03 January 2007
02 January 2007
Gruppo F inbox: Fireworks, Baltimore

Richard Montgomery sent some explosive stuff
that I like to share with you. He was here at the
F blog on 15 October 2006. Happy New Year!
-urbano

Going to Berlin
01 January 2007
Lina "Umma" Nääs joins Gruppo F
That would be quite spectacular but nothing like what we are about to present to you now - another new member of the F Blog. Her name is Lina "Umma" Nääs and some of her earlier are to be found in the archives.
Over to Lina

Joanna Kinowska joins Gruppo F
A new year, a new member of Gruppo F. Her name is Joanna Kinowska.
We are delighted. Things are moving on the F Blog. Over to Joanna!
i´m art historian, specialised in photography. working at
zacheta national gallery of fine arts in warsaw. I´m coordinator
of the meetings cycle with major Polish photographers. as zachęta
representative, part of the program council of the gallery obok
ZPAF (small gallery under the direction of union of Polish
photographers). i’m author and instructor of photography workshops
for the young.member of ...już późno group (it's late) and the
international one Terzoocchio.
i'm interested in making some pleasant photos, nice portraits with
powerful colors. that's why i prefer to use cross processing. in
black&white photography i'm trying to picture the daily life. it's not
the reportage in it's definition, cause there's nothing important there.
just normal people, normal life, daily things.
sometimes i'm making pictures in my work. here's a performance
of Shaun Leonardo during the opening night of "Black Alphabet"
exhibition.
i'm addicted to music, of course, so i often picture some tones and
motives in my photos. lately i'm in cooperation with internet cultural
magazine as concert photographer: www.independent.pl
31 December 2006
30 December 2006
Tale for the living (part one)

I still remember the moment when I first met Ewa Stackelberg
through her pictures in the book "Tale for the living".
Peter Ragnarsson was involved in the process of making the book
and it was he who presented it to me. The first picture was like a
visual explosion, the one with a camera smashed to pieces.
And from there the story evolved. It´s a very moving work and almost
even more today when I, thanks to Ewas generosity, am able to present
a selection of pictures from her book. It was awarded as the best Photo
Book of The Year 2001 by The Association of Swedish Professional
Photographers.
-Ulf Fågelhammar
”Tale for the living is the outward expression of several years
grieving process following the sudden death of a beloved. It is
as though the pictures have risen from the unconscious, the
story only becoming clear afterwards: a movement from
acute distress to disintegration and finally a return to life.”
-from the back cover of the English edition.
October 1997 my husband of twenty years died in a plane crash
in Costa Rica. Some weeks later, before the arrival of his body,
items found at the scene of the accident were returned home:
his purse, a few toiletries, a CDplayer with a disc in place. The
smashed camera with its broken glass was well packed in a
plastic bag together with earth from the ground were he fell.
The smell was that of humidity and tropical decay.
In an effort to deal with my desperation I used the broken parts
of the camera to make a picture. It wasn´t until much later I
realised this would be the beginning of a story.
The images are photograms, a method where chance and
exploration are important ingredients. They are produced
during two and a half years.
- Ewa Stackelberg




Please also have a look at the postings of 22 December, 25 December
and 28 December with pictures from Ewa Stackelberg´s exhibition
"Surrender".
all pictures ©Ewa Stackelberg
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