Cecile Perra‘s website can be seen here.
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Quarantine (bookmarks clean up) – Frank Robert
Frank Robert’s website here.
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Experimental work and printing techniques (part IX)
Caption (image above): therapeutic photography + scanography (by Sofia Silva). More about Enoc Perez‘s work here. Enoc Perez’s new photo collages engage with social media, appropriation, and the artist’s consistent and inventive search for new forms. Sourcing images from the internet of minimally dressed or nude women, from amateur selfies to more professional photos, Perez…
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Alex Kisilevich – third time’s a charm (Nihilsentimentalgia’s Early Years)
While updating some info on Nihil’s early posts I came across a post featuring an image by Alex Kisilevich. It seemed weird to have a post with a single image and as I went looking for more, I found not only that I made a second post a year after that but, and that’s the…
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The Observer likes to hunt
Half a dozen years ago I was a romantic. Everything bordered on being overwhelming. As I started to understand what that dark romantic feeling was all about, I feared I might become a cynic. Luckily, I’ve managed to keep my distance from such a corrosive approach to life, but sometimes not to photography. As I…
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٠ The ‘ancient’ art of cut & paste (using one’s own hands, if you can imagine) ٠
© Christine Gensheimer, Hunde, 2007. Photo-collage. © Christine Gensheimer, Eberhards, 2010. Photo-collage. © Maria Kassab, Fauve. Paper collage. © Maria Kassab, Sans-titre. Paper collage. © Maria Kassab, Slow This Bird Down, 2013. Photo-collage. © Isabel Reitemeyer, Herr A. und Frau I., 2008. Collage. © Isabel Reitemeyer, Frau L.. Collage. © Isabel Reitemeyer, Auf dem Arm.…
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٠ Andreas Nitschke and the urge to play ٠
© Andreas Nitschke, from Black Beauties © Andreas Nitschke, from Pro Kopf It was Andreas himself who directed me to his work and I’m glad he did so. I’m always happy to help promote work I enjoy seeing and which manages to add something to the problems I’m dealing with at the moment. Andreas’ work…
Read More٠ 21st century food styling ٠
© Henry Hargreaves, in collaboration with chef/stylist Caitlin Levin, from the series Mark Rice-Ko. © Henry Hargreaves, in collaboration with chef/stylist Caitlin Levin, from the series Mark Rice-Ko. © Sarah Anne Ward, in collaboration with food stylist Heather Meldrom, Pollock-rice krispie treats © Sarah Anne Ward, in collaboration with food stylist Heather Meldrom, Mondrian-jello jigglers …
Read More٠ Eli Craven, pulling the pictures out of the photographs ٠
© Eli Craven, Smoosh Smaller, from Condolences © Eli Craven, Side Swing, from Woman Alive © Eli Craven, Sofa, from Screen Lovers © Eli Craven, Hunch, from Screen Lovers © Eli Craven, White Hair, from Folding © Eli Craven, Tuck, from Folding More of Eli’s work here
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٠ Mark (he is) King (maybe) ٠
© Mark King, from the series Plastic, 2011-12 © Mark King, from the series Plastic, 2011-12 © Mark King, from the series Plastic, 2011-12 “Back in January I was preparing for a screen printing artist in residency at the Frans Masereel Centre in Kasterlee, Belgium and wanted to go there with a new portrait project…
Read More٠ Sandro Ferreira, memory code: 6174 ٠
© Sandro Ferreira, Não lhe digas para onde vais amanhã (Don’t tell her where you’ll be tomorrow), from the project “6174” Set of a hundred booklets, with dimensions identical to those with speeches of some dignitaries of the Portuguese dictatorial regime: “Estado Novo”. © Sandro Ferreira, from the project 6174. The left card reads The…
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┐ Endre Tót – 0000000 – Tót Endre └
© Endre Tót, ZEROPOST, Stamps, signed and dated, 1976 © Endre Tót, in the spirit of Marcel Duchamp, 1987 © Endre Tót, if I look to the right: right rain / if I look to the left: left rain, 1973 © Endre Tót, Outdoor Texts, 1980 © Endre Tót, Hopes in the Nothing (Six outdoor…
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┐ Rachel Bee Porter └
© Rachel Bee Porter, #2, from Subzero © Rachel Bee Porter, #10 (Lemon Meringue Cake with Key lime Tartlets and Margaritas on the rocks), from he Joy of Cooking © Rachel Bee Porter, #3 (Blackberry Pie), from Wallflowers “Having grown up reading a multitude of home and lifestyle magazines, my work confronts the expectations that…
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┐ Rachel de Joode └
© Rachel de Joode, Untitled Portraits, 2011 © Rachel de Joode, Altars, 2009 More of Rachel’s here
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┐ Cooper & Gorfer └
© Cooper & Gorfer, from My Quiet of Gold © Cooper & Gorfer, from My Quiet of Gold © Cooper & Gorfer, from My Quiet of Gold © Cooper & Gorfer, from My Quiet of Gold “The artist duo Sarah Cooper and Nina Gorfer work at the intersection of contemporary photography with painting of the…
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┐ Edmund Clark └
© Edmund Clark, Inmate’s table, from the project Still Life Killing Time © Edmund Clark, Stairwell, from the project Still Life Killing Time © Edmund Clark, Shared Room, from the project Still Life Killing Time © Edmund Clark, from the project Still Life Killing Time “Edmund Clark’s Still Life: Killing Time is a quiet meditation…
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┐ Erwan Frotin └
© Erwan Frotin, Pain à Pieds Bleus, from the series Sketch, 2006 © Erwan Frotin, Perdreau Fantôme, from the series Sketch, 2006 “Patiently elaborated images emerge, shapes and colours, dissonant or incongruous at first glance, astonish and confuse the viewer.” Marco Costantini, @ Still life as a chimera More of Erwan’s work here
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┐ Heidi Kirkpatrick └
© Heidi Kirkpatrick,Mother, 2001 © Heidi Kirkpatrick,Mahjong tiles, 2011 “Portland based photographerHeidi Kirkpatrick uses photographs to transform found objects into playful pieces of art. Her images reveal a view of the world experienced by women and she prints them on film positives which she mounts within or on found objectssuch as vintage tins, blocks, boxes,…
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┐ Kevin Van Aelst └
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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┐ Jan von Holleben └
© Jan von Holleben, Untitled #14, from the series Mystery of Monsters, 2009 © Jan von Holleben, Untitled #15, from the series Mystery of Monsters, 2009 “Like amateur pornography, the pleasure of von Holleben’s work derives from its honesty. “People appreciate I’m not over-constructing an image: changing it in Photoshop 25 times, and their sense…
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