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{ Monthly Archives } November 2007

Forbidden Photographs

Three variations on the theme:
1.) Stumbled across an interesting site a few weeks back: Strictly No Photography. In its current state, the idea may be more interesting than the execution–users register and upload their photographs of people, places, and things that are not supposed to be photographed. The site advertises itself as featuring […]

Hans Eijkelboom, Book and Opening at Aperture

Last night 291 stopped by Aperture to see old friends and catch the talk and book signing by Hans Eijkelboom.
Eijkelboom is an amazing and ridiculously underappreciated Dutch conceptual photographer. Aperture just published a book of his work entitled Paris|New York|Shanghai, which represents a selection from a larger body of work called “Photo Notes.” […]

Antony Gormley at Sean Kelly

Squeezed for time, I barely had 5 minutes to spend at Antony Gormley’s recent opening at Sean Kelly before I had to catch a train downtown. But they were some of the most memorable 5 minutes I can–well, remember.
The guy who really turned me on to Gormley is W.J.T. Mitchell, easily my favorite contemporary […]