I had the pleasure of sharing a meal with Joanne Dugan when she visited Los Angeles recently and enjoyed discussing her approach to photography. Joanne is an artist who uses photographic materials and processes to create art. Some years ago, the New York Times wrote about about her practice: “As a fine artist, I only […]
Archives for October 2019
The 2019 Lange-Taylor Prize: Chinen Aimi: Finding Ryukyu
The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University recently awarded its twenty-seventh Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize to Japanese American artist and documentarian Chinen Aimi. Her winning proposal, Finding Ryukyu, combines text and drawings with 35mm black-and-white photographs to investigate her various histories as a child born on the island of Okinawa, Japan (part of the […]
Wendi Schneider: Evenings with the Moon
Artist Wendi Schneider is unabashedly unafraid of beauty. Her images are timeless, romantic, and filled with poetry and grace. Her compositions include the flora, fauna, and the figure and they are elevated into fragile objects with the use of precious metals applied to the photographs. These singular expressions have resulted in a tidal wave of […]
W|ALLS: Defend, Divide, and the Divine Exploring Barriers, Real and Perceived Exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography
We live in a time of division–our borders, our backyards, and our politics are a series of walls whether physical or unseen. I was interested in the psychology of walls and found this quote by Costica Bradatan of the New York Times: “Walls, then, are built not for security, but for a sense of security. […]
Sunny Strader: 5th Grade Dreams
I’m sure we all have imagined an opportunity to go back in time and connect with people from our past, in particular school mates that shared in our growing up. Facebook and class reunions have afforded a bit of that investigation, but photographer Sunny Strader has made a concerted effort to find, photograph, and interview […]