anne hardy . . .

British artist Anne Hardy constructs life-size sets that are rich in detail using a variety of materials often found in the street or in second-hand shops that hold precise position in her work. In each case, the result of this process is a single photograph, as the installations are then dismantled again. 

"I want to make photographs that create something other than pure reality.”
Anne Hardy interviewed by Elisabeth Krimbacher in Parnass, Issue 3, 2012 

Click here to see and read more about Anne Hardy's work.

florian maier-aichen . . .

Florian Maier-Aichen likens his use of infrared film to an in-between state, discussing photography’s role in picturing the American West and its ability to confound past and present.

daniel kukla . . .

For close to a month last spring, the Brooklyn-based photographer Daniel Kukla lived alone in a cabin in the northwest corner of the national park. Armed with a camera, a large mirror and a painter’s easel, he set out at dawn or dusk every day to document the forces — human, environmental and geologic — that give the park its variety and vitality. Each of the resulting tableaux feature one landscape mirrored onto the backdrop of another, creating two opposing scenes in a single visual pane.

To see and read more about this project click here.

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.

jeff wall . . .

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

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