La Fotógrafos de México, Pt. 4

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© Carlos Rodriguez

Photographer: Carlos Rodriguez
From: Hide-and-Seek
Web site: flickr.com/photos/elcharlys

© Lluvia Pamela Ramirez

Photographer: Lluvia Pamela Ramirez
From: Poker

© Onnis Luque

Photographer: Onnis Luque
From: Project Mexico City

© Abraham Castillo Flores

Photographer: Abraham Castillo Flores
From: Dispatches

Synesthesia

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Synesthesia is a neurological event in which the stimulation of one sensory path triggers an involuntary response in a second sensory path. Synesthesia is also a short film by Terri Timely.

Susana Raab Solo Show in Milwaukee

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Hot Dorothies © Susana Raab

The lovely and talented Susana Raab is having the first solo show of her saturated and smart images that explore America’s fascination with fast food and leisure.

The show opens tomorrow at the Dean Jensen Gallery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I wish I could see it. If you’re in the greater Milwaukee area (I'm looking at you Chicagraphers!), do stop by.

Here are the details:

Susana Raab: Rank Strangers
July 24 - August 29, 2009
Dean Jensen Gallery
759 N. Water Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Opening Reception: Friday, July 24, 6-9pm

Rank Strangers features 24 color images filled with the characters and landscapes of her work deconstructing fast-food consumption and leisure time in America. With a frequency that seems almost uncanny, she regularly has encounters with characters who could people the songbooks of Lyle Lovett and Loudon Wainwright III, among them "The Ronald McDonald's Doesn't Want You to Know About" and a slew of Elvis, Superman and Colonel Sanders wannabes.

La Fotógrafos de México, Pt. 3

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© Silvana Agostoni

Photographer: Silvana Agostoni
From: Panoticon
Web site: www.silvanaagostoni.com

© Javier Sirvent

Photographer: Javier Sirvent
From: Unos Otros Méxicos
Web site: www.javiersirvent.com

© Alfredo Moreno

Photographer: Alfredo Moreno
From: Mexico City
Web site: flickr.com/photos/raggaeponky

Living in a Reversed World

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Mind Hacks has an interesting post about a new study in Psychological Science that suggests a shift in our angle of site can alter our perception of time. A shift to the right expands time while a shift to the left shrinks time.

The post also links to a fantastic archival film, Living in a Reversed World, that explores how we adapt "when everything is shifted through the lens."

2009 Light Work Annual

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The 2009 Light Work Annual is out now and features five images from my Stranded series with an essay by Alec Soth. I'm very grateful to Light Work for inviting me to be an Artist-in-Residence and to Alec for his thoughtful words about my work.

Three Ways of Melting a Chocolate Hare

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I am really loving the colorful films of Lernert Engelberts & Sander Plug.

Be sure to view I Love Alaska. It's one of the most engaging pieces I've seen on the sometimes lonely reality of online community.

La Fotógrafos de México, Pt. 2

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© Andrés Arenas

Photographer: Andrés Arenas
From: Hotel Virreyes
Web site: arenasphoto.blogspot.com

© Livia Radwanski

Photographer: Livia Radwanski
From: Unos Otros Méxicos
Web site: www.liviaradwanski.com

© Ana Hop

Photographer: Ana Hop
From: Anonymous Photographers
Web site: www.anahop.com

Typography Fun

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Syracuse MFA Show Opening Friday Night

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© Christopher Gianunzio

Last fall semester Doug DuBois invited me to Syracuse University to speak to his students and visit with some of the graduate students. This was my first visiting artist gig and I was pretty nervous. In the end I had nothing to fear because the students were talkative, talented and eager for feedback.

© Colin Todd

Since my visit I've stayed in touch with many of the students and am now happy to announce the opening of their graduate exhibition here in New York City. I'll be at the opening tonight. Hope to see you there.

Here are the details:

MFA 2009 | Curated by Matthew Lusk
July 17-August 1
NYCAMS Gallery
44 W 28th Street, 7th Floor

Opening Reception: Friday, July 17, 6-9pm

La Fotógrafos de México, Pt. 1

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Several weeks ago I lead a photography book-making workshop in Mexico City for Tóxico Cultura. The workshop was attended by a great group of photographers that deserve more attention. Over the next week or so I will be showcasing some of their work.

© Yara Angel

Photographer: Yara Angel
From: Retratos de la Ausencia (Pictures of Absence)
Web site: flickr.com/photos/yaraangel

© Jose Luis Cuevas

Photographer: Jose Luis Cuevas
From: Average Man
Web site: joseluiscuevas.blogspot.com

© Jorge Martinez Morales

Photographer: Jorge Martinez Morales
From: Going Back Home
Web site: www.jorgemm.com

© Daniela Edburg

Photographer: Daniela Edburg
From: Pushing Daisies
Web site: www.danielaedburg.net

Blurb's Photography.Book.Now Contest

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2008 Photography.Book.Now winner, In The Garden by Beth Dow

Two weeks ago I lead a six day photography book workshop in Mexico City. The workshop was run by the lovely Gabriella Gomez-Mont and Tóxico Cultura and was attended by some seriously talented photographers whose work I will be showcasing in the coming weeks. The workshop was challenging, but it was made all the more rewarding because the good people of Blurb generously donated a book-making credit to each of my twenty-seven students.

I was initially a print-on-demand skeptic, but Blurb seems to be very serious about making their process easy and their product great. They also seem very serious about investing in the photography community with contests like Photography.Book.Now.

If you have been thinking about making a book of your work, you should enter this competition. Beyond the awards and the exposure of your work to some top shelf jurors, the process of considering and executing a book is something every photographer should undertake.