Fred Lebain – Superimposed New York

This is totally my thing! Fred Lebain superimposes large printed photos he took of New York on the exact same spots, creating a tromp l’oeil image that he then re-photographs.
Found on designboom

Irving Penn Dies at 92

Irving Penn – Girl in Bed, 1949

Irving Penn, American photographer, died yesterday at his home in Manhattan.  He was 92. Known for taking subjects out of context by bringing them to studio and placing them against a simple background composing striking images, Penn worked until quite recently always pushing the boundaries of the traditional concept of beauty. From fashion to still-life, from Aborigine tribesmen to San Francisco hippies, he registered everything with a sensitive and loving eye. “Photographing a cake can be art”, he said once.  Read more on Yahoo news.

Scott McFarland at Vancouver Art Gallery

View of Vale of Health, Looking Towards Hampstead, 2007inkjet type print, 27 x 42.5 inches

Starting today, the VAG will be showing 80 photographs produced by Scott McFarland over the past seven years. McFarland’s images are composed from several exposures of the same scene, then digitally stitched together.

Nude Supermodels in Sotheby’s Sale

On October 9th in New York, Sotheby’s will stage a stunning sale of photographs including several nude portraits of supermodels, with work from the likes of Chuck Close, Peter Beard, Robert Mapplethorpe, Helmut Newton and more. One of the top lots is a series of six full frontal nudes of Kate Mossby Chuck Close taken in 2003 (below), estimated at $100,000 – $150,000. (…) this relatively tame image of Nadja Auermann by Irving Penn from 1994 is also a relative bargain at $6,000 – $9,000.
- via Luxist

Noah Kalina

photo by Ryan Pfluger

I have been postponing this post about Noah Kalina because it takes a long list of links and I am lazy. He introduces himself very shortly: “I take photos. I live in Brooklyn.” Kalina is more than just a New Yorker photographer, though. You must have seen his time lapse video from 2006 – over 13 million people have. Kalina is also on twitter and flickr. You can also buy Kalina, his self-published magazine (I did). Or you can follow his blog where he posts photos of his desk and hotel windows. Adbusters, where I volunteered as Art Researcher, published four of his photos in this month’s issue. The bottom line is that Kalina is of this century and everything he does is interesting. He has the rare ability of keeping a low-profile and at the same time be everywhere.

Wallpaper

I love these installations by Cassandra C. Jones. Retro-kitsch icons like flamingos and cheerleaders  are mixed on a very retro support: wallpaper. The fun contemporary spin is achieved by kaleidoscopically repeating the found images. You can see more and enlarge images on her website.

Wordwide Green Eyes – Lincoln Clarkes

Koret Building, 99 East Cordova St. Vancouver, October 4, 1998

Vancouver Fashion Week, 2009

Lincoln Clarkes’ Heroines project stirred polemic in the late 90s’ Vancouver. It took shape as an exhibition followed by a book portraying women with drug addictions from the city’s Downtown Eastside.
New to Vancouver, I found out about this Canadian photographer through his engaging blog Wordwide Green Eyes. Clarkes keeps a very sharp eye focused on his surroundings. You can find photos of Arthur Erickson’s memorial alongside Granville Street’s nightlife and Vancouver Fashion Week’s audience.

Mario Cravo Neto (1947 – 2009)

Mario Cravo Neto, Brazilian photographer, died last Sunday at 62. His work has a strong religious content and he was a master in showing the human body both powerful and fragile. I am sad -his work never failed to touch me. Spiritual, mystical, erotic, his images composed a beautiful portrait of the people of his region, Bahia.

He didn’t have a website, but artnet is a good source for images.

We’re All Gonna Die

It’s not the first time I stumbled on this website but this 100-meter long image holds its power even after a second or third look. Simon Hoegsberg took 20 days making this giant panoramic portrait of 178 people, always from the same spot on a Berlin railroad bridge. You can slide through We’re All Gonna Die on the project’s website.

Andreas Gursky at Vancouver Art Gallery

Nha Trang, 2004 photography, 296 x 207 cm, The Cranford Collection, London, © VBK, Wien, 2007

One of the most sought-after photographers of our time, top-ten on international photography auctions, shows at Moma and White Cube, will be showing from May 30th to September 20th at the Vancouver Art Gallery. His work is in tune with contemporary subjects such as globalization, mass production and consumerism. For the VAG show he chose over 130 works from every period of his career.

Together with the other three shows opening this Saturday – Anthony Hernandez, Stan Douglas and the Emily Carr and Shadbolt, the VAG is a mandatory destination for Vancouverites this summer.

99 cent. 1999 Chromogenic color print.6′ 9 1/2″ x 11′

Vancouver Art Gallery
Andreas Gursky Werke/Works 80-08
May 30 to September 20