caption (image above): © Philip Dembinski, Reason to Believe, Nothing Just Happens. © Philip Dembinski, Hasty Departure, 2008 © Philip Dembinski, Under The Stars, 2008 More about Philip Dembinski’s work here.
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║ Michael Weisbrot – Alan and the Strange Light ║
© Michael Weisbrot. I’m Speechless… The link to view the online exhibition of this major work can be found here
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║ Amy Montali (Group Portrait – part V) ║
© Amy Montali, Martin, Palmer and Nora, 2003 © Amy Montali, Erin in the blue room, 2004 “These portraits and narrative fragments are produced with a large-format view camera, which requires a slow and formal approach. However, I try to shoot spontaneously as though I am on the street or at a birthday…
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║ Julie Blackmon (Group Portrait – part IV) ║
caption (image above): © Julie Blackmoon, Birthday Girl, from the series Domestic Vacation. © Julie Blackmoon, Saturday, from the series Domestic Vacation, 2005 © Julie Blackmoon, Dinner Party, from the series Domestic Vacation, 2005 “I am the oldest of nine children and now the mother of three. In these photographs, I…
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║ Sage Sohier (Group Portrait – part III) ║
© Sage Sohier, Laine trying on Mum’s evening dresses, Washington D.C., 2004 © Sage Sohier, Pat and Mum discussing my haircut, Brookline, 2004 “This is a series about my mother as she ages, and my relationship with her, that I began to work on in a concerted way in 2000. For a brief…
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║ Ben Gest (Group Portrait – part II) ║
© Ben Gest, Chuck, Alice & Dale, 2003 © Ben Gest, Alan & Noah, 2002 “My pictures describe tenuous moments between people sharing their lives together in their homes. These ambiguous narratives of personal and simple everyday activities describe the way people sometimes disengage from those closest to them. They are an outgrowth of…
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║ Jessica Todd Harper (Group Portrait – part I) ║
© Jessica Todd Harper, Self Portrait with Christopher, Papa and Ah-Choo, 2003 © Jessica Todd Harper, Self Portrait with Christopher and my future In-Laws, 2003 “I grew up copying paintings. My mother gave my sister and I first crayons, then charcoal, and finally pastels and watercolors as she plunked us down on the floors…
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║ Bert Teunissen – Domestic Landscapes ║
© Bert Teunissen, Felgueiras de Algarbom #1, Portugal, 2002 © Bert Teunissen, Minas de São Domingos #2, Portugal, 2001 There’s really no way to resume this work… so here is the link to it.
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║ Mathew Monteith ║
© Mathew Monteith, Untitled #6, from the Czech Eden series © Mathew Monteith, Untitled #13, from the Czech Eden series “Czech Eden is named after an officially protected park in the Czech Republic, a place known for its vertiginous sandstone formations and remarkable natural beauty. However, few of Monteith’s photographs depict this preserve. Instead, most…
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║ Michal Chelbin ║
© Michal Chelbin, Angelina with her Father, Israel, 2005 from the Strangely Familiar series © Michal Chelbin, Black Eye, Ukraine, 2006 from the Strangely Familiar series “The images in this series are an attempt to capture human stories in everyday life, those that exist in the space between the odd and the ordinary. My…
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║ Holly Lynton ║
© Holly Lynton, Untitled #8 (pouring), from the In Between series, 1999 © Holly Lynton, Untitled #15 (in the basement), from the In Between series, 1999 “Someone shouts to me from across the street that I look too young to be driving. At the airport, a woman thinks I am waving goodbye to my…
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║ Joseph O. Holmes ║
© Joseph O. Holmes, Ganmar Electronics (Bench #2), from the Workspace series, 2007 © Joseph O. Holmes, Dominic, Third Avenue Scrap Shop, from the Workspace series, 2007 © Joseph O. Holmes, C & H Auto Repair, from the Workspace series, 2007 © Joseph O. Holmes, Tony, Ganmar Electronics , from the Workspace series,…
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║ Brad Moore ║
© Brad Moore, Trini Circle, Westminster, California, 2006 © Brad Moore, Islands, Westminster, California, 2007 “These photographs were shot in modest, well-worn, suburban cities in central and inland Southern California. Built in the 50s and 60s, these cities provided a new home and future to a post-war population. While Southern California’s coastal cities flourish, cities…
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║ Birthe Piontek (Domesti Scenes – part V) ║
