Some time ago, a print of mine was auctioned online in Daniel Cooney‘s “Emerging Photographer Auction” on iGavel. I had a great experience working with Dan and I’ve heard the same from a few friends who were also included. In the new year, he will be expanding to auction works in other mediums (its name [...]
Untitled, 2009 [from "Wildlife Analysis"] © Bryan Graf Bryan Graf just updated his website with a few new projects, including more from Wildlife Analysis (on view at Wild Project in NYC through October 31st).
Improvised PFD, 2009 © Steven Brahms Interesting work by Steven Brahms, from his series The Survival Project. As he described the photographs to me: Each image is a demonstration, an investigation, an experiment of skills and techniques to be used in the event of a catastrophe. The images are the physical accounts of interior journeys. [...]
Untitled, 2009 [from "Ukraine"] © Matthieu Raffard More from Ukraine… photographs by Matthiew Raffard. About the project: During the summer of 2009, I followed the migration of thousands of young Russians who were going to dance at one of the musical festivals of the Crimea coast. They come to the Ukrainian beaches to celebrate hedonism, [...]
Andres Gonzalez got in touch to share his work with me. Of particular note is his series Ukrainian Winter. A few of my favorites: L: Vorokhta, Ukraine, 2008 R: Kyiv, Ukraine, 2009 [from "Ukrainian Winter"] © Andres Gonzalez Kyiv, Ukraine, 2009 [from "Ukrainian Winter"] © Andres Gonzalez Andres is currently based in Istanbul, Turkey but [...]
[from "Ladies and Gentlemen"] © Shane Lavalette From November 2nd through the 29th, 2009, my found photo project Ladies and Gentlemen will be displayed in the photography cases of the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts at Harvard University (curated by VES faculty Chris Killip). From the Carpenter Center’s website: “Ladies and Gentlemen” consists of a [...]
Dead Prairie Grass Leak, 2009 [from "Out There"] © Christian Patterson My good friend Christian Patterson just updated his website with a preview of some soon-to-come new projects including two that I’m very excited about: Out There (more from the series can be seen on POC) and Desire.
Denis, Alebtong, Uganda, 2009 [from "Alebtong, Uganda"] © David Wright David Wright got in touch to share some beautiful new photographs of his from Alebtong, Uganda. Jörg Colberg of Conscientious recently interviewed David about this work as part of his CPC series; read their conversation here.
Photographer Taryn Simon gave a TED Talk last month which worth checking out if you’re interested in either her An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar or The Innocents projects. Then go ahead and watch all of the other awesome talks on TED.
I’m really enjoying London-based artist Abigail Reynolds‘s Folded Photographs: Great Court, 2008 [from "Folded Photographs"] © Abigail Reynolds Woodsmen, 2008 [from "Folded Photographs"] © Abigail Reynolds The images are sourced from publications such as guide books and atlases. See more here or download the exhibition catalog (.PDF) from her “Universal Now” exhibition at Seventeen Gallery.
