as mentioned –The New Objectivity’s focus on the objective world resonated with later photographers like Bernd and Hilla Becher, who became influential artists and teachers highly regarded for their typological studies of various architectural structures. Bernd and Hilla Becher, Coal Bunker, GB 1973 And this Sachlichkeit do also, I must confess, resonate with me — here…
Tag: contemporary photography
in print
Ved å la det grusomme og det vakre gå hånd i hånd, setter Richard Mosse betrakterens etikk og moral på prøve. REVIEW – IN NORWEGIAN
Last text on print in 2014
My last review this year was of a beautiful exhibition by the Finnish photographer Nelli Palomäki. Nelli Palomäki: Roi at 7 Nelli Palomäki was born 1981 in Forssa, Finland. She lives and works in Helsinki. Palomäki is connected to The Helsinki School – a selected group of artists who have graduated or attended Aalto University, School of Arts,…
Beauty is the sharpest tool in the box
I wrote a short note on Richard Mosse some time ago. The Enclave, as presented at Foam in Amsterdam, is the most remarkable exhibition I have seen in a very long time. Richard Mosse is showing his work all over the world, and if he turns up in a place near you – you should not miss…
generally speaking?
Is it at all possible to speak in general terms about the meaning of art in one’s own life? I cannot imagine life without art, but maybe its just a personal matter? I’m turning thoughts about the role of art in society around in my head, without coming to any satisfying answer. The only thing I’m pretty…
do you remember –
– some weeks ago I made a post on Elin Høyland? Today you can read about Høyland & her marvelous project The Brothers in Huffpost The brothers chopped wood, carried wood and burned wood, Høyland explained. They were also avid birdwatchers and at least twice a day they would feed wild birds in the twenty…
just have to show you this:
have you noticed how, after I begun my study of beauty, old people have started invading my pages …?! Elin Høyland: Time to wait This marvelous picture, by the Norwegian photographer Elin Høyland, belongs to a series called Time to wait. Time to wait documents the life of the farmer Edvard Bjelland. Through Høyland’s wonderful images we…
when ordinary life captured
– becomes extraordinary michael wolf How is it, that the most ordinary scenes, sometimes – when captured by the most watchful eye – can become art? And who would dispute the beauty in this very ordinary everyday scene? No doubt the ordinary will have a central place in my study of beauty. Recently I…
beauty will save us!
Have a look at this; this is what the duo Riitta Ikonen (Finland) and Karoline Hjorth (Norway) can do with a camera – isn’t it just wonderful?!! Eyes as Big as Plates © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen Eyes as Big as Plates is an ongoing project, this is from the artists: Starting out as a…
population density
population density Norway: 15/km2 population density Hong Kong: 6544/km2 I believe that how & where we live is important for who we become. I think that our sense of space becomes a part of our identity, our personality. Living conditions are a personal matter. I have no idea who I would have become living like this:…
sub rosa 