tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66666294045263368552024-03-13T10:41:35.392+00:00Ph39Photography and researchPh39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-76994021382908805242009-04-16T13:26:00.001+01:002009-04-21T13:33:07.141+01:00A new era for "Out of print"Eugène Atget's Photographe de Paris. Photograph: Errata EditionsFrom The GuardianBy Liz Jobey......a new series of photography books about photography books. If this sounds a bit like trainspotting, it probably is. But one of the main growth areas in photography over the past decade has been the interest in photographic books – not so much in new titles (though there has been a definite expansionPh39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-11254738832385178342009-03-28T13:18:00.000+00:002009-04-21T13:24:41.574+01:00Deutsche Börse AwardPaul Graham © Paul Graham (b. 1956, UK), has been awarded the 2009 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize.The Award was presented at a special evening ceremony on Wednesday 25 March 2009. Jefferson Hack, co-founder of Dazed & Confused, presented the £30,000 award.The Prize is presented by The Photographers’ Gallery and sponsored by Deutsche Börse group.Paul Graham was selected by the Jury for Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-67260674522693877002009-01-15T23:18:00.011+00:002009-01-15T23:35:54.214+00:00In Focus with Ghirri Lucerne,” 1971-72, from Paesaggi di cartone. Luigi Ghirri ©Few weeks ago on the In Focus section of the New York Times i found the work of Luigi Ghirri. Being one of my favorite italian photographer it was worth mentioning. I believe there is also a show at the Aperture Foundation in NY.Earlier this year, the Aperture Foundation published “It’s Beautiful Here, Isn’tIt…,” the first U.S. monographPh39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-65939732676408891572008-12-11T14:59:00.012+00:002008-12-11T15:39:13.575+00:00A road trip© Caroline de VriesFollowing from the previous post we are looking at the human public space with the work of Caroline de Vries . I recently came across some of her new projects "Street remnants"and "Urban Trees" both from the series "Small Archives". About her work in general Caroline de Vries says:My practice has evolved and is now principally focused on questioning the nature of the photographPh39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-28519232678628022682008-12-05T12:05:00.007+00:002008-12-05T12:26:17.544+00:00A human vision© Timotheus TomicekI recently met with Timotheus Tomicek from Vienna at a Festival in eastern Europe and i was impressed with his project Something Human You can see an online book version of the project on his website. Timotheus says about this work:"is solely about pointing to the traces and effects of human behavior.I steer clear both of exceptions and the exceptional. Instead, I search Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-19354758787319131902008-12-03T21:33:00.007+00:002008-12-03T21:58:41.606+00:00A double Danish Identity© Trine Søndergaard & Nicolai HowaltFollowing the previous post on Nicolai Howalt work just a quick note to clarify a duoble identity, infact i have only just discovered that Trine Søndergaard a photobased artist living in Danimark, she is working in partership with Nicolai Howalt at least in the following projects "How to hunt" , "Dying Birds" and "Treezone".More of her work here © Trine Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-8731635630428723212008-11-26T20:16:00.009+00:002008-11-26T21:14:18.539+00:00Danish identityNicolai Howalt ©Nicolai Howalt works was recently shown to me and fascinates for his ability to document with different work some of the social aspects of danish society, tackling with different projects the concept of identity.In his work Boxer Nicolai Howalt followed young Danish boys boxing in Denmark and abroad. The project portrays a series of young boxers before and after the match. AnotherPh39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-70524679244967888342008-11-24T14:21:00.002+00:002008-11-24T13:39:10.796+00:00A trip with Simon HoegsbergSimon Hoegsberg ©Sometime ago I saw Simon Hoegsberg work and i was very interested in particular in his project " The Thought Project " about the thoughts we have when we walk alone in the street. In most of Simon Hoegsberg work there seems to be an element of research to support and sometime combined the visual project A statement of the artist about The Thought Project: Simon Hoegsberg ©"Over aPh39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-85133893711168743432008-11-17T15:42:00.001+00:002008-12-03T22:31:19.191+00:00A child viewMarina Ballo Charmet ©A few days