Educator and artist, Frank Hamrick, has a double barrelled look at water in his series, It was there all along, with a new book and an exhibition at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia. His practice brings a particular mastery of bringing ideas into new forms and his skill as a seer, printer, […]
Marcia Resnick: Re-Visions
I’ve been thinking a lot about work from the late 70’s and 80’s as I am seeing artists revisit the concepts and methodologies that emerged in those decades, so I thought it was interesting that a body of work from that era is being re-published to introduce the work to a new generation. In 1978, […]
Greg Kahn: Havana Youth
“These photos explore the emerging sense of individuality in a society that was historically focused on collectivism. It shows how Cuban youth are reaching out to their US and European counterparts through cultural world trends.” Sometime ago I attended a lecture by Greg Kahn at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles. His artist’s […]
Hiroshi Watanabe: KWAIDAN: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
One of the photographers I admire most in the world is Hiroshi Watanabe. I am lucky enough to call him a friend and enjoy that we live in the same neighborhood in Los Angeles. My walls reflect a significant collection of his images that continue to inspire and delight me on a daily basis. Some […]
Heather Evans Smith: Alterations
Wikipedia describes the word nostalgia as being “associated with a yearning for the past, its personalities, and events, especially the “good old days” or a “warm childhood”. This description fits Heather Evans Smith’s richly saturated conceptual still lifes that feel at once part of the past and present, yet it’s that combination of what once […]
Shawn Bush: The States Project: Wyoming
It gives us tremendous pleasure to present a week of Wyoming photographers, all selected by Wyoming States Project Editor Shawn Bush. I first became aware of Shawn’s work in 2017; he was receiving accolades for his book and project, Golden State and his images appeared in a host of outlets. Later that year, Shawn was […]