smart new initiative, The Exhibition Lab. From their site:The Exhibition Lab offers the unique opportunity for photographers to work directly with two New York City gallery owners, creating new work to be curated in two concurrent group exhibitions.This new initiative will provide an opportunity for emerg...
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Deer Swims Across Hudson River to Escape Jersey City
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I want to make this image:A wayward deer is on its way back to the wild after an urban adventure that saw it roam through downtown Jersey City, leap into the Hudson and swim to Governor's Island. New York television station WABC-7 reported the deer made its way on to the rocks at Governor's Island before police caught up to it and tranquilized it.A Jersey City police spokesman said the departm...
Monday, 30 November 2009
Spoon Featuring Eggleston Image on Cover of New Album
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Cover of Transference featuring Eggleston's Sumner, Mississippi, c. 1970If you want to create an iconic album cover, just use an Eggleston image. One of my favorite bands, Spoon, will be testing this theory for the cover of their new album, Transference. Via Stereog...
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Picture Black Friday
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Shopping is pretty much the last thing I want to be doing at dawn, but every year on the Friday after Thanksgiving millions gather in the early morning to save precious pennies on stuff they probably don't need. Shoppers are fevered with anticipation and crazed with deal-lust. Retail stores push this frenzy by making the door opening an event--a doorbuster!--and in the current economic climate...
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Meshes of the Afternoon
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Meshes of the Afternoon is groundbreaking avant-garde film from 1943. It was directed by the great Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid. If it feels vaguely familiar to you it may because it was a major influence on David Lynch and his films Lost Highway and Inland Empi...
Monday, 9 November 2009
Say No to Violence Against Women
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© Nan GoldinUNIFEM, the United Nations development fund for women, just launched a global call for action to end violence against women and girls. The facts are staggering: up to 70 per cent of women experience physical or sexual violence from men in their lifetime. The UNIFEM campaign, Say NO - UNITE to End Violence Against Women, allows you to take immediate action or create and organize your...
Saturday, 31 October 2009
Happy Halloween
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Via stevechasmarI was so busy shooting today I almost forgot to wish everyone a Happy Hallowe...
Friday, 30 October 2009
Do My Bidding
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Sunburned GSP #144 © Chris McCaw Just a few more days to bid on the impressive photographs in the Aperture Foundation auction.The live auction includes works by Matthew Pillsbury, Diane, Arbus, Joel Meyerowitz and Abelardo Morell.The silent auction promises even more great work by Chris McCaw, Jane Hammond, Trevor Paglen, Phillip Toledano and yours tru...
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Must See Shows
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My Mother's Scar © Doug DuboisI'm really looking forward to two openings Thursday night. Doug Dubois' ...all the days and nights at Higher Pictures and Phil Toledano's America: The Gift Shop at Hous Projects.In advance of his show, I spoke with Phil about the project and one of my favorite pieces in the show, the Abu Ghraib bobblehead. It's based on the all too familiar image of a man being mock...
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Something's Happening in DUMBO
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Dina © Phillip ToldedanoThere's a lot of good energy in Dumbo this season. And much of it is centered around 111 Front Street. New galleries have opened and existing galleries are deepening their programs. There's a lot of interesting and diverse photography on view. Here are some highlights from the next few weeks:October 16Winter, Alton, Illinois © Jo Ann WaltersOf LandFeaturing the work of...
Monday, 19 October 2009
Surface Tension Thesis Show
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© Jaime PermuthThis Wednesday will see me at the opening of my SVA student's thesis show. The students have worked long and hard over the past year and now they get to strut their stuff. Old friend and all around sweetheart Dan Halm has curated a thought provoking show.Here are the details:Surface TensionAn exhibition of thesis work from the 2009 graduating class of theMPS Digital Photography...
Foreclosure: Death of the American Dream
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Lauren Greenfield continues to push further into the new media realm mixing still photography and video for this piece on the foreclosure crisis. From Frank Eve...
Sunday, 18 October 2009
Dutch Accidents
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Accident photos from the Nationaal Archief's photostream on Flic...
Saturday, 17 October 2009
Eames Polaroid Promotional Film
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Promotional film for the Polaroid SX-70 made by Charles and Ray Eam...
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Discover: Vivian Maier
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© Vivian MaierJohn Maloof recently purchased more than 40,000 mostly medium format negatives at an auction for items from an unpaid storage locker. He soon discovered he had found the life's work of a hereto unknown Chicago street photographer name Vivian Maier. The work spans most of the 1950s to the 1970s. Vivian passed away on April 22, 2009. Her photographs are some of the more accomplis...
