Martin Venezky is playing with perception, moving between analog and digital darkrooms to create new ideas and as his title of his project suggests, New Machinery. “Breaking down the act of seeing into small units is the starting point for “The New Machinery.” I use scavenged metal, glass, and plastic to produce thousands of small […]
Alternative Process
The Brian Taylor Mixtape
I remember the first time the name Brian Taylor came on my radar. It was an e-mail from someone I didn’t know in 2016–that someone was the Director of the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, CA, inviting me to teach during their PIE Workshops. It was unlike any e-mail I had received in a […]
Scott B. Davis: on the probability of darkness
the expansiveness of this space has a lot to do with photography. when the sun goes down the world becomes reduced to a series of shapes and tones. looking east across a valley and into the shadow of the planet i see a few shades – earth, sky and subtle contrasts between trees, cactus and […]
Tara Bogart: Mid Century
There are certain age milestones or markers, usually the ones with a number and then a big zero following it, that make us step back and take stock. Turning 50 is a middle point, where looking backwards and forward has equal gravitas. Tara Bogart has created three responses to this life marker: Traces, Chocolatines, and […]
The Center Awards: The Project launch Grant Honorable Mention: Moira McDonald
Congratulations to Moira McDonald for being selected for CENTER’s Project launch Grant Honorable Mention recognizing her project, Pacifica. The Project Launch Award is granted to an outstanding photographer working on a fine art series or documentary project. The grant includes a cash award to help complete or disseminate the works, as well as providing a […]
The CENTER Awards: Project Development Grant Winner: Sama Alshaibi
Congratulations to Sama Alshaibi for being selected for CENTER’s Project Development Grant recognizing her project, Carry Over. The grant offers financial support to fine art, documentary, or photojournalist works-in-progress and includes a cash award to help complete a project as well as platforms for feedback and professional development opportunities for the work’s final stages. This […]