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Book Review

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

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Announcement

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

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Press Release

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

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Announcement, Press Release, Submission

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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Submission

Behind the Obstacles

Vladimir Tereshkov’s photos of Hip-Hop Culture in Iran It may be hard to imagine there is a hip-hop culture in Iran, considering the tense political situation in the Middle East and the region’s relations with the United States. The movement appeared in the 1990s, when hip-hop artists mainly focused on socio-political topics. This led to a quick reaction from the government: some rappers had to … Continue reading Behind the Obstacles

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Book Review, Photographer

All of Us: Portraits of an American Bicentennial by Richard Beaven

In All of Us: Portraits of an American Bicentennial there are only two portraits which don’t show us the entire person being photographed. The approach Richard Beaven takes to include the whole person in his his project photographing the community of Ghent, New York allows the viewer to get a feel for who each person is, how they hold their hands, how they stand alone … Continue reading All of Us: Portraits of an American Bicentennial by Richard Beaven

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Book Review, Photographer

Little Romances by Jordanna Kalman

Jordanna Kalman photographs prints of her own photographs, and they become a physical object. She surrounds them with elements from her garden or other personal items. This is done not to evoke nostalgia or sentimentality but to deepen her physical connection and/or claim to the images and distance them from the viewer. Kalman poses questions to herself about what it means to be a woman. … Continue reading Little Romances by Jordanna Kalman

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Call For Entries

Call for Entry: Center for Fine Art Photography – 30 over 50

Submit to the Center’s call for work: 30 Over 50: In Context Juror: Arnika Dawkins 30 Over 50 | In Context Talent is not reserved for the young, and (hopefully) with age comes wisdom. We are looking for work from artists over the age of 50 making work that reflects our times. Whether the work engages with events of 2020 or is from a long … Continue reading Call for Entry: Center for Fine Art Photography – 30 over 50

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Book Review, Photographer

Bear Girls (Bärenmädchen) by Ute Behrend

Somewhere in North America or Canada, there is a tribe of Indians who dress their pubescent girls in large bearskins. The girls all live together just outside the village, the bearskins protecting them from the gaze of the adults and boys. They are even advised to be particularly slow and clumsy, to mimic the movement of a bear. This protected environment allows them to mature … Continue reading Bear Girls (Bärenmädchen) by Ute Behrend

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Book Review, Photographer

Doug’s Gym: The Last of its Kind by Norm Diamond

Norm Diamond notes that on his first trip to Doug Eidd’s gym in downtown Dallas, he climbed a sagging wooden staircase to find a rundown old gym above a storefront attorney’s office. The place held a sense of an outmoded era, and while Diamond avoided gyms for most of his life, he was attracted to this one for its themes of memory, loss, and mortality. After … Continue reading Doug’s Gym: The Last of its Kind by Norm Diamond

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