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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
© Alexander Binder

© Alexander Binder

Alexander Binder's Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Alexander Binder is a wizard creator of imaginary worlds. Growing up in Germany’s Black Forest in the 1980’s, his pre-internet (and pre-Kanye West) childhood and limited athletic abilities sparked a love for old fairytales, comic books and fantasy literature, as well as science fiction and horror movies. Over the years, these obsessions accumulated into a mental archive of psychedelic stories and imagery, which have had a major influence on his photographic practice for more than a decade. Binder’s upcoming book with Tangerine Press, Kristall ohne Liebe, meaning "The Crystal without Love,” uses various mystical symbols to draw an ongoing tension between competing forces of darkness and light. From a distance, this might sound like the perfect recipe for a late 1990’s mall-goth picture book, but it’s executed with a sensitivity that is smart, thoughtful and aesthetically riveting. And it's even stranger when viewed while listening to Black Sabbath’s N.I.B.

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PostedAugust 7, 2015
AuthorJon Feinstein
CategoriesArtists, Portfolio, Publications
TagsAlexander Binder, German Photographers, Occult Photography, psychedelic photography, spiritual photography, toy camera photography, spirit photography, Jon Feinstein, Humble Arts Foundation, Tangerine Press, photobooks of 2015, photobook
Shanghai Falling (Fuxing Lu Demolition) ©2002 Greg Girard

Shanghai Falling (Fuxing Lu Demolition) ©2002 Greg Girard

Privilege in a Time of Inequality: A Conversation With Myles Little

Time Magazine associate photo editor Myles Little has organized an internationally touring exhibition 1%: Privilege in a Time of Inequality, that attempts to raise awareness of the growing disparity of wealth around the world. Using Edward Steichen's 1955 exhibition and book The Family of Man as a launch point, Little aims to use the work of some of today's most acclaimed photographers to create a contemporary conversation about inequality. Little positions his exhibition in contrast to Steichen's, which presented an optimism towards the human spirit. For Little, the vast disproportion of today's wealth has harmed humanity with grave consequence. While these words and the exhibition title might suggest a collection of weighted, potentially propagandistic images, Little's selection contains a thoughtful mix of work that is as soft-spoken as it is hard-hitting, which will hopefully help it to speak to a broad and diverse audience. We spoke with Myles to learn more about the exhibition, and the book he'll publish with Hatje Cantz if successfully funded through a Kickstarter campaign.  

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PostedJuly 29, 2015
AuthorJon Feinstein
CategoriesPublications, Exhibitions, Artists
TagsMyles Little, Time Magazine, Privilege in a Time of Inequality, Nina Berman, Christopher Anderson, Paolo Woods, Gabriele Galimberti, Daniel Shea, Jesse Chehak, David Leventi, Traveling Exhibition, David Chancellor, Zed Nelson, Greg Girard, Juliana Sohn
© Christopher Gianunzio // @christoper_gianunzio

© Christopher Gianunzio // @christoper_gianunzio

51 Uncanny Photographers and a Snapshot Collector to Follow on Instagram

There is a tendency among naysayers to refute Instagram's legitimacy, condemning it as nothing but a visualized Twitter. These wizards say it's not much more than a tool for self-promotion, navel gazing, or disguised brand building. That, despite Vik Muniz and Alex Praeger's Instagram prints garnering thousands of dollars in Aperture's 2013 benefit auction, there's no value in its incredibly low resolution. Despite this ongoing discourse, Instagram continues to be an impactful source of photographic discovery and influence, for some it's become its own distinct lens, and for others, it's become a sketchpad for larger ideas. For the past year, Humble has invited some of our favorite photographers to participate in weekly Instagram residencies - each with a unique bend. To celebrate this pseudo-anniversary, here are 52 of our favorite images from participating photographers in all their low-res glory. We encourage you to explore their feeds, and follow their ever-evolving work. 

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PostedJuly 23, 2015
AuthorJon Feinstein
CategoriesArtists
TagsInstagram Photographers, Instagram, Humble Arts Foundation, Instagram photographers to follow, "Is Instagram Photography?"
Pinnacle, 2015 © Joe Rudko
Pinnacle, 2015 © Joe Rudko

Joe Rudko's Vulnerable "Object Drawings"

Joe Rudko’s Object Drawings are a series of collages that manipulate, obscure, and otherwise distort photographs. They confront viewers to rethink how we experience the act of seeing and understanding the world around us and its increasingly malleable visual representations. While the Seattle-based artist’s final pieces are far from straight photography, they are often rooted in his ideas about its continuously evolving history.

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PostedJuly 17, 2015
AuthorJon Feinstein
CategoriesArtists
TagsJoe Rudko, New Photography, Collage, Object Drawings, The cover image from Death Cab For Cutie's latest album, Northwest photographers, Seattle based artists, Jon Feinstein, Joe Rudko's Vulnerable Object Drawings, Joe Rudko's Object Drawings
The daring ride of Mrs. Eunice (Winkless) Padfield, July 4th 1905. Holmboe, C.E.
The daring ride of Mrs. Eunice (Winkless) Padfield, July 4th 1905. Holmboe, C.E.

12 Arbitrary and Sorta Bizarre Vintage July 4th Photos from The Library of Congress

For our own gesture of photo historical patriotism, we culled some completely random vintage photographs of independence day happenings from the Library of Congress' online photo archives. Many of these are from the Farm Security Administration, others are author-unknown, but all represent our continued obsessive meanderings of online rabbit-holing. Happy 4th, from Humble Arts Foundation. 

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PostedJuly 3, 2015
AuthorJon Feinstein
Tagsvintage photos, vintage, Jon Feinstein, July Fourth, July 4th, July 4th Photos, Independence Day Photos, FSA, Farm Security Photos, Farm Security Administration, Library of Congress Photos
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