ago I was at a conference that presented the work of Marina Ballo Charmet, a photographer, an artist and a children’s psychotherapist by training.The artist was there and she presented her works which include photograph and video installation. In most of her projects MBC observes things from below, taking her eye view to a child level. With her project Con la codaPh39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-25971002289093434662008-11-13T00:01:00.001+00:002008-12-03T22:32:34.205+00:00Photography from the Italian RivieraAndrea Dapueto ©Andrea Botto is the Artistic Director of "On the road, again" title of the current Rapallo Fotografia Contemporanea on the italian riviera. For the third year running this small festival will be hosting the young talents of contemporary photography and the theme of this festival is "street photography".For this year event RFC also invited Mark Cohen as guest artist with the Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-31988124716770811872008-11-10T11:31:00.000+00:002008-11-11T14:16:43.190+00:00Bratislava, Photography from the East Symon Kliman ©A few days ago Bratislava Month of Photography was taking place with a number of exhibition around town. Here is some of the interesting work that we found during during the Sittcomm Award and the Portfolio Review Slideshow.Grzegorz Klatka with his car project, Symon Kliman with his Gypsies Made Nice, Maros Krivy with Green Dessert project and Mikolaj Dlugosz with the Real Foto Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-46729411943693000242008-10-30T22:00:00.001+00:002008-12-03T22:31:59.478+00:00New Photojournalism?Martin Parr © Dreamscapes Ocean Dome [bath center] 1996Following a recent post on Jörg Colberg "Some thoughts on the visual language of photojournalism" a debate has started with lots of posts on the Magnum Blog over this argument. It all started with a comment about creating awareness of drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) a project that photojournalist James Nachtwey had been working on. I personally Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-4215816505853176232008-10-27T10:07:00.002+00:002008-10-27T14:49:24.440+00:00Childhood memory at Paris PhotoBillingham ©As i was looking at the preview of the next Paris Photo on Lens Culture I saw the work of Richard Billingham, a Turner Prize nominee in 2001 and winner of Citibank Photography Prize in 1997. I rembember seeing his works around 1994 during a group show "Who's Looking at the Family " held at Barbican art centre in London. A couple of years later Ray's a Laugh was his first book and an Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-51048722363362934622008-10-18T08:42:00.002+01:002008-10-19T08:24:01.128+01:00Question Time with Giorgio Barrera Giorgio Barrera ©Few months ago I asked Giorgio Barrera , who has an interesting mix of projects, to take part in our question time. I was delighted when he agreed and after a period conflicting commitments we arrange to talk about his work.Ph39 - In the project "Through the Window " do people in the images lives in those houses or are they actors?GB - Both things are happening and that the two Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-57770311995176586582008-10-17T10:08:00.021+01:002008-12-03T22:32:59.762+00:00Naked Suit Pablo Chiereghin ©A couple of nights ago I went to the opening of Pablo Chiereghin exhibition at Micamera Bookshop in Milan. A very good show with a number of conceptual projects on display, more of his work on the website . The main project on show was Birthday Suit ( nakedness, being nude ) a series of street portraits made by the photographer while he was naked inside a window of a busy Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-36227562084912941572008-10-09T22:11:00.007+01:002008-10-10T12:07:41.265+01:00An ordinary landscapeBert Danckaert ©Bert Danckaert work is mainly looking at places that defines our lives in the everyday life often by isolating spaces from their surroundings. The photographer introduce his project Simple Present with this sentence “Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out"Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)Bert Danckaert ©Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-77151085145726749292008-10-08T14:46:00.010+01:002008-10-09T22:40:33.272+01:00End of Festival FotoGrafia in Rome?After months of speculation now It`s ufficial , The International Festival of FotoGrafia in Rome is not longer in calendar for 2009 due to financial difficulties. Marco Delogu, creator and director of the Festival was surprised by the decision, and confirmed to the press here that all the sponsor are in place for next year and