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Robert Cornelius awards winner’s list woopee
October 14, 2010
The National Museum of Cambodia
October 5, 2010A cultural awakening for when visiting the iconic National Museum of Cambodia today in Phnom Penh is cambodia’s largest museum of cultural history and is the country’s leading historical and archaeological museum. it houses one of the world’s largest collections of khmer art, including sculptural, ceramics, bronzes, and ethnographic objects. the museum buildings, inspired by khmer temple architecture, were constructed between 1917 and 1924, the museum was officially inaugurated in 1920,and renovated in 1968.]
National-Museum-of-Cambodia-Phnom-Penh
Touring the national museum of cambodia I never expected to receive the unique learning experience of diversity of ancient cultures blended so well in a modern museum. the museum buildings were constructed between 1917 and 1924, with the inauguration of the museum in 1920. the central section of the east façade was renovated in 1968 under the supervision of cambodian architect, vann molyvann. the museum in phnom penh is cambodia’s largest museum of cultural history and is the country’s leading historical and archaeological museum. it houses one of the world’s largest collections of khmer art, including sculptural, ceramics, bronzes, and ethnographic objects. the museum’s collection includes over 17,000 items, from prehistoric times to periods before, during, and after the khmer empire, which at its height stretched from thailand, across present-day cambodia, to southern vietnam. george groslier (1887-1945), historian, curator and author was the motivating force behind much of the revival of interest in traditional ccambodian arts and crafts, and it was he who designed this building that is today ‘traditional khmer’ architecture. it is perhaps better described as a building enlarged from cambodian temple prototypes seen on ancient bas-reliefs and reinterpreted through colonial eyes to meet the museum-size requirements. together with the adjacent royal university of fine arts the national museum of cambodia works to enhance knowledge of and preserve Cambodian cultural traditions and to provide a source of pride and identity to the cambodian people. the museum also serves a religious function; its collection of important Buddhist and Hindu sculpture addresses community religious needs as a place of worship. a permanent exhibition, Post-Angkorian Buddha, is supported by UNESCO and a number of individuals and local businesses. . .
Bronze-Buddhist-Triad
Website : http://www.cambodiamuseum.info/
Affordable Art Fair NYC, 9/30 to 10/3/2010
October 2, 2010this week we, mary and i attended the affordable art fair at 7 west 34th street, first annual fall fair.
AAF
the affordable art fair has been a staple of spring time art going that Will Ramsey expanded to twice a year here. you don’t need to be an art expert to enjoy see and collecting art you. which was Will Ramsey’s idea when he first launched AAF in london in 1999. now eleven years later AAf has become an outstanding global contemporary art fair with events taking place in Amsterdam, Bristol, Brussels, London, Melbourne, Milan, New York, Singapore and Sydney.
this event has workshops in collecting art, framing your collection and open artist studios courtesy of Jen Bekman Project, as well as a kids ‘walk in’ workshops. this is a family adventure, see the web site for schedules
aisle a
with 70 worldwide galleries participating this month one has an eyeful of world tastes and artist, from painters, sculptors, collagest, photographers and installations; one is treated to a wide variety of eye candy. there is even a kiddie corner
kiddie corner
where one can see budding artist. hey why not bring your own budding Michelangelo along for fun. there is something for everyone crammed in the aisles A through F.
aisle f
the fair opened on wed with a private invitation gathering of VIP,friends, families, lots of strollers and kids writing on the walls more than enough to keep ones eyes open. i returned on friday morning as the fair opened to take some pictures and talk to gallery owners. due to time limitations i didn’t have a chance to speak with everyone nor make notes. these pictures are only a small smattering of what i saw.
first i started with the art installations, take a left coming off the elevators head down the hallway towards the cafe just before the entrance is Jennifer Murray’s The Love Story, 2010 by Raandesk Gallery is comprised of a found wooden ship, a sculptured pierced clay tuna and hanging sculpted clay tear drops. love story begins with the capture of the ‘big one’ ending with symbolically with regret and sadness that couples with the barbaric actions of completing such a capture.
the love story
next is Kamol Akhunov’s vivid Earth Leak installation, courtesy of Emmanuel Fremin Gallery, about the rising dependency on fossil fuel and the consequences of that caustic addiction. tangled, dissonant and spontaneously structured pipes represent the uncontrollable need and unquenchable proclivities towards this natural resource. the earth which is hanging powerlessly drenched with oil represents the current quandary we humans face. this non-escapist idea that we are all connected, linked and splattered by this oil greed and addiction is our desolation and destruction and choice.
earth leak with artist
between these two installations are John LaMacchia’s Canned Laughter sound installation, courtesy of Galeria Bickar, no pictures as i’ve yet to successfully capture it on film, opps pixels. these sound tracks from Tv producers provide a guide as to when we should laugh. the artist explores the artificial cue as content and response.
next along the wall are Jen Blazina’s Bittersweet, cast rubber lockets, courtesy of Divergence Fine Art. this installation of 1100 amber rubber lockets, which hold images represent relationships between people taken from anonymous family photographs. Most of these people are unknown and lost to a family narrative history. the power of representation creates an intimate moment for the viewer as they approach each piece and engage the idea of holding someones image.
