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Robin Howie - A Dialogue with Public Space
Davin — December 4th, 2007

Robin Howie - A Dialogue with Public SpaceRobin Howie, who graduated from Kingston University this year, initiated a series of outdoor interventions in the form of texts placed in public spaces.

“A Dialogue with Public Space is a project to engage the general public with public space. I travelled around London creating a series of typographic interventions within the environment. These featured rhetoric statements which encourage questions about the nature and success of public space.” - Robin Howie

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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.

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Michael Schmelling
Davin — December 1st, 2007

Michael Schmelling 2006Shane 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.

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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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The Abominable Charles Christopher
Davin — November 17th, 2007

The Abominable Charles ChristopherThis 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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Must Not Sleep / Must Warn Others
Davin — November 17th, 2007

Must Warn OthersMust Not Sleep / Must Warn Others is a collective of photographers striving to promote positive social change through the power of photography.

Formed in Seattle, the group has expanded to include other like-minded US photographers:

Greg Wasserstrom - Brooklyn, NY
Greg Lutze - Seattle, WA
Bryan Schutmaat - Houston, TX
Christina Mei Lutze - Denver, CO
Leif Anderson - Seattle, WA
Ian Whitmore - Chicago, IL
Jerad Knudson - Seattle, WA

The collective seeks to effect change through “shows and books with proceeds going towards selected charities, pro bono work for non-profit organizations and personal projects with a heightened sense of humanity.”

mustwarnothers.com

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Ross Evertson — Disappear Here
Davin — November 16th, 2007

Ross Evertson - Disappear HereMakingRoom Co-Editor, Ross Evertson, recently wrote about a project he did with Los Angeles’ People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) back in 2005. The project resulted in a series of images entitled Disappear Here which take an alternate look at how we see homelessness — or don’t.

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Timothy Archibald - Multiples, Choices
Davin — November 11th, 2007

Copyright 2007 Timothy ArchibaldProbably best known for his Sex Machines work, Timothy Archibald is also a successful editorial photographer. Archibald is also a father and recently he has been blogging a series of mixed media images and groupings that explore the ephemeral world of youth. More interesting is that Archibald has also been asking for open critiques and suggestions via his comments.

Images ©2007 Copyright Timothy Archibald.

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