Archives
volume 10 (3.2007-6.2007)
The Chain
Magnum photographer Chien-Chi Chang photographed pairs of some 700 psychiatric inmates who are chained together and forced to tend one million chickens on a large farm in Taiwan.
Photo-London: Contemporary Only!
In its 37th year, this international photography fair took on a fresh new look, showing only photographs taken since 1970. Here are 30 picks.
Portraits in Landscapes from 21st Century America
American photographer Richard Renaldi traveled his country coast to coast, and captured the faces and places he encountered with his 8 x 10 view camera.
"Personals"
Serbian photographer Katarina Radovic explores the desire to seduce — with fictional self-portraits posted in online dating services and sites like MySpace.
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2007
Walid Raad /The Atlas Group (b. 1967, Lebanon), is the winner of the £30,000 prize for his significant contribution to the medium of photography in Europe. Here we have examples of the winning work, as well as work by the three other finalists.
Copia
American photographer Brian Ulrich takes a long, unsmiling look at how merchandise is presented for sale in Big Box retail outlets and Thrift stores.
Digital Self-Portraits
One of our most popular blog entries: 8 years of life compressed into 3 minutes, with sound!
Calm Before the Storm
Serbian photographer Sinisa Vlajkovic documented everyday life in Lebanon for 18 months during 2003-2005, a period of relative peace and tranquility. Here are his photos and his personal report.
The "Ultimate" list of Japanese Photobooks
Photo historian Ferdinand Brueggemann tries his hand at expanding the list of "must have" Japanese photobooks.
Self-portraits along the route of an ancient pilgrimage
French photographer Marie Docher walked alone in the summer heat along the 1200 km trail from Auvergne, France to Santiago, Spain. She did not know what she was searching for. But every time she got thirsty, she held out her camera first and took a self-portrait before she took some water.
The Photobook: A History, Volume 2
Documentary photographer and professor Ken Light reviews this book with a mixture of delight and disappointment.
Snapshots from a portfolio review
A brief introductory report from the
19th Annual International Photography Meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Upside down, inside-out — and
now in
color!
New photographs by Abelardo Morell
Cuban-born photographer Abelardo Morell had already taken the art world by storm with his black-and-white series of "rooms as camera obscura" imagery. But recently, he put color film in his 8 x 10 view camera, and the results are even more dizzying. In an exclusive audio interview, you can hear Morell talk about the alchemy of optics, this new phase in his work, and more.
Made in Italy: an angry, philosophical lament about the current state of life in Italy
Five award-winning Italian photographers, and four Italian philosopher-sociologist writers teamed up to create a hard-edged assessment of current life in Italy. It's not what mainstream media or glossy tourist guides would show you.
Expectations of Adolescence
American photographer Blake Fitch has documented the growing-up of two young women in upper-class New England, USA, over ten years.
Life in Death:
Photography from Finland
Death is the name of a small village in Finland. Swedish photographer Eva Persson thought that was funny. So she visited Death and its inhabitants over the course of a year to discover and document the people and daily life there. The result — a great photo book, and insights into contemporary rural Finnish culture.
World Press Photo 2006
See all the winning photographs here, as well as archives of all the winners in two previous years.
Audio Archives
Abelardo Morell talks about his mural-size camera obscura works10 minutes
Archives
volume 9 (11.2006-2.2007)
The Lotus-Eaters
Jeff Cowen's latest body of work is a virtuoso performance of mural-size portraits and cinematic collages.
Color 1970-1980
Just one decade's work in the evolution of one of the masters of color photography, Joel Meyerowitz.
Adolescent Prisons
European photographer Klavdij Sluban conducts long-term photography workshops in prisons for adolescents. He gives the prisoners a new way to look at life, and he brings back some haunting images.
Las Vegas Quickie Weddings
Everything you need to get hitched at a moment's whim! Kate Nicholson documents a behind the scene's look at the other big business in Vegas.
photo
book reviewA Couple Ways of Doing Something
Artist Chuck Close starts with the 19th century Daguerreotype process to create stunning large format digital prints in this latest series of portraits.
After Katrina:
water-logged photos
After the hurricane and flood, Stan Strembicki found and photographed ruined books and lost family photo albums.