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
A Response to Pieter Hugo's Photographs
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A little over a week ago I posted images from Pieter Hugo's newest series Nollywood. Almost immediately I received a very considered email from Sebastien Boncy who took issue with the work. I've always thought Pieter was an amazing portraitist (I own one of his prints), but his work suggests a dialogue with the countries and peoples he captures that, as an American, I am not privy to. In the...
Monday, 12 October 2009
Enter the Bubble Chamber
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A classic example of a pimue decayI have been very fascinated with bubble chamber photography lately. These photographic images capture short-lived reactions of electrically-charged particles moving through a chamber of superheated liquid. The resulting images offer a variety of straight lines, spirals, and curves that share a similarity to shapes humans seem predisposed to draw and enjoy. These...
Sunday, 4 October 2009
Michael Schmelling Mails It In
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There were so many wonderful things at this year's NY Art Book Fair that I'm kind of glad they didn't take credit cards. My favorite purchase was an envelope of Michael Schmelling prints he mailed to J & L Books just for the event. I finally opened the envelope today and found these little gems inside....
Saturday, 3 October 2009
Side Effects May Include...
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Vintage ad from Espacios publicitariosHeadache; infections; muscle pain; diarrhea; joint pain; inflammation of the sinuses; accidental injury; unexplained rash; abdominal pain (stomach pain); general feeling of weakness (asthenia); the flu; back pain; allergic reaction; constipation; sore throat (pharyngitis); ash, hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the...
Pieter Hugo's Nollywood
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Obechukwu Nwoye. Enugu, Nigeria, 2008 © Pieter HugoThe prolific and talented Pieter Hugo has a new body of work called Nollywood. Nollywood is the colloquial name given to the Nigerian film industry and all of the images appear to be portraits of actors in b-movies. The new photos share similarities to his previous work--desaturated tones and subjects looking at you with a bayonet gaze--but t...
Friday, 2 October 2009
In The Street
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Simply one of the most beautiful pieces of poetry ever put to film. Enjoy this classic film by Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, and James Agee shot in the late 1940s on the streets of East Harl...
The Americans
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© Robert FrankTomorrow I'm going to see the "Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans" exhibit at the Met. For me this feels like my own personal hajj. It is impossible to understate Robert Frank's contribution to photography and the American identity. I have seen many of Frank's photographs individually, but this is the first time I will be able to experience the full sweep of his expression....
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Meet the Family
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National Geographic announces discovery of oldest human skelet...
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Caught or Captured Thursday in DUMBO
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© Charles Fréger and Bill SullivanOn Thursday after teaching I'm heading across the river to DUMBO for first Thursday and one show in particular. Good friend Bill Sullivan will be showing work alongside Charles Fréger at the Caption Gallery. This will be the first of a series of shows featuring work by photographers in the POC America collective, of which I'm very pleased to be a member.Here...
Monday, 28 September 2009
W. Eugene Smith: This Photo is Blowing My Mind
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W. Eugene Smith, 1957I recently came across a slide show of Kodachrome images on the Fortune magazine Web site. Included in the mix were a number of rare images by black and white masters Ansel Adams and Walker Evans. However, the real stunner of the group is the image above from W. Eugene Smith. In this glorious photo he manages to evoke both menace and mundanity and leaves me hoping the Fort...
Sunday, 27 September 2009
Oh Public Road!
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Algiers, Louisiana, 2001 © Peter KayafasThis afternoon I'm traveling to Cambridge, MA for a meeting to plan my upcoming show at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. I'm looking forward to hitting the road. I hope to find a few stranded motorists along the way.I've had photography about the American road and cars on my mind lately with Robert Frank's The Americans opening this week at the Met...
Sunday, 20 September 2009
Anderson Ranch
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Wood shop at Anderson RanchIn late July I taught a workshop called Seeing in Color at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado. Apart from being felled by a killer flu and a crippling touch of altitude sickness, my experience was overwhelmingly positive. It was my first time in Colorado and only my second time teaching such an intensive workshop.Snowmass and the surrounding area...
Mugging for the Camera
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Recent mug shots from St. Petersburg TimesThe Smithsonian photography blog, The Bigger Picture, points to a recent article in Time Magazine about the rise of mugshot features in online newspapers. As newspapers struggle to survive some are finding our insatiable thirst for voyeuristic content to be advertising revenue gold. Mug shot from Least Wanted: A Century of American MugshotsYesterday...
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Big Night
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Glamorous Hair © Tim DavisBoy there are a lot of great shows opening in the next few weeks. Of course, I will be preoccupied with my own opening at ClampArt on Thursday night so I wont be able to see these other great exhibitions for a few days:Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, Nottinghamshire © Simon RobertsSimon Roberts' We English at Klompching Gallery If you can’t make it out to Brooklyn...
