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Jeremy Haik
Auto-tuned photographs : Joseph Desler Costa
A good way to begin thinking about Joseph Desler Costa's work is by way of an anecdote he relayed about a friend of his. This person is a music teacher working with young children. Apparently, their students, who are taking their inspiration from any one of a number of pop music examples, have begun to
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Jeremy Haik
Photography lessons from space
Back in 1995, NASA pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at a small section of the Eagle Nebula (M16) in the constellation Serpens 7,000 light years away. The image it produced, known as The Pillars of Creation, is probably one of the first images that spring to mind when talking about astrophotography. The public was predictable
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Jeremy Haik
Can I get your autograph? : When spam talks back.
A couple weeks ago, I received an email that said simply the following: "I am a huge fan of your art. I wonder if it would be possible to get your autograph? I collect artists autographs and it would be wonderful to add yours to my collection.” The fact that I got a spammy message
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Jeremy Haik
Touch ID : Charlie Rubin’s Tactile Images
Photographs alone aren’t enough for Charlie Rubin. In his recently completed body of work, Strange Paradise, many of his images are printed as straightforward photographs and then painted with inkjet pigments. These altered prints are scanned, and the ink becomes another layer in the new version of the photo. Although the technique of layering both
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Jeremy Haik
This would look better on Instagram
A few years ago, I started giving an assignment to my students; usually it’s the very first assignment of the semester. I send out a pdf of 10 photographs from a wide variety of sources. I provide no context; titles or supporting text is cropped or removed, and the students see nothing but the photograph.
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Jeremy Haik
Oranbeg Press: DIY done right
It’s likely you’ll recognize the names of at least a handful of the more than 100 artists who have participated in Oranbeg Press' Interleaves (a current list is at the bottom of this post). Interleaves are 2-sided inkjet prints measuring roughly 12" x 15" which are designed to be folded in half, twice, making them about
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Liz Sales
Kat Shannon’s You Belong Where You Are
This week I spoke with Kat Shannon about her ICP-Bard MFA solo thesis show You Belong Where You Are. Liz Sales: Congratulations on a wonderful thesis show! Kat Shannon Thank you so much! And thank you for coming by! L.S. Is your exhibition title, You Belong Where You Are, a nod to the book, No One Belongs Here More
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Authors
Tamara Kametani & Yoshi Kametani
This week I spoke with Brooklyn-based artists Tamara Kametani and Yoshi Kametani about their new book, Sumimasen. Liz Sales: Congratulations on your new book, Sumimasen. Could you tell me about it? I know that you and your subject, a webcam girl, collaborated with each other under the name IPG. Tamara Kametani: We’ve been working collaboratively as the
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Auctions
2015 Photo Benefit Auction
https://www.youtube.com/embed/58GQoieD6Oo
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Conversations
“Next Of Kin” Panel Discussion
https://www.youtube.com/embed/nG7HBTFKP6c