André Kertész: Meudon 1928
In the history of photography and in photographic theory, there are a few icons, a few images that are discussed in almost every book on photography that exists. One such image is André Kertész’s Meudon, 1928. Apart from approaching this piece of work – first published in 1945 in New York – from a descriptive...
What is Beautiful Appears Bestial, and What is Bestial Appears Beautiful.
I know it might not be right around the corner, but if you might decide to spend a weekend in Berlin I strongly recommend visiting Bruce Davidson’s exhibition SUBWAY at CO Berlin. The building alone is already worth an entrance fee. Located in Berlin Mitte the venue is an old Post office from 1876 and...
And What Else Do We Know by Him? A Response to 0.2964285
As Michael has shown us, the process of editing and sequencing photographic work is a process that’s at least as important to the actual shooting of images. But his example of Robert Frank’s The Americans is interesting for another reason: isn’t this the almost archetypical one-hit-wonder? Or put differently: what else do you know by...
Nat Chard & Samuel Van Hoogstraten – Peepshows
Nat Chard is using a 17th Century work by Samuel Van Hoogstraten called A Peepshow with Views of the Interior of a Dutch House as the departure point for some work incorporating photography. It is well worth taking a look at Nat’s first post on the peepshow here; http://natchard.com/2011/09/30/403/ As well as the entire peepshow category; http://natchard.com/category/peepshow/ ...
The Genius of Photography – BBC Four (2007)
Documentary series about photography are few and far between and when a well produced one comes along it makes you wonder why. BBC Four’s 2007 production, The Genius of Photography is one such series. ‘In the course of our 170 year relationship, photography has delighted us, served us, moved us, outraged us and occasionally disappointed us. But...
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As touched on in Johannes’ previous posts (Discovering/Uncovering the Magic and Difficulties and Successes), there is one part of the photographic process that is often forgotten or undervalued. The exercise of picking out the images from a shoot which together create a coherent narrative in a photographic series is an ability every photographer must develop....
