Back in November, I flew to London for the 2019 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery. I was lucky enough to have work included in the exhibition and attend the various events surrounding the prize. The best part was meeting photographers from all over the world and being inspired by by […]
Lisa McCarty: Transcendental Concord
In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. […]
Tania Franco Klein: Proceed to the Route
“I lost my sense of home,” Franco Klein says of her life lived between Mexico City, California and London. Recently I had the great pleasure of attending an exhibition walk-through with Mexican artist Tania Franco Klein of her solo show, Proceed to the Route at the Rose Gallery in Santa Monica. Tania is a compelling story […]
Jesse Rieser: Christmas in America: Happy Birthday Jesus
Merry Christmas! I have to admit that I’m not a religious person, but I’m all in when it comes to Christmas. The lights, the decorations, the tree, the fantasy of Santa and the reindeer are wonderful distractions from politics and the end of the world as we know it. This is the third time I’ve […]
Stefan Draschan: People Matching Artworks
Photographer Stefan Draschan‘s photographs of people examining artworks has been featured on numerous sites, but no matter how many times I encounter the hundreds of art-and-viewer connections, the work still continues to delight. He states,”I’m a voyeur and a hunter. I prefer to look for matches with old masters or old art in general, matches […]
Cristina Fontsaré: A Crack in the Mirror
One of the many gifts of being a photographer are the friendships that develop simply because we hold a camera. This summer, while attending Les Rencontres De La Photographie in Arles, I had the wonderful opportunity to spend time with Spanish photographer Cristina Fontsaré. Cristina has a legacy of using Polaroid instant photography to document […]