“The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don’t belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation.” Susan Meiselas Separation Anxiety Today we had a new/old guest, Doug Hill a professional architectural photographer known to many of us for his work and his participation in PasadenaPhotographyArts as Co-Director. Doug talked to f8 several years ago. His presentation today focused on his newer work in the urban street environment. Specifically, his narrative was about finding new direction in his work and developing his artistic vision going forward. He showed 50+ examples of his new work...several of which are shown below: ...All untitled by Doug Hill also here is a link to his website Doug Hill Website Doug talked about the importance and difficulty of moving to new projects...hence the title "Separation Anxiety" We discussed the importance of curating new work...and even old work. We discussed the visual bias of his architectural photography. Also discussed was the color vs B&W aesthetic...more importantly the continuing need for composition as a basis for his work. There was feedback on his new work. Also Cyndi showed a few pictures of the Doug Eakins "Mirage House" that was part of a recent exhibit called "Desert X" ..below is a link Doug Eakins / Mirage House Busy morning at f8 Pasadena... We mentioned the article in the New Yorker (May 22, 2017) about the great bookmaker Steidl...below is the link to the article. Steidl...The Book Monk Finally, we noted the passing of Marie Cosindas
Marie Cosindas, an early pioneer of color photography whose work blurred the line between could be produced by a paintbrush and what could be accomplished using a camera, has died. She was 93. Before William Eggleston revolutionized the field by introducing hues that had rarely ever been seen before, Cosindas had become among the first photographers to experiment with color. Featuring a wide variety of subjects, from an arrangement of dolls to a portrait of Andy Warhol wearing sunglasses, her work had a painterly quality to it, and her style was praised for its softness. One of her champions was John Szarkowski, the Museum of Modern Art photography curator who, in 1966, gave Cosindas her first solo show. (The exhibition also made Cosindas the fifth female photographer ever to have shown at MoMA.) Having garnered critical recognition in the 1960s, her work faded into obscurity in the decades afterward, only to experience a newfound interest in her work late in her career after a 2013 retrospective at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas.
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