Sunday, August 31, 2008
Marjorie Content - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Marjorie Content
Landscape
1933 (ca)
Photogravure
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
LL/29994
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Friday, August 29, 2008
Larry Wiese - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Robert Gardner - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Monday, August 25, 2008
Mikhail Kudish - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Ellen Susan - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Friday, August 22, 2008
Abstract: Multiple exposures - Snapshots
Anon.
Untitled [Two steamships]
1940 (ca)
Gelatin silver print, snapshot, double exposure
3.5 x 5.5 in
Private collection of John Foster
Copyright www.accidentalmysteries.com - Collection of John and Teenuh Foster
An increasing critical interest in vernacular photography and the snapshot has led to exhibitions and books in the last decade and a new online exhibition has been added to Luminous-Lint. The exhibition The Art of the American Snapshot 1888-1978 at the National Gallery of Art came from the collection of Robert E. Jackson and the Accidental Mysteries touring exhibition came from the collection of John and Teenuh Foster (www.accidentalmysteries.com). Other exhibitions such as Close to Home: An American Album at the Getty Center (October 12, 2004 - January 16, 2005) highlight how the photographic snapshot is being accepted as an integral part of socio-cultural history.
This exhibition includes examples of multiple exposures kindly provided from a number of private collections. Some of these are intentional whilst others are accidents of camera malfunction or failing to wind on the film. Some show elements of two frames whilst others are superimposed. In most examples the camera has been kept on the same axis for both images but in some cases landscape and portrait formats are merged to create confusingly powerful visual memories of soldiers blended with indigenous peoples. At times it can be uncertain if the result was planned in advance or a strange alignment of stars.
This is part of a number of exhibitions on Multiple Exposures that will be shown on Luminous-Lint and as always we welcome additional examples. Thanks to John Foster, Norman Kulkin, Nigel Maister and the private collectors who have provided examples for this exhibition.
Further reading:
Ford, Colin, and Karl Steinorth, eds. You Press the Button, We Do the Rest: The Birth of Snapshot Photography London: D. Nishen, 1988.
Greenough, Sarah & Waggoner, Diane, 2007, The Art of the American Spanshot 1888-1978', (Washington: National Gallery of Art in association with Princeton University Press) [ISBN: 978-0-691-13368-3]
Johnson, Robert Flynn (Editor); & Boyd, William (Introduction), 2004, ‘Anonymous. Enigmatic images from unknown photographers.’, (New York: Thames & Hudson) [Hardback] [ISBN: 0500542929]
Skrein, Christian R. (editor, Essay); Aletti, Vince (Essay); & Aigner, Carl (Essay), 2004, ‘Snapshots: The Eye of the Century’, (Hatje Cantz Publishers) [Hardcover] [ISBN: 3775713964]
There is an online exhibition on Luminous-Lint.
Ch. Hurault (Paris) - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Paul Outerbridge - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
William Barnhill - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Larry Wiese: An Evolving Retrospective
Larry Wiese
Front Porch - Marshfield, CA
[Color landscape]
2005, 23 November
Digital pigment print
5 x 6.25 in
Wall Space
This print was included in the exhibition Larry Wiese: Recall at the wallspace Gallery, Seattle (August 5 - August 30, 2008).
"It is said that the true artist is one who sees what others do not and then make it visible. Larry Wiese understands what it means to be an artist. He lives it, and it is evident in his photographs. So much of photography these days is repetitious and unoriginal, even codified--what is acceptable subject material, how it is supposed to look. And then you come across the photography of Larry Wiese - powerfully seen yet quiet. His images whisper rather than shout. And in each photograph one has the haunting feeling that you are on the edge of hearing a great cosmic secret, of seeing a mystery unfold. He sees what others do not, but it is even more than that. What sets Larry's work apart and makes him a true artist is not what he sees but how he sees. He gives us new eyes. And this is the highest form of artistry."
Brooks Jensen, Editor
LensWork Publishing
Thanks to Larry Wiese for his help with this online exhibition.
There is an online exhibition on Luminous-Lint.
Robert Gardner: The Borroro - Gerewol and Yaki
Robert Gardner
Untitled
[Yaki dancer's faces]
1978
Kodachrome slide film
Provided by the artist - Robert Gardner
Taken during filmmaking and anthropological research in the Sahel region, Niger.