the Festival team has been working as normal to organize the event. OnPh39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-58600336751838869072008-10-07T13:42:00.000+01:002008-10-08T15:34:27.229+01:00Twelve Dogs Jo Longhurst © Twelve Dogs Twelve BitchesFor several years Jo Longhurst worked with dog breeders, exploring the obsessive quest for the perfect dog. The artist with his work is exploring the history and practice of photographic portraiture and the concept of visual perfection showing the "evolution of the visual image of the Whippet, and the construction of human identity through the shaping of Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-57432177268898024152008-10-02T17:11:00.008+01:002008-10-04T07:14:02.158+01:00FFF Award to Leonie PurchasLeonie Purchas © from the series The Ward family, LondonLeonie Purchas with the project "In the shadow of things" she is the winner of the 2008 F AWARDS FOR CONCERNED PHOTOGRAPHY organized by Fabrica and Forma.Her project "In the shadow of things"is a photographic documentary about her mother struggling with an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder illness. The photographer looks for several months at Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-46403291127071626272008-09-22T20:03:00.025+01:002008-09-25T17:11:58.179+01:00Milan, two French photographer at Fashion week Bettina Rheims © Breakfast with Monica Bellucci, November 1995, ParisBettina Rheims, Can You Find Happiness? The exhibition opened at Spazio Forma Milan and was curated by Philippe Dagen. Around a hundred works are on display, from nine different photographic series among them “Chambre Close” and “Shanghai”. Actress, models, singers, and more or less well known women are the protagonist of her Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-78881593015010058842008-09-21T08:18:00.001+01:002008-09-22T22:16:01.365+01:00Ojo de Pez 2008 Award Olivia Arthur ©Olivia Arthur she is the winner of Ojo de Pez Award 2008 with her project "Behind The Veil". In her statement she says "Beyond The Veil is about the lives of ordinary young women living in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In an attempt to show something different from the dramatic headlines we see so often about this country, I have tried to give a personality to the people inside Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-78658229215644023002008-09-20T20:23:00.008+01:002008-10-07T14:06:47.523+01:00Robert Frank "Paris" at MFC Milan Robert Frank ©Over the weekend we went to Robert Frank exhibition "Paris" curated by Ute Eskildsen at the MFC in Cinisello Balsamo, Milan. Photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank selected the 80 photographs with the curator Ute Eskildsen. Is the first time that a significant body of photographs from Robert Frank period in Paris have been brought together. Some of the work was printed in the Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-64634359965362956182008-09-18T22:04:00.001+01:002008-09-24T20:09:41.278+01:00Gregory Crewdson at Photology Milan Gregory Crewdson ©I went to the opening of "Dream House" by Gregory Crewson an exhibition at Photology Gallery in Milan. At first look his photographs seems to be taken off set during a cinematic US production, but to the contrary they are constructed by the artist in a small scale cinematic production for his projects with real actors like Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Julianne MoorePh39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-91995280598419130152008-09-17T22:37:00.000+01:002008-09-16T23:12:34.967+01:00A New Photography space in LA © Catherine OpieThe Annenberg Foundation, a philanthropic trust that supports nonprofit institutions, is planning to launch a new exhibition space for photography in Los Angeles. The new space for Photography will open next spring near the former site of fthe Shubert Theater. Wallis Annenberg, a trustee of Annenberg Foundation said “This will elevate photography to a new level ". The project is Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666629404526336855.post-52117949929056047642008-09-16T14:13:00.000+01:002008-09-22T21:16:31.908+01:00Third Brighton Photo BiennaleValley, © Paul Seawright‘ A PHOTOGRAPH CAN’T COERCE.IT WON’T DO THE MORAL WORKFOR US. BUT IT CAN START US ONTHE WAY’ SUSAN SONTAG"Memory of Fire: the War of Images and Images of War" is the title of the third Biennale of Photography in Brighton. The exhibition curated by Julian Stallabrass explores photographic images of war in contemporary society. The Biennale also includes six weeeks Ph39http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104071731656837909noreply@blogger.com0