The portraiture of Amy Adams and Louise te Poele could not be any more different. Both were contestants at this year’s Hyeres Fashion and Photography Festival, presenting their work to the jury - and the visitors.
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I don’t remember where I read the other day that someone noted how at Photo LA there was a large number of works on display, which seemed very influenced (I think “derived” might have been the word used) by Gregory Crewdson’s aesthetic/style (actually, someone just sent me the link, it was here). I’m not necessarily the biggest fan of debating photography in such ways, even though I can see where people are coming from. In any case, JeanYves Lemoigne (found via tomorrow museum) might invite such comparisons (P.L. diCorcia anyone?). I’m torn about the work, though, because it just looks a tad too digital for me.
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A little while ago, Alec Soth got in touch with Doug DuBois to talk about his work. As is sometimes the case with interviews, things took their time. When the piece was finished, past the point where Alec had decided about his blog’s hiatus, he approached me and asked whether I was interested in posting the interview on Conscientious, along with his introduction and the images showcasing Doug’s work. Of course, I was. Find everything below. My thanks to Alec and Doug for sharing! - Jörg Colberg (Alec Soth:) The most influential exhibition during my college years was Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort (MoMA, 1991). The show made domestic life seem like a worthwhile subject for photographers. Especially exciting was that the show introduced me to a bunch of new photographers. Until then I’d never heard of Gregory Crewdson or Philip-Lorca DiCorcia. But the greatest discovery, and the star of the show, was Doug DuBois. More than anyone else, his family pictures lived up to the thrilling title of the show.
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Andrew Glickman sent me an email about the appeal in the lawsuit against Philip-Lorca diCorcia, which had been dismissed earlier. You can find the appellate court’s decision here.
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Sometimes, I have to piece together links from all over the place, because there is no single, central website, and this is the case for Philip-Lorca diCorcia (also see this page), who, a little while ago, was sued by one of the people whose photo he had taken candidly (the case was dismissed). While I’m not all that psyched about the pole “dancers”, his other work is quite excellent.
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Bill Sullivan engages in what he calls “Situational Photography”. The results are very appealing - and I’m sure Bill is happy that the lawsuit against Philip-Lorca diCorcia was dismissed.
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Reported earlier: “Philip-Lorca diCorcia is being sued by an Orthodox Jewish man that he photographed in 2001, as part of his Heads series.” - as reported here, here, and here. “A judge has dismissed an Orthodox Jew’s lawsuit, finding that a photograph taken of him on a street and sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars is art - not commerce - and therefore is protected by the First Amendment, even though his religion forbids such images.” (story; also see the ruling)
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Imagine Henry Darger had not drawn weird images of little girls but, instead, had taken photos of women. And then imagine at the ripe old age of almost 80 years, he would have been able to get his photos into a gallery. With Philip-Lorca diCorcia being sued over photos of strangers probably whole legions of lawyers would rub their hands gleefully. Enters Miroslav Tichy who “with cameras that he himself skilfully and imaginatively cobbled together from old tins, spectacle lenses, toilet rolls and cigarette boxes, in the 1970s and 80s […] took over a hundred shots a day of women in his small hometown in Moravia.” There also is a nice story about him, albeit in German, here See many more photos here, a short article and two large photos here, some more samples here, plus two entries on Hot Gun Spy (1, 2).
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