hemp for victory . . .

Hemp for Victory (full version)

Uploaded on Jan 20, 2009

United States Department of Agriculture, 1942

Hemp for Victory is an educational film promoting hemp farming in the United States. This film contains high-quality information about the Cannabis Sativa plant and large-scale hemp production for industrial use. It has the thorough-yet-entertaining feeling of a Mr. Rogers factory-tour video.

The farkinga version of the film is an improvement on previously available editions:

1) the audio and video are synced
2) the complete film is time-compressed into 10 minutes

The original version of Hemp for Victory is in the public domain because it is a production of the US government.

stefano de luigi . . .

STEFANO DE LUIGI’S IDYSSEY

This past spring, the photographer Stefano De Luigi set out to retrace the Mediterranean voyage of Homer’s Odysseus, armed with only an iPhone to document his travels. In Turkey, Greece, Tunisia, and Italy, De Luigi took Hipstamatic photos, recorded noises from streets and seas, filmed cities and ships, and asked people he met along the way to read excerpts from the Odyssey in their mother tongue.

“The epic has its roots in an oral tradition, transmitted by itinerant poets, singers, and storytellers,” De Luigi writes. “In contemporary society, the digital revolution has drastically changed the transmission of knowledge and information. Everyone can now be a storyteller.” Here’s a glimpse of De Luigi’s 2012 iDyssey.

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/09/stefano-de-luigis-idyssey.html#ixzz28iw0Etxy

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.

basic approaches to photography . . .

do ho suh . . .

Take a look at this fascinating photographic installation by the acclaimed artist Do Ho Suh.

Read about it here.

are you a photographer? . . .

cameraless photography . . .

Click here to link to a video from the Victoria and Albert Museum in which Adam Fuss talks about his interest in making photograms such as you see here.

resurrection of documentary . . .

Los Angeles based artist William E. Jones has created this visually frustrating animation from rejected negatives. The photos were originally taken by Farm Security Administration photographers to document the American depression. FSA head Roy Stryker performed the editing with a hole punch. Watch the video below and click here to read more.

Punctured from The Paris Review on Vimeo.

seeing without eyes . . .

Take a few minutes to watch this short inspiring film about a project by blind photographer John Dugdale. Watch to the very end to see his provocative, elegant, inspiring photographs.

cause and effect . . .

The collaborators Peter Fischli and David Weiss (click here for link to Frieze Magazine interview) create films that depict causal sequences. Think about using still photographs to record a cause and effect sequence of your own - minus the fire and explosions, of course - CAUTION: DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!

Fischli and Weiss, The Way Things Go, 1987

starting with a concept . . .

In this 8 minute video Chris Sauter takes us through his art making process that begins with a concept. Even though this artist's medium isn't photography, think about his process in relation to your own art work, your photographs - do you like to start with the subject, the form, or the concept - any approach is OK - what works for you?

Chris Sauter from Mark & Angela Walley on Vimeo.

recommended viewing . .

Site Santa Fe's Eighth International Biennial Exhibition 2010 - The Dissolve - features many excellent works of stop motion animation - a few examples below. Click here to see and read more . . .

Edison Manufacturing Company, The Enchanted Drawing, 1900

Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, still from Traffic #1, Our Second Date, 2004

Robert Breer, still from Bang!, 1986

take a look . . .

Two contemporary artists look at South Africa. Check out photographs by David Goldblatt

and films by William Kentridge at The Jewish Museum.