photographs
Simon Norfolk – Forensic Traces of War
A controlled explosion of an American fuel convoy in Iraq being filmed on the set of ?Over There?, a Fox TV production about the life of a US Army platoon…
Person Of The Year
And now it’s time to make the long awaited announcement! Neath Turcot’s Person Of The Year *gnaws open envelope* And the winner is…for making something artful, for bringing sublime elegance…
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Verdun and water…
Water – Edward Burtynsky
One of my favorite photographers, and a Canadian, eh? “While trying to accommodate the growing needs of an expanding, and very thirsty civilization, we are reshaping the Earth in colossal…
L.A.’s Famous Four-Level Freeway Interchange, ‘The Stack,’ Turns 58
by Nathan Masters on September 22, 2011 3:00 PM Fifty-eight years ago today, the Four Level interchange first opened to traffic. This iconic concrete ribbon that binds the 101 and…
Nina Berman – Fracking
Methane flaring from gas-drilling wellsNina Berman/NOOR This Is What Fracking Really Looks Like by David Rosenberg Photographer Nina Berman had just started focusing on climate and environmental issues when she…
Friedlander’s Car Windows
A good friend of mine recently showed me some photographs she took from an airplane window and the window frame was included in many shots and it, of course, reminded…
Christo – Big Air Package
Big Air Package, an indoor installation for the Gasometer Oberhausen, Germany, was conceived in 2010 and is on view from March 16 to December 30, 2013. 90 meters high, with…
Walter Benjamin – The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Probably the most important essay I have ever read in terms of becoming an artist, and understanding the political and art historical aspects of Photography. “ The uniqueness of a…
Lisa Ross “After Night”
Having previously photographed ritual objects and burial sites of the Uyghur people of Western China in the series, Living Shrines, she has created a new series that documents the surprising…
Duane Michals
“Who gives a fuck about what he had for breakfast? These are stylistic ticks. The digital has changed the paradigms of photography. I had an opening in Boston and this…
Blade Runner Revisited
“But what can a poor boy do except to sing for a rock and roll band” The Rolling Stones Or maybe just follow your imagination with a camera if music…
Untitled (The Woman In Red)
This is a work that came about during my recent consolidation of images past, present, (and future?) . The projection happened in the early 90′s when I was experimenting with…
Verdun, April 12, 2013
Can only remember this much snow a couple of times in my life this far into April and probably only in the last 15 years or so. My father was…
Nun’s Island Is Awesome!
For years I have been an outspoken critic about the rampant development on Nun’s Island. Every time a new highrise goes up there is at least a couple hundred more…