martin roemer . . .

Roemers’s series “Metropolis,” is a documentation of cities with populations over ten million. Roemers created pictures that convey not only the mass and energy of megacities but also the humanity of the individuals living in them. 

Istanbul. A demonstration by socialists and communists passes through Taksim Square, holding up traffic.

Dhaka. Street vendors sell their wares below a pedestrian bridge at dusk with rickshaws passing in the foreground at a busy street market.

Calcutta. A hand-drawn richshaw wallah stands beside an old Ambassador taxi on Madan Street.

Manila. A market in a slum next to Manila’s harbour.

Cairo. A crowd gathers to look at camels being sold in a specialist market in Giza.

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edward turner . . .

United Kingdom's National Media Museum revives first-ever film shot in color

In this image released by Britain's National Media Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, a scarlet Macaw on a perch, circa 1902, is depicted amongst the earliest colour moving pictures ever made, which have been rediscovered after more than 100 years. The footage, made by cinematic pioneer Edward Turner in around 1901, was found in the archives of the National Media Museum in Bradford and with the help of experts at the BFI National Archive was transformed into watchable digital files. AP Photo/National Media Museum. 

By: Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press

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richard learoyd . . .

For those of you interested in portraiture, take a look at the work of Richard Learoyd, currently on view at McKee Gallery. According to the press release, "Mr. Learoyd’s large-scale, unique photographs are achieved through his mastery of the camera obscura technique. His studio, a single room in which the subject, the lens, the Ilfochrome film, the artist, the lights and the darkroom occupy most of the space, becomes, in effect, the camera itself."

mickalene thomas . . .

Mickalene Thomas is currently exhibiting her series of art-historically inspired collaged photographs at Lehman Maupin Gallery in New York. She says of her work, “When I’m working with a historical image, I use photography as a way of capturing and reinterpreting the image. I take photographs and use them to create collages that further complicate my relationship with the historical source image.”

cornelia hediger . . .

Here are a few images from Cornelia Hediger's new series "Doppelganger II" recently on view at Klompching Gallery in New York. According to the press release, "With this newly released series of photographs, Hediger continues her exploration of the uncanny, constructing complex pictorial narratives into segmented tableau vivants, consisting of up to eighteen individual photographs combined into a single composition."

ruud van empel . . .

Ruud van Empel (1958) is one of the most extraordinary photographic artists of this moment, both nationally and internationally. From hundred of fragments adopted from digital photos, he compiles new images that seem very life-like and realistic, but also conjure up a world that has never existed. Click here to view the artist's website.

Trailer: Ruud van Empel. De onschuld voorbij from Groninger Museum on Vimeo.

timothy schenck . . .

Here's a fun summer typology! Click here to see more work by this artist.

laurie simmons . . .

Laurie Simmons' Love Doll series inaugurates Salon 94's renovated space in the Bowery. Click here to read about the work of this Pictures generation photographer and to see more.

julia ziegler-haynes

Artist Re-creates Death-Row Inmates' Final Meals

Ever wonder what'd you choose for your last meal on earth? While that might have been the subject of some childhood banter, it's a real-life question. And Death Row inmates have a long, long time to ponder. Intrigued by the question, Brooklyn-based artist and chef Julia Ziegler-Haynes decided to re-create a series of asked-for meals chosen by Death Row prisoners in a series of understated yet unsettling snaps for her book Today's Special. Ziegler-Haynes was aesthetically inspired by food styling from the '70s, cheap restaurants, and cafeteria-quality fare. She sifted through hundreds of public records (information leading up to inmates' executions is posted online, too), found 24 compelling subjects, and re-created their last requests. The shots, depicted from the diner's vantage point, range from a black olive (a symbol of peace) to birthday cake and pizza. Without forgiving these convicts of their actions, Ziegler-Haynes begs us to take a a closer look at their psyches while providing an inside glimpse at the conflicting gesture of the last meal. "It's eerie to cook for someone who's dead, not to mention someone who's been put to death for killing another person," says Ziegler-Haynes. "I'm by no means excusing the deplorable acts that it took to land these men on Death Row—I'm merely taking a closer look at the human condition."

By: Kristian Laliberte & Christina Lomeli

kodachrome ends. . .

The town of Parsons, Kansas, is — for the moment — the worldwide epicenter of color film photography. That is where Dwayne’s Photo, a small family business, is processing the last rolls of Kodachrome. A. G. Sulzberger is there and has filed this report. Eastman Kodak stopped making the film in 2009 and gave the last roll to Steve McCurry. He shot the last three frames of that roll in Parsons before handing it in to Dwayne’s. They are displayed below.

Frame 36

The last frame of the last roll of Kodachrome made by Eastman Kodak and given to Steve McCurry. He used it to shoot a cemetery in Parsons, Kansas, where Dwayne's Photo was processing the final batches of Kodachrome.

Frame 35

Frame 34

james casebere . . .

James Casebere is showing new photographs of constructed architectural models of houses. The work references his impressions of an area he happened upon during a road trip to upstate New York. Click here to see and read more about this artist's photographic illusions . . .

Installation view of James Casebere: House, Sean Kelly Gallery, 2010

James Casebere, Landscape with Houses (Dutchess County, NY) #8, 2010

James Casebere, Landscape with Houses (Dutchess County, NY) #1, 2009

James Casebere, Landscape with Houses (Dutchess County, NY) #7, 2010

James Casebere, Landscape with Houses (Dutchess County, NY) #2, 2009

fabrication / illusion / deception . . .

Take a look at the exhibition "The City" by Lori Nix now on view at ClampArt. Then visit her website to see more of her fascinating photographs and read an interview in which she describes her process.

Lori Nix, Museum of Art 2005

Lori Nix, Laundromat 2008

Lori Nix, Vacuum Showroom 2006

Lori Nix, Majestic 2006

ichat portraiture . . .

Take a look at Laura Sackett's images of young teens iChatting with their friends. She thinks of her work as a new kind of portraiture. Click here to see more photographs and read about her concept.

is there such a thing as privacy? . . .

Philip-Lorca diCorcia talks about shooting his "Heads" series. Watch as he describes his simple lighting set-up and discusses the existence / non-existence of "privacy" in our contemporary world.

"defenestration" . . .

This piece is part of a John Baldessari retrospective coming to The Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 20, 2010. He is a master of conceptual photography. It will be there through January 9, 2011, so if you're in NY be sure to check it out. Fun stuff!

John Baldessari (American, b. 1931)

Floating: Color, 1972

Six color photographs; 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm) each

Collection Mario Bertolini, Breno, Italy

© John Baldessari

Baldessari once remarked that a large part of his work "arises from a single word, a chance phrase, or an overheard comment or part of one." For Floating: Color it was "defenestration"—the act of throwing something out a window—a word the artist liked, "because it had a limited meaning, specific to a particular act." Deciding that he should throw colors instead of objects, and basing his sequencing on the simple order of the spectrum, Baldessari jettisoned large sheets of colored paper from his window and captured the process on film. (quote from Met web site)

lupita murillo tinnen . . .

UNT photography alum Lupita Murillo Tinnen is showing her work alongside that of Keith Wilson in a new exhibition "Context" at Richland College in Dallas. Click here for more information. The "cityscapes" of these two artists depict interiors and exteriors of the homes of Mexican-Americans.

Lupita Murillo Tinnen, mesa

Lupita Murillo Tinnen, pajaritos

Lupita Murillo Tinnen, el sofa rojo

Kieth Wilson

Kieth Wilson