“It is a curious emotion, this certain homesickness I have in mind… It is no simple longing for the home town or country of our birth. The emotion is Janus-faced: we are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the […]
Archives for January 2019
Developer: Rana Young: The Rug’s Topography
I had the wonderful experience of sitting down with Rana Young to discuss the intricacies of publishing her very first monograph The Rug’s Topography. The book is a beautifully intimate look at the delicacy of a shifting relationship, and the space for intimacy that photographs can provide. It was published with Kris Graves Projects, it launched on […]
Brennan Booker: Honeysuckle
Today, Julia Bennett interviews Brennan Booker, the new Lenscratch Editor of Developer. Developer will be a series focused on emerging photographers with interviews that investigate intention and the journey of a developing photographic artist. We are so grateful to Brennan for his vision, intelligence, and efforts – Aline Smithson I’m thrilled to introduce Brennan Booker, […]
Bootsy Holler: Treasures
Five years ago photographer Bootsy Holler walked into her mother’s kitchen, opened the drawer and saw history – family history and objects that carried stories. The objects were absurd in some ways, poignant in others and Bootsy used these long held possessions to build a collection of her own curation, allowing her to turn back […]
Gesche Würfel: What Remains of the Day – Memories of World War II
Continuing our recognition of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 we are featuring Gesche Würfel’s What Remains of the Day – Memories of World War II. The project explores the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust on contemporary life by grappling with time and memory through images of places and people. Born […]
Nancy Baron: Into the Light
This Sunday, January 27, 2019, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, an international memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust and a time to remember the genocide that resulted in the annihilation of six million European Jews as well as millions of others by the Nazi regime. January 27 is the date, in 1945, when […]