In my mind, the place described in Phillipa Klaiber‘s Vorest hovers somewhere between the realms of truth and fantasy. Recontextualizing authentic historical documents alongside her own photographs, the artist blurs the line between past and present- what is and what was- as she explores her own relationship to this place as both insider and outsider. The resulting narrative […]
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Thesis Project: Leah Schretenthaler
When looking at Leah Schretenthaler‘s work, what excited me the most was it’s place as a new investigation into a very heavy mythologized geographic location. Hawaii has long been a place of interest for photographers, and for good reason, but Leah’s work feels like it takes all of that and flips it on it’s head. […]
Thesis Project: Hugo Teixeira and Brandon Ng
Anyone who’s done it will probably tell you that getting through graduate school is a challenge. For me, the period after graduating was just as difficult. Besides finding a job, I had to find a way to keep making work without the university’s facilities. I also had to figure out how to connect with the […]
FotoFest Reviews 2020
It hardly seems possible that in early March over a thousand photographers descended on Houston for two significant events: the Society of Photographic Educators National Conference, followed by Session One of FotoFest’s International Meeting Place Reviews. This week I will be sharing some of the work seen during the reviews and more in the later months. […]
The Next Generation: Egypt Robinson: The Art World As I Know It
I am always interested in the opinions and perspective of the next generation of photographers. Today we feature an essay written by Egypt Robinson. – Aline Smithson As a creator, the art world is the entity that permits me to express my creativity in its purest form. It is the outlet in which my imagination […]
Gloria Baker Feinstein and Abbie Brandao: The Next Generation
Photographer Gloria Baker Feinstein considers the impact of her life-long photographic focus on her daughter, Abbie Brandao, who is now, also a photographer. In today’s post, Gloria and Abbie interview each other and the images presented are of Abbie’s children, Gloria’s grandchildren. It should come as no surprise that they are favorite subjects for both […]