Mountaintops to Moonscapes / Oil Sands / Tar Sands by Alan Gignoux
I was generously asked to review a trio of books by Alan Gignoux recently. Alan’s images and featured interviews in his books Oil Sands and Tar Sands show the effects of petroleum industry impact on the land of Alberta, Canada. Many aerial photos depict the surface of Alberta scraped clean of anything green and growing. Some pages in Oil Sands have little pockets bound on … Continue reading Mountaintops to Moonscapes / Oil Sands / Tar Sands by Alan Gignoux
Light Work – Artist-in-Residence Opportunity
Light Work is accepting applications for its 2023 Artist Residency program! The deadline for applications is Friday, July 1, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. EST. Each year Light Work invites 12-15 artists to participate in its residency program, including one artist co-sponsored by Autograph ABP, one artist commission for Urban Video Project (UVP), and two residencies co-sponsored by the Darryl Chappell Foundation. Artists selected for the residency receive a $5,000 stipend, an apartment to stay in, a private … Continue reading Light Work – Artist-in-Residence Opportunity
BRINK
“Brink will go down as an essential photographic document of a most unusual time in U.S. politics.”– Kenneth Dickerman, The Washington Post Continue reading BRINK
Family Affairs: Family in Current Photography
Family as the subject of contemporary photographic observation Since the invention of photography, the family has been the subject of photographic observation, both in personal photo albums and in artistic series. The exhibition, conceived by Ingo Taubhorn, curator of the House of Photography, presents current artistic projects that highlight both the diversity of photographic approaches and the range of family models, ways of life, and … Continue reading Family Affairs: Family in Current Photography
Site Update – domain address
Just a quick note for followers of the site – the domain address for Wobneb Magazine will soon change to the full domain listing on this WordPress site (www.wobnebmagazine.wordpress.com) If you’ve followed the site via WordPress feeds, you should not see any change. Any and all new social media links will automatically reflect the adjustment as well. I am making every effort to update links … Continue reading Site Update – domain address
Featured photographer Frank Marshal
The work of Frank Marshal is an understated, insightful look at the American condition. As he writes in a statement for his work, his images equate “faded dreams, and a realization that we have been ridiculed by our fantasies. A mundane landscape which demands your attention and portraits which demand recognition. We realize there is nothing to break our fall, so we fell. As I … Continue reading Featured photographer Frank Marshal
Photography Podcasts: Now Hear This
This is the second installment of a series of posts about photography podcasts. I mentioned in the first post that I like to listen to others speak about their experience as photographers, or how they came to be photographers. As someone who both creates and writes about photography, I’ve found it very beneficial to read and hear the stories of others. Thanks to folks who shared some … Continue reading Photography Podcasts: Now Hear This
YMA/Here by David Mayne
A community in transition Yma/Here began as a long-term project documenting the urban topography of South Wales and the West of England. It has since grown to include other work. The project is an ambiguous and wide-ranging examination of the urban topography of South Wales and the West of England from 2016 to 2018. YMA/Here is visually encyclopedic in a great way…with the eye of … Continue reading YMA/Here by David Mayne
Rust Belt Biennial – Exhibition Call for Entries
Wobneb Magazine is a supporting sponsor of the 2021 Rust Belt Biennial. An open call for entries has been announced, and full details can be found at https://www.rustbeltbiennial.com/
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American Geography: Photographs of Land Use from 1840 to Present
The 345 photographs in American Geography (divided by regions) address ways in which different histories and traditions of land use have given rise to different cultural transitions, such as the growth of industry in the Northeast, agricultural developments in the Midwest, the legacies of slavery on the economies of the South, and the mining of natural resources as well as environmental crises in the West. … Continue reading American Geography: Photographs of Land Use from 1840 to Present
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