Sometimes the research for one project inspires new ideas of disseminating the same information on other platforms. Film producer Matt Kapp, in his research for his documentary film, 16 Acres, about the rebuilding the World Trade Center, collected a significant amount of archival materials. His appreciation for New York history spurred him to then create […]
Architecture
Chad Ress: America Recovered
Chad Ress has recently released a new monograph, America Recovered, published by Actar Publishers, Barcelona & New York. The book and project examine the point where “abstract political processes manifest themselves in the physical world, thus providing an alternate means of experiencing the contemporary American landscape. Collectively, the images and essays show what aspects of our everyday […]
Gary Beeber: Passages
“I have become obsessed with the passage of time, what things were and what they are now. I often think about my own mortality.” Photographer Gary Beeber has knack for finding humor and pathos in the every day, especially in those places that have fallen into decline. He has an innate curiosity and the photographs […]
Michael Galinsky: The Decline of Mall Civilization
Today, we sandwich this post between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, one day that sends us to our local shopping centers for deep discounts, the other day that reflects the glued-to-screens behavior that has created the decline of in-store shopping. Michael Galinsky’s amazing chronicle of 1980’s experiential retail, The Decline of Mall Culture is now […]
Marc Yankus: New York Unseen
It’s a rare day in New York City when the traffic–pedestrian and vehicle–allows for the city’s architecture to be on full display. Fortunately for us, photographer Marc Yankus helps us celebrate the majesty of more than a century of urban architecture, with his series, New York Unseen. Marc recently opened an exhibition at ClampArt in […]
Ira Wagner: Twinhouses of The Great Northeast
When Ira Wagner shared his project Twinhouses of the Great Northest at the Photolucida Portfolio Reviews, I was fascinated by the almost surreal pairing of homes in Philadelphia that are connected but are not the same. Ira has a legacy of looking at architecture and the communities that surround the built environment. Twinhouses continues his […]