Thursday, April 29, 2010
Darlene: Shaktoolik Alaska 1967
This is the first negative that I printed. It is a scan of the photograph. I had it hanging on my wall for many years.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Fairbanks Alaska July 2009 : Stephen Cysewski
Fairbanks Alaska July 2009 : Stephen Cysewski: "4th of July, Inter Tribal Powwow, Golden Days, Red Green Regatta"
Monday, April 12, 2010
Hee Jin Kang: Red Wing & Sandy’s Deli | la pura vida
Hee Jin Kang: Red Wing & Sandy’s Deli | la pura vida
I like these photographs, and the concept of the photographs. It is the everyday layers of our life that create lasting memories.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
OpEd: The Beautiful Burden | la pura vida
OpEd: The Beautiful Burden | la pura vida
"Instead, I think the art world’s fondness for conceptual photography is just as Graham says: “The art world doesn’t get photography”. Specifically, straight photography. Is it a craft? Is it science? Is it history? Is it art? How do we judge if a documentary image is good or not? Yes indeed it is 2010, yet these questions still linger. Unlike, say, a Crewdson image which is easily pegged as conceptual and perhaps even cinematic, rich with internal art-world references and counter movements and comparisons to Hollywood production and so on, a straight photograph taken from the real world defies easy explanation. What exactly is it? If it is taken by someone like Paul Graham, there is at least a chance it will be understood. He has a reputation and therefore the photo must mean something.
But what if the exact same photograph of reality is made by Joe Flickr? Then what is it? That is a question which will probably never be answered to everyone’s satisfaction. Yet it is the exactly the question which keeps us straight photographers going."
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