fun typology . . .

Remember the Boombox? You may even have one? Here's a link to a photography project by Lyle Owerko that's all about remembering these giant portable music boxes. Read more about it here.

photograph as starting point . . .

It's worth a trip to Fort Worth to see this fascinating installation by Eve Sussman and the collective called Rufus Corporation at Fort Worth Contemporary Arts. Based on a photograph,Yuri's Office is a detailed re-creation of the office of early cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space. Click here to read about it.

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

"mexican suitcase" negatives rediscovered . . .

A suitcase of negatives taken during the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and Chim (David Seymour) and missing since 1939 has been rediscovered. These remarkable images of war have arrived from Mexico City and are on view now at ICP in New York. Click here to see and learn more.

One of three boxes containing negatives by Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and Chim (David Seymour).

© International Center of Photography

Robert Capa, [Exiled Republicans being marched on the beach from one internment camp, Le Barcarès, France], March 1939. © Estate of Cornell Capa / ICP / Magnum, International Center of Photography

Chim (David Seymour), [Mother nursing a baby while listening to political speech, near Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain], late April–early May 1936. © Estate of David Seymour / Magnum. International Center of Photography

Gerda Taro, [Young Republican soldier, Brunete, Spain], July 1937. © International Center of Photography.

concept, concept, concept, concept . . .

Look at this exhibition at MoMA for an inspiring view of the work of 4 comtemporary photographers . . . Click here to see and read more about this exhibition. To quote the Introduction: "Infusing the seductive language of film and advertising with a touch of sly conceptualism, the artists included in New Photography 2010 explore the relationship between straight and constructed photograph, image and picture."

Roe Ethridge, Pumpkin Sticker, 2010

Elad Lassry, Guinevere (Green), 2009

Alex Prager, Despair, Film Still #1, 2010

Amanda Ross-Ho, Irreconcilable Indifferences, 2010

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.

lolo veleko . . .

New York Times critic Holland Cotter has described these portraits by South African photographer Lolo Veleko as "eye-tingling", and Nigerian-born art historian and curator Okwui Enwezor considers this work an antidote to what he calls "Afro-pessimism". Click here and here to see and read more.