Rineke Dijkstra. "Kolobrzeg, Poland, July 26, 1992." Chromogenic print, 117 x 94 cm.
Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York and Paris. © Rineke Dijkstra.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
rineke dijkstra . . .
From the antique statue of the Kritios boy to Edward Weston’s photographic meditations on his son Neil and beyond, youth and its attendant qualities of beauty and innocence has fascinated artists for centuries. Rineke Dijkstra’s retrospective exhibition at the Guggenheim in New York affirms that the Dutch-born photographer is in many ways part of this enduring tradition. For Dijkstra, however, “youth” is not some timeless ideal, but a state of uncertain transition, and since the early 1990s she has produced a complex body of work that offers viewers a decidedly refreshing take on adolescence. Click here to read and see more.
google street view . . .
How Google Street View is inspiring new photography: You can take a virtual walk down almost any street in the developed world – and it's resulting in some fascinating new art. Click here to read more about this.
Friday, August 10, 2012
joseph nicephore niepce . . .
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce’s “View from the Window at Le Gras” (1826), known as the world's earliest surviving photograph, is to be shown in Mannheim at the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, the museum announced to the press on Monday. Housed normally in the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, the photograph was last exhibited in Europe on 1961. Niépce’s tin plate photograph will be show as part of the exhibition “The Birth of Photography: Milestones from the Gernsheim Collection,” opening on Septemper 9.
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Joseph Nicéphore Niépce’s “View from the Window at Le Gras” (1826)
camera obscura . . .
Camera Obscura, a room as a large 'pin hole camera' in Venice, from BBC's 'Genius of Photography
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.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
jem finer . . .
A perspective-altering work in which a mirrored sphere ‘sits’ atop a shed that internally displays a three-way camera obscura image of the Japanese Garden. Produced with Julia King and Atelier One Structural Engineers.
