Entrance Romance
Posted by Fabio 25 June 2010
Entrance Romance (it felt like a kiss) is a short film by American Photographer Ryan Mcginley, featuring Model Carolyn Murphy.
French Resistance killed by Nazi firing squad
Posted by Fabio 24 June 2010
The only photos of French Resistance agents facing the firing squad at the Nazis’ largest execution site in France are on public display for the first time. They are being displayed to the public for the first time in Mont Valérien, a 19th century fort outside Paris where the Nazis executed more than 1,000 resistance fighters and hostages during the Second World War – the largest number in one site in France. Read full story here.
Ryan McGinley
Posted by Fabio 23 June 2010
Ryan McGinley’s “snapshots” have been evolving steadily since his guerilla show at 420 West Broadway in 2000. McGinley has gone from being perceived as the hottest young photographer in town to being considered a serious artist with a rare gift for creating enduring color photographs – photographs that show us the best of youth.
Alejandro Guijarro
Posted by Fabio 18 June 2010
Alejandro Guijarro is an artist based in London and Madrid who works primarily in photography. He recently graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2010. His work examines spatial relations in photographic representation, exploring what photography is still allowed and able to do. He makes contradictory and paradoxical images, where the boundaries of the photographic image break down. read more
Kenneth Josephson
Posted by Fabio 11 June 2010
Kenneth Josephson was born on July 1, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan. He completed his elementary education in Detroit. In 1953 after being sent in Germany by the United States Army he was trained in photolithography and aerial reconnaissance photography. read more
Amir Zaki – Relics
Posted by Fabio 11 June 2010
Amir Zaki’s Relics, is a new body of photographic “portraits” of elevated lifeguard towers taken along different beaches in Southern California. Relics represents a continuation in the artist’s ongoing interest in architectural structures, but marks a distinct shift in terms of location—from urban Los Angeles to the beaches south of the city. read more
Claudia Rogge
Posted by Fabio 7 June 2010
German artist Claudia Rogge’s work has largely focused on the contrast between individualism and mass society, this interest originates from Rogge’s early studies of social and communication sciences. Shown here is the series Dividuum. read more
Phyllis Galembo
Posted by Fabio 7 June 2010
Large-scale color photographs from 2005 to 2006 reflect the ritual adornment and spirituality of masquerade in Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso in West Africa. These portraits of masqueraders build on Phyllis Galembo’s work of the past twenty years photographing the rituals and religious culture in Nigeria, Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti, as well as the homegrown custom of Halloween in the United States. read more
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