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Erica Allen, Untitled Gentleman
©2008 Erica Allen
“Untitled Gentleman is a series of fictional portraits created using anonymous faces from contemporary barbershop hairstyle posters combined with figures from discarded studio photographs. Through interventions in these found photographs, this work explores representations and constructions of identity in portraiture and appropriates value to images and individuals who are otherwise overlooked.
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Daily, Photography
VIsual Fridays: Erika Larsen
“I have come on a search to understand the primal drive of the modern hunter by taking an inclusive look at an original hunter-gatherer society. I have come to see if when the land speaks there are those that can interpret its language. I have come in search of silence so that I could begin [...]
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Art Criticism, Daily, Multiples, Photography
Look3 Festival of the Photograph 2009 - three reflections.
I recently attended LOOK3 The Festival of the Photograph this past weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. It is a photography festival, founded by Michael “Nick” Nichols of National Geographic, promising three days of ‘peace love and photography.’ I attended last year as well as this past weekend, and had a few thoughts to share.
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Daily, Media, Photography
Visual Friday: George LeChat
San Francisco Photographer Geroge LeChat’s current work in progress is a fascinating study of Fort Funston, and an inspiration.
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Daily, Media, Photography
Visual Friday: Marc Yankus
By Kathryn Wagner 05.22.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments©marcyankus.com
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I am really enjoying the vertical format Mr. Yankus has utilized in these images. I am getting such a great feel from the texture and use of color. Represented by ClampArt, Marc Yankus was originally trained as a painter before turning to photography as a primary medium. I would love to hear others reactions on [...] -
Daily, Media, Photography
Visual Friday: Rita Bernstien
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Visual Friday: Amy Stein’s ‘Domesticated’ Series
©Amy Stein, www.amysteinphoto.com
“Amy Stein crafts photographic allegories set simultaneously in a number of different liminal spaces. Her sure and realistic color works manifest the place where the human-built meets the wild, but in addition they show us where the factual descriptive image meets fiction. Despite their apparent realism, her images are posed and constructed, sometimes [...] -
Art Criticism, Multiples, Observations, Photography
Monday Visual #1
Sam Weber quickly became one of my favorite illustrators when I saw his portrait of Bjork sometime last year. There is a dark, black, overly–romantic beauty in his work. Can you tell I love magical realism? Some of his paintings are available for purchase here. Enjoy!
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Current Klatch, Observations, Photography
“Social Capital Death Watch” interesting conversation on arts funding over at Amy Stein’s blog. [kw]
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