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Sunday, 6 September 2009
Thursday, 27 August 2009
School Daze
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A high school graduate and friend in Baku, Azerbaijan © James PomerantzPhotojournalist and newly minted graduate student James Pomerantz has launched a blog, A Photo Student, where he promises to detail all of his ups and downs during his first year in the MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media department at the School of Visual Arts.As many of you may know I love to gush about the SVA....
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Crappy Taxidermy
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Oh, what an ignoble fate. Crappy Taxidermy via Alanna Risse (aka Angry Pirat...
Saturday, 1 August 2009
La Fotógrafos de México, Pt. 5
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© Javier CuervoPhotographer: Javier Cuervo© Vanessa FentonPhotographer: Vanessa FentonFrom: Fourteen ClosetsWeb site: thisishumanmade.blogspot.com© Oliver SantanaPhotographer: Oliver SantanaFrom: Carnival© Adriana BravoPhotographer: Adriana BravoFrom: Fotos Per...
Friday, 24 July 2009
La Fotógrafos de México, Pt. 4
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© Carlos RodriguezPhotographer: Carlos RodriguezFrom: Hide-and-SeekWeb site: flickr.com/photos/elcharlys© Lluvia Pamela RamirezPhotographer: Lluvia Pamela RamirezFrom: Poker© Onnis LuquePhotographer: Onnis LuqueFrom: Project Mexico City© Abraham Castillo FloresPhotographer: Abraham Castillo FloresFrom: Dispatc...
Synesthesia
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Synesthesia is a neurological event in which the stimulation of one sensory path triggers an involuntary response in a second sensory path. Synesthesia is also a short film by Terri Time...
Thursday, 23 July 2009
Susana Raab Solo Show in Milwaukee
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Hot Dorothies © Susana RaabThe lovely and talented Susana Raab is having the first solo show of her saturated and smart images that explore America’s fascination with fast food and leisure.The show opens tomorrow at the Dean Jensen Gallery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I wish I could see it. If you’re in the greater Milwaukee area (I'm looking at you Chicagraphers!), do stop by.Here are the...
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
La Fotógrafos de México, Pt. 3
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© Silvana AgostoniPhotographer: Silvana AgostoniFrom: PanoticonWeb site: www.silvanaagostoni.com© Javier SirventPhotographer: Javier SirventFrom: Unos Otros MéxicosWeb site: www.javiersirvent.com© Alfredo MorenoPhotographer: Alfredo MorenoFrom: Mexico CityWeb site: flickr.com/photos/raggaepo...
Living in a Reversed World
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Mind Hacks has an interesting post about a new study in Psychological Science that suggests a shift in our angle of site can alter our perception of time. A shift to the right expands time while a shift to the left shrinks time. The post also links to a fantastic archival film, Living in a Reversed World, that explores how we adapt "when everything is shifted through the lens."...
Monday, 20 July 2009
2009 Light Work Annual
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The 2009 Light Work Annual is out now and features five images from my Stranded series with an essay by Alec Soth. I'm very grateful to Light Work for inviting me to be an Artist-in-Residence and to Alec for his thoughtful words about my wo...
Sunday, 19 July 2009
Three Ways of Melting a Chocolate Hare
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I am really loving the colorful films of Lernert Engelberts & Sander Plug. Be sure to view I Love Alaska. It's one of the most engaging pieces I've seen on the sometimes lonely reality of online communi...
Saturday, 18 July 2009
La Fotógrafos de México, Pt. 2
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© Andrés ArenasPhotographer: Andrés ArenasFrom: Hotel VirreyesWeb site: arenasphoto.blogspot.com© Livia RadwanskiPhotographer: Livia RadwanskiFrom: Unos Otros MéxicosWeb site: www.liviaradwanski.com© Ana HopPhotographer: Ana Hop From: Anonymous PhotographersWeb site: www.anahop....
Friday, 17 July 2009
Syracuse MFA Show Opening Friday Night
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© Christopher GianunzioLast fall semester Doug DuBois invited me to Syracuse University to speak to his students and visit with some of the graduate students. This was my first visiting artist gig and I was pretty nervous. In the end I had nothing to fear because the students were talkative, talented and eager for feedback. © Colin ToddSince my visit I've stayed in touch with many of the stude...
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
La Fotógrafos de México, Pt. 1
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Several weeks ago I lead a photography book-making workshop in Mexico City for Tóxico Cultura. The workshop was attended by a great group of photographers that deserve more attention. Over the next week or so I will be showcasing some of their work. © Yara AngelPhotographer: Yara AngelFrom: Retratos de la Ausencia (Pictures of Absence)Web site: flickr.com/photos/yaraangel© Jose Luis...
