Why make so much of fragmentary blue In here and there a bird, or butterfly, Or flower, or wearing-stone, or open eye, When heaven presents in sheets the solid hue? Since earth is earth, perhaps, not heaven (as yet)– Though some savants make earth include the sky; And blue so far above us comes so […]
By Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy Photography exhibits open to the public in March are mostly shows held over from February. We are including them here along with newly opened shows, arranged geographically for your planning convenience. Operating galleries and museums are continuing to enforce pandemic...
By Elin Spring In Part Two of A Way With Words, we examine three photo books that feature allusive lyricism or cunning journalistic text. Sandi Haber Fifield’s The Certainty of Nothing, Rebecca Norris Webb’s Night Calls and Amani Willett’s A Parallel Road take an oblique written approach to guide...
By Elin Spring Photography has come a long way since its inception in the early 1800’s, developing into a field that has altered every other art form in the process. The current fusion of photography with other media echoes the trajectory of global interconnectedness, challenging preconceived notions...
By Suzanne Révy In his book The Nature of Photographs, Stephen Shore describes how time can be perceived in photography. He identifies three ways to capture time: “decisive,” where action is stopped in a fraction of a second, “extrusive,” where a long shutter can render movement and “still”...
“I do not know which to prefer’ The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendos, The blackbird whistling Or just after” ~Wallace Stevens, from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Elin Spring The slippery concept of time is an obsession that Covid-19 has kept top of mind throughout...
By Suzanne Révy There was a time we romanticized the nomadic American photographer exploring the globe, but they often harbored a western bias that objectified foreign societies and cultures. Although National Geographic pictorial essays reflected this ethnocentricity, individual staff or freelance...
When day comes we step out of the shade, aflame and unafraid The new dawn blooms as we free it For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it If only we’re brave enough to be it ~ excerpt from “The Hill We Climb” by Amanda Gorman Curated by Elin […]
By Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy As snowstorms swirl through New England and temperatures plummet, galleries and museums are re-opening their doors. This month, we bring notice of many more options to see photography exhibits in person. While we are not out of pandemic danger yet, this is a welcome respite...
By Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy Last week, we were delighted to each review portfolios at the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) 2021 EXPOSURE Weekend. Although the programming was held entirely online, it retained perhaps the most important benefit of reviews: the one-on-one connection with artists....
