Some time ago the collaborative photography space Mus-Mus (perhaps you’ve seen their project @600?) got in touch with me about contributing to their @Paris project, which was later juried by photographers Stephen Shore and Gil Blank along with Denise Wolff (Editor, Book Program at Aperture). Since I was at the time traveling in France, I was excited about the opportunity and was sure to send them my contribution after leaving Paris.
The project launched earlier this month and is now available to view in its entirety online. Included are images by a selection of fantastic photographers (such good company!):
If you haven’t already seen it, you can watch William Eggleston in the Real World in its entirety right here. This documentary received mixed reviews when it was released in 2005. See what you think.
Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while know that I’m a fan of Square America, the online archive of vernacular photography. I was happy to see one of their recent installments entitled “The Bar Mitzvah and Other Tales of Living in Stereo,” a collection of stereo-graphs from the ’50s turned into animated .gifs (3D!).
Developed by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, Smarthistory is “a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the static traditional Western art history textbook.” Users are able to browse the site by Time, Style, Artist or Themes.
A brilliant project, which will no doubt get better and better as it grows.
Boston-based photographer Karl Baden has been making a photograph of his face every day since February 23, 1987. In just a few weeks, that will be 22 years. Karl sent me an e-mail letting me know that his Every Day project is now online in its entirety. See the photographs, plus installation shots and ephemera from the project right here.
Daniel Cooney has launched the second installment of his Emerging Photographers Auction. I’m happy to be amongst the great list of photographers who have work for sale this time around:
Juliana Beasley, Timothy Briner, Nina Buesing, Tom Chambers, Megan Cump, Clayton Cotterell, Adrienne De Boer, Matt Eich, Sam Falls, Jon Feinstein, Mark William Fernandes, Amy Finkelstein, Lucas Foglia, Kyle Ford, Chuck Hemard, Oded Hirsch, Whitney Hubbs, Michael Itkoff, Dave Jordano, Christopher La Marca, Nyra Lang, Shane Lavalette, Pixy Liao, Walter Lockwood, Jennifer Loeber, Oz Lubling, Sara Macel, Jay Matthews, John Mann, Eri Morita, Carolyn Monastra, Nik Mirus, Sarah Palmer, Lydia Panas, Toni Pepe, Bradley Peters, Jeffrey Rich, Nadine Rovner, Noel Rodo-Vankeulen and Shen Wei
You can view all of the pieces in the auction here until January 21st, when the auction ends. Place a bid on my piece (the above image) right here.
Jake Stangel sent me an e-mail recently informing me of the launch of Too Much Chocolate, a new website for young, emerging photographers to come together. The site features a rotating gallery, a discussion forum and interviews. Very cool, I thought.
It’s becoming increasingly clear that photographers are craving something beyond what blogs offer, something more dynamic where conversations and images aren’t so easily lost in the archives. Perhaps these “photography hubs” are the answer, the next step in centralizing the overwhelming amount of information that proliferates the Internet.
The more great places to visit online the better, obviously. But, I wonder, how is everyone in this online photography community expected to “come together” if there are so many places to choose from?
Just a thought. I’d love to hear what readers think.
Triple Canopy describes itself as working collectively “with writers, artists, researchers and other collaborators on projects that deal critically with culture and politics, and the ways people engage them, both online and in the world at large.”
It was only recently that I discovered the online magazine, but was pleased with the current issue entitled Original Ideas in Magic, which features poetry and photographs by Tim Davis along with some wonderful photocollages by Hannah Whitaker.
In 1973, William Eggleston picked up a Sony PortaPak and shot the intimate, black and white footage that would become Stranded in Canton, a 76 minute film documenting the soul of Memphis and New Orleans. The film was recently remastered in collaboration with filmmaker Robert Gordon and released by Twin Palms as a book/DVD package. For those of you who haven’t seen the film already, I highly recommend it.
While browsing the Eggleston Trust website the other day, I noticed an update to the “Films” section, which includes 14 short clips from Stranded in Canton. See those right here.
And, if you’re interested, you can backorder the book/DVD here.
My conversation with Norwegian photographer Torbjørn Rødland is now Photo-eye Magazine‘s latest feature. Big thanks to Torbjørn… it was a real pleasure!
