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Sally Mann The Naked and the Dead. Article by Blake Morrison, The Guardian 29th May 2010
Other Sally Mann posts here and hereWolfgang
Tillmans forthcoming exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London will focus on both the
figurative and the abstract in Tillmans' work, and embrace a broad range of
subjects; from unconventional eloquent portraits, to large-scale,
colour-saturated abstractions that capture the beauty of photography's chemical
processes. 26th June - 29 August 2010
Wolfgang Tillmans
Wald (Briol I), 2008
Image by Chris Saunders.
Sophie
Ristelhueber (b.1949, France) has been
awarded the 2010 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize of £30,000. The Deutsche
Börse Photography Prize rewards a living photographer, of any nationality, who
has made the most significant contribution, in exhibition or publication
format, to the medium of photography over the previous year. She was nominated
for her retrospective Sophie Ristelhueber at the Jeu de Paume, Paris (20
January - 22 March 2009). The work
of short listed nominees is on show at the Photographers Gallery until 17 April
2010
Richard Hamilton, London
This survey at the Serpentine Gallery,
W2, focuses on the octogenarian's stridently politicised side, showcasing works
that mix righteous ire, piercing insight and media savvy. Included is the
tabloids' favourite, his digitally manipulated image of Tony Blair dressed as a
cowboy. Until 25 April 2010 (from the Guardian).
Full length portrait of Tony Blair
dressed as a cowboy with his hands on his pistols, Shock and Awe (2007-8).
A video series (part 1-4) of Thomas Ruff's February 12th, 2010 talk at Aperture NY:
A major London exhibition of recent
photographs by Elinor Carucci at the James Hyman Gallery
7 January
to 20 Febuary 2010.
An interesting submission by Lorena Endara,
please take a look:
A Man A Plan A Canal Panama focuses on the overdevelopment of
Panama City, Panama in relation to the historical, economic, and political
forces that continually shape the landscape.
Time to Tell is a body of work shot in a small town called Maravatio, in the state of Michoacan. The project was developed while participating in the Guapamacataro Interdisciplinary Residency for Art and Ecology.
Exhibition. Somerset House, London 10th March - 5th April 2010
Royal
Patron: Prince William
"2010 will see one of the
most important and unique photographic exhibtions of international works ever
to take place in London. The
third exhibition of this fully curated museum-scale exhibition is to be held at
Somerset House, London from 10th March to 5th April
2010. A Positive View will bring together more than 100 rare and signed
vintage works across almost a century of photography. Classic and Contemporary works will cross a variety of
genres, from still life, fashion, landscape, portraiture and reportage"
See website for List of Photographers and Artists. More info at Creative Review Blog
Elliott Erwitt, Wyoming Steam Train Press, 1954
It
took me hours to find somebody
who could open up the lobby
of the old "Stout's" hotel on Main Street in Gila Bend.
It had been closed for years already.
That painting over the Coke machine haunts me ever since.
It's the dream version
of the perfect beginning
of a road movie.
Abelardo Morell making a Camera Obsura (via Genius of Photography Series, BBC4). See here for my previous entry on Morell's work.
William Eggleston
21st Century
15 Jan - 27 Feb 2010 @ Victoria Miro Gallery (running concurrently in NY and London)
Ellen von Unwerth
Fraulein
Michael Hoppen Gallery
Taryn Simon recently spoke at a TED conference about two of her major projects "An American Index Of The Hidden And Unfamiliar" and "Innocents". Earlier this year, in our Contemporary Photographic Practice Module at University, we were asked to write a critically informed and illustrated appraisal on a published photographic book. I chose "An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar" - what was particularly interesting to me in exploring Simon's publication is the curious nature of her work - a hybrid of art and documentary photography where both image and text are fundamental and the balance between the two is always tightly maintained. The image does not reveal its meaning until the text is read.
© images & accompanying text, Taryn Simon
Nuclear Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility Cherenkov Radiation
"Submerged in a pool of water at
Forensic Anthropology Research Facility, Decomposing Corpse,
"The decomposing corpse of a young boy is studied by researchers who have re-created a crime scene. The Forensic Anthropology Research Facility, popularly known as The Body Farm, is the world's chief research centre for the study of corpse decomposition. Its six-acre plot hosts approximately 75 cadavers in various stages of decomposition. The Farm uses physical anthropology (skeletal analysis of human remains) to help solve criminal cases, especially murder cases. Forensic anthropologists work to establish profiles for deceased persons.. These profiles can include sex, age, ethnic ancestry, stature, time elapsed since death, and sometimes, the nature of trauma on the bones. Corpses were first brought to the facility in 1980 as donations from the state (unclaimed bodies) or from families donating on behalf of the deceased".
This is the work of Korean Artist, Atta Kim, taken from his series Superimposition.
In addition, see a review and selection of Atta Kim's work in the current edition of 1000wordsmag
© All images, Atta Kim
© David Buckland, Glacial Texts "Sadness Melts"
Cape Farewell: The Cultural Response to Climate Change
"We intend to communicate through artworks our understanding of the changing climate on a human scale, so that our individual lives can have meaning in what is a global problem"
David Buckland, Director of
© abelardo morell, camera obscura of central park looking north, summer 
© abelardo morell, manhatten view looking south in a large room, 1996
"The camera obscura is an optical instrument that was the forerunner of the modern photographic camera. It can range in size from a small tabletop device to a room-size chamber. The term is Latin for 'dark room', which describes the simplest form of the camera obscura, a darkened room into which light is admitted through a tiny opening in one of the walls or windows. An inverted image from the outside world appears against the wall or screen opposite the opening".
abelardo morell website
film
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©Thomas Allen
Thomas Allen has created staged photographs (mini film noir stills) using characters sliced from the covers of vintage paperback books. A show of his new work, Epilogue, is on view at Foley Gallery in
Cradle Series 2008
Caul Series 2008
All images © Dryden Goodwin via artist's website. See here for interviews and reviews.
Images © Nadav Kander. Obama's People
In December and early January 2009,
Kander's keen-eye for subtle beauty and bold colours seem the perfect match for the weighty responsibility of documenting the leaders of the free world.
'I wanted the portraits to be uplifting, but, I also wanted them to have a historical context in thirty, forty years, which is when I'm hoping they'll be most interesting. I was really trying to make accurate portraits of these people; accurate and uplifting portraits. What's been most interesting for me is how differently people view them, that's what it's really about, making people react in some way'
Obama's People' at Flowers Gallery,
Images © Monika Bielskyte
from Issue 001 of the really great & inspirational magazine someslashthings
Zhang Huan dons a muscle suit of raw meat as an American muscle man: My
"Before expatriating to
Phaidon has recently published a monograph of work Zhang Huan, the first complete analysis of the artist's entire career
