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Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category
Robert Cornelius awards winner’s list woopee
October 14, 2010
some of the great companies i know
October 13, 2010the other day i was shooting a maternity shoot, well actually mary was because i was feeling under the weather but i set up the lighting and she shot. i noticed one of my white lightning 1200 ultras light had the wrong lock down handle.
it had a lsa10 type handle which doesn’t really work tighting soft boxes down. i needed a umba handle so after the shot i called white lightning figuring i had to order another handle. well after they figured out what i needed they said they would send me one. FREE
not only did they send one i received two. now how many companies do you know and buy things from provide service like this? ever think canon would do something like this? good luck if you do, i’ve a slightly used bridge i’d like to sell you.
LSA 10
UMBA
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
Panama City, panama, los diablos rojos reflections
September 23, 2010today it’s been two weeks since i returned from panama city, where did the time go? here it is thursday and two nights ago i just finally burned the cards to dvds and today i researched the los diablos rojos. now if your looking to put yourself to sleep on siesta i suggest you research the web for information. now the world wide web is an excellent source of information which can be overwhelming.
then as usual being alone in front of a computer screen with no other distractions, like walking a doggie, there comes pangs of hunger as the sun passes my window leaving me in a darkened room.oh i recognize that feeling gnawing at me…. hunger. so i make dinner and not do what i had on my days agenda for today. which is to write my blog.
look at that dusty book shelf it needs cleaning so on my way to make my salad i give it a wipe and notice another shelf, well they must all be dusty. yes you guessed it, i’ve got pretty clean shelves and nothing entered on the blog. now i’ve had dinner and the chocolate truffles in the fridge are talking to me, eat me.
but slowly, very slowly i am moving forward with errant fingers and keystrokes. i know what i need………. music so i look thought the cds and i don’t have any real spanish music but i do have some tapes. well anything to help me concentrate on the task at hand so i pick Los Flamers su historica muscal and some Tito Puente. i know not panamian at all but desperate times call for desperate measures.
now that the truffles are sort of drowned out for a time…. altho i can hear them during pauses in the music. i now have the proper setting to remember panama city although i am missing the smell of diesel fumes, i’d rather have chocolate myself but i won’t get up again and get distracted.
so i land at Tocumen International via Continental Airlines at 9:38pm and go to turista desk to ask about the cost of a taxi into the city $28.00 bucks. gone up since four years ago by $12.00 an dreading my lonely planet book. hotel marabella which nobody understands so i pull out the brochure i got the last time there, wisened traveler i am and off we go, but first a stop by the turista polica to see where i am from. Nueva York and off we go in my white turista taxi. regular taxis are yellow now , wonder where they got that idea from? but traveling through the night as lights pass by and dark shapes in the background wizz us towards Plaza Concordia and the marabella, which isn’t on the plaza but a seedy street behind. we found this hotel from a travel agent who recommended it us as an inexpensive alternate panama city hotel when we stayed in bocas de toro four years ago at the la veranda.
calle 55, panama city panama
no this isn’t where i stayed but around the corner. on the right side of picture is where i ate a few meals. arriving that late at night i was hungry so i knew about the place and headed there to get something to tide me over until morning. mixed fruit salad, pineapple, banana, papaya….. how i’d forgotten what fresh fruit tasted like.$2.66
manolo's
where the elite meet. but i really couldn’t wait being so excited until i when down to the plaza concordia to see los diablos rojos. after all that’s why i spent money i couldn’t really afford but then again i couldn’t pass up an invitation like this. how many times are we asked to dance before the offers stop?
los diablos rojos panama city panama
there she is…….my grey whale…….. only different…… waiting for passengers . now i could go to bed a get some sleep so i could begin this great adventure. as i laid my head down on my pillow i already missed mary but it would only be a week away from her, but a week can be a long time, we had scheduled our vow ceremony nine days later from my return and so much more left to do. was this crazy….maybe but so life can be at times.
the next morning before picking up the hertz car, good idea to be here early sunday morning at Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Church of our Lady of Mount Caramel) as the people arrived for mass, i didn’t think it was right to go inside and take pictures then. i wandered around getting the lay of the land
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Church of our Lady of Mount Caramel)
This church is the only Gothic architectural style building in the country. This structure was built by the congregation of the Carmelites which have been in Panama since 1940.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Church of our Lady of Mount Caramel)
but here is my quest, at least my first attempt to tell a story about these creatures and my associations with them.
los diablos rojos, panama city, panama
but my distractions are many, did i mention chocolate truffles? oh and the mercury xr7 comes out of the body shop tomorrow so i can put it back together, i guess in my spare time.
1970 mercury xr7 cougar convertible
our own diablos rojo. well i’ll say good night now, i’ve got a date with a truffle,
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.
Corinne Day, Photographer of Kate Moss, Is Dead
September 2, 2010By DOUGLAS MARTIN Published: September 1, 2010
Corinne Day, whose frank, unadorned photos of a teenage Kate Moss in the early 1990s helped inaugurate a new era of gritty realism in fashion photography that came to be called “grunge,” died Friday at her home in Denham, a village in Buckinghamshire, England.
Dafydd Jones/WireImage
Kate Moss, left, and Corinne Day at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2007.
The cause was a cancerous brain tumor, said her agent, Susan Babchick. According to her Web site, Ms. Day was 45, but public records indicate she was 48.
Ms. Day’s passion to record the most profound human experiences with a camera was never more evident than the day in 1996 when the tumor was discovered after she had collapsed in New York. She promptly asked her husband to shoot pictures of her, and they continued the project through her treatment and decline.
“Photography is getting as close as you can to real life,” she said, “showing us things we don’t normally see. These are people’s most intimate moments, and sometimes intimacy is sad.”
Ms. Day built her reputation on unrelenting visual honesty. She refused to airbrush the bags from under models’ eyes or de-emphasize their knobby knees. She eschewed pretty locations or even studios in favor of shooting people in their own environments.
see the rest of the NYTimes article here
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
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