13/04/2009
Chris Steele-Perkins
There’s an interview with Magnum photographer Chris Steele-Perkins in the current issue of the RPS Journal (March 2009) where Steele-Perkins discusses a retrospective of his work shot in England, which he is currently editing.
Apparently the project will collect material shot during the course of Steele-Perkins’ career, from his student work, to what he is shooting now. “I’ve not been interested in doing retrospective books”, he says, “but I realised I’ve been photographing England for about 40 years. If I’ve got three picture from every year, that’s 120 pictures.”
Looking through this huge body of work, he says, themes emerge of which he was only vaguely aware hitherto. “I’ll probably run it chronologically”, he tells David Land, “because it’s interesting to see a theme re-appearing over time in slightly different ways.”
“This is the first time I’ve looked back. I’m trawling through my old contact sheets, and finding images that haven’t been printed up, that were lost, or put into the Magnum system and forgotten about. It’s interesting, because you forget about the stories you’ve done, but it’s also tedious: you do shoot a lot of muck, and are reminded of all those mediocre pictures you’ve shot.”
The book will published by Northumbria University Press. Hopefully it will include some of these (not mediocre) photographs taken from his previous publications, The Teds (1979, re-published by Dewi Lewis, 2003) and The Pleasure Principle (Cornerhouse, 1995).
12/04/2009
THE HELNWEIN RETROSPECTIVE
The work has to be seen to be believed...
THE HELNWEIN RETROSPECTIVE AT THE STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM ST. PETERSBURG
THE HELNWEIN RETROSPECTIVE AT THE STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM ST. PETERSBURG
11/04/2009
Lisa Sarfati, Rough, Cold and Close: A Russian Poem
Lise Sarfati’s photos of Moscow boys and early 20th century country houses look, at first glance, like the set and actors from a movie about the “Russian experience.” But there is no defining narrative or script, there is simply the thoughtful, meditative eye of a photographer seduced by the faces of urban men and the facades of rural homes.
Sarfati’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions at FOAM Amsterdam; the Domus Artium, Salamanca, Spain; Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France; and the Nicolaj Center of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1996, the artist was awarded the Prix Niépce in Paris and the Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography in New York. Twin Palms published a book of the artist’s second body of work titled The New Life (La Vie Nouvelle) in the fall of 2005. Ms. Sarfati obtained a master’s degree in Russian Studies from the Sorbonne. She currently lives and works in the United States and Paris, France.
10/04/2009
ADRIAN GHENIE
ADRIAN GHENIE, Dada is Dead, 2009, acrylic and collage on paper
ADRIAN GHENIE, The Nightmare, 2007, oil on canvas
ADRIAN GHENIE, Pie Fight Study 4, 2008, oil on canvas
Maasai warriors
Maasai warriors cover a battle field as they clash with bows and arrows with members of the Kalenjin tribe in the Kapune hill overlooking the Olmelil valley located in the Transmara District in Western Kenya on March 01, 2008. The Massai, the Kalenjin and the Kisii tribes have recently clashed over ongoing land disputes that erupted after botched local elections during the general elections held in Kenya in December of 2007. Over twenty warriors from the tribes have been killed in bow and arrow battles near the borders of these tribes in the last couple of months. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)
09/04/2009
Steven Meisel’s first ever Vogue Italia cover
Issue July/August 1988
Model: Robin MacKintosh (Women mgmt)
Ph by Steven Meisel
Art Director: Fabien Baron
Striptease (2008) by Tony Linkson
A classic high-class striptease performance takes it's time. Anticipation is at the heart of the experience and transforms what could be an instant gratification into a sensual process of revelation.
The film is involved with self-revelation and the tender process of transformation and the connections these things have with sexuality. Striptease is a diagram of time elapsing; a pattern of duration.
The film is involved with self-revelation and the tender process of transformation and the connections these things have with sexuality. Striptease is a diagram of time elapsing; a pattern of duration.
Bianca Perez Morena de Marcias
Mick Jagger and Bianca Perez Morena de Marcias just after their Wedding in St Tropez, France on 12th May 1971
Stephen Gill, Poland 1996-98
I have known Stephen for many years. I worked with him on numerous commissions when I was Art Director of Tank Magazine. His vast portfolio has made him one the UK's most important photographers.
please enjoy more on his site www.stephengill.co.uk
Muzi Quawson
I first published these in Art Review magazine when I was Creative Consultant on the rebrand of the magazine in July 2006. Muzi was in her final year at the ICA.
Still love the images so much!
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