© Borjana Ventzislavova, I dreamed we were alive, 2012 / Bildrecht, Vienna 2017. Courtesy of Kunst Haus Wien.

I Dreamed We Were Alive, curated by Sophie Haslinger and Verena Kaspar-Eisert, on view at Vienna's Kunst Haus Wien through June 18th collects five artists described as “[exploring] intimate moments and personal experiences through the medium of photography.” The curators give each of the four of the artists a gallery wall, while placing the fifth among the others in a “meta-level” exhibition. There is a wide variety of photography on display from artists Yulia Tikhomirova, Lena Rosa Händle, Hanna Putz, Ekaterina Anohkina, and Borjana Ventzislavova: black and white, color, digital, film, snapshot-style, candids, portraits, landscapes. Despite some truly eye-catching and satisfying motifs and rhythms created by clever juxtapositions, the displays, taken on the whole, are a bit uneven. Some of the artists’ contributions stand out more than others, creating an experience that is unfortunately not more than the sum of its parts.

Exhibition Review by Deborah Krieger

PostedJune 9, 2017

AuthorDeborah Krieger

CategoriesExhibitions, Galleries

TagsYulia Tikhomirova, Lena Rosa Händle, Ekaterina Anohkina, Borjana Ventzislavova, New Photography, I Dreamed We Were Alive Exhibition

© Tatum Shaw. From the series New Songs — © Tatum Shaw. From the series *New Songs*

Portland, Oregon-based photographer Tatum Shaw's influences range from William Eggleston's 1970s color, to found vernacular snapshots and the American South. Generally off-the-cuff, his pictures are full of light moments that combine tension and humor, a deep understanding of how color can inform a narrative, and a smart, often poetic, way of seeing. While he's made several distinct series for more than a decade, his work could easily be broken down and remixed into an interchangeable archive of of photos-as-musical-notes. Here, his own snapshots, street photos, southern landscapes and found images could live and function as one. Whether his day job as an advertising copywriter bears some influence on this pulse remains a mystery.

Interview by Jon Feinstein

PostedJune 6, 2017

AuthorJon Feinstein

Everyone's freaking out about the Twin Peaks redux. If you haven't yet seen Todd Hido's Twin Peaks Revisited, published recently in TIME, it's eerie and inspired. Additionally awe-inducing is Fuego Books' not yet published, A Place Both Wonderful And Strange. The book, if funded on Kickstarter, will feature 137 photographs from 12 photographers from The United States, The United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Australia and Switzerland, divided into 12 individual interpretations. With just a couple weeks remaining on the fundraiser, I spoke with publisher Gustavo Alemán to learn more about his ideas and obsession with Twin Peaks.

If you're as excited as we are, you have until June 20th to support this wonderful and strange project. Full details HERE. Be sure to watch the video at the end of this interview.

Interview by Jon Feinstein

PostedJune 2, 2017

AuthorJon Feinstein

CategoriesArtists, Publications

TagsTwin Peaks, A Place Both Wonderful and Strange, Photography Inspired by Twin Peaks, Fuego Books, New Photography, photobooks, photography kickstarter, 2017 photography books

Earth Healing Ritual © Klaus Pichler. Courtesy of Anzenberger Gallery — *Earth Healing Ritual* © Klaus Pichler. Courtesy of Anzenberger Gallery

Klaus Pichler’s exhibition This Will Change Your Life Forever, on view at Vienna's Anzenberger Gallery through June 17th, is ostensibly a record of the artist’s two-year undercover stint as a member of various “new esoteric” groups, wherein he learned about—and participated in—their pseudo scientific and spiritual rituals and beliefs. Yet upon closer examination, Pichler’s investigation reveals the very real human emotions behind the strange flash and dazzle of it all. On display are staged photographs and digital collages of Pichler reenacting some of these cultish practices—sitting in a homemade “orgon accumulator” meant to transfer positive energy into his body, using the cardboard cylinder from a paper towel roll to suck negative thoughts out of his own head—as well as some of the objects used in these practices, all quotidian items with supposed mystical properties all ordered online at ridiculously high markups.

PostedMay 30, 2017

AuthorDeborah Krieger

CategoriesExhibitions, Artists, Galleries

TagsKlaus Pichler, Anzenberger Gallery Vienna, This Will Change Your Life Forever exhibition

For the past few years, Seattle's Photographic Center Northwest has been organizing an annual 24-hour global photo shoot and exhibition to help raise money for their exhibitions and educational programming. Kicking off June 10, photographers from around the world can shoot and submit photographs from wherever they are. Submit up to 5 photos by June 12, and a panel of jurors including Humble's Jon Feinstein will select one image from each photographer to be included in a slideshow and pop-up exhibition on June 17th. See the full details HERE.

Below are some of our favorite images submitted to Long Shot 2016.

PostedMay 25, 2017

AuthorEditors

CategoriesOpen Call, Exhibitions

Tagsphotothon, photocenter northwest, photography hackathon, Seattle photography

Photography Exhibition "I Dreamed We Were Alive" Combines Eye-Catchers with Head-Scratchers

Sad, Funny, and Southern: A Conversation with Tatum Shaw

This Photographic Homage to Twin Peaks Might Be The Best Not-Yet-Published Photobook of 2017

Klaus Pichler's Photographs Find Human Emotion In Cultish Practice

"Longshot," Photographic Center Northwest's 24-hour Global Photothon is coming June 10!