"Similar houses of a 'cookie cutter' suburban Queens neighborhood in New York City."
1935 LIFE Magazine
via Gothamist
January 29, 2010
January 17, 2010
Kodak Film Grant Recipients Announced
Things have been quite hectic as of late (and not really in the good way). What I thought to be a brief break from posting suddenly turned into a two month hiatus. I have a lot of new things happening at once, including a new apartment which is the main reason for my lack of web presence. However, now that life has begun to calm down a bit and I am plugged back in - I should be able to run a tighter ship!
A while back I posted about the Too Much Chocolate / Kodak film grant. While the aforementioned busyness prevented me from making the deadline to enter the competition, it looks like the recipients (which were announced earlier this month) are a great group of artists and will make great use of the grant. The work of two photographers particularly caught my eye, possibly because I am a sucker for seeing images of places I have never been through the eyes and lenses of someone else.
Anna Beeke of Brooklyn, documents Amsterdam, NY.
"Anna’s project, Amsterdam, New York, is a photographic document of a town in decline, and the life that continues there. It is part topography, part emotional response, and part “portrait of a town” in the classic sense of the photo essay. Much of the project is about physical spaces, occupied and unoccupied: Beeke explores the contrast between Amsterdam’s living and dead spaces, how its residents relate to the physical space of the city, and how their lives are informed by the landscape in which they carry out their daily rituals."
© Anna Beeke
Susan Worsham's, (of Richmond, VA) project, By the Grace of God, "is a series about Worsham’s home, the South, that takes her beyond her backyard, following a southern road, and documents places and characters that she uncovers."
© Susan Worsham
I am excited to see more images from both of these women.
And then there is also Murray Ballard's (of Brighton UK) look at cryonics, which is a fascinating subject in and of itself.
© Murray Ballard
The complete list of recipients as well as more info on the whole thing can be found on the Too Much Chocolate website, or more specifically, here. Be sure to check it out!
A while back I posted about the Too Much Chocolate / Kodak film grant. While the aforementioned busyness prevented me from making the deadline to enter the competition, it looks like the recipients (which were announced earlier this month) are a great group of artists and will make great use of the grant. The work of two photographers particularly caught my eye, possibly because I am a sucker for seeing images of places I have never been through the eyes and lenses of someone else.
Anna Beeke of Brooklyn, documents Amsterdam, NY.
"Anna’s project, Amsterdam, New York, is a photographic document of a town in decline, and the life that continues there. It is part topography, part emotional response, and part “portrait of a town” in the classic sense of the photo essay. Much of the project is about physical spaces, occupied and unoccupied: Beeke explores the contrast between Amsterdam’s living and dead spaces, how its residents relate to the physical space of the city, and how their lives are informed by the landscape in which they carry out their daily rituals."
© Anna Beeke
Susan Worsham's, (of Richmond, VA) project, By the Grace of God, "is a series about Worsham’s home, the South, that takes her beyond her backyard, following a southern road, and documents places and characters that she uncovers."
© Susan Worsham
I am excited to see more images from both of these women.
And then there is also Murray Ballard's (of Brighton UK) look at cryonics, which is a fascinating subject in and of itself.
© Murray Ballard
The complete list of recipients as well as more info on the whole thing can be found on the Too Much Chocolate website, or more specifically, here. Be sure to check it out!
November 1, 2009
Philadelphia, PA
Some last minute plans took me to Philadelphia this weekend to see the viewing for the Modern & Contemporary Art sale at Freeman's auctioneers. Not really going to these types of things all that often since I am in no position to buy; it was really interesting see the great deal of work that goes into making it happen and how much things are selling for in the current market. The sale included work from the Lehman Brothers Collection as well as some beautiful Berenice Abbott prints which were roughly 8x10 inches each, sold as a set of 10 for $12,000.
© Berenice Abbott
To make the most of my short time in Philly I also stopped by a few shows on the great recommendations of Justin James Reed. One of the shows I particularly enjoyed was Personal Views: Contemporary Photographic Portraiture in Philadelphia, at Gallery 339. If you know me, it may not sound like a show I would like since my own work doesn't include people most of the time. I am frequently asked why that is and it really has nothing to do with me liking portraiture or not. I guess I would say that my interests seem to subconsciously shift toward the marks people make and the presence of people, rather than people themselves. However, some projects that are currently in the early stages (ie in my head) do include some people. So we will see how that plays out.