Bittersweet
then we begin with booth 001 where i met two brothers from Barcelona, Spain representing Crisolart Gallery and we talked about that lovely city where i’ve always wanted to go since reading ernest hemingway’s novels about spain.
crisolart gallery
next door is the Hamburg Kennedy Photographs from nyc, something i can get my teeth into. a lovely blue photoshop composition on the wall caught my eye.
Hamburg Kennedy Photographs
so in no particular order because i am not sure where everything is – i just show what caught my eye. this Le Siants Gallery from Barcelona paintings stood out and attracted me
Le Siants Gallery
until i saw this. i didn’t have a chance to talk to the gallery owner here, one of those missed opportunities i would liked to have over again.
Woman in Red
And then these paper sculptures from Bulgaria at Latoart gallery
Latoart Gallery
to these unglazed porcelain wall and free standing organic pieces from the Russell/Projects of Richmond Va.
Russell Projects
to Cube Gallery 3D wall boxes which really needs to be seen in person to appreciate – as do all of these art pieces.
Cube Gallery
here are our old friends busy at work in the Emmanuel Fremin Gallery with an art patron in the background.
Emmanuel Fremin Gallery
some very inventive art, photography and sculptures are on display for the rest of this weekend, including these French galleries. these two from the LM gallery, Paris, France the first from a photographer while the second from a collagest.
Regis Guerin
and wandering around i discovered these two artist at Envie D”Art also from France
Manolo Chretien @ Envie D'Art
Artist Manolo Chretien ‘ NY Citillusions’ printed on brushed aluminium while Edouard Buzon below works on wood with layers of polyurethane, sanded and polished
Edouard Buzon @ Envie D'Art
last but not least we visited that far away land, home of the long gone dodgers, Brooklyn to the RHV fine art where i talked to henry chung about his computer punch tape pieces, who now has to learn to use a new material as punch tape is discontinued.
rhv fine art
this is just a small sampling of what’s available and with packages of bubble wrapped objects flying in and out of door ways one never knows what creations one will see. you can actually walk out the door with your purchase or have it delivered to your home. now how’s that for service?
i do have a suggestion for galleries doing these type of shows. it’s very helpful if they brought along with then gallery bio’s along with the artist bio’s. to say it’s on our web site is fine but writing from notes is still the way i work. i didn’t write about the galleries who didn’t have handouts, maybe i wasn’t important enough but i did have clean clothers and took a shower before leaving the house.
well these are my wanderings for this weekend hope you enjoy this beautiful day.
The Robert Cornelius Portrait Award….. nomination…. woo pee……
September 28, 2010late last night i received this email, i was tired been working all day on the ‘rainy monday morning’ post and it was amongst all the other emails that fill my inbox. i always like to see if there are links to others work, i am very confused by what work is selected by whom, it’s all a crap shoot and so many contest i enter i never hear from. what would camera Obscura be looking for but i entered two images in their contest thinking my stuff can be pretty obscure.
but every once in awhile some pretty prestigious award or honorable mention comes my way. last year it was International Photography Award and Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) which are pretty cool which another photographer reminded me ain’t chopped liver.
The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards announces the finalists of
THE ROBERT CORNELIUS PORTRAIT AWARD
In this first edition, 1622 images were submitted from the following 37 countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zeeland, Norway, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, and Venezuela.
92 images submitted by 73 artists were selected as finalists in the 8 thematic categories.
These are the finalists that will compete for the Robert Cornelius Award, and the category prizes and honorable mentions. The announcement will be done on October 8th.
