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.

Shane Westerfield, Olive Branch, MS, 2009 [from "Hurry Up and Wait"]
© Tribble & Mancenido

The collaborative team Tribble & Mancenido (James Tribble and Tracey Mancenido) got in touch to share with me their project Hurry Up and Wait, a series of photographs exploring the “obscure and anonymous life of America’s trucking culture.” They go on:

Driving for a year in our own tractor-trailer, we focus on the banal repetition and periods of isolation from constant movement on the road. These images are a byproduct of the world we entered and a glimpse of the places eighteen-wheelers are allowed. We are constantly faced with the same landscape regardless of location, from moments of obliged waiting in truck stops to backing into the docks of a warehouse. This is where we photograph. We showcase the openness of the road and the lonesome journey of the driver, hoping our images bring new light to the harsh beauty in the world of a truck driver.

Though some of the other images don’t quite feel resolved to me, I think the portraits of the drivers isolated in grass/concrete are very interesting.

View the project as it unfolds here.

Eric Marth (previously mentioned on the blog here and here) has been putting together some great hand-made, limited edition books of his photographic projects – a few of which I was happily surprised to receive in the mail the other day:

WHITE HOUSES
48 pages
Twenty black and white plates
6 x 7 inches
Edition of thirty
August 2009

FREDERICKSBURG VIEWS
28 pages
Twelve black and white plates
3.75 x 5.75 inches
Edition of thirty
August 2009

TEN TREES
24 pages
Ten black and white plates
4.5 x 6.5 inches
Edition of sixty
August 2009

EIGHT-PENNY NAILS
28 pages
Twelve black and white plates
6 x 6 inches
Edition of thirty
August 2009

BOTTLE GREEN
24 pages
Ten black and white plates
7 by 5 inches
Edition of thirty
August 2009

Each of these books (and three others) can be purchased for only $5! Yes, $5!

Visit Eric’s website for more info or to order copies.

I originally heard this piece in Danny Eisenberg’s film Displaced Person and was incredibly moved. Remembering it has got me spending the morning downloading Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets box set… can’t wait.

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!):

Alec Soth, Bertien van Manen, Beth Dow, Corinne Vionnet, David LaSpina, Georg Parthen, Gil Blank, Gus Powell, Hin Chua, Jason Fulford, Louis Porter, Lucas Blalock, Mark Steinmetz, Matthew Spiegelman, Michael David Murphy, Mike Slack, Paul Schiek, Richard Renaldi, Shane Lavalette, Simon Roberts, Stephen Shore, Thobias Fäldt and many, many more.

Here’s a screenshot of my contribution:

Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris, France, 2009
Photograph © Shane Lavalette

Along with the photographs, Mus-Mus published two interesting texts: Abdu’l-Baha in Paris by Darius Himes and Paris and Photography as the Promise of Possibility by Ulrich Baer – both worth a read.

View the @Paris project here.

Untitled, 2009
© Paul Herbst

Paul Herbst just updated his site. If you’re interested in the photographs, make sure to check out the first volume of his zine, My Shit is Gold.

L: Aura #17, 2009 R: Aura #19, 2009 [from "Aura"]
© Noel Rodo-Vankeulen

From Noel Rodo-Vankeulen’s ethereal new series, Aura.

A photograph of mine can be found in today’s New York Times Magazine, accompanying David Leonhardt’s piece “The College Calculation” (p. 13). If you have a chance, pick up a copy of the paper and take a look!

Have a great Sunday.