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Hilla Becher 1935 to 2015

October 15, 2015 — Leave a comment

Maybe one of the most influential photographers (along with her late husband Bernard) to have lived in the modern era….

“They are best known for their extensive series of photographic images, or typologies, of industrial buildings and structures, often organised in grids. As the founders of what has come to be known as the ‘Becher school’ they influenced generations of documentary photographers and artists. They have been awarded the Erasmus Prize and the Hasselblad Award.”  via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd_and_Hilla_Becher

Obituraries here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/arts/hilla-becher-photographer-who-chronicled-industrial-scenery-dies-at-81.html?_r=0

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/15/hilla-becher

 

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Via the New York Times and Sonnabend Gallery

 

Via MOMA.org

Via MOMA.org

Hilla Becher 1935 to 2015

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Study for Light Projection’s 38 & 39

October 1, 2015 — Leave a comment

Image Below:
Study for Light Projection’s 38 & 39 (Negative Versions) 2015 by Thomas Brummett
(From Unique Silver Gelatin Prints)
Each work is 36×47″  100 year Color Pigment Print
Edition of 5

Study for Light Projection 38 a+39 Neg

Via www.studio-4a.com

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Study for Light Projection’s 38 & 39

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The Photographs of Danila Tkachenko

September 22, 2015 — Leave a comment

Congrats to the the winner of the European Publishers Award for Photography (EPAP) 2015 who is Russian photographer Danila Tkachenko with his project Restricted Areas which is a wonderful and haunting series of images on the Russian “technocratic future that never came”.

“The project “Restricted Areas” is about utopian strive of humans for technological progress.

I travel in search of places which used to have great importance for the technical progress – and which are now deserted. Those places lost their significance together with the utopian ideology which is now obsolete. Secret cities that cannot be found on maps, forgotten scientific triumphs, abandoned buildings of almost inhuman complexity. The perfect technocratic future that never came…”

Danila Tkachenko

 

Airplane – amphibia with vertical take-off VVA14. The USSR built only two of them in 1976, one of which has crashed during transportation.

Airplane – amphibia with vertical take-off VVA14. The USSR built only two of them in 1976, one of which has crashed during transportation.

 

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The world’s largest diesel submarine.

 

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“Bulgaria” ship lifted from underwater, 122 people drowned on it.

 

Via http://www.danilatkachenko.com/projects/restricted-areas/

All photos copyright Danila Tkachenko

The Photographs of Danila Tkachenko

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Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleworld @ New Museum

July 2, 2015 — Leave a comment

The late and great Sarah Charlesworth has been mentioned in this blog recently. Regrettably I just realized she passed away suddenly on June 25th.  The New York Times has a nice piece remembering her here that is well worth the read.

She is especially worth noting again regarding her major retrospective at the New Museum in New York. Not to be missed and a glorious final tribute to a remarkable photographic artist.

Review of the Exhibition by Roberta Smith here.

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http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/sarah-charlesworth

 

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Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleworld @ New Museum

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Under Construction – New Positions in American Photography

March 28, 2015 — Leave a comment

Under Construction – New Positions in American Photography is a very interesting show of young photographers at the huge Pioneer Works Center for Art and Innovation. The exhibition originated at the Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam  better known across the pond as Foam. Looks like the the still life and constructed image is alive and well…

Group exhibition featuring works by Joshua Citarella, Jessica Eaton, Daniel Gordon, Matthew Leifheit & Cynthia Talmadge, Matt Lipps, Matthew Porter, Sara Cwynar, Kate Steciw and Sara VanDerBeek

ON VIEW: March 14 – April 26, 2015

 

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Via: http://pioneerworks.org & Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam

 

Foam devoted an entire magazine to the show. You can see a preview here:  http://issuu.com/foam-magazine/docs/08-081_underconstruction_issuu_elis

 

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via Foam

 

Under Construction – New Positions in American Photography

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