2007 Archive

Davin — December 4th, 2007

Here’s an image from Philadelphia’s Justin James Reed: “Catherine St.”

This image is from Reed’s series, South Philadelphia. It’s a mixture of muted, earth-toned empty streets, curbside portraits, and warm catches of low sunlight.

justinjamesreed.com

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2Point8 - Joel Meyerowitz: Davin — December 3rd, 2007; Michael David Murphy has posted the first part of an interview with Joel Meyerowitz on 2Point8. See some of Michael’s other discussions here.; Posted in Interviews, People, Websites — Comment

MakingRoom Store

Davin — December 2nd, 2007

I’ve just set up an Amazon Store here on MakingRoom as a way of highlighting book titles and related items that are favourites or simply of interest to us. It’s set up in a fairly bare-bones fashion right now but I’ll be giving it more organization over the next week or so. Purchasing through our store is a good passive way of supporting the site while getting something you want. Let me know what you think.

Visit the Store

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Michael Schmelling: Davin — December 1st, 2007; Shane Lavalette has a great conversation with Michael Schmelling at his site. Shane talks with Michael about how he came to photography at an early age, what later lead him to El Paso, Texas and James Holloway who became the subject of his 2002 book Shut Up Truth, and his continuing fine art and editorial work.; Posted in Interviews, People, Websites — Comment

Words Without Pictures

Davin — November 30th, 2007

The just launched website Words Without Pictures is essentially a relaunch of the Tip of the Tongue essay and discourse site that had a brief life in the past year. This relaunch is most likely in no small part due to Charlotte Cotton’s new position at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the project’s sponsor.

Words Without Pictures inaugural essay is Christopher Bedford’s provocatively titled, Qualifying Photography as Art, or, Is Photography All It Can Be?. The core of his question is squarely for those entrenched in art criticism and not necessarily for those involved in its creation. But there are some interesting distinctions to be made in terms of those artists who use photography to facilitate a broader conceptual goal and those whose intent is inherently about “capturing.”

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Sander Plug - Chocolade Haas

Davin — November 30th, 2007

Just because.

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Sour grapes, cronyism, and pep

Davin — November 30th, 2007

Portland, OR photographer Shawn Records (website with fancy dots here) has recently started blogging and had a couple of con-joined posts on dealing with the mixed bag of feelings surrounding juried exhibitions and form letter laden rejection of all sorts: pep talk / sour grapes and cronyism… two from the home team

I’ve bounced similar thoughts around about the validity of juried shows and other pay-for-play opportunities to get work in front of what one hopes will be an influential set of eyeballs. I’ve wondered about the possible closed-loop of relationships that may effect decisions in these cases while never really putting my own work out there because of my own mixture of sour grapes and self deprecation. It’s easy to believe in corrupt systems that serve to line some person or corporation’s pockets but it’s maybe just as easy to take a look at the great work that is included in many juried shows and emerging annuals — great work chosen by people who are dedicating unpaid time for the most part to someone else’s work.

Shawn takes this latter approach in his recent posts. He recognizes his own misgivings and flips them into something more positive.

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SOLO — Ye Rin Mok

Davin — November 29th, 2007

We missed SOLO last week but it’s back with an image from Ye Rin Mok.

Korean-born Ye Rin Mok is a photographer based in Los Angeles. Her portrait work has been featured in numerous magazines and has a recognizable fusion of chill and emotion. Her editorial and personal work is infused with cool light and a universal sense of reserve — sometimes even secrecy.

But the images aren’t cold. They’re emotional and have the occasional bursts of wry humour.

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Ed Panar - Golden Palms

Davin — November 29th, 2007

Ed Panar’s new book Golden Palms has it’s release party Friday night in New York.

November 30th
International Center for Photography
1133 Sixth Avenue (at 43rd St) New York City
6:00 to 7:30 pm

Panar’s book is just one of the J&L titles being released: Stuff I Gotta Remember Not To Forget by Darin Mickey, 72 Girls and Some Boys Who Could Be Models by Anne Daems, and J&L Video by various artists.

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The Abominable Charles Christopher

Davin — November 17th, 2007

This post is something a bit different for MakingRoom but we do occasionally feature non-photo visual art and there are really no rules to break. A couple of days ago, a friend pointed me to a fairly new web comic and I was instantly captivated by it. It’s called The Abominable Charles Christopher and it’s created by Toronto’s Karl Kerschl as part of a group of serialized web comics at transmission-x.com.

Transmission-X is also home to comics by friends, Claudia Dávila and Michael Cho, who are both supremely talented.

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