Category archives: books
Nature and the American Vision: The Hudson River School at the New York Historical Society
Nature and the American Vision: The Hudson River School at the New York Historical Society, opens September 15, with more than 100 famous paintings by artists of the Hudson River School, including Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, John F. Kensett, Jasper F. Cropsey and Albert Bierstadt. continue reading
Expanding Horizons: Painting and Photography of American and Canadian Landscape 1860-1918
A note to my friends in Montreal: if you haven’t already, be sure to see Expanding Horizons before it closes on September 27. It looks like an outstanding survey of turn-of-the-century Canadian and American landscape art, and I really wish I could see it in person.
Doug DuBois book giveaway from Flak Photo
Flak Photo is giving away five signed copies of Doug DuBois’ new photo book, All the Days and Nights. Details are on the FlakPhoto Facebook page. All you have to do to enter to win is post your favorite image from the Flak Photo archives on their Facebook Page. Going through the Flak archives is always a good time anyway, so get yourself over there.
Tim Briner
This week at Too Much Chocolate, I interview Brooklyn photographer Tim Briner about his Boonville series. It is beautiful and very thoughtful work, and I was happy to get some insight into Tim’s experiences while working on the project. I think you will enjoy reading it as well.
Infinite Summer
And now for something completely different:
I am participating in a global, Internet-based book club this summer, dedicated to reading the novel Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. It is a daunting task, at more than a thousand pages, and one I have tried to start more than once. This time around, though, I will have the support of a huge online community in the Infinite Summer project, and a plan: 75 pages a week, plus endnotes, from June 21st through September 22nd.