Social-Documentary Photography, Back in Context
Creased prints, poorly reproduced images, frayed publicity materials—not what one expects when one enters a fine-art gallery. “It is not a documentary image, but the documentary mode that we see here on journal pages and exhibition walls,” Maren Stange writes in her introduction to the catalogue for “Social Forces Visualized,” on view at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University.
- For a slide show of photographs from this exhibition: http://nyr.kr/tu8Vzd
All courtesy Community Service Society Records, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University.
"One of Canada’s most important collections of vintage and modern photography will go on view at the University of Toronto Art Centre in the new year. The Malcolmson Collection, which I can tell you is a spectacular, very special selection of rare photographs, is comprised of work dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the present and includes work by Gustave Le Gray, Eugene Atget, Man Ray and many others."
— News: Private Collection of Vintage Photography on view in Toronto — View on Canadian Art
The idea is simple. Panoramic photos need a 360-degree view, which is easiest to get from a high vantage point. What’s the easiest way to get the camera up high? Toss it. This device, a concept design created by Jonas Pfeil, Kristian Hildebrand, Carsten Gremzow, Bernd Bickel, and Marc Alexa, unifies the user experience, the physical design, and the necessary technology in a way that’s almost iPod-like in its elegance. (via Simple Genius: A Panoramic Camera You Can Throw Sky High | Co. Design)
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A Century of Art, the newest exhibition from the Library’s Photography and Print Collections, is up now and waiting to delight your visual palette! Featuring works of art dating from from 1911 through 2010, A Century of Art features at least one work of art from each of those years. This year, it’s all about the number 100; this is a continuation of NYPL’s centennial celebration. As for the exhibit, expect to see well-known and lesser-known artists such as Diane Arbus, Tina Barney, Sol Lewitt, Dieter Roth, Yayoi Kusama, Jasper Johns, Thomas Struth, Hugo Wilson, and Bing Wright. Just walk right into the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street and walk up to the third floor. Our exhibitions are always free. Enjoy!
The above work is Eclipse, 1912 by Eugène Atget. Gelatin silver print, 1912. NYPL,The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection.
The photograph was taken by Expedition 28, whose members returned to Earth on September 16th. (via Picture of the Day: The Moon - Rebecca J. Rosen - Technology - The Atlantic)
