Straight photography is over. But who is writing about it? For what it’s worth here’s a start. And see this classic phibbing-with-photography cover shot analysis our friend Max Allen has discovered at Jezebel.
Entries Tagged 'PHOTOGRAPHY' ↓
post-Photoshop photography
August 29th, 2010 — PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING
something a bit fishy
August 12th, 2010 — PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING
…in the work of the late NANNA BISP BÜCHERT featured on a favourite site
Weston Naef on Edweard Muybridge
July 20th, 2010 — PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING
For fans of Forensic Art History. Read this fascinating three part interview with Weston Naef, until recently the Curator of Photography at the Getty, on the connections between Muybridge and the great Carleton Watkins, on the occasion of the Muybridge exhibition at the Corcoran. Did Watkins take the famous “Helios” photographs conventionally attributed to Muybridge? Read on, at ARTINFO, interviewed by Tyler Green of Modern Art Notes.
Max vs Max
July 16th, 2010 — ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING
Max Yavno, Muscle Beach, 1949, gelatin silver print, 15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in., collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Max Yavno Collection. Go to ArtDaily for the details… “Our” Max’s Form at Bondi (1939) can be found here, there and everywhere, thanks to Dr. Google.
an image to live with
July 16th, 2010 — PHOTOGRAPHY
is a strangely reliable criterion. What do you hang on your bedroom wall? So when I came upon this 1929 Rodchenko I decided I could very happily brush my eyes with it morning noon and night into these days of the 21st century. Going forward, as they say. Even though it looks like a print from a scratchy old negative, what would you expect with a subject like this? See the origin of this image here, and treat yourself to the particular kind of time travel that takes you back to the last years of the Vkhutemas. P.S. Perhaps I need a new sidebar category: WISHFUL THINKING…
Edward Burtynsky on TED
July 7th, 2010 — PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING
here.
Engaged Observers @ the Getty
June 30th, 2010 — PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING
in the flow of the moment, here’s the link to the Getty’s new exhibition: Engaged Observers: Documentary Photography since the Sixties. The show features the work of Philip Jones Griffiths, Leonard Freed, W.Eugene and Aileen M. Smith, Susan Meisalas, Mary Ellen Mark, Lauren Greenfield, Larry Towell, Sebastiao Salgado, and James Nachtwey. P.S. Can’t wait to see the book!
Controversies: The Law, Ethics and Photography
June 28th, 2010 — EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING
Alas! we missed it… This exhibition at the Kunsthaus Wien is worth looking into, despite the warning that “KUNST HAUS WIEN recommends that highly sensitive persons do not visit the exhibition.” Of course all Iconophilia readers fall into that category… Read more here
The Family and the Land
June 22nd, 2010 — EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING
Sally Mann at The Photographer’s Gallery, London.
Polaroid Collection Bankruptcy Sale
June 22nd, 2010 — PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, LOOKING, TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN
on The History Blog. Results here on ArtDaily