Image © Cornell Capa/ICP.
The Independent and ArtInfo are both guilty of either too much sensationalism or too little research when it comes to the upcoming Barbican exhibition of Robert Capa’s war photography. For those who haven’t been following along, some writers have argued that Capa’s “Falling Soldier”–maybe the most famous war photograph of all […]
Conscientious has an excellent summary-plus-opinion post on the unfolding scandal of Jill Greenberg’s flagrant violation of the standards of ethical journalism. I’ve refrained from reviewing Greenberg’s work before, primarily because I’ve felt that anyone with any taste or sophistication can only come away from her shows with one impression: that Greenberg’s work is tacky […]
Image © Ugo Mulas via WMMNA and GAM di Torino.
I’ve finally done the impossible–read every one of the backlogged posts that have been building up in my Google Reader for the past, oh, month or so. These links are my favorites from the past month. For anyone who’s been keeping up, it might […]
I posted a very short recommendation for Bruce Yonemoto’s NSEW at Alexander Gray Associates back in February (here). The brand-new just-hit-newsstands-everywhere July/August issue of ART PAPERS carries my more extended reflection on Yonemoto’s work. To read it, you’ll have to buy it–so get a copy at your local bookstore and check it out. […]
291 recently wrote about “Click!” and “The Golden Calf.” I was glad to see that, despite the summer slowdown (mine included), both shows have led to interesting stories elsewhere.
Here, Leon Wieseltier rages against Hirst’s “Golden Calf” on the pages of The New Republic. The first section of his story is pretty […]
Image via WebUrbanist.
For those who somehow missed it, the Iran missile photo debate. Also, (via Notes…) Errol Morris’s take.
In other foreign visual manipulation news: in Egypt, the news that the news may no longer control the news is top news. That includes visuals and audio.
Art to Go on surveillance. An artist I […]
Image © Luciano Romano/Change Performing Arts, via NYT.
Happy fourth of July! After a week of vacation, I’m back to active duty. In the meantime, a few interesting things happened that are worth noting.
The end of the panorama? Olympus has announced a prototype for a 360 degree camera.
Regina Hackett and Chas Bowie have […]
Image from “On the Beauty of Absence.”
Theorists have made a fuss for a while now about how the body is “inscribed” or made “legible” by society. Here’s the process in real-time: a new tool allows police to identify suspects based on tattoos, scars, and other visible bodily markers.
Square America is probably the most thoughtfully […]
The NYT has put together a nice little feature on Weegee for “Weekend Explorer,” including a video segment that shows some of the once-gritty neighborhoods where Weegee stalked his prey and even an interactive map of the locations of some of his most famous shots. Definitely recommended, if only for the anecdotes that give […]
Still from the New York Times.
Tony Schwarz, creator of the masterful “Daisy Ad” that helped LBJ defeat Barry Goldwater and also changed the course of American political campaigning, died Saturday, the NYT reports.
The world of online photography criticism recently got a whole lot richer with the addition of a new online magazine, 1000 Words, and […]
