© Alena Zhandarova, Untitled, from the project Cornflower tea and chocolate © Alena Zhandarova, Untitled, from the project Cornflower tea and chocolate AZ’s work here
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N I H I L S E N T I M E N T A L G I A,
a blog about photography by Sofia Silva
© Alena Zhandarova, Untitled, from the project Cornflower tea and chocolate © Alena Zhandarova, Untitled, from the project Cornflower tea and chocolate AZ’s work here
Read More© Susan Worsham, Lynn watching Dr. Phill, from the series Some Fox Trails in Virginia © Susan Worsham, Hearse in my childhood driveway, from the series Some Fox Trails in Virginia © Susan Worsham, Untitled, from the series Some Fox Trails in Virginia “This series of photographs is taken in and around Virginia, the place…
Read More© Peter Fraser, Untitled, from the series 12 Day Journay, 1984 © Peter Fraser, Untitled, from the series 12 Day Journay, 1984 “I see photographs everywhere, like everyone else, nowadays; they come from the world to me, without my asking; they are only ‘images,’ their mode of appearance is heterogeneous…I realized that some provoked tiny…
Read More© Shadi Ghadirian, Domestic Life #4, from the series Like Every Day (Domestic Life), 2002 © Shadi Ghadirian, Domestic Life #7, from the series Like Every Day (Domestic Life), 2002 © Shadi Ghadirian, Domestic Life #13, from the series Like Every Day (Domestic Life), 2002 “Ghadirian made her Like Every Day Series after her marriage…
Read More© Paula Muhr, Untitled #8, from the series MM, 2005 © Paula Muhr, Untitled #11, from the series MM, 2005 “The series explores issues relating to childhood memories, intimacy, and anxiety about the imminent future loss. Stark, often almost abstract images of my grandmother’s body, naked or in underwear, are combined with texts in which…
Read More© Katie Shapiro, Watching the Big Screen, from the series 35 Years © Katie Shapiro, Embrace, from the series 35 Years More of her work can be seen here
Read More© Lisa Lindvay, Bottles under bed © Lisa Lindvay, Game Room “These photographs depict the lives of my father, sister and two brothers, as they take on the burden of my mother’s deteriorating mental state. This work represents an extended look at the physical and emotional currents within their home to question the sanctity…
Read More© Jessamyn Lovell, Family, 2003 from the series Catastrophe, Crisis and other Family Traditions © Jessamyn Lovell, Klare Not Listening, 1999 from the series Catastrophe, Crisis and other Family Traditions © Jessamyn Lovell, Mommy with phone, 1999 from the series Catastrophe, Crisis and other Family Traditions “There is something about my family…
Read More© Ville Lenkkeri, The Collected Works of Lenin, from the series The Place of No Roads © Ville Lenkkeri, Dead Domestic Plants II, from the series The Place of No Roads “Two Russian communities on Spitsbergen have had their times of bloom. Now one of them is a ghost town and also the other…
Read More© Maarit Hohteri, Roosa and Jussi in the kitchen, Helsinki 1999 © Maarit Hohteri, Mikko, sleep markings, 2001 “I document moments in my life by photographing people who are close to me. By means of photography, I seek to store my own and my friends’ feelings and observations about life and about being a…
Read More© Martine Fougeron, Tête-à-Tête III, c.2007 © Martine Fougeron, Tête-à-Tête IV, c.2007 “This work explores adolescence as a subliminal state, between childhood and adulthood, and between the feminine and the masculine. The portraits, naturally staged, explore the intrinsic interior quest of the adolescent’s journey. I noticed that most photographers portray adolescents as outsiders with…
Read More© Henrik Duncker, Untitled #3, from the series Intiankatu 20, c.1990 © Henrik Duncker, Untitled #4, from the series Intiankatu 20, c.1990 “This series of mine is an early example of interactive, staged and acted documentary by students of the University of Arts and Design in Helsinki. These are collaboration portraits of people in…
Read More© Elina Brotherus, Le Printemps, from the series The New Painting, 2001 © Elina Brotherus, Scène Domestique, from the series The New Painting, 2001 “Elina Brotherus begins from her own experience: herself, those close to her, and the landscapes she knows. For her, photography’s ‘decisive moment’ is not a split second alignment of people…
Read More© Duarte Amaral Netto, Growing Into © Duarte Amaral Netto, Rumor “In the new photographic series of works by Duarte Amaral Netto, the end of time seems near, doom and gloom awaits. Demolished office furniture in ruined interiors, by the hands of vandals maybe, or lvacated bya company now bankrupt or having moved to better…
Read Morecaption (image above): © Sarah Faust, Havana Doorway, 2001 © Sarah Faust, Pink Sleep © Sarah Faust, Chicago Bedroom, 2002 “The human body is a beautiful and fragile form. In photographing myself, and loved ones, in particular, my mother, I investigate it’s vulnerability, even it’s mortality. My images are moments of transition;…
Read Morecaption (image above): © Matthew Shain, Miscellaneous Debris, 2005 © Matthew Shain, Father/Son I, 2005 “Identity, relationships, distance, reflection, elegy, and humor are some of the themes in my work. I began thinking of these ideas while photographing my father for a project designed to portray our relationship, or rather, the implied distance…
Read More© 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…
Read Morecaption (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…
Read More© 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…
Read More© 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…
Read More© 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…
Read More© 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…
Read More© 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…
Read More© 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…
Read More© 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…
Read More© Esko Mannikko, Kuivaniemi, 1993 © Esko Mannikko, Aldo, Batesville, 1997 Himself a 36-year-old northern Finn who lives in Oulu, Mannikko knows his people. He visits and often stays with them for a day or two to achieve the images that say what can be said about them. His portraits are overwhelmingly fact-filled and naked,…
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