Posts tagged Photography
Art Observed: “Canadian photographer Jeff Wall presents his first ever solo show in Eastern Europe at the Pinchuk Art Centre in Kiev, Ukraine, titled In light, black, colour, white, and dark. The exhibition includes 16 photographs and 7 light boxes, a mixture of Wall’s recent works and iconic images from the artist’s personal collection.”
*Young man wet with rain (2011). Images via PinchukArtCentre © 2012. Photographed by Sergey Illin
B-52 Girls Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson are in a catatonic state at CBGB’s in 1978 Low Fidelity The Photographs of Bobby Grossman/February 16 - March 16, 2012)
The Times Archival Photos Find a New Home on Tumblr - “For generations, most of the photographs housed in the newsroom archive of The New York Times — known affectionately as “the morgue” — have been hidden away from the public eye in filing cabinets and manila folders.” Not for very much longer, check out The Lively Morgue.
Cindy Sherman: Becoming
Jerry Saltz writes: “Cecil Beaton once said that “making oneself a work of art” was “that most difficult of all causes.” Cindy Sherman not only does that, she’s given herself up entirely to the mission…Today, I think of Cindy Sherman as an artist who only gets better. Right up to the most recent works at MoMA—giant implacable wall murals featuring Sherman as unknowable beings, sometimes more than one of her, wearing nude full bodysuits or early-twentieth-century frocks, carrying a shield, or bearing flowers. These neorealist pictures are as strange and strong as anything she has ever made. Since around 2005, she’s become a great colorist and manipulator of internal scale. Her colors aren’t just red or yellow but bloody and ashen, dramatic, vivid, flowering. Faces fill frames; the photographs feel ready to burst or collapse from internal pressure. No part of Sherman’s graphic field is now left unconsidered.”
Smithsonian Spotlight: Capturing a Movement - Scurlock’s photography captured the black community of Washington, DC, as they confronted racial segregation on the nation’s doorstep
undr: Bill Brandt A street in Edinburgh, 1942
Behind The Curtain: The Aesthetics of the Photobooth - An exhibition of historical photo booth photographic works are on display at Musée de L’elysée Lausanne. The collection of images have been assembled to depict the development and inherent quality of the photo booth aesthetic. The installation includes over 600 pieces from artists such as Andy Warhol, Gillian Wearing, Cindy Sherman, Jürgen Klauke, and Franco Vaccari, whose work aids in the comprehension of the impact this style has had upon photography from its origin to contemporary times.
London, February 5th, 2012: By The Gentleman Amateur
![Humans of New York - “Humans of New York began as one man’s [Brandon Stanton] effort to construct a photographic census of the city of New York. Over three thousand street portraits have been gathered toward this purpose. As they are collected, the portraits are plotted on an interactive map of the city. Though hundreds of portraits have been gathered from all five boroughs, only Manhattan is currently viewable. The remaining boroughs will be added as they are filled in. Along the way, Humans of New York has grown into a vibrant blog. Every day new photos are added of people from every neighborhood. Taken together, these portraits cover the entire spectrum of New York’s population. The site also contains a collection of stories written about the project’s most fascinating subjects. Recently, audio-visual pieces have been added to showcase the work of New York’s artists. HONY is constantly evolving. Feel free to follow along. If you wish to participate, Humans of New York has a very active Facebook group where the most recent content is discussed.”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxbwmdaB11qz50dao1_400.jpg)
Humans of New York - “Humans of New York began as one man’s [Brandon Stanton] effort to construct a photographic census of the city of New York. Over three thousand street portraits have been gathered toward this purpose. As they are collected, the portraits are plotted on an interactive map of the city. Though hundreds of portraits have been gathered from all five boroughs, only Manhattan is currently viewable. The remaining boroughs will be added as they are filled in.
Along the way, Humans of New York has grown into a vibrant blog. Every day new photos are added of people from every neighborhood. Taken together, these portraits cover the entire spectrum of New York’s population. The site also contains a collection of stories written about the project’s most fascinating subjects. Recently, audio-visual pieces have been added to showcase the work of New York’s artists. HONY is constantly evolving. Feel free to follow along. If you wish to participate, Humans of New York has a very active Facebook group where the most recent content is discussed.”
Humans of New York: Behind the Portraits
Wave (2009), Sean McFarland, Polaroid, 3.25 x 4.25 inches, Image courtesy of Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
Fashion | ACNE: Men’s Fashion By SONNY VANDEVELDE/January 23, 2012, 1:38 pm
Project ‘Eiterquellen’ / Photography by Stefan Fürtbauer - “…an ongoing project about Viennese Diners and the little different Viennese fast-food culture.Most of the time these Diners are isolated islands of food supply in an ancient surrounding with plenty of cultural heritage. Isolated both in the sense of appearance as well as in resisting global operating fast-food chains.”
Binh Danh: Chlorophyll Printed Photographs - “Organic in method, Vietnamese-born photographer and artist Binh Danh has created a body of work using leaves as his canvas. referred to as ‘chlorophyll printing’, the natural process involves a negative of a photograph being placed over a leaf which is then exposed to sunlight for a period of days. The green pigments of the plant will darken accordingly, resulting in a ghostly and monochrome image that are preserved in a block of resin.”
Diane Arbus Xmas Tree In a Living Room in Levittown, L.I., 1963, from a limited edition portfolio, A Box of Ten Photographs.
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