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Friday, 3 July 2009
Blurb's Photography.Book.Now Contest
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2008 Photography.Book.Now winner, In The Garden by Beth DowTwo weeks ago I lead a six day photography book workshop in Mexico City. The workshop was run by the lovely Gabriella Gomez-Mont and Tóxico Cultura and was attended by some seriously talented photographers whose work I will be showcasing in the coming weeks. The workshop was challenging, but it was made all the more rewarding because the...
Sunday, 28 June 2009
Pigeon Craps On Guggenheim and Means It
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© John GordonAs newspapers and magazines continue to cut costs (and quality) by laying off arts writers and critics, I shudder to think what will happen if a desperate publisher or editor reads this study.The results suggest that the pigeons used both color and pattern cues for the discrimination and show that non-human animals, such as pigeons, can be trained to discriminate abstract visual...
Monday, 8 June 2009
Scope Basel Begins Today
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Basel, Switzerland is the center of the art fair universe this week as Art Basel, Scope Basel, Volta, and Liste all open today. If you are visiting Scope Basel and would like to see my Domesticated work, please stop by the Pool Gallery booth (C121). A free, signed copy of Domesticated to the person who sends me the best installation shots of my wo...
Sunday, 31 May 2009
But The Good News Is...
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Fists, Lithuania 2007 © Andrew MiksysCertain factions of the GOP are showing their true colors over the Sonia Sotomayor nomination. But the good new is...I’ve been thinking a lot about photo books lately as I begin the arduous but enlightening process of making a maquette for Stranded. So I was happy when news of two compelling new books came my way.From Not Niigata © Andrew PhelpsAndrew Phelps...
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Leda and the Swan
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Leda and the Swan, Cesare SestoThe myth of Leda and the Swan is disturbing. Zeus takes the form of a swan and rapes Leda on the same night she sleeps with her husband. Leda then give birth to four children; two by her husband and two by Zeus hatched from eggs. Leda and the Swan is a common motif in Italian Renaissance art, but it is always painted or sculpted as a highly erotic encounter....
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Does Living Abroad Spark Creativity?
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Ernest Hemingway at the Finca Vigia, Cuba, 1953, JFK Presidential Library and MuseumA recent piece in The Economist highlights a study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology that suggests living abroad may do wonders for your creativity. The results certainly seem intuitive. I've lived abroad and the experience shook up my influences. But, not so fast says Jonah Lehre on his bl...
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Herb and Dorothy
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This documentary looks really interesting. It's screening at Cinema Village on June...
New York Photo Festival, Come On!
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Exhibit AI want to start this post with two huge caveats. First, I am eternally grateful to the New York Photo Festival. Last year they chose Domesticated for the NYPH book prize and I have no doubt that award has opened doors for my career. Second, I am incredibly honored any time someone wants to exhibit my work.Now, to the business at hand.An event that bills itself as "The Future of...
Saturday, 16 May 2009
The Illusion of Sex and Attractiveness
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© 2009 Richard RussellThe winners of the 5th annual Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest have just been announced and the results are all together trippy. However, the third place illusion by Richard Russell of Harvard really stuck with me.In the Illusion of Sex, two faces are perceived as male and female. However, both faces are actually versions of the same androgynous face. One face was...
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Photography in Denmark, Spain and Brooklyn
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I'm in Denmark this week for the Friday opening of my Domesticated show in Aarhus at Galleri Image. I'm also showing Stranded in an amazing group show, Auto. Sueño y Materia, with Edward Burtynsky, Vik Muniz, Andrew Bush, Thomas Struth and Martin Parr opening Friday at LABoral Centro de Arte in Gijón, Spain. If you are looking for something a little closer to home this Friday, I suggest you go...
Saturday, 9 May 2009
A Few Questions for Steven Ahlgren
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Commercial Bank, New Haven, Connecticut © Steven AhlgrenWhen I'm not buying photo books, I'm a compulsive purchaser of old photography magazines. There is so much inspiration to be found in the glossy pages of back issues and every once in a while you find hidden gems by a photographer you've never heard of before. This past winter I bought a copy of the summer 1997 issue of DoubleTake and...
Friday, 8 May 2009
1000 Words/1000 Pictures
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Corinne Rose runs the Talkin' Back program at the Museum of Contemporary Photography. She was kind enough to send me words and pictures from their recent 1000 Words/1000 Pictures project. This is really amazing. Talkin’ Back: Chicago Youth Respond showcases the work of Chicago youth who respond to major issues and ideas impacting their lives and communities through photographic images and...
