#Mass_Observation – Photo Installation at Filter Space Gallery

Filter Photo is pleased to announce #Mass_Observation, a photographic installation by Krista Wortendyke, at Filter Space gallery. #Mass_Observation is about the developing space of social media and how we use it not only as a way of collecting our own experiences, but as a way of connecting and consuming the experiences of others. Untrained observers continuously record world events, with the results posted to social … Continue reading #Mass_Observation – Photo Installation at Filter Space Gallery

Call for Entries – Context 2018 :: Filter Photo

Only 2 days left to submit to Context 2018, the fourth annual spring open call for photography. This year the exhibition will be juried by April M. Watson, Curator of Photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. This annual open call for work celebrates the multiple perspectives and creative voices of contemporary photography.  Open to all lens-based work, this exhibition is always exciting and filled with … Continue reading Call for Entries – Context 2018 :: Filter Photo

Cig Harvey – You An Orchestra You A Bomb

Cig Harvey’s third monograph is a vibrant and bold book, capturing moments of awe, icons of the everyday, and life on the threshold between magic and disaster. The breathless moments of beauty in her images propel us to fathom the sacred in the split-seconds of everyday. A raw awareness of fragility permeates this work. I cannot fully understand the life events that take a woman … Continue reading Cig Harvey – You An Orchestra You A Bomb

Once there was there wasn’t: An exhibition of work by Svetlana Bailey

Filter Photo is pleased to announce once there was there wasn’t, a solo exhibition of work by Svetlana Bailey, at Filter Space gallery. Until the age of eight, Svetlana Bailey’s childhood summers were spent at her grandmother’s house in the Russian countryside. It was an influential period in which she discovered the world on her own and her earliest memories were formed. Sixteen years ago her grandmother passed away and … Continue reading Once there was there wasn’t: An exhibition of work by Svetlana Bailey

Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2017

Featuring works from Dana Lixenberg, Sophie Calle, Awoiska van der Molen, Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs Exhibition on view: November 16, 2017–January 11, 2018 Opening reception: Wednesday, November 15, 7:00–8:30 p.m. Aperture Foundation, in collaboration with The Photographers’ Gallery and the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, is pleased to present the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2017, featuring works from the shortlisted artists: Sophie Calle, Awoiska … Continue reading Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2017

In the Country of Stones by Nicolas Blandin

Poetic visual narrative of Armenia Busy lives being what they are — I did not have the opportunity to sit down with In the Country of Stones when it published in June of 2017. My copy arrived, and time slipped by. Shame on me. Nicolas Blandin’s book is a wonderful collection of images made when he travelled to Armenia in 2013–2014 after being captivated by the land and its people … Continue reading In the Country of Stones by Nicolas Blandin

ObjectImage by Sarah Tulloch

New narratives born from a collection of personal and public images ObjectImage introduces British artist Sarah Tulloch’s idiosyncratic approach to working with the photographic image. Tulloch uses photo collections left by her grandfather and daily newspaper imagery to explore themes that reflect on our shared habits of consuming photographic media. From the social history of documenting family to the juxtaposition of recycled media imagery she probes and questions both object and image to … Continue reading ObjectImage by Sarah Tulloch

Art Through the Lens 2017 – The Yeiser Art Center | Eliot Dudik – Juror

Art Through the Lens 2017 Dates: October 14 – November 25, 2017 Reception: Friday October 13th from 5-7pm   The Yeiser Art Center (YAC) is pleased to be hosting the annual international juried photography arts competition, Art Through the Lens. Originating in 1975 as the Paducah Summer Festival Photo Competition, Paducah Photo has grown from a fledgling contest into an international juried exhibition. Over the past … Continue reading Art Through the Lens 2017 – The Yeiser Art Center | Eliot Dudik – Juror