Sorry for the lack of posting on this blog lately, but I spent the last week traveling and had limited access to a computer. In any regard, the third issue of The Exposure Project Book is finally done and is now available for purchase online. We are incredibly proud of the outcome and are excited to finally be able to share it with the photography community. The book consists of 38 color photographs by 8 different artists, as well as a wonderful accompanying essay written by Jörg Colberg. The artists included in the book are:
Ben Alper, Anastasia Cazabon, Lauren Edwards, Kate Emerson, Adam Marcinek, Fran Osborn-Blaschke, Justin James Reed & Eric Watts.
To find out more information about the book, click here. To purchase a copy of the book, click here.
Also, The Exposure Project will be hosting an exhibition at:
Tillie's of Brooklyn
248 DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
August 18 - September 20
Opening Reception: Monday, August 18 from 7 - 9 pm
We will be selling a limited number of both hardcover and softcover books at the opening for anyone who's interested.
So, if you're in the New York area Monday evening, you should stop by for fun and refreshments. Once again, we would like to thank everyone who has offered support, inspiration and participation to this project.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
Sze Tsung Leong's A Picture You Already Know
If you haven't been over to Words Without Pictures lately, I'd highly recommend doing so. They are currently featuring Sze Tsung Leong's wonderful essay A Picture You Already Know, a exploration into the history of repetition in photography. In the excerpt below, Leong addresses the various demonstrations and methods of repetitious photographic practice.
"Repetition in photography comprises a wide range of manifestations that have formed a significant part of photographic practice from the early development of the medium. Repetition figured in the use of photographs in racial and criminal studies (in which the repetitive use of portraits was used to identify what were thought to be the physiological foundations of traits and behaviors); in the cumulative documentation of the photographer’s urban or social context, such as in the work of Eugène Atget and August Sander; and in the mimicry of the pictorial conventions of painting genres such as still lifes, portraiture, and landscapes. In the context of contemporary photography, repetition appears in a profusion of varieties. These include the repetition of forms, spaces, or people (such as Bernd and Hilla Becher’s typologies, Candida Höfer’s institutional spaces, Wang Jinsong’s one-child “standard families” in China, and Hans Eijkelboom’s people in public settings); repetition over time (Nicholas Nixon’s periodic portraits of a group of sisters over the decades); repetition of motifs and compositions from art history (Jeff Wall’s rejiggerings of iconic paintings, Rineke Dijkstra’s classically posed portraits); collections of repetitions in imagery from the popular media (Peter Piller’s reordering of existing imagery into distinct categories); repetitions of the self (such as those by Cindy Sherman, Yasumasa Morimura, Tomoko Sawada, and Tseng Kwong-Chi); overlapping of repeated images (Idris Khan’s layerings of multiples); the reuse of existing imagery as seen in Sherrie Levine’s and Thomas Ruff’s appropriations; and representations of representations (Hiroshi Sugimoto’s wax figures, and Thomas Struth’s museum photographs).
The layers that form the practice of photography are themselves permeated by layers of repetition and multiplication. A chain of duplications begins with the process of taking a photograph, which is, in most cases, the duplication of something existing in “reality.” From this “copy,” which takes the form of a single negative, slide, or digital file, multiple prints can be made. The image represented in these prints, when considered within the scope of a photographer’s body of work, often functions as one of a series, or as one within multiple iterations of an artist’s themes and concerns. The image also contains within it the past history of images that have influenced its conception, and the future lines of influence yet to be formed. These threads of influence—the dialogue between artists and artistic concerns both within and outside of a particular era—weave through historical contexts and future possibilities, and imprint their influence, through variations, similarities, and resonances, on visual culture."