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Tonight I Party, Tomorrow I Pack
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Midway, London, Kentucky © Susana RaabMy foyer looks like a yard sale right now. I have pulled out and piled clothes and equipment, cords and books, computers and toiletries in a mad attempt to fit it all in my suitcase and take it with me to Denmark this Friday. Things are anxious to say the least, but that doesn't mean I can't maintain my usual New York art scene schedule. Tonight, I will...
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Archive of US Army Medical Images on Flickr
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LeMaitre Collection. Facial maxillary surgery, FranceFrom Boing Boing:An incredible archive of US Army medical photos and illustrations is being made available free under a Creative Commons Attribution license on Flickr by the National Museum of Health and Medicine.Be warned. Some of the images are on the grotesque si...
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
A Few Questions for Stacy Arezou Mehrfar
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© Stacy Arezou MehrfarI first met Stacy Arezou Mehrfar in my early days of learning photography at the ICP. Many years passed and we lost touch. In a weird twist we didn't reconnect until she moved 10,000 miles away to Australia. Since then I have been rediscovering her work just as the world seems to be discovering it for the first time. When I heard a print of Stacy's would be offered for...
Friday, 17 April 2009
Monday, 13 April 2009
MoCP Fine Print Program
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Hillside © Amy SteinThe Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago just announced the artists for their 2009 Fine Print program and I honored to have a print from my Domesticated series included in the program. The other photographers featured are Paula McCartney, Rachel Papo, Josef Schulz and Michael Wolf. The prints are produced in editions of 50, are offered for the ridiculously low price...
Sunday, 12 April 2009
New Domesticated and Stranded Images
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I have been sitting on a bunch of new Domesticated and Stranded images for a while, but just got around to posting them on my site. Struggle © Amy SteinBeth, Outside Tallahassee, Florida © Amy St...
Friday, 10 April 2009
Why I Love My Husband, Reason #4531
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My husband, John, is pretty much a genius and has spent most of his adult life working for progressive causes. He is now Vice President at Fenton Communications, the leading advertising and public relations firm working for social change. Today, the ultra-conservative magazine Human Events did an "expose" on Fenton that may well have been the best ever commercial for their services....
The Artist-Museum Partnership Act
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Last year I donated seven prints to worthy causes so they could sell them in charity auctions. Like anyone who donates to a nonprofit, I believe in the cause and want to do what I can to further their mission. When I give a print to an organization it represents not only the potential fair market value of the work, but the passion and creative energy that went in to producing the piece in the...
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Brian Ulrich Wins a Guggenhiem
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Powerhouse Gym © Brian UlrichThe substantially talented Brian Ulrich was just awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Congratulations, Brian. It's well deserv...
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
The Library of Congress Posts Earliest Films on YouTube
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The Library of Congress has begun posting amazing video content on YouTube. Worth checking out are some of the earliest motion pictures ever produced by Thomas Edison and his Edison Labs.Via Mashab...
Saturday, 4 April 2009
Age Appropriate?
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Don’t Fence Me In © Scott HuntDoes 'emerging' mean young? Should the age of an artist matter? ArtInfo addresses these questions in an article about a Spanish collector who canceled a sale after learning the artist was almost 50 years old.My inclination is to conclude that the Young Spanish Buyer is like so many fairgoers today, acquiring art for reasons other than what it depicts, what it...
Thursday, 2 April 2009
Thank You MICA
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Outside Clothes © Justin WilliamsWednesday I took a train down to Baltimore to give an artist talk and meet with students at Maryland Institute College of Art. Thank you to the faculty and students of MICA's photography department and all the folks who turned out for my talk. Thank you to the students for sharing your impressive and thought provoking work. And a big thank you to Alex Heilner...
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Ain't No Party Like A Collector Party
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Flood Dream, Ocean City, New Jersey © Arthur TressIt's Tuesday night and I am still recovering from Joe Baio and Anne Griffin's post AIPAD party last Saturday. Every year Joe and Anne hang a year's worth of the photography they've collected and throw a big party for photographers, gallerists, collectors and friends. The party is a who's who of the photo world and it's always a good time beca...
Monday, 30 March 2009
Helen Levitt RIP
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© Helen LevittHelen Levitt's contribution to photography can not be understated. Her photos revealed the restless poetry in the streets of New York and transformed the way we talk about the urban experience. As photographers and New Yorkers we owe her mu...
Sunday, 29 March 2009
But The Good News Is...
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Shen Wei's book Almost NakedThe finance industry has effectively captured our government.But the good new is...Shen Wei has created a beautiful limited edition photo book and will have a show at the new Brooklyn-based Randall Scott Gallery in April. Ian Aleksander Adams is live blogging from the SPE conference in Dallas this week. Women in Photography along with Lightside Graphics is offering...