Category Figure and Nude
Mark Scharfman, Had Pollock worked for Playboy
Peter King, Mirror Images
Joy Goldkind, Adagio #47
James Thomas Josephs, Papa John 05
Anna Tomczak, From the Garden
Jene Youtt, Fall
Ken Merfeld, Nobuko’s ki
Ken Merfeld, Senora Plastica
Binh Trinh, Nude 1
Binh Trinh, Nude 4
The Fall
male nude depicting the fall of adam
but i do get discouraged and encouraged at the same time. thats life. enough about me today. woo pee
fotovisura photography grant
September 27, 2010
rainy monday mornings work, Aubrey in corsets
September 27, 2010this past sunday i worked with a young woman model named aubrey doing an Edwardian corseted shoot. i’d been toying with the idea of using a mirror i’d found on the street years ago which had some damage which i thought would be easily fixable, i was right and can’t notice the repair, even my critical eye.
the last female nude shoot with keira grant i did was to complete my adam and eve series but in thinking about it, while i got some good single nudes what i really need are images of them together which seems harder than i thought it would be to find the right couple. so i moved on to panama project which is still very much in the works and forgot about nudes for a while.
i found aubrey through and adv in manhattan figure study group, a group i’d left along time ago because i would light something and people would take pictures and post then on the internet as their work, yes they did push the shutter so it was their picture but i never got credit for lighting it. i don’t mind teaching people how to, which is what i use this blog for but these are my images and i mark and copyright them as such.
aubrey intrigued me with the offer of having edwardian corset props. i wondered how i’d look in one but we are different sizes. but letting my imagination run free anyways i remembered the mirror so i contacted her. she was excited about the idea as well so when she had some free time we booked it for sunday afternoon. mary was able help set up the studio beforehand but had to leave due to prior commitment.
the set up consisted mostly of blacking out the room as i had figured the lighting positions beforehand, three lights – one with a softbox strip over the mirror and one from each side. simple.
although in this image there are only two lights being used due to my fooling around with them, but it worked out because the back light also lights her face due to reflection in mirror.
female nude with white edwardian corset
i’ve decided to start taking head shots of all my models because a lot of people are looking for the perfect photographer to capture their images, make to make themselves a star and why not? we are all here together.
this is an un-retouched image straight from the camera, nice to have great skin.i am a master of finding ugly angles but having young models helps.
female nude with curtain & mirror
this was the big set up even for the head shots, i wanted to try and get the curtain pattern projected on her body but it didn’t work here. i’ve done this on movies and television but would have taken more hands than i had. so do the shot and move on.
female nude wearing white corset
i think we got some nice images out of this afternoon, btw it does take a lot of time getting into and out of these things as they lace up.
female nude adjusting white corset
but i do think the afternoon was well worth the effort although i didn’t have to get in and out of those corsets
corseted female wearing blk mask & boots
these are her street boots that i think add an (erotic) dimension to the session, that of course depends on ones pov.
masked corseted female putting on stockings
but stockings and garters are always fun unless you get caught up in them, ouch.
did someone come in ?
but then i said gee i’ve got this study i am finding it hard to find people to work on which is about peoples ability to be able to touch each other both physically and mentally which these
wearing pearls & black gloves
represents.
this one below is one of my favorites as everything lines up nicely. of course we changed the set up somewhat and got all the lighting working for this shot.
looking in a mirror as young girls do
but there are a lot more images, it’s just i am tired of working on computer. it must be lunch time, what i missed lunch again and it’s now dinner? now i know where my life goes, down some pixel hole working to blind the photographer. do you know there are a group of blind photographers working?
i’ve got to do something about my web presence these half measures aren’t cutting it. well it’s suppose to rain again tomorrow.
Canon Expo, September 2010, nyc my impressions ‘we speak image’
September 15, 2010the beginning of september i had an opportunity to attend the Canon Expo here at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center held once every five years, guess i am lucky. i’ve ment to post this sooner but the trip to panama came up so quickly i had no time, now the hard part is getting the money for expenses promised.
i must say Canon Expo is quite an event from the opening impression on. it’s nice to see a show hiring a lighting designer to do the lighting and i wonder who the team of set and lighting designers were. the unsung team
Canon Expo entrance
Canon Expo seminar entrance
to the seminars i attended, a couple as i was only available for opening day. but to quote Canon Expo web site This unique event showcases the full scope of Canon imaging as you’ve never seen it before. You’ll experience the latest imaging products and technologies in real-world scenarios. You’ll also get personal insights and best practices from industry experts. And you’ll learn how the future of imaging can have a profound effect on your life and your business. Now is your chance to discover it all at Canon EXPO 2010 New York, where the possibilities of imaging are infinite. so this post will mostly be pictures of the event.
