Behind the Scenes: New Photography 2009

In conjunction with New Photography 2009, MoMA recently uploaded video interviews with Walead Beshty, Leslie Hewitt, Sterling Ruby, Daniel Gordon and Sara VanDerBeek. For those of you unfamiliar with this year's theme, MoMA's website explains:

"New Photography 2009 is a thematic presentation of significant recent work in photography that examines and expands the conventional definitions of the medium. Although the six artists in this installation—Walead Beshty, Daniel Gordon, Leslie Hewitt, Carter Mull, Sterling Ruby, and Sara VanDerBeek—represent diverse points of view, working methods, and pictorial modes ranging from abstract to representational, their images all begin in the studio or the darkroom and result from processes involving collection, assembly, and manipulation. Many of the works are made with everyday materials and objects, as well as images from the Internet, magazines, newspapers, and books. Some of the artists also work in other mediums and their pictures relate to disciplines such as drawing, sculpture, and installation. As traditional photographic techniques are being quickly replaced by digital technologies, the artists included here examine the process and structure of making photographs."


Behind the Scenes: New Photography 2009: Walead Beshty


Behind the Scenes: New Photography 2009: Leslie Hewitt


Behind the Scenes: New Photography 2009: Daniel Gordon