April 2010 Archives
The
Photographers' Cookbook: Say
Cheese!
The BA (Hons) Photography students at
the University College Falmouth are selling a 100 page full colour cookbook to raise
money for their graduation show. Recipes are by photographers such as Elina Brotherus,
Richard
Misrach,
Alec Soth,
Rineke Dijkstra, Tierney Gearon,
Joachim Schmidt,
Martin
Parr,
Susan Derges and more. Photographs are by students
Pre-order a copy
here @ £9.95.
Great idea!
Shirin
Neshat - Film Still from Debut Feature Film, Women Without Men, 2009
Shirin is known primarily for her photography
and video work exploring the complex historical, psychological, and
ever-evolving social and political positions of women in the Islamic world. Previous photographic work includes the
depiction of Iranian women bearing arms and with Persian calligraphy written on
their faces and bodies. After years working in fine art photography and video,
Shirin had the chance to direct her first feature, an adaptation of a
controversial Persian novella by Shahrnush Parsipur set during the 1953
CIA-backed coup that reinstalled the Shah of Iran. The story recounts the lives
of five women set against this socio-political backdrop. Women without Men
opens in the UK in May
Spacy, 1981,
Experimental Film by Takashi Ito
This totally compelling experimental film Spacy, 1981 was introduced to me by a university classmate (thanks Sam). For further info on Ito, see filmography here and continue reading here:
Continue reading Takashi Ito: Spacy 1981.
The Foam Magazine Talent issue is designed to showcase and expose young photographers from all over the world. Talent Call is open for three more weeks. See here for submission requirements: www.foammagazine.nl/talent
Excellent news. Forthcoming Exhibition at the Photographers Gallery, London
The Family and the Land: Sally Mann
18th June - 19th September 2010
Model & Property release application now available
for your iPhone called Easy Release.
Easy Release allows you to create PDF release forms quickly and conveniently. You simply enter the step by step details, attach an image and digitally sign - all on the screen of your iPhone. You can then email the PDF to yourself and / or the model / property owner and store this on your computer. The app has been designed by professional photographers for professional photographers. It uses industry-standard legal language which is fully customisable and supports 12 different languages. http://www.applicationgap.com/
Unknown Untitled [Man reflected in mirrors], n.d. Collection SFMOMA
A very interesting symposium at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art:
From SF MOMA Website:
"Photography has almost always been in crisis. In
the beginning, the terms of this crisis were cast as dichotomies: is
photography science or art? Nature or technology? Representation or truth? This
questioning has intensified and become more complicated over the intervening
years. At times, the issues have required a profound rethinking of what
photography is, does, and means. This is one of those times. Given the nature
of contemporary art practice, the condition of visual culture, the advent of
new technologies, and many other factors, what is at stake today in seeing
something as a photograph? What is the value of continuing to speak of
photography as a specific practice or discipline? Is photography over?
SFMOMA has invited a range of major thinkers and
practitioners to write brief responses to this question and then
to convene for a two-day summit on the state of the medium. Participants
include Vince Aletti, George Baker, Walead Beshty, Jennifer Blessing, Charlotte
Cotton, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Geoff Dyer, Peter Galassi, Corey Keller, Douglas
Nickel, Trevor Paglen, Blake Stimson, and Joel Snyder.
Their texts will be used to kick off a panel
discussion Thursday night. The 13 participants will continue the conversation
Friday morning in closed-door sessions and will report back in a public session
Friday afternoon.
Read the participants' responses to the question here.
SFMOMA, Phyllis Wattis Theater Thursday, April 22, 7:00 p.m. Friday, April 23, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m."
UPDATE:
This week SFMOMA hosted a major symposium on the current state of the field of photography, with two intensive panel discussions Thursday evening and Friday afternoon. Yesterday's reports are here. The initial texts from the symposium participants are here. Other blog posts addressing the question "Is Photography Over?" can be found here.
Continue reading Is Photography Over?.
These photographs document visitors to the
exhibition of Marina Abramovic:
The Artist is Present.
(currently on at MOMA, New York).
Abramovic is seated in the Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium for
the duration of the exhibition, performing her new work The Artist is Present
for seven hours on most days and ten hours on Fridays. Visitors are invited to sit silently
with the artist for a duration of their choosing. Select show info to see the date and duration of each
visitor's participation.
Photographs by Marco Anelli.
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present (performance)
Continue reading Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present (Portraits).
