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On the Inside
This image is from Michel Gasarian’s “Cellule” series of photographs documenting the images that adorn French prison walls. I was struck by the way the photograph’s crumpled appearance adds to the poignancy. This is vernacular creativity in extremis. Found via Ashley Benigno.
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Bronx Photos
Some great photos of the Bronx at Satan’s Laundromat
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Photoblog Roundup
Photoblogs has had a site redesign – much cleaner, much more navigable. The addition of a ‘most popular’ list is good too. Number one there is Brownglasses.com – and deservedly so, it is just scrumptious, as is shutterbug. What I find interesting about photoblogs is that they are often published by people who are professionals…
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Linkage: Satan’s Laundromat
Satan’s Laundromat is “a Brooklyn-based photolog with an emphasis on strange signage, urban decay, and general weirdness.” To my mind collecting these urban fragments is a beautiful use of the photoblog format – as much as I like cats. via new home-away-from-home Photosynthetic Molecules.
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New Group Photoblog
How exciting, I’ve been invited to join the sociobiological fun at Photosynthetic Molecules, a new collaborative photoblog with a great title. Don’t quite know why I’ve been included as I am so verbal (and hopelessly parenthetical, not to mention long-winded, as well). But I’m looking forward to it. Just for the sake of jumping right…
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Plastic Fantastic
Toycamera.com is too, too cool (and a powerhouse of vernacular lofi avant-garde artiness as well). Here’s their opening blurb: We’re all about Plastic Cameras. Cameras called ‘Holga’, ‘Diana’, ‘Dories’, ‘Debonair’, ‘Lubitel’, ‘Banner’ ‘Snappy’ and ‘Yunon’. They’re cheap, maddening, fascinating plastic pieces of crap. Many people hate them, they think they’re junk, worthless, a waste of…
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Freelance – Photo Exhibition
Photo buffs in BrisVegas might like to pop into the Brisbane Powerhouse and check out Freelance, an exhibition by photography students at Southbank Institute of TAFE. Opening: Friday 17 Oct 2003 7.00pm Spark Bar Exhibition Times Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm; Sat 12pm – 4pm (and 2 hours prior to performances at other times)…
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Retro Analog Technologies in Visual Culture
I write a lot about the proliferation of digital production and its effects on concepts of creativity and aesthetic value in established music subcultures – and I have often thought that the resurgence in analog synthesis/retro music technology is connected somehow to the availability of digital production tools to the “masses”. It’s not a phenomenon…