Thursday, September 1, 2011

"Ladies Goods," ink on found print, 2008 (c) Ruth Marten


Saturday, August 27, 2011

Friday, August 26, 2011

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

The Librarian, 1566, oil on canvas, Skokloster Castle, Sweden
Things I Miss
Deep in a bookshop
a day can pass unnoticed,
eyes fixed on titles.
The fun is in the searching,
and things learned along the way.
—Tanka by Michal Boiano, from the “Things I Miss” series.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Daniel Canogar

Daniel Canogar, Marea, 2011
digital c print, duratrans, light box
70.8 x 118" / 180 x 300 cm
Edition of 3

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Christopher R. Perez

Wet plates, Dianas, Polaroids by Christopher R. Perez

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Photo Tractatus

"The Oracle," by John Gutmann, 1949

A sample from "The Photographers" on 

Photo Tractatus' Flickr photostream


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Ralph Gibson

I have been a photographer all my life….and have made photographs of many things and for many reasons. But one thing that becomes more and more apparent is that I am simply only as good as my next photograph. That’s the one that counts the most….For this reason I find it a delight to face a new day, and to develop that new roll of film. It’s a great way to live.”
Ralph Gibson

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Chad Wys

Chad Wys, Nocturne 114, archival pigment print, 2011

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Albert Pinkham Ryder | With Sloping Mast And Dipping Prow, c.1883

It’s more important to concentrate on what you want to say to yourself and your friends. Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness. Take [William Carlos] Williams: until he was 50 or 60, he was a local nut from Paterson, New Jersey, as far as the literary world was concerned. He went half a century without real recognition except among his friends and peers.
“You say what you want to say when you don’t care who’s listening. If you’re grasping to get your own voice, you’re making a strained attempt to talk, so it’s a matter of just listening to yourself as you sound when you’re talking about something that’s intensely important to you.”

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

"Doll"

Lisette de Boisblanc
As a New Orleans native, I felt the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina personally; my family was profoundly affected by the storm. We suffered not only the loss of physical possessions but endured psychological damage as well. Four years after the storm I found my grandmother’s ruined doll collection. The dolls had been submerged in water for two weeks. I began to X-ray them both as objects to document and preserve. I was curious to see how the damage looked on the inside. I was surprised by what I found within— nails, pins, hooks, springs holding them together, lost objects, safety pins, and pieces of jewelry.The dolls have an aura that is almost human, with internal workings that chronicle a life lived, a spirit. Sometimes they have strength; others, broken hearts. Making the photographs helped me move beyond my grief. The X-rays aren’t documents of decay and loss but stories about what can be recovered and saved, what can be found, seen, and kept. It is my hope that viewing these images created from X-rays will provoke the viewer to explore the depth of their relationships and experiences within themselves and the world around them.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Adel and Lightening, 1972 by Douglas D. Prince

New work on imageT90, an online gallery by Shea Naer

The Art of Photogravure

Drtikol, Frantisek, b.1883-1961
Les Nus de Drtikol, 1929
28.5 x 21.8 cm
Photogravure
http://www.photogravure.com/

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Brian Dettmer

Altered Books - 
Prose and Poetry of England, 2011, 8.5 x 7.5 x 2.25 in.

Stephan Zirwes

Stephan Zirwes' website