9 posts tagged “photography”
when i decided to become an
artist, i understood that gesture had meaning. the action of making is
part of the encoding process of artmaking.
choice of media became part of encoding meaning into the work of art.
(instant gratification)
photopoems
are immediate gestures, moments of sight and thought joined and placed
in front of a (possible) audience immediately. the internet as illusion
of immediate connection - to other, to information, to audience - as
potential gratification via connectivity to these others while
maintaining a safe distance ...
I take pictures on the fly and post them online as I go. I'm playing with the dynamics of text and image. Some of the image/text things are little jokes, some are simple moments of beauty, some are intersections between me and the world, my noting the beauty that sustains me.
Already there are picture series that are more than just snapshots or singular moments, but actually making text-and-image poems as a means of negotiating the complexities of daily life.
You can follow - visit --- on the fly
This sounds like a haunting collection of photographs to explore, of stories to consider. The abandoned lives of those committed who never re-emerged from asylums. The Lives They Left Behind : Suitcases From a State Hospital Attic. By Darby Penney and Dr. Peter Stastny. Bellevue Literary Press. 205 pages. $25.
... it is going to be very interesting to see the prints they make from these negatives ...
Thousands of negatives of photographs taken by Robert Capa during the Spanish Civil War, long thought to be lost forever, have resurfaced.
This is the formative work of a photographer who, in a century defined by warfare, played a pivotal role in defining how war was seen, bringing its horrors nearer than ever — “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough” was his mantra — yet in the process rendering it more cinematic and unreal.
link to very interesting article.
