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
© Artie Vierkant, RGB Icon, 2010. C-print on MD. © Artie Vierkant, Objects that are louder when placed on other objects, placed on other objects (Possible Object), 2012. “being Post-Internet” is a distinction which carries ramifications beyond the art context as a societal condition at large, and that it would be antithetical to attempt to…
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@ Maya Rochat, Siren (terrorist), 2010 @ Maya Rochat, Siren (III), 2010 More of Maya’s work here
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@ Alexander Gehring, Untitled, from the series Messages from the Darkroom @ Alexander Gehring, Untitled, from the series Messages from the Darkroom The photographic series Messages from the Darkroom investigates the connection between photography and the occult. Based on historical photographs published by early twentieth century parapsychologist Dr. Albert von Schrenck-Notzing, Messages from the Darkroom…
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@ Natasja Maria Fourie, from I didn’t want to be your ghost “I have an obsession with the naked portrait. The most beautiful and vulgar things are produced by the human body. The naked body raises intense psychological issues. My portrait work deals with all those complex feelings when one is stripped naked, the feelings…
Read More© Sarah Duncan, Untitled © Sarah Duncan, Untitled Some of Sarah’s work here
Read More© Andrey Bogush, Untitled, from Color Pickers © Andrey Bogush, Untitled, from Color Pickers © Andrey Bogush, Untitled, from Color Pickers More of Andrey’s work here
Read More© Wyne Veen, Modern Art © Wyne Veen, Plant Hair “My central theme is uselessness. I feel that life is ridiculous. The products and arrangements I show are a reflection of investments of time and effort by men. They show the development of our society just like the old 17th century famous Dutch still lives…
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I don’t usually post on photographers whose work is being highlighted by other photography bloggers, since people who visit this place are often the same. I like to offer something else, and for that I trust my own parallel research. There are times like this when I shred that “rule” to pieces given the impact…
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© Lucas Blalock, Portrait Study (Nina), 2009 © Lucas Blalock, W.M.t.M.M.B.M, 2010 “I feel that in my own practice I use various strategies to alienate the viewer from the picture but the pictures figure as stand-ins for the world at large.(…) I don’t feel my work is particularly concerned w/ content except in terms of…
Read More© Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Sans Titre nº27, from the series Disparitions, 2002 © Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Sans Titre nº89, from the series Disparitions, 2005 “This series should have been a work on architecture, but it has evolved into a bigger spectrum. The images are often digitally manipulated. However, I like to recall that I do not incorporate…
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