Hand grease on stainless steel. Istanbul airport. (Taken with Instagram)
Amy Elkins is a fine art photographer, curator and WIPNYC co-founder with roots in NOLA, NYC, LA & PDX. Repped by Yancey Richardson Gallery, NYC.
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Ferry window. En route to Istanbul. (Taken with Instagram)
Rock art (Taken with Instagram at Washougal River)
Taryn Simon will present a lecture of work on Pratt on Wednesday, September 19th at 6:30pm in Higgins Hall. The lecture is sponsored by the Pratt Photo League and kicks off the Fall 2012 season of the Pratt Photography Lectures. Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII remains on view at MoMA through THIS MONDAY, September 3rd. Admission to MoMA is free to students with a Pratt ID every day and free to all on Friday evenings from 4-8pm!
Read recent reviews, interviews, and catalog essays on Taryn Simon in Photo Notes.
Wish I could… If you are in NYC make sure to see these artists talk about their work! Some of my favorites and definitely smart smart photographers.
(via jotoole)
One of my layouts where the text is visible. “the real may never equal the imagined” (Taken with Instagram)
Outer space (Taken with Instagram at The Circuit Bouldering Gym - NE)
All of the little details are coming together. Jet setting begins sept 10th and ends dec 31. #istanbul #copenhagen #munich #frankfurt #berlin #iceland #new york #travelwobbles #photoshoot #bursaphotofestival #crazytimesahead (Taken with Instagram)
“And I need only enough technique to remember to use my camera without bungling when I am transfixed by light.”
— Minor White, 1957. (via aaroncanipe)
(Source: mysteriesmanners, via shawngust)
#unicorn #horse #dutchwarmblood (Taken with Instagram)
“Thus today the photographic portrait is simultaneously the most reactionary of photographic forms, constituting an absurd place to look for photographic truth, and at the same time it is the best place to find first-hand and apparently authentic encounter with the trace of another human being. Despite our skepticism, the portraits resilience might be due to the fact that it is a riposte to the reification of everyday life…”
— Emma Dexter ‘Photography Itself’- Cruel and Tender
“Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind cannot bear very much reality.”
— TS Eliot, Four Quartets