Canon Expo image montage
with lots of color slide presentations and 3D images
Canon Expo photo montage
Canon Expo
to demonstration areas for DSLR cameras and accessories
Canon Expo demo area
the whole expo had some pretty cool lighting, trusses with theatrical lighting everywhere and miles of black velour blocking the daylight making the Javits Center one big black box
Canon Expo hallway
with cool hallways leading from one pavilion to another. Canons whole line of products were displayed from medical imaging. no these guys were actual doctors and not actors playing a part. i had an interesting conversation with one fellow about amounts of radiation given off by one xray machine. they have lowered the amount of radiation a great deal from past machines and are continuing to make advances. i asked about software limiting the maximum amounts a machine could operate under thinking about the UCLA scandal were they were unknowingly administering lethal doses with their machines and didn’t pay attention to their patients complaints.
Canon Expo medical area
Canon Expo environmental room
to a full scale fashion shoot replete with , fashion models and lead photographers who’s images were projected on a large overhead screen
Canon Expo fashion gallery
Canon Expo fashion gallery
Canon Expo fashion guest photog
the guest photographer i saw was , names aren’t my strong point, but i think it was Douglas Kirkland
Canon Expo my fashion image
but i gave it a few moments trying my hand at this fashion stuff which looks pretty easy but looks can be deceiving, then getting discouraged with my location traveling more hallways
Canon Expo hallway
all leading to free coffee and soft seats
Canon Expo center lobby
oh did i leave something out?………Product ROW introducing the new Canon 60d camera with a swivel led screen and lenses. a camera without an on camera flash or a pc connection on the camera, cool huh?
Canon Expo product row
this was a feast of Canon products.
Canon EXPO 2010 New York is a remarkable gathering of the extended Canon community, including thousands of imaging professionals from around the world. Much more than an exhibition, it’s a total experience unlike any other. So take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity to explore new products and technologies, celebrate the ongoing innovation of Canon – and experience the infinite possibilities of imaging.
so we in New York say good by to Canon Expo for another five years wondering what the future holds for us we are left with a few pretty images and questions. i wonder what Nikon is up to.
panama’s diablo’s rojos
September 7, 2010well dear readers i haven’t found anywhere to load some jpegs up nor a computer or photo store to get a card reader. sorry about that, the weather is nice but hot, i don’t have to go in the steam room because after a few hours my clothes are soaked.
the project of shooting the diablos rojos as they are called is working out pretty good would be better if i knew what i was going but the drivers and their, i don’t know what to call them as each bues has a fellow riding with it who calls out where the bus is going to the awaiting passengers.
each buse is painted by different artist any way they see fit, of course allowing each owner there due. some of them have extensive lighting on them for night driving.
the buses were left here by the us army when they left the canal, sold i guess or maybe given away and are pretty solid but how they’ve been maintained isn’t the greatest. so are even yellow school buses but they are boring.
the helpers or callers for want of a better word sometimes pose in front of the buses and most of them seem to love seeing their pictures. their age groups differ from the old guys to just kids. i was thinking while waiting for a new batch of buses who has ever cared for them? they are just disposable workers who are lucky to have jobs.
at some point these diesel smog spewing diablos are going the way of the doo bird and be replaced by bright shinny new ones. maybe even air-conditioned and bigger so more people can fit in, don’t know how they do it now. but will the city give these buses to these old drivers and clean uniforms?
what do you think? my bets on keeping the new buses clean along with new drivers. the city has added traffic lights a first along with sewerage treatment plants. this place is coming along.
to see the amount of new building and renovations i s unbelievable, money is just pouring into this place along with cars and people oh did i mention traffic jams?
i can’t wait to share this new project with everybody.
Mary has an opening at 3rd Annual Governors Island Art Fair, come meet the artist.
August 26, 2010To start the fall display of gallery openings and events, 3 of Mary’s
mary
images will be part of the 3rd annual Governor’s Island Art Fair exhibiting with TheGreatNude Small Works. Although the images are B&W they are a part of my “All That Glitters” body of works.
So come out and support and meet some of the NY Metro area artists who will be there for the opening. be sure to say hello to mary.
The Art Fair runs form Sept 4th through the 26th on Saturdays and Sundays only. And remember the gift of art is lasting and can have good investment value as the emerging artists’ work original or ltd editions increase over time.
So if you don’t want to be stuck in traffic on the LIE or GSP heading to the beaches, wander around the Island. The island also is home to the National Historic Landmark District featuring 18th Century fortifications so wear comfortable shoes as you stroll the grounds.
There is no admission fee to enter the Fair where 120 abandoned army barracks will be filled with visual art, music and performers.