"Repetition in photography comprises a wide range of manifestations that have formed a significant part of photographic practice from the early development of the medium. Repetition figured in the use of photographs in racial and criminal studies (in which the repetitive use of portraits was used to identify what were thought to be the physiological foundations of traits and behaviors); in the cumulative documentation of the photographer’s urban or social context, such as in the work of Eugène Atget and August Sander; and in the mimicry of the pictorial conventions of painting genres such as still lifes, portraiture, and landscapes. In the context of contemporary photography, repetition appears in a profusion of varieties. These include the repetition of forms, spaces, or people (such as Bernd and Hilla Becher’s typologies, Candida Höfer’s institutional spaces, Wang Jinsong’s one-child “standard families” in China, and Hans Eijkelboom’s people in public settings); repetition over time (Nicholas Nixon’s periodic portraits of a group of sisters over the decades); repetition of motifs and compositions from art history (Jeff Wall’s rejiggerings of iconic paintings, Rineke Dijkstra’s classically posed portraits); collections of repetitions in imagery from the popular media (Peter Piller’s reordering of existing imagery into distinct categories); repetitions of the self (such as those by Cindy Sherman, Yasumasa Morimura, Tomoko Sawada, and Tseng Kwong-Chi); overlapping of repeated images (Idris Khan’s layerings of multiples); the reuse of existing imagery as seen in Sherrie Levine’s and Thomas Ruff’s appropriations; and representations of representations (Hiroshi Sugimoto’s wax figures, and Thomas Struth’s museum photographs).
The layers that form the practice of photography are themselves permeated by layers of repetition and multiplication. A chain of duplications begins with the process of taking a photograph, which is, in most cases, the duplication of something existing in “reality.” From this “copy,” which takes the form of a single negative, slide, or digital file, multiple prints can be made. The image represented in these prints, when considered within the scope of a photographer’s body of work, often functions as one of a series, or as one within multiple iterations of an artist’s themes and concerns. The image also contains within it the past history of images that have influenced its conception, and the future lines of influence yet to be formed. These threads of influence—the dialogue between artists and artistic concerns both within and outside of a particular era—weave through historical contexts and future possibilities, and imprint their influence, through variations, similarities, and resonances, on visual culture."
Young Curators, New Ideas
Young Curators, New Ideas is an upcoming group exhibition organized by Amani Olu (Humble Arts Foundation) and curated by Alana Celii & Grant Willing (Fjord Photo), Michael Bühler-Rose, Jon Feinstein (Humble Arts Foundation), Laurel Ptak (I Heart Photograph), Amy Stein & Lumi Tan (Why + Wherefore). The show is comprised of 6 individually-curated installments, which include Völuspá, Opposing Photographers, Light and Color, Graphics Interchange Format and Amy Stein's & Lumi Tan's untitled curatorial efforts. The artists included in the exhibition are as follows:
Charles Benton, Victor Boullet, Mikaylah Bowman, Alison Brady, Brian Bress, Olga Cafiero, Talia Chetrit, Tyler Coburn, Petra Cortright, C. Coy, Gerald Edwards III, Daniel Everett, Thobias Fäldt & Per Englund, Martin Fengel, Jason Fulford, Nicholas Grider, Pierre Hourquet, Konst & Teknik, Eke Kriek, Emily Larned, Bryan Lear, Miranda Lehman, Seth Lower, Matt MacFarland, Mark McKnight, Katja Mater, Kelci McIntosh, Erin Jane Nelson, Ilia Ovechkin, Robert Overweg, , Alex Prager, M. River, Noel Rodo-Vankuelen, Asha Schechter, Trevor Shimizu, Alix Smith, Jo-ey Tang, Jesper Ulvelius, Anne De Vries, Hannah Whitaker, Karly Wildenhaus, Ofer Wolberger, Ann Woo and Damon Zucconi.
Young Curators, New Ideas
Bond Street Gallery
297 Bond Street | Brooklyn, NY 11231 (Carroll Gardens)
Opening Reception: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 from 6 - 9 pm
On View: Wednesday, August 13 – Saturday, September 6, 2008
For more information about the artists, curators or exhibition, refer to the gallery website.
