Mclean, Virginia, 1978 (C) Sternfeld and Luhring Augustine, New York
This is really great. Joel Sternfeld’s “Color Photographs since 1970” is exhibiting at Foam Amsterdam. If you’re in town between 16 Dec — 14 March 2012, go and check it out. Recommended!
4,6000.00 Hours, London 2004 © Alastair Thain
I always find myself fascinated by artists that make their own gear to fit their work-flow and achieve the compelling results they do. Alastair Thain is such a photographer. As an idea partly inspired by the US military, that used large format cameras equipped with powerful airborne flashes to photograph the Vietnam jungle at night, so does Alastair build his own custom made camera constructions to photograph his scenes.
Library. from ‘The City’ © 2010 Lori Nix
It’s not often that I find myself “transported” into someone else’s world, which is odd since it’s my favorite recreational activity! The World of Lori Nix is full of fascination and curious stories, told with a whimsy sense of humor and a lot of patience. Dealing with themes such as the apocalypse, danger and disaster,
1968 © Paul Fusco / Magnum
I’ve blogged about this compelling series some time ago, but since it’s the first time in The Netherlands that we are able to admire the prints on the wall, it’s certainly worth mentioning it again.
For “Funeral Train”, Paul Fusco of Magnum photo agency, traveled in June 8th 1968 on a special train from New York to Washington. On that train was the body of Robert F Kennedy, the Presidential candidate and the 2nd son to the Kennedy’s, who was shot 3 days earlier in Los Angeles. Fusco portrayed the thousands of mourners who gathered along the tracks to wave goodbye to their assassinated Presidential candidate.
These photos by Fusco remained hidden to the public in the US for a long time,
© 1975 Art Kane
Some inspirational work from Art Kane. Shot for Viva magazine (equally inspirational), January 1975 issue.
Art Kane? That’s the guy half much of the stuff today steals from on regular basis.
Larry Sultan by Kelly Sultan
One of the leading names in contemporary photography died yesterday at age of 63. RIP.
From the NY Times:
"Irving Penn, New York, 1951" by Horst
from New York Times:
Irving Penn one of the 20th century’s most prolific and influential photographers of fashion and the famous, whose signature blend of classical elegance and cool minimalism was recognizable to magazine readers and museum goers worldwide, died Wednesday morning at his home in Manhattan. He was 92.
Read the rest of the article here.
And a few favorites from his iconic images you probably know very well.
© 2008 Edith Maybin. from "The Conversion Document."
Edith Maybin‘s work is mesmerizing as it is subversive. Staged Role plays, costumes and image manipulation take part in making the final images, as a “study of the mother/daughter bond“.
Her work can be seen as part of the exhibition “Au feminin” (Women Photographing Women), in the Gulbenkian Cultural Centre in Paris, till September 29th.
These are some favorites of mine from Edith’s work:
© Massimo Vitali. Catania Under the Volcano #2806. 2007
The Italian photographer Massimo Vitali (1944, Como) is famous for his monumental photographs of large groups of people. These focus especially on contemporary leisure time activities: the beach, the disco, mass tourism. Typical of his work is the congregation of a large, impersonal group, in which details and individual stories can nevertheless be identified. Vitali’s photos are the result of a complex work process. He usually uses a classic wooden Deardorff 11-x-14-inch camera to record everything with the greatest of precision and from an elevated vantage point. The images are then digitally enlarged to form impressive panoramas. The results are images with an extremely wide visual field and at the same time a high degree of detail.
The exhibition in Foam comprises Vitali’s new work, complemented by an overview of existing work.
May 29 – September 9, 2009
© 2011 Angus R. Shamal