Month of the Photo in Paris
Every two years, the city of Paris hosts a city-wide celebration of photography. Here is an English-language guide to more than 65 photography events happening throughout November and beyond. Photo: Fading, 2006, Nicholas Comment.
Even more!
The Mois de la Photo-OFF is a fringe festival organized in parallel to the official Mois de la Photo festival. Their goal is to offer a dynamic selection of emerging photographers exhibited in young galleries and unexpected spaces, like a train station, a florist's and a butcher's. All exhibits are free... Check out the website!
Avedon's Private Collection
It's interesting to note what the great masters choose to have around to inspire them. Here's a brief look at what Richard Avedon liked to keep.
William Christenberry:
Audio commentary and new book review
A year-long retrospective of Christenberry's work is on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington. Aperture has also published a new book of his life's work. Here, we share a representative portfolio of his work, accompanied by a 17 minute audio commentary by Christenberry himself.
Simon Norfolk:
Forensic Traces of War
Acclaimed photographer Simon Norfolk is exploring the idea of "battlefields" and how that term has expanded in meaning in recent wars. Here we feature images from several bodies of work, plus an engaging audio interview with Norfolk.
Elaine Ling:
Cuba Inside and Out
Canadian photographer of Chinese heritage, Elaine Ling, travels the world alone with her 4x5 view camera and loads of polaroid film. On the road, she befriends strangers who invite her to document their personal, eclectic living spaces. The work shown here was taken over a two year span in Cuba.
Anna Puig Rosado:
Around the Black Sea in Winter
French photographer Anna Puig Rosado decided to follow the coast line of the Black Sea through all of the countries that border it. She had no guide, no timeline, no plans for lodgings — just a backpack, a camera and lots of color film. Here is her visual and poetic report.
Paris Photo 2006
The largest-ever Paris Photo featured 116 exhibitors showing the work of more than 500 photographers from 22 countries. Here is a selection of more than 80 near-random picks from the offerings. This massive exposition-marketplace-photo celebration took place November 16-19 in Paris. Plus, more than 100 other photo events continue to take place in Paris, alone. See our guide listings, on the left.
Audio Archives
William Christenberry speaks about his life's work17 minutes
Simon Norfolk interview
15 minutes
Archives
volume 8 (7.2006-10.2006)
Harry Callahan
An exhibition of 120 prints in Chicago, and a roundtable of old friends, brings some new insight into Callahan's working methods and his personality. Report by Victor M. Cassidy
Festival: Arles 2006
Curator Raymond Depardon took the reigns this year, and showcased the work of his friends, his personal influences, and those whom he considers to be at the cutting edge in the photography of Politics and Society.
Cold Defiance
British photographer Andrew Buurman documents the hearty souls who swim weekly in icy London waters.
Facade
Korean photographer Han Sungpil marvels at the elaborate photographic illusions erected to hide the construction and architectural face-lifts of buildings around the world.
DL 07
Jens Liebchen co-opts the visual language of war photography to create a menacing portrait of a town that is actually not engaged in war.
The Value of Space
An in-depth, illustrated essay by scholar Steve
Yates.
Unseen UK
In this photobook conceived and edited by Steven Gill, mail carriers from the Royal Mail share their unique views on British society and culture along their postal routes.
Buddhism
and AIDS in Cambodia
Photojournalist Bennett Stevens delivers a first-person report from AIDS treatment centers in Cambodia.
Joan Fontcuberta:
interview and retrospective
Artist, author, iconoclast and provocateur, Joan Fontcuberta has been playing with photography, media and authenticity since the mid-1980s. In an exclusive audio interview, he talks about his motives, methods, and why we should know that "every image is a trap."
Being in the World: a series of nightmare images by Isabelle Rozenbaum
Paris-based photographer Isabelle Rozenbaum uses her craft to try to come to terms with her personal family history, the Holocaust, and the insistent, visual murmurings of the unconscious.
Ingar Krauss: Portraits
Adolescents from orphanages and juvenile prisons in central and eastern European are the subjects of these powerful and revealing portraits. Book review and interview with the artist.
Audio Archives
Joan Fontcuberta interview22 minutes