New online exhibition on Luminous-Lint.
"It was a surreal assembly of painted and costumed dancers swaying in front of a fire that sent clouds of embers and sparks across the desert floor. The sound of dancer’s leg rattles and chorused voices were alternately swallowed and amplified by the gathering winds. It was a contest between men and the elements, something I have witnessed often since coming to the Sahel." (Robert Gardner The Impulse to Preserve, Peabody Press. 2006)
Bob Gardner is a distinguished filmmaker, anthropologist and photographer and was Director of the Film Study Center at Harvard University from its foundation in 1957 for over 40 years. His films including Dead Birds, Rivers of Sand and Forest of Bliss are classics within their genre. Thanks to Bob for kindly providing this exhibition.
There is an online exhibition on Luminous-Lint.
Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Knight of the Camera: The Photographs of Sir Benjamin Stone M.P.
John Collier
J.B. Stone, President of the Birmingham Photographic Society
1895 (ca)
Birmingham Central Library
Copyright: Birmingham Library and Archive Services
A new online exhibition has been added to Luminous-Lint. From 20th September - 31st October 2008 an exhibition of the photographs of Sir Benjamin Stone M.P. will be held in Centenary Square, Birmingham, UK. Though not a household name now he certainly was in the later 19th and early 20th centuries in Great Britain where he was "playfully dubbed ‘Sir Kodak’, ‘Sir Snapshot’ and ‘The Knight of the Camera’." - a point made by Peter James who curated this exhibition.
‘…Benjamin Stone is a national institution. Photography has been with him, as has been well said, not a hobby but a passion…’
The Strand Magazine, 1910.
A passionate amateur photographer he recorded his travels, notable visitors to the House of Commons and established the National Record Association to photograph the buildings, everyday life, manners and customs of Great Britain. The tradition of recording folk customs and traditions has been continued in the UK by Doc Rowe and Homer Sykes.
With thanks to Peter James, Curator of Photography, Birmingham Central Library, UK for kindly curating this exhibition.
There is an online exhibition on Luminous-Lint.
Abraham Bogardus - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Thursday, August 14, 2008
John Benjamin Stone - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Sem Céphas - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Don Jim - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Mark Osterman - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Newsletter 2.11 - Aug 10, 2008 has been emailed
Luminous-Lint Newsletter 2.11 - Aug 10, 2008 has been emailed to all those on our mailing list and you can subscribe to these free newsletters if you haven't already done so.
Past issues of the newsletter are in the library on the Luminous-Lint website. Thanks to everybody for your help with this group of exhibitions a lot of rarely seen work has arrived in recently. Best, Alan
Past issues of the newsletter are in the library on the Luminous-Lint website. Thanks to everybody for your help with this group of exhibitions a lot of rarely seen work has arrived in recently. Best, Alan
National Gallery of Australia: Picture Paradise - Asia–Pacific photography 1840s–1940s
Douglas T. Kilburn
South-east Australian Aboriginal man and two younger companions
1847
Daguerreotype, quarter plate
8.2 x 10.8 cm
National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra has been expanding its collection of photography of South East Asia and the Pacific and is currently showing (July 11 - November 9, 2008) an exhibition of over 400 photographs from its own holdings and those of public and private collections. Some of these photographers, and the images they created, will be known to photo-historians but to many of us there are novelties to marvel at. An 1847 quarter plate Daguerreotype by Douglas T. Kilburn of "South-east Australian Aboriginal man and two younger companions" or the whole plate by Hugo Stangenwald "The Hawaiian royal family, Kamehameha " taken in about 1853 and in the collection of the Bishop Museum, Honolulu. An online exhibition has been added to Luminous-Lint on this exhibition.
An introduction has been kindly provided by Gael Newton, Senior Curator of Photography at the National Gallery of Australia and curator of the real world exhibition. The introduction reveals the diverse relationships between the royal courts of the region and the first photographers. The overall exhibition is a highly significant and well researched examination of a region that is frequently given cursory paragraphs in the more general histories of photography. The catalog of this exhibition will be a considerable contribution to photo-history and I will certainly be buying a copy.
For additional essays and background material visit the Picture Paradise website.
