Jason Lee’s careers in skateboarding and acting pave the way for a distinct vision of the American road as it unravels (and decays) across Oklahoma.

You're likely familiar with Jason Lee from film and television projects such as MallRats, My Name is Earl, and The Incredibles. Prior to his acting career, Lee made a name for himself as a pro-skateboarder traveling internationally in the 80’s and 90’s, and co-founding Stereo Skateboards which is still in operation today. It’s now been more than fifteen years since Lee acquired a serious interest in photography, picking up tips on set from the crew. Despite having his first museum solo on the horizon, Lee’s already covered a lot of miles from several exhibitions, sold out photo books and a growing online presence.

Jason Lee in conversation with Amy Parrish

PostedMay 2, 2019

AuthorAmy Parrish

CategoriesExhibitions, Artists, Portfolio, Galleries

TagsJason Lee, More Than OK, Philbrook Museum of Art, Philbrook Museum, Amy Parrish, Tulsa, OK

The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center’s annual Contemporary Photography Exhibition has been one of my most anticipated arts events all year. I previously wrote about last year’s two-person show (or, rather, two small shows in the same gallery) and this year’s exhibitions were no less captivating. While Claire A. Warden’s Mimesis and Arielle Bobb-Willis’ At Zephyr do not play off one another as easily as Christine Elfman’s Even Amaranth and Mark Jayson Quines’ NOBODY, they are each impactful, thoughtful bodies of work that prove that there is no shortage of talent available to the PPAC.

Exhibition Review by Deborah Krieger

PostedApril 25, 2019

AuthorDeborah Krieger

CategoriesExhibitions, Galleries, Artists

TagsPPAC, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Claire A. Warden, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deborah Krieger, New Photography

A new photography book combines religious kitsch, southern mythology, and eerie occult horror.

A crucifix made from Kraft cheese slices sitting on a dirt road. Poltergeist-y mist coming seeping through a sunlit door. Two bedsheet ghosts driving a car. These are just a few of the funny and strange photos included in Maury Gortemiller’s new book Do The Priest in Different Voices, a collection of images inspired by the photographers’ bible-heavy childhood memories. Growing up, religious illustrations helped him conjure the unseen and make the Bible’s written words – which felt abstract and inaccessible – feel tangible, palatable and worth contemplation. His work is a peculiar, contemporary take on these narratives, often infused with mythology from the American South where he grew up and currently lives and works.

We spoke to discuss everything from the project’s origins to Gortemiller's relationship with religion and his love for horror movies.

Maury Gortemiller in conversation with Jon Feinstein

PostedApril 18, 2019

AuthorJon Feinstein

CategoriesArtists, Publications, Portfolio, Photobooks

TagsMaury Gortemiller, Southern Photographers, Occult Photography, AIn't Bad, Photobooks, Photography Books

A new photographic series travels the American landscape with an unexpected gaze.

Amy Parrish’s Place I Slept is an ongoing series of photographs made while driving across the North American landscape. It’s a project countless photographers have made for more than a century, often as some kind of “rite of passage,” often by bro-tographers like Ansel Adams set to profess their freedom by claim the land with their cameras. Parrish’s work is different. It’s quieter, lonesome, and solitary. Places I Slept, is, as the title clearly suggests, a personal portrait of America as illustrated thru a constellation of beds, cars, and twilighted landscapes. Having moved back and forth from India some years ago, Parrish walks the line between native explorer and tourist, struggling with where she fits, the cultures she’s adapted to, and whether she feels like she can call this now unfamiliar terrain home. I spoke with Parrish to learn more.

Amy Parrish in conversation with Jon Feinstein

PostedApril 11, 2019

AuthorJon Feinstein

CategoriesArtists, Portfolio, Publications

TagsAmy Parrish, Road Trip Photography, Places I Slept

A new stock photography website champions white masculinity.

April 1st, 2019 9:45am, EST

Responding to last week’s launch of Zackary Drucker’s trans-positive stock photo library and an increased presence of women and diverse cultures in stock photography agencies like Getty Images and Shutterstock, Fox News fraternity brother Tucker Carlson has launched Cis-Stock, a new stock photography collection comprised entirely of photos of heterosexual caucasian men. The agency promises to deliver a counter balance to Drucker’s initiative, Getty’s 2013 Lean In collection, and what Carlson describes as a “libtard-cuck, Benetton-ization visual narrative.”

PostedApril 1, 2019

AuthorEditors

CategoriesArtists, Publications

TagsTucker Carlson, Stock Photography, Shutterstock, April Fools

More than OK: Jason Lee Prepares for his Premiere Museum Solo Show

Claire A. Warden and Arielle Bobb-Willis: Two Photographers' Strikingly Different Approaches to Turmoil

Maury Gortemiller Conjures the Unseen With Terror and Cheese

Sleeping Through America: Amy Parrish's Quiet Take on the American Road Trip

FoxNews' Tucker Carlson Fights Stock Photography "Diversity Fascism" – Launches 'Cis-Stock,' a Photo Agency Exclusively for White Men