Thursday, April 25, 2013

Photography and the American Civil War

“Photography and the American Civil War” continues through Sept. 2 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; (212) 535-7710, metmuseum.org.

'Photography and the American Civil War' at the Met
New York Times
Among the most arresting images in “Photography and the American Civil War,” a magisterial exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is “A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia, April 1865” by John Reekie. The remains of five soldiers are piled ...

New York Times

'Photography and the American Civil War'(slides)
New York Times
This exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art reflects “a time when photography and political history intersected and inextricably fused,” Ken Johnson writes. “A Burial Party, Cold ... Nevertheless the photographer has altered history. At least one ...

New York Times
A big chunk of the history of photography is represented, although haphazardly, by the 82 dealers making up this year's Association of International Photography ArtDealers Show. At Hans P. Kraus Jr.'s booth, you can see the earliest photographic image ...

New York Times

In New German Photography show, scenes from everywhere and nowhere
Washington Post
Henning Bode's black-and-white images of the Mississippi Delta explicitly recall Depression-eraphotos of the American South, made when traveling somewhere with a camera (and actual film) was only way to show what was out there. Bode's inspiration is ...

ART WALK: Photographer of abandoned spaces to show work in Lebanon
Lebanon Daily News
ART WALK: Photographer of abandoned spaces to show work in Lebanon. Lebanon Daily News ...While he originally had no formal education in photography, Christopher recently completed his MFA degree in fine art photography. He has had gallery shows ...

Master of colour William Eggleston wins Outstanding Contribution award
The Guardian (blog)
William Eggleston, whose colour photographs were dismissed as "banal" by critics when first exhibited at MoMA in New York in 1976, is to receive the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award at this year's Sony World Photography Awards.

The Guardian (blog)

Awkward science stock photography
Boing Boing
Saying that the current state of stock photography represents what it's “meant to” be is like saying that the stock photos of science are what science is “meant to” be… BTW, women really do laugh a lot when eating salads! ... That said, there are a ...

Boing Boing

Photography as Remedy: An Interview with Jamel Shabazz
The Indypendent
How did this impact you or your photography? JS: Being a photographer while working in the Department of Corrections provided me with a great way to decompress from the misery I was encountering on a daily basis. I carried my camera with me every ...

The Indypendent

Ambitious 2020Vision Photography Exhibition Comes To Calke - 10th to 29th April
AboutMyArea
The 2020VISION roadshow, the UK's most ambitious conservation photography project, features the work of some of the UK's top nature photographers. Featuring images taken in twenty locations, over twenty months, ...

AboutMyArea



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