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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
© Barbara Diener

© Barbara Diener

Photographer Hunts for Phantoms on a Haunted Family Farm

Ghost hunting, occult phenomena, and the fascination with using light sensitive materials to uncover or expose the immaterial world has been a recurring desire since the dawn of photographic history. In 2015, after completing a series of photographs of small rural towns, photographer Barbara Diener met a woman named Kathy, whose family farm was haunted by her husband's ancestors. Using what Diener describes as "traditional and contemporary methods for capturing the invisible," and no Photoshop or post-production editing whatsoever, Diener embarked on a photographic journey to search for evidence of the spirits Kathy described. I spoke with Diener to learn more about her latest series Phantom Power, which Daylight Books will publish as a monograph in 2018. 

Interview by Jon Feinstein

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PostedOctober 30, 2017
AuthorJon Feinstein
River XIV, 2014 © Adam Katseff

River XIV, 2014 © Adam Katseff

Adam Katseff's Dark, Sublime Photographs Show Water as Memory

Water Memory, an exhibition of enigmatic landscapes by Adam Katseff, on view at Robert Koch Gallery through October 28, troubles one of the medium’s long-running legacies and quietly comments on our fraught environmental stewardship.

Exhibition review by Roula Seikaly

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PostedOctober 23, 2017
AuthorRoula Seikaly
TagsAdam Katseff, Photography about Water, Robert Koch Gallery, Landscape photography
Photo: Catherine Losing // @catherinelosing

Photo: Catherine Losing // @catherinelosing

29 More Photographers You Should Follow IRL (and on Instagram)

As much as we'd like to say we're sick of best-of lists, and as much as we might like to claim listicles and punchy headlines are as expired as pineapple still-lifes, we can't help ourselves. It's been a while since we've compiled a roundup, but we're excited about these 29 photographers who we've featured on our Instagram feed over the past few months, some as week-long takeovers, and others who have momentarily graced our feed. Like Catherine Losing, whose work treads a fine line between smart advertising and art photography, or Erin Elyse Burns and Ana Samoylova, who made some of the most innovative and off-the-cuff photographs of the 2017 solar eclipse. It's all good and we encourage you to follow them all. 

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PostedOctober 12, 2017
AuthorJon Feinstein
CategoriesArtists, Portfolio
Tagsphotographers to follow on Instagram

Open Call - Group Show #55: Year in Reverse

2017 has been a taxing year. From the inauguration of a barbaric reality-tv star in the United States, to countless natural disasters, horrifying terrorist attacks in various forms, and a general feeling of global cultural division, it can often seem like we, as humans, are spiraling downward. But there have been elements of hope -- from large scale community organizing around the world, to the outpouring of aid. 

A photographic meditation on the year feels aptly appropriate for Humble's next group show. 

Show us your reflection on 2017. It can be abstract, "conceptual," or straightforward and representational. It can be grim or hopeful. We encourage showing us as much visualized frustration as optimism. Instead of a traditional roundup or "year in pictures," our curation, like previous shows, will take an open-ended approach. 

The only requirement is that work must have been made after January 1, 2017. 

Submission Details: 

DEADLINE:
November 15, 2017

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PostedOctober 4, 2017
AuthorEditors
CategoriesExhibitions, Open Call
Tags2017 photography, open call, no fee open call, photography open call
© Naomi Harris

© Naomi Harris

Naomi Harris' EUSA: The Sharpest, Funniest, Strangest Documentary Photobook You Should Help Fund Right Now

Naomi Harris and I go way back. Her series of Floridian Jewish grandmothers, which appeared as the cover story for the second issue of HEEB magazine during my senior year at Bard College in 2003, was single-handedly responsible for me approaching the magazine to shoot for them, and later serve as their photo editor and Creative Director.

Harris' sharp observational hilarity, documentary chops, and an informed "art photography" sensibility is rare and unforgettable. Her most recent project EUSA, which documents American-themed places in Europe and European-themed places in The United States has been keeping my attention since she began, both for its strange sense of humor and for its rich cultural commentary. So when FlakPhoto's Andy Adams messaged me on Facebook a couple weeks ago saying. "Do you know Naomi Harris' work? Have you seen her Kickstarter? You should write something about it for Humble," I jumped to attention. It's a project that demands to be a book, and there are only a few days left to support it. WHICH YOU CAN DO HERE

If this isn't enough of a hard sell, spend some time hearing from Naomi: 

Interview by Jon Feinstein

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PostedOctober 2, 2017
AuthorJon Feinstein
CategoriesArtists, Portfolio, Publications
TagsNaomi Harris, Cultural Landscape, New Photography, kickstarter photography projects
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