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Altars and Rituals of the Diaspora at MoAD

Altars and Rituals of the Diaspora at MoAD
Beginning March 20, 2010, the Museum of the African Diaspora showcases photographer Bryan Wiley’s portfolio dealing with Altars and Rituals from around the world. “Wiley has assembled his photographs of altar objects from Brazil, Haiti, Cuba, South Carolina and New Orleans into large ornate frames...

Photography as Art Form – SF MOMA

Photography as Art Form – SF MOMA
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has always supported the idea of Photography as art. “SFMOMA was one of the first museums in the country to treat photography as an equal to painting and sculpture. In celebration of the museum’s 75 years of engagement with the medium, this exhibition explores...

Exposing Time at the Phoenix Art Museum

Exposing Time at the Phoenix Art Museum
Frank Gohlke Nicholas Nixon Andrew Phelps Robert Weingarten Milton Rogovin This coming weekend (March 6th) the Phoenix Art Museum will exhibit the work of five contemporary American photographers who individually and collectively document both the subtle and dramatic changes that have...

Digital Photography at the Atlanta High Museum

Digital Photography at the Atlanta High Museum
“The Portrait Unbound” exhibit is a collection of 21 large photographs created by Robert Weingarten using composite digital images that represent his subjects. There are portraits of Hank Aaron, Buzz Aldrin, Chuck Close, Jane Goodall, Dennis Hopper, Colin Powell, and more, that include not just...

Passage on the Underground

Passage on the Underground
Today I got the chance to meet Stephen Marc again and to see his incredible book of photo montages and composites “Passage on the Underground“. Talking with Stephen is inspiring, full of lessons and new understanding about the history of the African in America. While on his Underground Railroad...

Brazilian Art

Brazilian Art
The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco presents: “When Lives Become Form: Contemporary Brazilian Art, 1960s to the Present” In Brazil, an artistic movement called “Tropicalia” arose with the purpose of creating a uniquely indigenous art, photography, paintings, sculpture, etc.,...

Photo Exhibit-Gordon Parks at the Toledo Museum of Art

Photo Exhibit-Gordon Parks at the Toledo Museum of Art
Oddly, the press release on this exhibit of Parks’ photos describes him as being best known as the director of “Shaft” (org 1971).I would think that his work as a photographer, fashion and journalism, is how he is best remembered. The exhibit at the Toledo Museum is titled “Bare...

Race — The Fascination

Race — The Fascination
We can hardly hear one another because we tip toe around every thought. Man Ray ‘Noire et blanche’ We want to claim that we can’t see what is in front of us, that everything is the same, that we don’t look different and if we do notice we are required to apologize for noticing. Artists...

FYI * Photography Contest!

FYI * Photography Contest!
“Hearst 8×10 Photography Biennial” is an international competition created by Hearst Magazines to identify and promote new and emerging photographers. The entries will be accepted starting on January 4, 2010. Eight winners will be chosen on March 1, 2010 and the photographers work will...

War – Long Sustained Suffering

War – Long Sustained Suffering
Nothing in my opinion is more misunderstood or unappreciated as the suffering of all life as a result of wars. JOSÉ CENDÓN. MIEDO EN GRANDES LAGOS, from 11/19/2009 to 1/3/2010 Wars, and the reasons for them,  are proof that there is some distance between who we (people) are and our quest for humanity....

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