Manuel and Janice Zeitlin’s beautiful new space
Chestnut Street area coming alive. An event last night; stopped in after Dane’s open studio. (Then we went on a crazy late night search to rescue a stray dog, but that’s another story entirely). Fun night.
Within earshot of the fireworks, on summer nights. Sounds Stadium.
Dane Carder + Mary Addison Hackett
A detail, back in the rear of Dane’s studio on Chestnutt, during the “Still Life, Landscapes, Posers” show, curated by Mary Addison Hackett.
Kerouac, Burroughs, Ginsberg (and Frank)
Photography in the Beat Generation, Part One and Part Two.
Edit: Another slide show in the NYTimes today, from Allen Ginsberg.
“I sit in the car amazed to see the photographic artist prowling like a cat, or an angry bear, in the grass and roads, shooting whatever he wants to see. How I wished I’d have had a camera of my own, a mad mental camera that could register pictorial shots, of the photographic artist himself prowling about for his ultimate shot – an epic in itself.” — Kerouac, writing about Robert Frank.
Kerouac, on right.
Jerry Joyner
We photographed graphic designer and illustrator Jerry Joyner yesterday. Here are a couple of initial images. More to be added later.
Portrait of Jerry outside on his deck.
Still life creation inside his home.
Jerry holding a tiny miniature Dutch dictionary. A gift from a friend.
Drawing Table, by the window. (T-square still in use).
A salad he made for Samantha and me. Lunch on the deck, after the pictures. Nice.
Every year he does an illustration for the Chinese New Year. This year is “Year of the Dragon”.
Bottom snapshot is Jerry, in the black suit. Amazing. And the top image is of his mother.
A chair that Jerry’s father made for him. Made from clothespins.
Author photo of Jerry, with Remy Charlip. Back cover of “Thirteen”. Click photo for Amazon link.
Back porch stoop. Nice lines and shapes, and pretty light.
Beta version of the iPad Calendar. But I made it into a slot. Jerry’s handwriting looks a great deal like Virginia Team’s. Osmosis?
Venetia Dearden: Nice work
My friend Julian Calverley sent me this link to intimate images by Venetia Dearden. I love this location; jealous of her access to all that great content to shoot. Nice to see warm weather, too.
© Venetia Dearden 2013
Ai Wei Wei, “Never Sorry”
Strong film. Art and political activism in China. Stream for free on Netflix.
Maurice Sendak Illustrated Interview
Just sit down and find some quiet, and let this interview with Maurice Sendak in the NYTimes just wash over you. Illustrations by Christoph Niemann. I think Terry Gross was even a bit flustered and taken aback by his honesty and transparency.
Click on illustration to be taken to interview.
Dane Carder
Shot this portrait of my friend Dane Carder today after lunch. Experimenting with shooting 8×10 HP5, but with the old 1800′s Petzval lenses. And this combined with a built blank plate from some wet plate that we shot today. Still learning…
Dane Carder, fine artist.
Borut Peterlin: Modern Collodion
We do not have to be stuck in the past — here’s a very exciting modern approach to a job. I understand his fear of shooting collodion on location, for a job. There are a million things to go wrong, and risk blowing the job. The full article is here; really fun approach, and nice result. More than one way to skin a cat.
© Borut Peterlin
Mike and Doug Starn
Tricia sent me an article last week about the Starn brothers. They had an art piece installed near one of the storm areas in New York. I had not thought of them in a while. When I was first starting out, I photographed them for a story in Rolling Stone, in about 1987. I remember being so starstruck and nervous before the job. Obviously, they’ve now moved into “art heavyweights” as they’ve matured. There is so much strong work on their site, but the crowning piece, to me, is the bamboo work at The Met.
© Mike and Doug Starn
© Mike and Doug Starn
NYC Subway project (survived the storm)
© Mike and Doug Starn
Tia Danko / Martina Dankova
A friend shared this work with me. I love the Orwo Chapter. No idea what it means, but it’s strong work. On Facebook, she’s leading a double life as Tia Danko. Not sure about all the backstory, but all that matters is that the work is interesting. She lives in Slovakia. It’s a big world out there. (Edit/Clarification: She writes that Orwo is an expired GDR film that’s very unpredictable in its results).
© Tia Danko
© Tia Danko
Lauren Simonutti
Two images from “The Birthday Series”
I know very little about Lauren Simonutti. I’m just now beginning to read about her. All I know is that she had some type of mental illness, and that her photographs were strong, and that she seemed quite intelligent. She seemed to do all of her work in a very small area, in one room. She died this year.
Also, I just rewatched the Francesca Woodman documentary the other night, so all this is on my mind.
Link to Chapter One work from Edelman Gallery.
Link to Chapter Two work from Edelman Gallery.
And below, a video of Lauren, explaining her work.
Artist Talk with Lauren E. Simonutti (2010) from Catherine Edelman Gallery on Vimeo.
Anton Corbijn
This guy was my hero when I was a kid. Here’s a very nice video on him — surprising honest and refreshing. Lack of hype.
Valerie Hammond: Respect
I discovered this artist today, Valerie Hammond. Click on PRINTS link across the top of her site. Very strong work.
© Valerie Hammond.
© Valerie Hammond.
© Valerie Hammond.
© Valerie Hammond.
© Valerie Hammond.
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