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Klængur Gunnarsson/Landscape I

Klængur Gunnarsson sent us some wonderful photos from Iceland Here is Landscape I, and we'll show Landscapr II in a few days. Klængur writes:

The series is about trying to find the inner landscape of a city in a country thats main attraction is nature..

Little bit about me ...
I studied photography in a small public collage in the northern parts of Sweden, lived and traveled around the world in the last couple of years.
Currently studying at the Icelandic Academy of the arts, at the visual arts department.
One of the owners of the Tutti Bene Art Saloon in downtown Reykjavík, Iceland.

Thanks, Klængur, and we're looking forward to showing landscape II.

A Brief Life Passes... Almost Unnoticed

Invited guest: Roger Borgelid

For more than 20 years Roger Borgelid has reported from and about different parts of the world. For a long time he did it mostly with words, writing for some of the leading newspapers and magazines in Sweden. Today he speaks preferably through his images, through photography. And in photography he found a more eloquent language, a language more open for interpretations.

The major part of his work is still created during travel. But whether he's documenting culture in Africa, shooting portraits back in Sweden or creating personal art, it's always with the same ambition – to go with his feelings.
"I try to photograph not only what I see, but also – and often even more – what I feel. In photography, and also in life, we need to free our minds and open up our hearts. If we learn to rely on our intuition, we will be more free as humans and as artists."

In this collection Roger Borgelid shows some of his personal art work, where all images are results of "just letting it happen". To enhance his dreamy visions he used the method of lith printing.

"With the entrance of digital photography, many feared the death of older darkroom techniques. I like to believe they will rather become a more exclusive art form. Lith printing gives images a more dreamy touch. It's also unpredictable, you never really know how the copy will develope and that's good. You lose a little bit of control, and like Sally Mann sometimes says, you give chance a chance. That is part of the magic. And also a liberation of mind", he says.

Roger Borgelid was awarded "Photographer of the year" by the well renowned artphoto magazine Black & White Magazine, after winning their contest Single Image Awards 2005, and two years later one of his images was chosen to be published in the book "The worlds greatest black and white photography".
He is a member of photo agency Johnér/Naurbild. Other clients include Dagens Nyheter, Vagabond, Utemagasinet and Aftenposten. View more of Roger Borgelid´s photography at www.borgelid.se

Invited by: Markus Jenemark

helplessly hoping

life in bronica

Pastisch (or a postcard to someone that send postcards to Yngveland late on a saturday afternoon...and to all hard core flyfishers ofcourse...)

This summer, I was fishing in the lake Glen in the northen parts of Sweden.
For four days.
This is the outcome of that trip.
A still Life Photo.

For the first time in my life , I throwed in the towel.
I resignated.
Totally and utterly defeated.
Of an animal with a brainsize of a a peanut.
Or rather half a peanut.

What is that really telling me???

Postcard to Yngveland

Postcard from: Yngveland

Invited guest: Lori Nix

At sea

Tree house

"Lori Nix has lived most of her life in the rural Midwest, a place known for its bad weather and blue collar ideals. Her childhood was spent playing in open fields and witnessing countless storms and natural disasters, leaving her with a deep affection for the American landscape. This love of the land and sky in its endless variations, and a fascination with the absurdities of life has developed into a series of constructed environments that form the basis of her photographs. Cardboard, plaster, faux fur and latex paint are employed to create highly detailed dioramas for the camera that are at once familiar, but also slightly askew. Like a movie still, Nix’s photographs capture the drama mid-story and it’s up to the viewer to complete the narrative. The scenes are not a formal documentation of a place, but instead offer an innocent, yet quirky vision in such detail that the viewer can’t help but be drawn into the scene."

Bounty

"The series “Lost” (2003-2004) examines the feelings of isolation and loneliness. Festive lights on the shack in ‘Junkyard’ cannot override the occupant’s grim existence. The dog chained in the side yard barks anxiously at a suspicious car in the stacks, its lights mysteriously turned on."

Junkyard

"‘Parade’ shows a town coming together for a celebration. So why is everyone crammed into the travel agency? Where are they trying to go, or from what do they want to escape? The only remaining inhabitants on the street are the inflated balloons awaiting their big moment."