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Little Red Riding Hood Told Through Infographics
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Wonderful spin on a classic fairy tale from Tomas Nilsson.Via Flowing Da...
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Social Capital Death Watch
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The only people who seem to be prospering in this recession are those that traffic in grim statistics. Yesterday the President of Americans for the Arts, Robert Lynch, said that 10,000 arts organizations will close this year. If Lynch is correct and "non-profit arts organizations generate $166.2 billion each year in cultural and related spending such as restaurants and parking, and they prod...
Saturday, 21 March 2009
Friday, 13 March 2009
New Obama Stimulus Logo Not That Stimulating
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The Obama administration just unveiled it's new logo for the stimulus plan and, frankly, I find it a little uninspiring. Stars, factory gears, and a plant are not exactly the symbols of a forward looking economic recovery strategy. Where are the wind turbine blades, the solar panels or the ocean waves that are supposed to be the centerpieces of a green economy revolution? Where are the...
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Image Maker Lecture Series at Soho Apple Store
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© Andrew HetheringtonWednesday I will be taking the stage with the talented and ubiquitous Andrew Hetherington to talk about blogs and photography and photography blogs. The lecture is part of the Advertising Photographers Association's Apple Image Maker series at the Soho Apple Theatre. It should be a lively and informative lecture and, most importantly, we are meeting for drinks after the...
Monday, 9 March 2009
The Face of Shakespeare
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AP Photo/Lefteris PitarakisExperts say they have discovered the only portrait of Shakespeare painted during his lifetime. The new portrait is certainly more flattering than the classic Bard portrait I'm familiar wi...
Monday, 2 March 2009
Domesticated at the Armory Show
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The blog is going to be a little light this week because my dance card is fully punched.This weekend is all about the art fairs in New York. If you are in town, please stop the Robert Koch Gallery booth at the Armory Show Modern to see work from my Domesticated series. Also, if you are in Richmond this Wednesday I will be giving public lecture at Virginia Commonwealth University and then...
Sunday, 1 March 2009
Jen Davis
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Untitled No. 11. 2005 © Jen DavisThe wonderfully talented Jen Davis has finally launched her portfolio website. Do yourself a favor and take a look at her new Men work. You can definitely sense a strong female gaze in the imag...
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Domesticated at Dashwood
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You can now purchase signed copies of my book, Domesticated, at the great Dashwood Books in New York. There are only a small number left, so hurry down and get while the getting's go...
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Bird Breath
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Chilean Tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicaria)I find these X-ray films of birds breathing rather hypnotyzi...
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Looking for the Perfect Beat
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Marilyn Diptych © Andy WarholOver the past month or so an art appropriation perfect storm has been battering the cultural landscape. Richard Prince was sued for his use of Patrick Cariou's Rastafarian photos in his series, Canal Zone, and Sheppard Fairey was sued (and counter-sued) the AP for use of a photograph to create his now iconic Obama poster.While those two incidents were being debated...
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
The Sheep Market
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The Sheep Market is a project by artist/designer Arron Koblin. Arron enlisted thousands of workers on Amazon's Mechanical Turk web service and paid them two cents to "draw a sheep facing to the left." The sheep drawings were collected and printed on collectible stamps. The animated process of each sheep's creation may be viewed here.UPDATE: Check out Ten Thousand Cents, another Arron Koblin...
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
The Noble Beast
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Andrew Bird © Cameron WittigAll Things Considered just interviewed Andrew Bird about his beautiful new album, Noble Beast. He is a fascinating guy who takes a unique approach to his creative process."I've always been obsessed with moss and moose's horns. The number eight, the sort of roundness of the number eight," he says. "The last record I made is a much more, like, pointy, toothy, jagged...
Monday, 16 February 2009
Nicolai Howalt's Car Crash Studies
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© Nicolai HowaltNicolai Howalt's new series, Car Crash Studies, is a brutal survey of the violent allure of the automobile. The images speak to our dark romance with car chases, joy rides, and drag races. They are abstruse evidence of the ever present danger that draws you close during the "Chicken Race" scene in Rebel Without a Cause and carries the tension throughout Two-Lane Blacktop. The...
Miss Atom 2009
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Alyona Kirsanova, sexy with cooling towersVia Wired:"Meet Alyona Kirsanova of Novovoronezh, one of the contestants in Russia's "Miss Atom" 2009. She is 22, works for Novovoronezhatomenergoremont, and loves "enjoying life." Don't you just want to take a dip in the cooling pond with her?"I am casting my vote for Nicolina, the warrior princess of light water reactors: Nicolina and her daughters,...