© Birthe Piontek, Untitled, from the Terrain Vague series, 2006 © Birthe Piontek, Untitled, from the Sub Rosa series, 2006 “Similar to numerous other photographers my first take on photography was rather journalistic. Inspired by artists like Jeff Wall, Philip Lorca DiCorcia, Anna Gaskell and the work of David Lynch my pictures became increasingly staged…
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║ Tina Barney (Domestic Scenes – part IV) ║
© Tina Barney, Marina and Peter, 1997 © Tina Barney, Moya and the Peach, 1996 “Tina Barney is best known for her ongoing documentation of the lifestyles and relationships of her family and close friends, many of whom belong to the social elite of New York and New England. Barney’s style is part candid, part…
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║ Cecil Macdonald (Domestic Scenes – part III) ║
© Cecil Macdonald, Fresh Linens, 2006 © Cecil Macdonald, Deflecting the Obvious, 2005 “On first viewing, Cecil McDonald Jr’s images of his three daughters, his wife and himself appear to be snapshots – everyday moments caught on film. But nothing could be further from the truth, as McDonald seeks to reinvent mundane events that occur…
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║ Melissa Ann Pinney (Domestic Scenes – part II) ║
© Melissa Ann Pinney, Kanaha State Beach, Maui, 2006 © Melissa Ann Pinney, Kihei Shower, Maui, 2006 “My photographs are grounded in attentive observation of the world. I have come to understand that such mindfulness is rewarded by pictures more authentic and more mysterious than any I might have imagined beforehand or manipulated in PhotoShop…
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║ Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison ║
© Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, The Scribe, 2006 © Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Channel, 2006 © Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Mourning Cloak, 2006 © Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Gray Dawn, 2006 “The ParkeHarrisons create large-scale coherent narratives reminiscent of early 19th century images imbued with futuristic allegories. The fate and state of the earth and…
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║ Andrea Modica ║
© Andrea Modica, Fountain CO, 2004 © Andrea Modica, Fountain CO, 2003 “For more than ten years, Andrea Modica has been photographing a group of children in her rural town in upstate New York. It is here, through a young girl named Barbara and her extended family, that Modica creates her work. Transforming reality into…
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║ Kelli Connell (Domestic Scenes – part I) ║
© Kelli Connell, Private Conversation, 2003 © Kelli Connell, Sunday Afternoon, 2002 “This work represents an autobiographical questioning of sexuality and gender roles that shape the identity of the self in intimate relationships. Polarities of identity such as the masculine and feminine psyche, the irrational and rational self, the exterior and interior self, the motivated…
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║ Mikhael Subotzky (South Africa – part V) ║
© Mikhael Subotzky, The Mallies Family, Rustdene Township, Beaufort West, 2006 © Mikhael Subotzky, Residents, Vaalkoppies (Beaufort West Rubbish Dump), 2006 to view more of his work click here
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║ David Goldblatt (South Africa – part IV) ║
© David Goldblatt, Interior of the foreman’s house, Sonop, Winburg, Free State, 24 August 1986 Intersections Intersected series © David Goldblatt, Galvanised ironware for sale, Strubensvalley, Johannesburg, 8 May 2004 Intersections Intersected series to view more about this work click here
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║ Zanele Muholi (South Africa – part III) ║
© Zanele Muholi, Being series, 2007 © Zanele Muholi, Being series, 2007 to view more about this work click here
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║ Pieter Hugo (South Africa – part II) ║
© Pieter Hugo, Rose Brand’s doll collection, 2006 Messina/Musina series © Pieter Hugo, Jan, Martie, Kayala, Florence and Basil Meyer in their home, 2006 Messina/Musina series “Musina is the northern-most town in South Africa. It lies on the Limpopo River on the border of Zimbabwe. The town was formerly known as Messina, and in 2002…
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║ Guy Tillim (South Africa – part I) ║
© Guy Tillim, Noverna Court, Paul Nel Street, Hillbrow, 2004 Jo’burg series © Guy Tillim, Nomasanto’s room, Jeanwell House, Nugget Street, 2004 Jo’burg series White residents fled Johannesburg’s inner city in the 1990s. The removal of the Group Areas Act foreshadowed a flow into the city of black residents and owners of small businesses seeking…
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