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
A loved one, who knows how I feel about America, decided to gift me with this pearl: Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco. Having learned a lot from Sacco, I’ve become a fan, but this is my first encounter with Hedges and I have to say it’s gut-wrenching. I…
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from Eugene Richard‘s series War is Personal Days after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Tomas Young, then a 22-year-old from Kansas City, Mo., made a decision repeated by many other Americans around the country: He was going to enlist in the military in hopes of getting even with the enemies who had helped…
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photo caption (above) © Katie Innamorato, Coyote Terrarium, Coyote skin, foam, LEDs, clay, moss, glass, plastic, 9vt battery This photograph by Caroline Tisdall is from Joseph Beuys: Coyote, a 1976 book documenting Joseph Beuys’ 1974 performance art piece, Coyote: I Like America and America Likes Me, in which the artist spent three days and nights…
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caption (image above): © Shannon Benine, Westhope Standard, Westhope, North Dakota, January 2007. © Shannon Benine, Gas Flare Pit, Westhope, North Dakota, 2007 © Shannon Benine, Cafe, Westhope, North Dakota, 2007 Bellow, Shannon Benine’s statement about the project Westhope: “As wars in the Middle East, rising gas prices, and the search for…
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