Sunday, 15 February 2009
I Love Gifts in the Mail: Dalton Rooney and Rob Hornstra
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Swans Nest, Brooklyn © Dalton RooneyDalton Rooney is a landscape photographer from Brooklyn. Like any wise, young photographer in this turkey burger economy he has taken prints sales directly to the masses with his Print of the Month Club. If you join the club, Dalton will send you a limited edition print each month and cover the cost of shipping. He was kind enough to send me a print of Sw...
Friday, 13 February 2009
Ain't Love Grand
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Two Towels © Alec SothIf you are looking for something to do with your beloved in the City of Brotherly Love, today is the final day to see my Domesticated show at the Print Cent...
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
The Arts Are Stimulating
Posted on 08:58 by election
Hedy Lamarr pioneered spread-spectrum communication technologyI believe art is its own reward, but that sentiment doesn't seem to win many converts when tough decisions are being made about dwindling economic resources. Michele and Robert Root-Bernstein take a crack at a timely new argument for the instrumental benefits of the arts."The fact is that the arts foster innovation. We've just...
Thursday, 5 February 2009
But The Good News Is...
Posted on 08:33 by election
Dad and Patty in the office, last days open, Trainer, Penna © Lisa KeresziLux Interior is dead and my husband is a bit distraught.But the good news is...Friend and early mentor, Lisa Kereszi, finally has a Web site. When I teach my class about photographers who have mastered color, I show Lisa's work. Sarah Sudhoff has made the Texas to New York trek this week so she can attend the opening...
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Monday, 2 February 2009
Andy Guthrie In Lyon
Posted on 07:54 by election
Andy Guthrie is a brilliant singer, songwriter, composer, pianist and guitarist. His last album, Milk and Waste, was one of the best albums released in 2005 and is still in heavy rotation in my house. His forthcoming album, Andy Guthrie In Lyon, features twelve mostly new tracks recorded live in France in 2008. Lucky for everyone you can listen to the whole album streaming now on Andy's si...
Sunday, 1 February 2009
The Stefan Ruiz Connection
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La Paz, Bolivia © Stefan RuizJen Bekman's latest 20x200 photographic offering is two brilliant prints by Stefan Ruiz. You would be have to be a fool not to jump on these beautiful and extremely reasonably priced photographs. And, since you are reading my blog, I know you are not a fool. Seeing Stefan Ruiz's name on 20x200 prompted an it's-a-small-world-after-all moment for me. He is among...
Saturday, 31 January 2009
I'm Your Biggest Fan
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Jesse, Braven and Unknown Feature Dancer, 1995 © Juliana BeasleyJuliana Beasley recently revealed a series of Polaroids taken during her stripper days. They are like mesmerizing dispatches from the planet Ta Ta. Rumor has it that more of these fantastic images will soon see the light of day.To learn more about the fabulous Miss Beasley, read interviews on Conscientious and Nympho...
Dark Was The Night
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In 1999 the Red Hot Organization produced Red Hot + Blue, an album of contemporary artists reinterpreting the music of Cole Porter. In doing so they raised the bar on the benefit compilation. Since then the Red Hot Organization has produced thirteen additional compilation albums, including the amazing Red Hot + Riot, all in the name of raising funds to fight HIV and AIDS. On February 17 Red...
Friday, 30 January 2009
I Love Gifts in the Mail: Graham Miller and Kevin Miyazaki
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It's been a while since I wrote a Gifts in the Mail post. This ass-up economy has put a crimp in the gift sending that once made my mailbox an almost weekly pinata of arty treats. Today the negative gift trend was busted in a big way.Rhonda + Chantelle © Graham MillerGraham Miller sent me a gorgeous print from his Suburban Splendor series. As I unrolled the image of Rhonda + Chantelle my kn...
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Thursday, 29 January 2009
Dexter and the Art of the Title Sequence
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I am late to Dexter. The series just finished its third season on Showtime and I have only recently watched the first two seasons on DVD. It is a great show on every level including the brilliant title sequence created by Digital Kitchen. The sequence does a masterful job of capturing the tension between Dexter the mild-mannered blood-splatter expert and Dexter the dutiful serial killer. In...
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Walton Ford: Man and Beast
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Ornothomancy No. 3a © Walter FordI have been enjoying the profile of Walton Ford in the January 26 issue of The New Yorker. As someone who spends half a project doing research on their subjects, I can appreciate his approach to making work. As a fan of all things beautiful, I can't help but fawn over his lush watercolors. Here Walton talks about the story behind his painting, Monkey Banquet....