Investigation into the Disruption of Power, 2006
Image © Gerald Edwards III
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Louise Downe
Conceptual photographer Louise Downe's work deals with photographic representation linguistically. In her statement she proclaims:
"My work is largely concerned with photograph as an experimental field for linguistic reasoning, whereby each image, or group of images utilise given linguistic structures of noun, verb and adjective as objectified variables for the manipulation of a given narrative truth.
Time and truth are not mutually exclusive, nor is their symbiotic presence as a by-product of the photographic process denied, here though they are neither relative nor secure in their reliance on one another."
All Images © Louise Downe
"My work is largely concerned with photograph as an experimental field for linguistic reasoning, whereby each image, or group of images utilise given linguistic structures of noun, verb and adjective as objectified variables for the manipulation of a given narrative truth.
Time and truth are not mutually exclusive, nor is their symbiotic presence as a by-product of the photographic process denied, here though they are neither relative nor secure in their reliance on one another."
All Images © Louise Downe
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Photographic Typologies: Alan George
Alan George e-mailed me today with a link to his series Domesticated, a project which explores urban modifications to nature. In his statement, George asserts:
"With this series of images, I examine domesticated urban plants and people's attempts to control and manipulate them in sometimes trivial and inconsequential ways. My hope is that these at times humorous and tragic examples echo conditions within the larger context of the relationship between humanity and nature. I also hope that the viewer can identify with certain human or anthropomorphic characteristics of the subjects, perhaps feeling a bit saddened by their circumstances."
His series Wheeled Estate is also well worth checking out.
All photographs from the series Domesticated
All Images © Alan George
"With this series of images, I examine domesticated urban plants and people's attempts to control and manipulate them in sometimes trivial and inconsequential ways. My hope is that these at times humorous and tragic examples echo conditions within the larger context of the relationship between humanity and nature. I also hope that the viewer can identify with certain human or anthropomorphic characteristics of the subjects, perhaps feeling a bit saddened by their circumstances."
His series Wheeled Estate is also well worth checking out.
All photographs from the series Domesticated
All Images © Alan George
Flak Photo Promotion
In an effort to help us promote Issue 3 of The Exposure Project Book, Andy Adams over at Flak Photo has been kind enough to add a banner to the website that links directly ours. The book should be done shortly, at which point it will be available for purchase online. For more information on everyone included, click here.
Thanks for the support Andy!
Thanks for the support Andy!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Exposure Project Exhibition in Brooklyn
The Exposure Project will be hosting an exhibition at Tillie's of Brooklyn in Fort Greene. The show opens on Monday, August 18th and will be up until Saturday, September 20th. The line-up of exhibiting artists is as follows:
Ben Alper, Anastasia Cazabon, Lauren Edwards, Kate Emerson, Adam Marcinek, Fran Osborn-Blaschke, Justin James Reed , Eric Watts.
We will be having an opening reception from 7-9 pm on Monday the 18th. For anyone who will be in the New York area during this time, we would love to see you there. Additionally, we will be selling a limited number of copies of Issue 3 of The Exposure Project Book, which will also be available for purchase online.
The Exposure Project
Tillie's of Brooklyn
248 DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
August 18- September 20
Opening Reception: Monday, August 18 from 7-9 pm
We hope to see you there!
Ben Alper, Anastasia Cazabon, Lauren Edwards, Kate Emerson, Adam Marcinek, Fran Osborn-Blaschke, Justin James Reed , Eric Watts.
We will be having an opening reception from 7-9 pm on Monday the 18th. For anyone who will be in the New York area during this time, we would love to see you there. Additionally, we will be selling a limited number of copies of Issue 3 of The Exposure Project Book, which will also be available for purchase online.
The Exposure Project
Tillie's of Brooklyn
248 DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
August 18- September 20
Opening Reception: Monday, August 18 from 7-9 pm
We hope to see you there!
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