Saturday Sept. 4th 11 – 6pm. opening reception from 3pm to 6pm – Building 12 – Section H-4
By subway: 1 to South Ferry Station
4, 5 to Bowling Green
R, W to Whitehall St Station
By ferry: FREE from the Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 (starting at 11am) Pier 6 is located at the end of Atlantic Avenue at Columbus Street
There is also a ferry from Manhattan:
Directions to the Governors Island Manhattan Ferry
The Governors Island ferry departs from the Battery Maritime Building located at 10 South Street, adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry in Lower Manhattan. The ferry terminal is accessible as follows: click this link for schedules
By Subway
1 to South Ferry station
4, 5 to Bowling Green station
R to Whitehall St. station
MoMA presents “Pictures by Women – A History of Modern Photography
August 26, 2010| Written by Ann Levin, Associated Press |
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Museum of Modern Art’s photography collection is so rich that it can present virtually the entire history of the medium using only images taken by women and in many cases, of women. It’s instructive to realize that whatever genre or style in which men worked, even industrial photography, women were doing the same. The show is organized chronologically, beginning with a gallery of 19th and early 20th century photographs that illustrate the two traditions of documentary and pictorial photography. For much of photography’s 170-year history, women have expanded its roles by experimenting with every aspect of the medium.Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography presents a selection of outstanding photographs by women artists, charting the medium’s history from the dawn of The show continues with a stunning array of photographs by European artists in the 1920s and 1930s, including Ilse Bing’s 1931 “Self-Portrait in Mirrors,” which shows her looking straight at the viewer and in profile at the same time, an illusion made possible by using her camera as a third eye. the modern period to the present. Including over two hundred works, this exhibition features celebrated masterworks and new acquisitions from the collection by such figures as Diane Arbus, Berenice Abbott, Claude Cahun, Imogen Cunningham, Rineke Dijkstra, Florence Henri, Roni Horn, Nan Goldin, Helen Levitt, Lisette Model, Lucia Moholy, Tina Modotti, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems, among many others. The exhibition also highlights works drawn from a variety of curatorial departments, includingBottoms, a large-scale Fluxus wallpaper by Yoko Ono. The most compelling in the first category is a series of photos taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston at the all-black Hampton Institute (now Hampton University), founded to educate former slaves. At the other end of the spectrum are the self-conscious, artistic photographs by Gertrude Kasebier, known for her symbolic, soft-focus images of Victorian motherhood such as the 1899 “The Manger” and 1904’s “The Heritage of Motherhood.” And since the art world seems to be having a Picasso moment, with major shows in museums and galleries and the record-breaking sale of one of his paintings at auction, be sure to look at an untitled work from 1930 by Picasso’s lover and muse Dora Maar, a highly regarded artist in her own right. It shows a woman from the rear with her long black coat lifted up in the wind. The show continues with a stunning array of photographs by European artists in the 1920s and 1930s, including Ilse Bing’s 1931 “Self-Portrait in Mirrors,” which shows her looking straight at the viewer and in profile at the same time, an illusion made possible by using her camera as a third eye.  Ilse-Bing-Self-Portrait-New You’ll also want to spend time in front of two prints by French photographer Germaine Krull, whose beautifully composed images of urban landscapes show that women could do muscular photographs of architectural structures as well as any man. Although Dorothea Lange is among the best-known U.S. photographers, male or female, the curators have rightly devoted an entire wall to almost 20 of her photographs, all the subjects girls and women. They range from her iconic Depression-era picture “Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California” to the poignant image of Japanese-American children saying the pledge of allegiance soon after President Roosevelt ordered the relocation of 120,000 Japanese-Americans into grim camps in the West. The mid-to-late 20th century is represented by MoMA’s newly acquired colour photographs of New York street life by Helen Levitt, best known for her work in black and white, and uncomfortable but affecting images by Austrian-born Lisette Model and Diane Arbus. Witty wallpaper just outside the entrance shows close-ups of human buttocks, reproduced from a 1960s-era film made by Yoko Ono. The images look vaguely human up close but resolve into a pillowy abstraction when seen from a distance. And as you leave the show, “29 Palms: Mortar Impact,” a large, black-and-white photograph by Vietnamese-American photographer An-My Le, depicts a few clouds of smoke rising from the barren desert floor, framed by the distant peaks of a rugged mountain range. It suggests the bleakness of war, hints at U.S. engagement in Iraq, and in its simplicity and clarity, is a work of stunning beauty. The sixth gallery of the exhibition will close on Aug. 30, and the other five will remain on view through 21 March, 2011. Visit on the Net: http://www.moma.org/ |
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