Monday, 26 January 2009
Time Warner On Demand Service Sucks
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We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog topics to talk about the heaping mound of pixelated crap that is Time Warner On Demand. The Time Warner On Demand service is completely unwatchable most times and when it does actually play, it will allow you to watch 98% of a show before cutting out. Someone please tell me how WALL·E ends!! I am hardly alone with my Time Warner On Demand troubles....
Sunday, 25 January 2009
Thank You, Penn!
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Gallbladder Canyon © Kim BrickleyBefore the week gets away from me I wanted to extend a big thank you to the hundred or so folks that braved the cold on Thursday to attend my lecture at the University of Pennsylvania. I also want to thank the wonderful students in the Penn Design MFA program I met with on Friday. Your work is truly impressive and your commitment is inspiri...
Horses Think, Me Not So Much
Posted on 09:07 by election
Ofer Wolberger is one of the smartest people I know. He also happens to be a very talented photographer. Naturally, his blog, Horses Think, is a great read and should be a healthy part of your daily feast of content. I have been an avid reader for a long time, but just realized I never added Horses Think to my big list of blogs on the right. Problem rectifi...
Saturday, 24 January 2009
Queens International 4
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© Justine ReyesTonight I will be attending the opening of the Queens Museum of Art's biennial exhibition of Queens based artists. The exhibition, Queens International 4, explores issues of internationalism and multiculturalism through a large variety of mediums. I couldn't be more excited for good friend and fellow Jackson Heights resident, Justine Reyes, whose Guayabera series will be showing...
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Shut 'Em Down
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© Brennan Linsley-Pool/Getty ImagesObama Issues Directive to Shut GuantánamoPresident Obama signed executive orders Thursday directing the Central Intelligence Agency to shut what remains of its network of secret prisons and ordering the closing of the Guantánamo detention camp within a year, government officials said.The orders, which are the first steps in undoing detention policies of former...
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Artists Lecture Thursday at UPenn
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Disturbance © Amy SteinThursday morning I am taking a quick train to Philadelphia to participate in the University of Pennsylvania's Visiting Artists program. Later that day I am giving a public lecture and on Friday I will be doing studio visits with the MFA students. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Print Center and is free and open to the public. I encourage everyone in the Philly metro...
John McCain, Also Ran
Posted on 08:03 by election
A glum and winded eagle holds court over the They Also Ran GalleryLike many of you I am still basking in the glow from yesterday's historic inauguration. In our joy let us not forget that every indelible victor requires a broken vessel loser consigned to oblivion. Yesterday, John McCain got his proper recognition when his photograph was hung in the hallowed halls of flopitude known as the They...
Monday, 19 January 2009
Good Stuff In Any Language
Posted on 06:30 by election
If you speak French, check our Pierre Ménard's essay about Domesticated on Myopies. If you speak English you should read Rosecrans Baldwin's interview with me in The Morning News. If you speak Philadelphian youse better grab a hoagie and some wooder and come out this Thursday to my Visiting Artist lecture at the University of Pennsylvania.UPDATE: Humble Arts Foundation has just announced that...
Saturday, 17 January 2009
Stripper Polaroids
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I just came across this amazing Flickr pool of found stripper Polaroids from the late 60s and 70s. My apologies if any of these photos force you to confront your mother's previously unknown career path.UPDATE: Turns out some (all?) of these women are not strippers. One contacted me and asked me to remove her likeness, which I was more than happy to do. Hope the owner of the Flickr pool will...
Thursday, 15 January 2009
Review Santa Fe Deadline Approaching Quickly
Posted on 11:42 by election
Kim Song Mi & Kim Yun Kyong, Pyongyang Schoolchildren's Palace © Hiroshi WatanabeIn 2006 I was accepted to Review Santa Fe and had one of the best experiences of my photography life. The connections I made during my three days in Santa Fe have helped push my career forward in innumerable ways. More importantly, I met a bunch of really great and talented people that I will count as friends for...
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Evolution in Real Time
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Struggle © Amy SteinA story in yesterday's New York Times points to a study that concludes, "human actions are increasing the rate of evolutionary change in plants and animals in ways that may hurt their long-term prospects for survival." Basically, many of our attempts at conservation have run counter to the natural order of habitat. We have focused hunting and fishing regulations to allow for...
Saturday, 10 January 2009
While I Was Away
Posted on 07:23 by election
I have been on the road for the better part of a week finishing my Stranded project. I will post about my trip in a day or so when I get my bearings and wrap my head around the experience. In the meantime, here some housekeeping updates on things that happened while I was away.Domesticated was named to the photo-eye Best of 2008 books lists of Chris Pichler of Nazraeli Press and Heather Prich...
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