What happened this week in photography on the web: a project about sharing love, a reflection, a program, a photojournalism prize and a tribute, a captivating portfolio on female genital mutilation, vast landscapes as seen by three photographers, a new online photo magazine, portraits of dreamy girls, Polaroids of stars and wild animals in the subway.
Web Project: « The Ones We Love »
The Ones We Love is a web-based project created in 2008 and curated by Lindley Warren, where photographers share images of “people they love, cherish, and find inspiration with.” The site features work by photographers from all over the world, whose subjects range from lovers to friends to family members. The images are intimate and revealing—an exchange of looks, a laugh, an adventure, some nudity. At the top of each entry is a short text from the photographer, which is sometimes descriptive, other times abstract.
http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/03/photographers-share-intimate-images-loved-ones-curated-photo-website.html
PHOTOJOURNALISM: Its place in the art market, a new program, a prize, a tribute and a captivating portfolio about female genital mutilation.
– The art of photojournalism: a reflection on the growing role of photojournalism in the art world, from new agencies to museum walls. http://howtospendit.ft.com/art/51443-the-art-of-photojournalism
– The VII MENTOR PROGRAM The VII Mentor Program, a new initiative conceived by VII Members, seeks to provide professional development for emerging photographers whom the Members consider to be the brightest new talents in the industry. For two years, each selected photographer will work with a senior member of VII to build and polish necessary skills and to expand his or her own professional practice. VII Photo Agency will distribute the photographers work for the duration of the Mentor program.
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— Apply for the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography:
Documentary photographers and photojournalists are invited to submit their work for a chance to win the $30,000 prize. The submission deadline is May 31st, 2014.
http://smithfund.org/ and http://www.bjp-online.com/2014/04/w-eugene-smith-grant-for-humanistic-photography-calls-for-entries/
– Tribute: The photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus (AFP) was killed in Afghanistan. The British Journal of Photography published an article about her life and work.
– Follow the AFP on Tumblr, which publishes a daily photograph of a current event per day.
– Portfolios: We were struck by this report filed by the photographer Meeri Koutaniemi on female genital mutilation. Koutaniemi, 25, was born in Lapland and lives in Helsinki. She studied photojournalism at the university of Tampere and works on political and social issues concerning human rights and minorities. She is currently producing a long-term project on female genital mutilation throughout the world. http://fotografiamagazine.com/taken-meeri-koutaniemi/
Her report is difficult to look at, since it shows ritual mutilation in all its cruelty. The series, entitled Taken, depicts the mutilation of two girls 14-year old girls, Nasirian and Isini. They’re asked not to scream. Cutting the clitoris and genital area are a promise of future marriage. The high-contrast black-and-white, the choice of contextualizing medium shorts and close-ups on their faces, the hands balled into fists and the mutilations make us feel the unbearable pain of these children. Female genital mutilation is forbidden in Kenya, but the tradition continues in the Maasai villages.
LANDSCAPES, Man in the ‘intimate immensity,’ by three photographers
– Louis Perreault (Montréal), Trajectoires, Redbird editions
“Taken between home and away, the images of the series titled Trajectories show an intimate response to the landscapes and places I have visited in the recent years. My exploration of this territory is a journal of observations, where images of an entangled nature coexist with the vast spaces of the sea. The poetic proposition is a meditation on our relation with nature and the places we inhabit.
These black and white photographs where taken during the daily travels from work to home or while travelling around during the summer vacations. They are an emotional response to life, a work, to use Roland Barthes’ words, that “explore [photography] not as a question (a theme), but as a wound: I see, I feel, hence I notice, I observe and I think”.
In a sense, then, these spaces I have been photographing become an expression of what philosopher Gaston Bachelard has called an ‘intimate immensity.’”
Prints are on sale online at Redbird editions.
– Randy P. Martin, Miniatures, Redbird editions, Tumblr
Miniatures is a reminder of just how much of a tiny speck we are in this big mess. With this series he also tries to give a bit of a kick in the ass to himself, and maybe some others whenever their own lives seem overwhelming or difficult. Because in the end, we are just that tiny speck. Everything will work out in the long run.
– Daniel KUKLA, The Edge effect, Lenscraft
“I believe that it is impossible to capture a landscape in the frame of an image. Landscapes are so vast and varied that they engulf the very frame that one holds to it. As an artist that works with the shifting tensions between humanity and nature.” – Daniel Kulka
“In March of 2012 I lived in a cabin for a month within southern California’s Joshua Tree National Park. While staying in the Park, I spent much of my time visiting the borderlands of the park and the areas where the low Sonoran desert meets the high Mojave desert. While hiking and driving, I caught glimpses of the border space created by the meeting of distinct ecosystems in juxtaposition, referred to as the Edge Effect in the ecological sciences. To document this unique confluence of terrains, I hiked out a large mirror and painter’s easel into the wilderness and captured opposing elements within the environment. Using a single visual plane, this series of images unifies the play of temporal phenomena, contrasts of color and texture, and natural interactions of the environment itself.”
– New: The magazine ILOVETHATPHOTO with collaborate with @RedbirdEditions for the first time and redesign the publisher’s website.
Launched on March 14th, it features over 20 new photographers, interviews and a new design adapted for iOS. Redbird Editions sells limited-edition prints of work by emerging photographers.
http://redbirdeditions.com/about/ http://redbirdeditions.tumblr.com/ http://redbirdeditions.com/magazine/
PORTRAITS : Dreamy young girls and Polaroids of stars
“Cardamom is a metaphors for a young girl in Chinese poetry and thus it has become a symbol of young girls in this series […] These girls act on my behalf , portraying my(their) inner spirit , a young girl’s attitude towards this city and how a young girl connect with this world.”
Miss Bean is an independent photographer and visual artist currently based in Hong Kong. With her untold sensitivity she shoots with a film camera on her personal projects, allowing the process to be organic. She started photographing girls because of strong melancholia in her teen age and thereafter it became a series of work that depicts wonderful tale of youth and dreams.
http://www.booooooom.com/2014/04/01/photographer-miss-bean/ http://thisispaper.com/Miss-Bean-Cardamom
– Portroids: Daily Polaroid portraits of stars
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http://resourcemagonline.com/2014/01/rick-demint-exhibits-portroids-impossible-project-space-nyc/
Rick DeMint has an unusual hobby. Since 2003, he’s taken Polaroid portraits—or “Portroids,” as he calls them—of friends, family, and just about every famous person you can imagine. DeMint’s day job, in cash management and investment, puts him close to scores of well-known personalities. There’s something particularly intimate and candid about a Polaroid image. DeMint’s photos offer a perspective that’s refreshing and rare. “They’re right there on this small little 4-inch by 4-inch photo, which essentially captures them as they really are. There’s no touch-up or pre-planning. It’s just capturing someone live in the moment,” he said. http://www.portroids.com/
– For Fun: Wild animals in the metro
This is how to break the monotony of the Parisian metro: bring in exotic animals. This is the idea of Clarisse Rebotier and Thomas Subtil, who use computer to create dreamlike situations. The series Animétro will be on display through April 17th at the Millesime Gallery in Paris. http://www.ufunk.net/photos/animetro/
Keep your eyes on the web and we’ll see you next week.
