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



Anonymous
[War and Peace]
1946, December

Gelatin silver print, double exposure
4 3/8 in x 2 5/8 in

Private collection

LL/29939

Friday, August 29, 2008

Larry Wiese - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Larry Wiese
Walkway - Marshfield, MA
[B&W]
2003, 23 November

Gelatin silver print
6 x 4.5 in

Wall Space

LL/29916

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Robert Gardner - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Robert Gardner
Untitled
[Yaki dancer's faces]
1978

Kodachrome slide film
Provided by the artist - Robert Gardner

LL/29977

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Anon.
[Portrait of Dr. Charles Breed]
1940 (ca)

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of Jack T. Lubiner and Clare M. Lubiner, 1985 [1985.1142.7]

LL/29850

Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Anon.
Portrait of a Mongolian Man [possibly the Bogd Khan -- a religious leader]
n.d.

Print on pressed tin (?)
4 x 6.25 in

Private collection of Nigel Maister

LL/29857

Monday, August 25, 2008

Mikhail Kudish - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Mikhail Kudish
Multiples #14
[Multiples]
2007

Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in / 11 x 14 in / 16 x 20 in

Provided by the artist - Mikhail Kudish

LL/29903

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Anon.
[Charlotte Cushman, half-length vignetted portrait, facing right]
1855 (ca)

Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZC4-13410, DAG no. 1426 [P&P]]

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Ellen Susan - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day




Ellen Susan
PFC William Burnett
[Soldier Portraits]
2007

Ambrotype
6 x 6 in

Provided by the artist - Ellen Susan

Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Anon.
Untitled [Ghostly figure]
1975 (ca)

Gelatin silver print, snapshot, double exposure
9.25 x 6.5 in

Private collection of John Foster
Copyright www.accidentalmysteries.com - Collection of John and Teenuh Foster

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




Ch. Hurault (Paris)
[Bleuets]
1934

Gelatin silver print, solarization
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Paul Outerbridge - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Paul Outerbridge
Self-portrait
1930 (ca)

Gelatin silver print
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
© Anthony Troncale, Courtesy of the Israel Museum, The Levine Photography Collection [083_PO]

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

William Barnhill - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



William Barnhill
Reems Creek Pottery. Jars of a utilitarium [sic] nature and purpose were made for neighbors, milk, molasses jars and other ware of alike nature.
1914-1917

Gelatin silver print
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-49845]

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Flor Garduño - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Flor Garduño
Edén, Suiza
2001

Archival pigmented inkjet print
Etherton Gallery

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




Anon.
A hair-raising experience for this young man. A ghost created by double exposure.
n.d.

Tintype, double exposure
Private collection of Andrew Daneman
Andrew Daneman Collection of American Tintypes

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



Abraham Bogardus
Reverse of carte de visite for Abraham Bogardus (New York)
n.d.

Carte de visite, detail
Private collection of Andrea Cesari

Thursday, August 14, 2008

John Benjamin Stone - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



John Benjamin Stone
The Camera Fiend, Searchlight of Greater Birmingham,1909
1909

Birmingham Central Library
Copyright: Birmingham Library and Archive Services

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Sem Céphas - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Sem Céphas
Portrait of a Javanese woman
1900 (ca)

Gelatin silver print
28.5 x 24.0 cm

National Gallery of Australia

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Don Jim - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Don Jim
Lola‘s Lament
[Lavish "L"]
1985 (ca)

Gelatin silver print, solarized
16 x 20 in

Private collection of Margo Jim - Estate of Don Jim

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Mark Osterman - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Mark Osterman
Two-headed Boy
[Amnesia Curiosa]
2006 (ca)

Salt print from a collodion negative
Provided by the artist - Mark Osterman

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

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




Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Figures in the Castle
1920s

Gelatin silver print
Asociación Manuel Álvarez Bravo AC
© Asociación Manuel Alvarez Bravo AC

Saturday, August 9, 2008

A.W.A. Plate - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



A.W.A. Plate
Sinhalese man
1920 (CA)

Gelatin silver print
28.0 x 23.5 cm

Private collection of David Knaus

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.

Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Anon.
Adele Lily Merriman
n.d.

Gelatin silver print
Private collection of Andrea Cesari

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Anon.
Spirit fakery
n.d.

Tintype, double exposure
Private collection of Andrew Daneman
Andrew Daneman Collection of American Tintypes

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



John Benjamin Stone
Balfour and Shackleton, House of Commons [London, GB]
[House of Commons]
1905

Scan from negative
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Copyright: Birmingham Library and Archive Services

Monday, August 4, 2008

F (Boston) - Luminous-Lint Photography of the Day



F (Boston)
Reverse of carte de visite for F (Boston)
1860s

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of Andrea Cesari

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Jennifer Shaw - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Jennifer Shaw
The next morning we turned on the T.V.
[Hurricane Story]
2007

Archival pigment print
15 x 15 in / 30 x 30 in

Provided by the artist - Jennifer Shaw

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Auguste Maure - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Auguste Maure
The flute player [Joueur de flute]
1880

Albumen print
Private collection of Gilles Dupont

Friday, August 1, 2008

Dick Swift - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Dick Swift
Bill Blass with a model
[Portraits of Photographers]
1968 (ca)

Gelatin silver print, multiple exposure
Provided by the artist - Dick Swift

Anonymous (German) - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Anonymous (German)
Portrait of a German girl
1960s

Gelatin silver print, multiple exposure
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)