Personal Views runs through November 14 at Gallery 339, which has the friendliest staff that I think I have ever seen by the way - so check it out if you have the chance.
© Nadine Rovner
© Rita Bernstein
© Zoe Strauss
© Berenice Abbott
To make the most of my short time in Philly I also stopped by a few shows on the great recommendations of Justin James Reed. One of the shows I particularly enjoyed was Personal Views: Contemporary Photographic Portraiture in Philadelphia, at Gallery 339. If you know me, it may not sound like a show I would like since my own work doesn't include people most of the time. I am frequently asked why that is and it really has nothing to do with me liking portraiture or not. I guess I would say that my interests seem to subconsciously shift toward the marks people make and the presence of people, rather than people themselves. However, some projects that are currently in the early stages (ie in my head) do include some people. So we will see how that plays out.
Personal Views runs through November 14 at Gallery 339, which has the friendliest staff that I think I have ever seen by the way - so check it out if you have the chance.
© Nadine Rovner
© Rita Bernstein
© Zoe Strauss
October 21, 2009
Interesting story of photographer Vivian Maier, from Chicago. While not all of her photographs were taken in the Chicago, her images are particularly compelling to me since I am originally from the city. This one shows the former Woods Theatre on the corner of Randolph and Dearborn.
found on Barry Stone's blog
October 19, 2009
October 14, 2009
The Return of Polaroid!
Spectra Film, Expired: 2002
Thanks to The Impossible Project, Polaroid film returns in 2010!
I myself have a bunch in the fridge, and was waiting for the right time to use it...
More cameras too.
October 7, 2009
Top 10 Doctored Photos
Matthew Brady / Library of Congress
Fascinating article from Time.
In other news today, Irving Penn has passed away...very sad...
October 2, 2009
01165
Found on my hard drive...so many things to sift through...hard drive...negatives...contacts...
Maybe some new work and an updated website will be online soon...
September 29, 2009
Ryan Monaghan
photo © Ryan Monaghan
Tonight was the Hey Hot Shot! Confab and Print Trade, which was held at White Rabbit on the Lower East Side. I just yesterday found out about the event and thought it was a pretty cool idea so I decided to see what print I could offer up. However, after a long day and being a bit tired I wasn't all that sure I wanted to make my way over there and spend the night in a severely crowded bar...and crowded it was. In the end I did make it to event and it paid off - I lucked out and now own a print of the photograph shown above by Ryan Monaghan...and to top it off it is an 11x14 c-print, when nearly all prints were 8x10! The image is from a series in which Ryan explores hunting culture. I first remember seeing his work on the HHS! blog and thought it was pretty interesting...I never would have guessed that a few months later I would be able to revisit it.
You can see more of Ryan's work on his website.
September 18, 2009
House Pictures
Looking around online today I found myself doing a bit of reading about one of my old favorites, Henry Wessel. I won't go as far as to say he heavily influenced my work and when I shot these photographs I wasn't particularly thinking of Wessel - but when I was printing them he did come to mind. So anyway, I guess this is my nod to one of the greats (who in my opinion, is often overshadowed by bigger names).
Four houses in Floral Park, Queens
(from Somewhere in Queens)
Real Estate Photos by Henry Wessel
(from House Pictures, 1990)
Four houses in Floral Park, Queens
(from Somewhere in Queens)
Real Estate Photos by Henry Wessel
(from House Pictures, 1990)
September 1, 2009
Amy Stein - Domesticated
August 24, 2009
TMC + Kodak Film Grant
"Too much chocolate is excited to partner with Kodak in offering its first-ever film grant program, with submissions opening September 1st, 2009. This grant will provide 10 non-represented photographers with the film needed to execute a new or ongoing personal project, to be completed during 2010. This partnership aims to recognize strong project ideas from talented and emerging photographers, allowing them to fully realize a body of work that may not have been achieved otherwise. At the start of 2011, the recipients’ final projects will be brought together and exhibited through a variety of online, magazine, and gallery showcases."
Read more here
Read more here
August 14, 2009
Self Publishing with Beth Dow
Some pretty great information from Beth Dow, the 2008 winner of Blurb's Photography.Book.Now competion. The interview is brought to you by the folks over at Hey Hot Shot.
Read the HHS interview here
August 11, 2009
Something Old, Something New
Bush + Berries, 2008
I am just about done with the portfolio prints for my Queens work and now revisiting a past project and starting something new. So, needless to say, I am excited to get out of the borough of Queens! I will post some new work soon...
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