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Interview, Photographer

Featured photographer Rachael Banks

Rachael Banks is a photographer from Louisville, Kentucky, and is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Northern Kentucky University. In a recent issue of F-Stop Magazine, I was fortunate to interview her and feature her work in the thematic context of animalsĀ  – while acknowledging her work focuses primarily on family dynamics, relationships, and nostalgia. She is also especially interested in social subcultures and identity … Continue reading Featured photographer Rachael Banks

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Photographer

Arthur Fields – Seen and Heard: Evidence of a unique personal experience

Arthur Fields is a photographer from Texas, currently living in Vincennes, Indiana where he is an Assistant Professor of Art at Vincennes University.Ā  He currently teaches courses in traditional analog photography as well as digital imaging.Ā  He also serves as the director of VUā€™s Shircliff Gallery of Art. Fieldsā€™ latest artistic research is based on his love of landscape and self-representation.Ā By compiling imagery from online … Continue reading Arthur Fields – Seen and Heard: Evidence of a unique personal experience

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Book Review, Photographer

Seeing Deeply – A Retrospective by Dawoud Bey

Dawoud Bey: Seeing DeeplyĀ offers a forty-year retrospective of the celebrated photographerā€™s work, from his early street photography in Harlem to his current images of Harlem gentrification. Photographs from all of Beyā€™s major projects are presented in chronological sequence, allowing viewers to see how the collective body of portraits and recent landscapes create an unparalleled historical representation of various communities in the United States. Prodigious is … Continue reading Seeing Deeply – A Retrospective by Dawoud Bey

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Photographer, Submission

Featured photographer – Tito Mouraz

Fluvialā€Šā€”ā€Štransforming personal geography into a fictional world of shapes and forms Project Statementā€Šā€”ā€ŠFluvial is a meditation of the beaches and villages of interior northern and central Portugal. Photographed between 2011 and 2017, these fluvial scenes transmute personal geography into a fictional atmosphere. Testifying to the authorā€™s lifelong relationship with northern and central Portuguese riverside beaches and villages, they act not in the manner of a … Continue reading Featured photographer – Tito Mouraz

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Book Review

Julioā€™s House by Orestes Gonzalez

A Home Becomes a Touchstone The colorful photographs inĀ Julioā€™s HouseĀ show us extravagant, Liberace-inspired interior living spaces within a modest Miami house. We see scenes of a very personal setting, but devoid of people. The only people shown in the book are in vintage photographs taken of Orestes Gonzalezā€™s uncle Julio, his uncleā€™s friends and lovers, and his life as a cruise ship entertainer. Julio worked … Continue reading Julioā€™s House by Orestes Gonzalez

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Book Review

In the Country of Stones by Nicolas Blandin

Poetic visual narrative ofĀ Armenia Busy lives being what they areā€Šā€”ā€ŠI did not have the opportunity to sit down withĀ In the Country of StonesĀ when it published in June of 2017. My copy arrived, and time slipped by. Shame on me. Nicolas Blandinā€™s book is a wonderful collection of images made when he travelled to Armenia in 2013ā€“2014 after being captivated by the land and its people … Continue reading In the Country of Stones by Nicolas Blandin

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Submission

After the Firebird by Ekaterina Vasilyeva

Magical images from the hidden world The photo bookĀ After the FirebirdĀ is now available. The photo project by the same name is the result of a 7-year project in Pskov region (Russia) by award winning photographer Ekaterina Vasilyeva. After the FirebirdĀ talks about the mystery and magic of the hidden world and the amazing discoveries that can occur in front of everybody. You need only to look … Continue reading After the Firebird by Ekaterina Vasilyeva

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Book Review

Peace in the Valley by Saleem Ahmed

Peace in the Valley is a wonderful image collection of vignettes of the Bolivian landscape by photographer Salem Ahmed. It is a visual love affair with people, places and scenes presented in soft, colorful tones, and thoughtful compositions that create a meaningful dialog between photographer and the city of Nuestra SeƱora de la Paz, or just La Paz for short.Ā  Entropy and pragmatic utility stand … Continue reading Peace in the Valley by Saleem Ahmed

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Exhibition

Photo Exhibition Explores the Way Disruption Impacts Our Lives

Now through June 11th, the curated exhibition, DisruptionĀ is being held at The Factory in Long Island City, Queens, NY. Each distinguished artist was selected based on work developed independently, for an extendedĀ period of time. Each artist usesĀ documentary directness, humor, pathos and poetry in their images. Separately, they address the connective topics of lives interrupted, lives cut short, lives spent separated from family, their own cultural … Continue reading Photo Exhibition Explores the Way Disruption Impacts Our Lives

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Book Review, Submission

Book review: Nirvana: The Spread of Buddhism Through Asia by Jeremy Horner | Goff Books

Nirvana: The Spread of Buddhism Through Asia, authored and photographed by geologist Jeremy Horner has been awarded the Silver award in the Best Coffee Table Book category by the 29th Annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards. The IBPA celebrates vibrant independent publishers through the Benjamin Franklin Awards for excellence in book editorial and design and is one of the highest national honors for independent book publishers. … Continue reading Book review: Nirvana: The Spread of Buddhism Through Asia by Jeremy Horner | Goff Books

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