Mary Anne Mitchell recently mounted an immersive installation, Dreamscape, at Thomas Deans Fine Art in Atlanta, GA. Unfortunately, I couldn’t feature the exhibition while it was installed, but wanted to make sure to share it. The gallery was transformed into a ghostly, dreamlike environment, allowing the visitor to experience the fluidity of her photographs printed […]
Archives for December 2019
Maria Isabel LeBlanc: De La Luz
A few miles inland from the Northern California coast is fertile ground for harvest. Driving through the towns of Gilroy, Salinas, and Watsonville, the scent of garlic and artichokes mingle with earth, ripe with potential. Photographer Maria Isabel LeBlanc has driven these roads on a daily basis, appreciating the beauty of the land. Her series, […]
On Collaboration: On Belonging by Nirmal Raja and Lois Bielefeld
Responding to increasing racial polarity in the United States, interdisciplinary artist Nirmal Raja and photographer Lois Bielefeld have launched two collaborative projects, reaching across race lines to explore identity, place, and belonging. Their initial project, Reaching Through 5 ½ yards, 8497 Miles, examines the role of cultural markers and our visual understanding of race. Raja […]
Aaron Rothman: Signal Noise
In Aaron Rothman’s book Signal Noise (Radius Books, 2018) he approaches landscape photography using digital transformations- from slight manipulations to the ultimate processing which amplifies pure digital noise. Upon opening the cover of the book, the stage is set with dualities – from the cover’s colorful and magical chaos to end sheets of pure light. […]
Serrah Russell: Tears Tears
When in 2017 Washington States Project Editor, Jon Feinstein featured the work of Serrah Russell, she expressed the idea that photographs change and morph according to context: “I believe that photography is inherently and absolutely embedded with meaning. Photographs are constantly changing, with their meaning malleable, always based on surrounding context, shifting cultures, and each […]
Estrella Pezo: El infinito del cosmos
El infinito del cosmos (The Immensity of the Cosmos) by Estrella Pezo, published by Pequeno Pato Salvaje Editorial, tells the story of a daughter and her father. A story on how their special bond creates a cosmology that defines her essence and her life. Through a collection of images and shared texts, Pezo introduces us […]