American Truth is a new exhibition that explores the subjectivity of truth, specifically in photographic work–indeed a timely and important subject in today’s current waters. The exhibition is curated by Jasmine Wahi, founder and co-director of Project for Empty Space, a nonprofit arts organization in Newark, New Jersey and will be on display at the SVA […]
Archives for November 2019
David Benjamin Sherry: American Monuments
Using analogue photographic methods, David Benjamin Sherry reexamines the classic tradition of landscape of the American West. In his book American Monuments (Radius Books, 2019) he presents photographs with vivid monochromatic palettes to shed light on the exploitation that threatens our country’s national monuments. Using 8×10 large format film, Sherry captures details and pristine qualities of […]
Greece Week: Christina Papas: In the Black of Light
I met photographer Christina Papas at the portfolio review at the Athens Photo Festival last July. If you have the chance, the APhF is great to visit. It offers main and satellite exhibitions, an extensive photobook exhibition you can apply for without a fee, talks, performances, a Talent Lab program and diverse workshops. It also […]
Greece Week: Michael Almiroudis: Genius Seculi
If many Greeks say they feel the legacy of 3000 years and more of History, photographer Michael Almiroudis wants the viewer to consider why and how we look to the past. And how we use photography as a medium matters. Across different bodies of work, Michael explores links between past, present and future and crafts […]
Greece Week: Ioanna Sakellaraki: The Truth is In The Soil
For Ioanna Sakellaraki, The Truth is in the Soil started with the loss of her father. But it in fact explores much wider topics of bereavement such as cultural grief rituals, absence and presence, what is real or not, complying or rejecting societal and familial expectations… For this project she visited the last remaining Greek […]
Greece Week: Katerina Tsakiri: A Simple Place
There is this thing about self-portraits that I find particularly intriguing: Japanese artist Tomoko Sawada says of her work “I just trying to change my appearance, looks like not me, but all the pictures is me”; and it’s this almost obvious sounding comment that highlights for me the mind-boggling duality of self-portraiture – the self […]