For three years Richard Mosse has been photographing the Congo using infrared film, a rare photographic medium which renders anything green a vibrant bubble-gum pink. The film has the capability to register light which is not perceivable to the human eye, making the invisible visible. This function of the medium is of particular interest to…
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It is an overwhelming task to try and review or even summarize Matthew Barney’s latest film, River of Fundament. This is mainly due to two factors: the overwhelming material within the film, as well as the way in which it is presented. The film is comprised of three parts, each incorporating one of three “live…
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Jackie Nickerson began photographing Zimbabwean farm workers in 1996 as a way to change the perception that those who work in African agriculture are impoverished, unmodern people. The resulting series, Farm, focused on the unique and beautiful clothing the workers made for themselves, and by doing s,o highlighted the worker’s identity, individuality, and ultimately their…
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How does the life of an artist play into reception of their work? Sometimes knowing about the artist substantiates the work, giving the viewer a source and a history from which the message within the work is coming from. In some cases, the artist’s persona is completely separated from the work, making the work find…
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It is now a custom to document daily experience through photographs. Using phones and social media, an importance can be created for a situation that would otherwise pass unnoticed. With the integration of this practice into everyday routine, the meaning and importance given to what is documented seems to be losing its potency; it becomes…
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Slight Exposure, an exhibition of hand altered found photographs by London-based artist Julie Cockburn, marks the artist’s first US solo show. The exhibition mainly consists of found portraits and landscapes, all roughly dated between the 40’s and 50’s and then meticulously altered through sewing or cutting. The portraits within the first gallery feature mainly women…
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Daniel Blight, London-based photographer, curator, and editor of The Photographer’s Gallery, penned an article for The Guardian questioning the meaning and usage of the term “curator.” He not only inquires about the role of the curator in the institution and on the internet, but how historical and cultural value is determined through curating. “Knowledge is…
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A few years back, a former professor assigned my seminar class a project: “every fifteen minutes, take a photograph- using black and white film.” During the Seventh Paris Biennale of 1971, Takuma Nakahira practiced a similar feat, except he shot 100 photographs for seven consecutive days. This series of work, titled “Circulation: Date, Place, Events” is…
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It’s been a long time coming, but it’s finally here. I have to be honest, writing never really comes naturally to me. I just wanted to a bit of time to briefly introduce myself, and talk about Lintroller and what it is. Hopefully I won’t come across as too much of a douche at the…
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