Category Archives: Art + Photography Before we left for India, my friend Amanda warned me, “India has a way of pushing you up against issues you need to face within yourself.” I thought she was referring to personal space limitations or economic disparities and thus I was totally unprepared for what really happened, something that cracked my heart open and […]  Recently I was pondering what my first-ever photo book was and I’m pretty sure it was Lois Greenfield’s Breaking Bounds, first published in 1992. I was in high school at the time and an avid dance student so, of course, I was interested in all depictions of dance. Still am, really! For that reason, I […]  This week’s artist is Gordon Parks. I first viewed Parks’ work at the Corcoran Gallery of Art‘s retrospective exhibition Half Past Autumn way back in 1997. Can you believe that was almost 17 years ago? Parks (1912-2006) was a photographer, filmmaker, composer, novelist, poet, and civil rights activist. He was also the first African American to […]  I saw Mona Kuhn‘s work for the first time at photo l.a. in 2004 or 2005. I noticed it because it hung alongside Jock Sturges‘, who I believe was mentoring her at the time. She thanks Jock and his wife, Maia Davis, for “smoothing [her] path and patiently guiding [her] steps” in her first monograph, Photographs. As her […]  I first heard about Vivian Maier (1926-2009) a few years ago. Previously unknown, she became big news when a photo enthusiast/historian purchased $380 worth of her unprocessed film at auction and processed it, discovering a tremendous talent in 1950s & 1960s street photography. Unfortunately for us, Maier passed away before her work was brought to light […] |
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