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Group Show 70: Under the Sun and the Moon Group Show 69: Photo for Non-Majors (part 2) Group Show 69: Photo for Non-Majors (part 1) Group Show 68: Four Degrees Group Show 67: Embracing Stillness Group Show 66: La Frontera Group Show 65: Two Way Lens Group Show 64: Tropes Gone Wild Group Show 63: Love, Actually Group Show 62: 100% Fun Group Show 61: Loss Group Show 60: Winter Pictures Group Show 59: Numerology Group Show 58: On Death Group Show 57: New Psychedelics Group Show 56: Source Material Group Show 55: Year in Reverse Group show 54: Seeing Sound Group Show 53: On Beauty Group Show 52: Alternative Facts Group Show 51: Future Isms Group Show 50: 'Roid Rage Group Show 48: Winter Pictures Group Show 47: Space Jamz group show 46: F*cked Up group show 45: New Jack City group show 44: Radical Color group show 43: TMWT group show 42: Occultisms group show 41: New Cats in Art Photography group show 40: #Latergram group show 39: Tough Turf P. 2/2 group show 39: Tough Turf P. 1/2
Tandem 2014 © Manon Wertenbroek

Tandem 2014 © Manon Wertenbroek

Is Foam’s Talent Issue (still) the Future of Photography? 8 Questions With Deputy Director of Artistic Affairs, Marcel Feil

For the past 6 years, Foam has consistently showcased some of the most promising new photography. Like the PDN 30, and The Museum of Modern Art's annual New Photography exhibition (both of which show a range of strong work, but haters love to hate), Foam’s editors have an uncanny eye for new voices in photography, and their annual Talent issue has been known to predict these photographers' success year after year (read about last year's issue here.) While past  "Talents" have included now-household names like Alex Prager, Jessica Eaton, Lucas Blalock and Sam Falls, this year’s survey continues its showcase of inventive work ranging from Aaron Blum's calm Appalachian narratives to Sara Cwynar's cathartic mingling of still life and collage.  The exhibition Foam Talent 2015 will be open at l’Atelier Néerlandais in Paris through December 20th, 2015 

We reached out to Foam’s Deputy Director of Artistic Affairs, Marcel Feil to learn more about his selection process, and what really constitutes “Talent.”

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PostedNovember 19, 2015
AuthorJon Feinstein
CategoriesArtists, Publications
TagsFoam Talent 2015, Foam Talent, Marcel Feil, New Photography, Foam Magazine, Jon Feinstein
© Dan Boardman

© Dan Boardman

Dan Boardman's Delightfully Confusing and Surprisingly Analog In-Camera Photo Collages

At first glance, Dan Boardman’s new series 2014 might appear to be a digital mash-up of sampled cartoons, images jacked from Google searches, and stock photography outtakes. In our current era where photographic truth is often more commonly questioned than taken for granted, it’s easy to assume his work contains some level digital manipulation, perhaps commenting on its permeation into so many facets of everyday life. But Boardman’s playful melted creations are surprisingly made by hand, painstakingly, in camera, with barely any adjustments in Photoshop, and reference vintage cinematic tricks more than those associated with any proclaimed “digital revolution.” These images, which can appear cut up, composited, and sometimes broken into 4-panel grids, ultimately address his ideas about photography’s ability to authentically represent reality, while reawakening his own affinity to the medium. 

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PostedNovember 12, 2015
AuthorJon Feinstein
CategoriesArtists
TagsDan Boardman, Photo Collage, Film Photography, Abstract Photography, SAD Gallery Seattle, Large Format Photography, collage

New Photography Publication "Latitude 47" Brings Northwest Photographers to the rest of the world

Latitude 47 is a new annual photography magazine published by Seattle’s Photographic Center Northwest. Conceived and directed by Minor Matters Books founder and PCNW Executive Director Michelle Dunn Marsh, and renowned photographer and PCNW Programs Chair Eirik Johnson, Latitude 47 aims to bring the refined work and tight community of Northwest photographers to the rest of the world. While online content marketing (i.e. your favorite photo blogs) has done a great job of democratizing work of many artists, this traditional method of getting work in front of influencers promises to give Northwest photographers a larger footprint on the map. We spoke with Eirik Johnson about the project and ideas behind its first issue, which includes work from Seattle photographers and photo-based artists Canh Nguyen, Susan Robb, Glenn Rudolph, and Serrah Russell. 

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PostedNovember 5, 2015
AuthorJon Feinstein
CategoriesArtists, Publications
TagsPhotographic Center Northwest, Michelle Dunn Marsh, Eirik Johnson, Glenn Rudolph, Canh Nguyen, Seattle Photographers, West Coast photography, Seattle artists, Latitude 47, New Photography Publications, photobooks, photo annual, Serrah Russell, Susan Robb
© The Collection of Robert E. Jackson

© The Collection of Robert E. Jackson

Halloween Vernacular: 13 Spooky Snapshots from the Collection of Robert E. Jackson

Lurking in Robert E. Jackson's collection of more than eleven thousand American snapshots are some of the most peculiar photographs of ordinary people posing for the camera in their Halloween "best." Culled from anonymous family photographs found in auctions and other carefully selected archives, Jackson's eye for the curious and absurd remains unrivaled.  "I am interested in the dark side of snapshots, " says Jackson, " and what they tell us about our deepest fears and motivations.  There is a voyeuristic side to collecting which searching for Halloween photos brings out. It is the hidden which attracts."

So behold 13 of Jackson's unsettling Halloween gems. See more on his Instagram feed, or learn more about his practice in an interview we conducted earlier this year. 

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PostedOctober 28, 2015
AuthorJon Feinstein
CategoriesPortfolio
TagsRobert E. Jackson, Vernacular Photography, Snapshots, halloween snapshots, snapshot photography, photos of people in halloween costumes, weird photography
Keith, 2015 ©Kris Graves                                                                 …

Keith, 2015 ©Kris Graves                                                                                                           Ferratti, 2015 © Kris Graves

Kris Graves' Testament Project Sheds Light on Institutionalized Racism

Kris Graves’ latest series, The Testament Project uses portraiture, video interviews and anonymously submitted written testimonials to explore the varied experience of contemporary Black masculinity in America. Graves examines various media driven stereotypes in an effort to uncover their deep roots of institutionalized racism. For Graves, and many of the men he’s photographed and interviewed, these ideas transcend class and geography, and are a constant reminder that despite significant progress, our nation has much to overcome.

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PostedOctober 22, 2015
AuthorJon Feinstein
CategoriesArtists, Portfolio
TagsKris Graves, Testament Project, Race in America, Video Work, New Portraiture, Larry Ossei-Mensah, Kris Graves Glowan, Kris Graves Testament
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