Archives for August 2008
Photos from the Obama campaign trail
Via Cara Phillips, I found this great slideshow of images from Damon Winter following Barack Obama on the campaign trail.
Women in Photography – Victoria Sambunaris
Photograph by Victoria Sambunaris
There is some wonderful landscape photography on the Women in Photography blog this week. Victoria Sambunaris travels prodigiously and makes expansive photographs of natural landscapes permeated with industrial artifacts. It’s a subject that’s been handled before, but not often done this well. One thing that immediately comes across is Ms. Sambunaris’ excellent use of color. The palette of these photographs is very subtle and controlled, and yet feels very natural at the same time.
tinytinygroupshow #6
I recently discovered tinytinygroupshow, an online exhibition of photographs curated by Kevin J. Miyazaki. The latest tinytinygroupshow, “Simultaneous”, is a series of photographs that were all taken at exactly 12:00 central time on August 17th.
Lo Zingaro, Sicily
Lo Zingaro is a natural reserve near Scopello on the eastern coast of Sicily. It is rugged and beautiful, but most people are there for the beach rather than for the hiking. The beach is difficult to get to, nestled in a cove and completely sheltered from the outside world.
A few things to see in NYC before the end of the summer
Édouard Baldus, Le Moine, ca. 1861, currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
An August weekend in New York is usually just an excuse to get out of town, but if you are stuck in the city (or are visiting) there are a few photography shows closing soon that you should probably know about.
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