1. Alec Soth Do you want me to pretend that I don’t feel like a little child on the way to an amusement park when I hear Alec Soth has a new body of work? Someone pick me up from Chicago and take me to Atlanta to view Black Line of Woods, his new body [...]
Physical copies are now available of the Expsoure Project‘s 4th installation of its publication. There are also 50 limited edition versions that come with nice packaging and 2 signed, editioned prints! See my earlier post for details. Includes photographs by Chris Bentley, Rona Chang, Daniel Farnum, Elizabeth Fleming, Lee Gainer, Matthew Genitempo, Inka Lindergård & [...]
I’m happy to be included in the newest book release by MA’s The Exposure Project. I have work from Untitled (Baltimore) in the book, as well as a cropped version of a selected photo gracing the cover! The design looks great and I can’t wait to see it in print. The book will be released [...]
I have another essay in Ahorn Magazine, for their follow-up issue. I wrote a review on Robert Adams’ seminal The New West, reissued by Aperture recently. The online magazine looks great as always, Daniel and Anya do a great job. Also be sure to take a look at the feature on Ben Alper‘s work (who [...]
In this book of postcards, Peter Piller (Fritzlar, 1968) presents a collection of photographs found on eBay using the search terms Deko + Munition (ammunition + decor). Each photograph has been taken by an eBay seller auctioning off ammunition cartridges. In keeping with their stated purpose as home decorations, each cartridge is lovingly portrayed in [...]
© Thobias Fäldt Humble Arts Foundation Presents The Collector’s Guide to Emerging Art Photography Book Launch Party Thursday, March 5, 6 – 9 PM VOLTA NY 7 W. 34th Street at 5th Avenue http://voltashow.com The reception will be held in Volta’s VIP Lounge. An after party will be held at: Boucarou Thursday, March 5, 10 [...]
I have two left over videos from last month’s “theme,” and as you can see, I’m doing a great job of posting within each month’s time frame. William Eggleston’s The Democratic Forest: Lars Tunbjork’s Vinter *** © Lars Tunbjork I can’t recommend either one of these books enough. If you’re cold right now, in whatever [...]
Somehow, most people I have talked to that seem to know what’s going in art and photography have never heard of Jacob Holdt. Because Holdt has a book that is a best seller in a few European countries, and really made an impact on a lot of political landscapes in the 70′s and onwards, I [...]
Photograph from Nexus, © Murray Smith Nexus by Murray Smith is sort of like an odd thrift store find. In Baltimore, I used to go to this used book store in Hampden, which happened to be owned by a photographer. The photo and art sections were by no means amazing, however, at times it was [...]
Spread from Mr. Mkhize’s Portrait It’s been a little quiet here on the blog . I started a new job, and now am in the swing of things. I spent my morning making videos of me flipping through books to post on the blog this month, so expect more in the next couple of weeks. [...]
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