Parade

"Like much of her previous work, this group of photos blurs the line between truth and illusion. She subverts the traditions of landscape photography in order to create her own humorously dark world. Her photographs toy with romantic notions of landscape and her lush, rich color and theatrical lighting magnify a sense of isolation and melancholy. The obvious artificiality of the scenes does not diminish the tension created in the photographs. It is the ‘fake’ quality that enhances the enjoyment of the illusion."

Nevada

California Forrest Fire

Bird houses

-invited by Lina Nääs
-text and images © Lori Nix

Natalia Skobeeva Exhibition at Viewfinder Photography Gallery







Peculiar Processes, a series of works by Natalia Skobeeva which runs from 22 November to 4 January, rails against the 'picture-perfect' attitudes of the digital age.

In it, the intricate statues of Easter Island are photographed with a Polaroid instant camera; film of London is buried in coffee; and expired film is used to reveal unpredictable results.

Other projects include photographing the life of London's Central St Martin's building using pinhole cameras with exposure times of up to 40 minutes.

Another sees models photographed in cyanotype, a 19th century printing process that gives a cyan-blue tint.

Natalia Skobeeva said: "This, my first solo show, brings together different aspects of my research into alternative techniques, some of which are unique and will be exhibited here for the first time.

"I am looking forward to seeing how each piece will interact with the viewer – I hope to surprise every viewer at least once."

The exhibition has been announced by
Time Out, The Telegraph, British Journal of Photography, AG magazine and many others.
Viewfinder Photography Gallery 

Linear House

Peyton Place

London

SE10 8RS

Viewfinder Gallery Website

Ghosts / Jens Windolf

Ghosts is a search of the ambiguity of places of authority. These first photographs were taken in the former Ministry of State Security (MfS) remand prison of the GDR in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen, Germany. Today the place is a memorial place. In spite of the historical rootedness and the occurrence of an obviously ordinary furnishings there is a kind of unnameable persistence where from the title derived.

While this is a work in progess the intention and background of the project will change.
- Jens Windolf






All photos © Jens Windolf

invited guest: Kacha Dobrowolska

It's not an easy task for me to talk about my photos. They're something in between fashion photography, portrait and art photography, and maybe this being not-easy-to-categorize makes them tough to be liked by onlookers.

Once, I've heard that I'm doing the most UNfashionable fashion photography ever, which made me rather depressed because in this kind of photography it's not good to be out of date. Today, I know that for me it is more important to have a free choice of what I'm doing and to shoot in a way that photography seduces me, than to try to fit to the main stream.

I don't like disputes of whether something is good or mediocre, the crucial thing is whether you like it or not. And you don't need philosophy or technical background to say if you feel photography.
This is why I won't say much about my photos: the only thing I'm sure of, is the fact, that I press the shutter and that it's my favourite activity in life.

more Kacha's works you may find on her website

invited by Marcin Górski

The road ahead

All I wanna do is to thank you even though I don't know who you are

photo: abeku

goose for Jeanne

when I started to use MF, I made a series called "Flowers for Jeanne", inspired by MF works of Jeanne.
Now when I switched into LF, Jeanne's works with use of LF are just opening the way of exploring new world. Thanx again, there is a goose for you, as I wasn't able to find flowers :)

Green

photo © Jeanne Wells

Garden of Mirrors - Maleonn photography exhibition

We're pleased to invite you to join us for the opening of Garden of Mirrors - Maleonn photography exhibition

Nov. 26th (Wednesday), 2008， 15.30 - 17.00，Shanghai Art Museum, 3rd Floor, Hall 8 - 10.

诚挚邀请您出席 镜园 - 马良摄影作品展开幕
11月26日 下午3:30 - 5:00，上海美术馆三楼第八、九、十展厅
作为近年迅速崛起的上海青年摄影家，其作品擅长以超现实的语言，在冲突和虚幻中表达自身的思考感受，个人风格独树一帜，受到学术界和普通大众的双重关注。
展览展出艺术家2007年至今的新作，敬请光临指教。

Garden of Mirrors - Maleonn Photography Exhibition
Duration: Nov.26 - Dec. 4th, 2008
Venue: Shanghai Art Museum, 3rd Floor, Hall 8 - 10

镜园 -- 马良摄影作品展
展期：2008年11月26日至12月4日
地址：上海美术馆三楼第八、九、十展厅

Maleonn was F Blog guest 2 years ago

Please don't wake me, no don't shake me Leave me where I am I'm only sleeping

Trees

photo by Gelu Lupas

Through thick and thin...

... papers on the way south.