Stunning series by Rebecca Norris Webb in Timemachine

The latest edition of Timemachine just came across my desktop - it's another great one.  Click HERE to view the issue.  I was particularly entranced by the series, My Dakota, by Norris Webb.  Certainly one of the most captivating groups of images I've seen in some time.  Moving, with just enough melancholy - sans overt sentimentality.  And that's hard to do.  She says of the work, "Does loss have its own geography?"  And I'd say, with these pictures, yes it absolutely does.  Click HERE to view the portfolio.

Image Credit:  Rebecca Norris Webb from the series, My Dakota

Archival image source - indicommons.org

Big thanks to Leigh-Ann Pahapill for introducing me to Flicker's indicommons.org - yet another wonderful resource for archival photographs, as well as a forum for discussion.

"The Commons was launched on January 16, 2008, by Flickr with the release of nearly 3,000 photographs from two popular Library of Congress collections. The stated aims of the Commons project are to increase the public’s access to publicly held photography collections in civic institutions around the world and to provide a way for the public to contribute historical data pertaining to the collections.  More than a dozen museums, public libraries, and other cultural heritage institutions from around the world have joined The Commons, releasing over 12,000 images to be perused, tagged, and researched by the public."

 

creator: Bubley, Esther, photographer. Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. A girl taking a picture of the ceremony of laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (LOC) , creation date: 1943 May. Library of Congress : LC-USW3- 029809-E 

Sascha Weidner (Thank you, Flak Photo)

Thanks to Flak Photo, I discovered the work of Sascha Weidner this morning.  I am enthralled and mesmerized.  Spending far too much time on his website, but oh is it worth it.  Have a look, you'll see.  Click HERE to see a plethora of amazing images, installation shots and catalogs.

Image Credit:  Sascha Weidner (Installation View from Galeria Toni Tapies, Barcelona)

Zoe Strauss comments on Artforum Review

Strauss enthusiastically responds to and poses interesting questions about a recent review of her Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition, Ten Years,  in Artforum.  Click HERE to read.

Billboard 3: “Woman Kissing Baby,” Las Vegas, NV

Installation Photo by Steve Weinik
Located at Grays Ferry Ave & S 32nd St

Alex Prager @ Yancey Richardson

Nice description/review of the show on DLK Collection and a selection of images and install shots available at the Yancey Richardson site.

Alex Prager, 10:58am, Bunker Hill, from the series Compulsion, 2012

Cindy Sherman and Photshop

Interesting read on Rhizome today about the nature of Sherman's work both pre and post Photoshop.
Click HERE to read.

Images from Cindy Sherman's society portraits series (2008.)

Thoughts on the "New Aesthetic" from the Blogosphere

Came across some pretty interesting reading this weekend, especially in light of our conversation in Photo II last week about why we tend to romanticize analog processes and/or contrast them with digital technologies (even when such differences are seemingly of little importance)...

Now, just what exactly is this "new aesthetic"?  Indeed. 
Here are a few (lengthy) links, for your consideration:

Essay on the New Aesthetic, by Bruce Sterling
Creators Project Response to "Essay on the New Aesthetic"
New Aesthetic Tumblr

“The Collective Snapshot is a photographic series by Spanish photographer Pep Ventosa which blends “together dozens of snapshots to create an abstraction of the places we’ve been and the things we’ve seen.” He layers multiple pictures from several angles to create one image familiar and foreign at the same time.”

Happy (late) Birthday Andrei Tarkovsky

Click HERE to read a nice write-up on The Daily from mubi.com

Some Photographers Worth Glancing At and Knowing About

Lists, lists and more lists.  Flavorwire lets us know about "15 Exciting Contemporary Photographers You Need to Watch" as seen at this year's AIPAD show.  And Complex.com seems to think their list includes the "25 Photographers You Should Know About".  Some standards on both lists, and some surprises.

Jen Davis, Untitled No. 39, 2010. Chromogenic color photograph, 11 x 14 inches. Courtesy of Lee Marks Fine Art

Today's Find - Janelle Lynch

Thanks to Humble's Women in Photography blog - click HERE to view an online exhibition of Lynch's work.

Image Credit:  Janelle Lynch

(Untitled 6, La Fosa Común)

Alexander Gardner Outtakes of Lewis Payne

Wow!  Thank you Joerg Coelberg for prompting me to go look at these.  Click HERE to read Coelberg's thoughts on the more well known image of Payne, and click HERE to see the other outtakes.

Click HERE for image credit info from LoC