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
© Bruce Weber, Trevon & Maxie, from the commissioned project Brothers, Sisters, Sons & Daughters, for Barneys (Spring 2014). © Bruce Weber, Edie Charles, from the commissioned project Brothers, Sisters, Sons & Daughters, for Barneys (Spring 2014). I was always at odds with my gender. When I was very young, my preference for typically feminine…
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© Wellcome Library, Hearing aid for constant use. Two light cornets of imitation tortoiseshell joined by metal spring forming a head-band. Introduction of this form of instrument attributed to Napoleon’s surgeon D. J. Larrey (1776-1842).19th Century. ‘Authenticity’ is a matter of interpretation which is made and fought for from within a cultural and, thus, historicised…
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© Henry Horenstein, Dolly Parton, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA, 1972, from Honky Tonk: Portraits of Country Music 1972-1981. © Henry Horenstein, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, Nashville, TN, 1974. Honky Tonk: Portraits of Country Music 1972-1981. © Henry Horenstein, Conway Twitty, Annapolis, MD, 1975S, from Honky Tonk: Portraits of Country Music 1972-1981. Describing country music…
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© Helga Härenstam, The Gap, from the series The Society, 2006-2008 © Helga Härenstam, Jesus, from the series The Society, 2006-2008 The Society is a fictious documentary, trough which Helga Härenstam has been looking for and/or constructing environments, scenes and events, that are based on memories from the small society where she grew up. The…
Read More© Daria Tuminas, Untitled, from the series Ivan and the Moon © Daria Tuminas, Untitled, from the series Ivan and the Moon © Daria Tuminas, Untitled, from the series Ivan and the Moon “Ivan is the elder, he is 16. Andrey, nicknamed Moon, is the younger, 14 by now. The two brothers live in a…
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© Denise Grünstein, Inside looking out, Outside looking in, from the series Figure Out, 2009 © Denise Grünstein, from the series Figure Out, 2009 More of Denise’s work can be found here
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© Lien Botha, Inside the House the Mother did not Build, from the series White Stick for the Artic, 2008 © Lien Botha, Border Crossing, from the series White Stick for the Artic, 2008 “In the series, White stick for the Arctic, the female body — which one assumes is her own — is…
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© Alec Soth, Fishermen, Wickliffe, Kentucky, 2002 from the series Sleeping by The Mississippi © Alec Soth, Green Island, Iowa, 2002 from the series Sleeping by The Mississippi “Alec Soth’s series of color prints explores one of the underlying geographic and identity assumptions that has shaped the American experience. He does so in a…
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© Karen Assaf, Untitled (42), 2007 © Karen Assaf, Untitled (40), 2007 “Keren Assaf is showing color prints of different sizes. She is trying to define in her works the “Israeli”, an utopian model deeply connected to the place, memories and identity. Assaf’s work relates to the family album, a central narrative in…
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