Sue Palmer Stone is a photographer based in Connecticut. The photographs from her series EMBODIMENT: SALVAGING A SELF shed light on the artist’s current state of physical stability and instability stemming from an autoimmune condition. In these photographs, found objects are entangled, wrapped, bound and enveloped, creating a sense of tension that hovers between deterioration […]
Identity
DEVELOPER: Madeline Cass
I had the pleasure of talking to Madeline Cass, an artist who seems almost impossible to characterize given the incredible breadth of her practice. Looking at her work excites me, always instilling within me a sense of wonder, serenity, and connection to the world we are all surrounded by. As social conversations encompass identity, intimacy, […]
Art + Science: Art of Healing: Dora Maar
Dora Maar (1907-1997) was a French artist and poet. At age 19, she attended photography school and studied alongside Henri Cartier-Bresson. In the 1930’s, she became an integral member within the surrealist circles, using photography as a medium to explore the unconscious and fantasy realms. In the darkroom, she examined recurring surrealist motifs (for example […]
Sal Taylor Kydd: Janus Rising
“It is a curious emotion, this certain homesickness I have in mind… It is no simple longing for the home town or country of our birth. The emotion is Janus-faced: we are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the […]
Developer: Rana Young: The Rug’s Topography
I had the wonderful experience of sitting down with Rana Young to discuss the intricacies of publishing her very first monograph The Rug’s Topography. The book is a beautifully intimate look at the delicacy of a shifting relationship, and the space for intimacy that photographs can provide. It was published with Kris Graves Projects, it launched on […]
Brennan Booker: Honeysuckle
Today, Julia Bennett interviews Brennan Booker, the new Lenscratch Editor of Developer. Developer will be a series focused on emerging photographers with interviews that investigate intention and the journey of a developing photographic artist. We are so grateful to Brennan for his vision, intelligence, and efforts – Aline Smithson I’m thrilled to introduce Brennan Booker, […]