The February 2006 issue (27) of mooncruise*, an online magazine featuring photography and music by international artists, is now up and ready for viewing.
PHOTOGRAPHY by: Denis Zimmermann, Gustav Almestål, Ivo Gretener, Jill Coleman, Jóse Moreira, Peter Gorman, Andrew Burlone, Olivia Barr, Samuel E Scott, Stephen Mallon, Warren Harold, and Trevor Brady
MUSIC by: Return to Mono
mooncruise.com (requires Flash 6)
"Hundreds of photos from that era were lost, sold, stolen or stored in archives. Some of those pictures appear today for the first time in the newspaper, in an eight-page special section titled ‘Unseen. Unforgotten.’
"The section is the result of research by Alexander Cohn, a 30-year-old former photo intern at The News. In November 2004, Cohn went through an equipment closet at the newspaper in search of a lens and saw a cardboard box full of negatives marked, ‘Keep. Do Not Sell.’…"
Read the whole story and view the photos from the Birmingham News at al.com/unseen. There’s a more coherent PDF of the story as it was published with complete captions next to the photos.
This is a really amazing find. Check it out.
Via Boing Boing via The Divine Goat
On 1 March, 2006, 12:00 noon, fine art photographer Nancy Breslin will be giving a free talk about cyanotypes and pinhole photography (which she has, to date, used separately) at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts in Wilmington, DE, US.
Nancy has work in the Old Media, New Visions exhibition, which runs through 4 June, 2006, at DCCA.
Via the f295 Pinhole Forum
From Paul Kuhn Gallery‘s event page:
"Photo Swap, conceived by Timothy Prus of London, England, is a unique exhibition where anyone can be an exhibiting artist and collector at the same time. At minimum 1,000 photographs will be on display and everyone is invited to come in with their own photograph and exchange it for one of the works on the walls. The changing and evolving appearance of the walls will be recorded throughout the month long duration of the exhibition. At the conclusion of the event the traveling PHOTO SWAP will move on to a different venue in a different city with a fresh set of photographs looking for a new home. Other venues planned over the next two years include Prague, China, Photo London, Paris, Ulan Bator, Mexico City and the AGO in Toronto."
What a cool and exciting idea! I find the egalitarian, participatory, and chaotic aspects of this very appealing. Way to go, Mr. Prus! Gets the gears turning about what would be possible online… what would be lost in tactile immediacy and face-to-face interaction could possibly be made up for in broader diversity of participants. Any ideas? Let’s discuss!
The show is currently at Paul Kuhn Gallery, 724 11th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, CA until 18 March, 2006. Watch this page on the official project site, timothyprus.com, for future dates and venues.
Via EV Comp‘s photos of the show and Weblog Wannabe
Come check out the opening of an exhibition of photography by Susannah Shepherd and Jeffrey Shay, Saturday, March 4, 2006, at KMOCA (Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art) from 5-7pm. I’ve been following both of them for several years, first on Fotolog and then on Flickr, and I think you can expect more good work from them at this show!
KMOCA is located at 105 Abeel Street in Kingston, NY, US. (click for map). The space itself is noteworthy: recently opened by Aimee Gardner and Adam Snyder, it "…will be more than just an art space. Snyder and Gardner will draw upon their connections to young musicians and filmmakers, both locally and in New York City and Nashville. They hope to create a welcoming community space for films, readings and even a coffee klatsch." Sounds good—and worthy of support—to me!
I’ve just received word that two of my pieces have been accepted for the Toy Joy show as part of FotoFest 2006! FotoFest looks insanely cool: photo, new media, installation, film and video exhibitions are taking place in over 100 galleries, shops, muesums, restaurants, and corporate and alternative spaces all over Houston, TX, US from March 10 through April 23, 2006.
The Toy Joy exhibition, organized by Laura Burlton, will be at London Hair Company, 2227 Richmond Ave. and features 63 toy camera-shot pieces of photographic goodness, so come check it out!
See the FotoFest 2006 site for a complete list of participating spaces.