I'd like to thank Gael Newton at the National Gallery of Australia for her enthusiastic assistance and David Knaus for permission to include photographs from his collection.
There is an online exhibition of this important exhibition on Luminous-Lint.
Manuel Álvarez Bravo - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Saturday, August 9, 2008
A.W.A. Plate - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Friday, August 8, 2008
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem: The Collection of Harriette and Noel Levine
Alfred Stieglitz
Self-portrait
1911
Platinum print
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
© Anthony Troncale, Courtesy of the Israel Museum, The Levine Photography Collection [036_AStieg]
This online exhibition on Luminous-Lint has been kindly provided by The Israel Museum, Jerusalem and announces the generous gift of Harriette and Noel Levine to the museum. The gift of a 125 exceptional prints covers the full history of photography from calotypes by Fox Talbot, David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson through the classic works of Paul Strand, Alfred Steiglitz, Man Ray and Paul Outerbridge and on to works by Cindy Sherman and David Hockney. The Levine family has been exemplary in their support of the Photography Department at the Israel Museum and have given a total of $14 million in endowed funds for the department.
I gather from Nissan N. Perez, Horace and Grace Goldsmith Senior Curator for the Noel and Harriette Levine Department of Photography, that a book is being prepared on this remarkable collection for publication in 2009 with a major exhibition in 2010 following expansion and renovation at the museum.
There is an online exhibition of this important donation on Luminous-Lint.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
The Bromoil Circle of Great Britain - Centenary 2007
Albert Barraclough
Threshing
n.d.
Bromoil print
36 x 29 cm
The Bromoil Circle of Great Britain
© The artist
On Luminous-Lint we have put up several exhibitions on Bromoil Prints but here I want to address a little known area of photographic history - the postal clubs. Maija McDougal FRPS, President of The Bromoil Circle of Great Britain, has kindly provided an introduction that gives the history of the Bromoil Circle from its foundation in 1931 by Sam Weller as the Bromoil Circle Postal Club. In the pre-Internet days it was difficult for small groups of enthusiasts with common interests to keep in touch and share visual media and the solution was to mail boxes of photographic prints between the members - a practice that still continues today.
In 2007 as it was the centenary of the bromoil process the Bromoil Circle published a commemorative volume including works by their members.
"The Art of Bromoil Centenary 2007" (The Bromoil Circle of Great Britain, 2007) ISBN: 978-0-9557199-0-5 printed by Aldine Press Ltd, Malvern, WR14 3NB, UK.
It has never been the intention of this group to swing with contemporary photographic trends but rather to perfect a process and to continue, in the most part, to examine themes that were common within late 19th and early 20th century European pictorialism.
Thanks to Maija McDougal and all the members of The Bromoil Circle of Great Britain that have allowed their works to be included in this online exhibition.
I would be interested in hearing from members of other postal photograph clubs and I'm also interested in the photo-historians who have researched them. Alan - alan@luminous-lint.com
There is an online exhibition of this series on Luminous-Lint.
Ellen Susan: Soldier Portraits
Ellen Susan
1SG Robert Hindle
[Soldier Portraits]
2007
Ambrotype
6 x 6 in
Provided by the artist - Ellen Susan
In December 2007 an online exhibition of the cowboy portraits of Robb Kendrick was added to Luminous-Lint that used the tintype process to capture the spirit of a bygone era. In this exhibition by Ellen Susan the same technique is used for members of the United States Army in this powerful portrait series that is being widely, and deservedly, shown. Although the wet collodion process was the method of choice for portraits taken during the American Civil War it seems strangely appropriate here.
As Ellen writes:
"The necessarily long exposures of this process often result in an intensity of gaze, and the grainless, highly detailed surface brings out minute details of each individual. These attributes, combined with the historical military associations made me feel that the process could be a meaningful way to photograph contemporary soldiers to provide a counterpoint to the anonymous representations seen in newspapers and on television."
Thanks to Ellen for sharing this series with us.
There is an online exhibition of this series on Luminous-Lint.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
John Benjamin Stone - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Monday, August 4, 2008
F (Boston) - Luminous-Lint Photography of the Day
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Jennifer Shaw - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Auguste Maure - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Friday, August 1, 2008
Dick Swift - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
Anonymous (German) - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day
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