Nickolas Muray

[Nickolas Muray], ca. 1920 / unidentified photographer.
1 photographic print : b&w ; 17 x 10 cm.
Nickolas Muray papers, 1911-1978.
Archives of American Art.

I received a nice email from Mimi Muray concerning the article "The man from Szeged" posted here on the blog. I like to share some of Mimi´s words with you: "I like the blog about my father a lot. I think it is educational and enthusiastic, and a nice way for people to become informed about my father's work.

Soon I hope there will be a biographical book about Nickolas Muray, the Man from Szeged, and it will have lots of information and photographs in it. For the time being, there is a book called "I will never forget you - Frida Kahlo to Nickolas Muray" by Salomon Grimberg.

It was published by Schirmer/Mosel in Germany, in English, German, and Spanish; and now it is available from Chronicle Books in San Francisco in English paperback. It gives some excellent biographical information, as well as marvelous photos of Kahlo."

-Mimi Muray-Levitt

for Luke Skywalker

Well

Today should have been the BIG day.

The day when the swedes colonized space.

Reaching further, higher and faster then any other swede ever had.

Flying high above in a tincan like major Tom.

Our own Luke Skywalker.

but what happend?

Fuglesang brought the swedish regnglopp weather to sunny florida.

and one cannot fly a rocket in that kind of weather.

Not in regnglopp.

One could hardly drive a bicycle.

With or without kevlar undies.

photos and nonsense by: christofer grandin

Invited guest: Gustav Gustafsson

It is funny how the way we look at the world is influenced by the way other people look at the world. I am not at all sure that I have an independent way of looking at the world. I mean, everything I see gets related to somehting I have already seen. Past images shape future images. Future images shape past images. In between we have the present. What does the present look like? I sure do not know. I only look with other people's eyes. Gustav Gustafsson is one of them.

Gustav writes:

My older brother made me take up photography. He gave me a crappy old camera in graduation present. I didn't have the nerve not to use it.

Now it has become an addiction. I get depressed if I can't be creative. In other words, I take pictures to maintain my health.

I welcome you to see more of the world through the eyes of Gustav Gustafsson.

Invited by Joakim Sebring.

Wipe Your Hands Before Dinner

A vegetarian's night dream.

Come on..

Invited guest: Nick Brandt

Ever since I was a kid I´ve been fascinated by the wildlife of the savanna.
I´ve never been there but Nick has and some day I will be there too and enjoy these magnificent animals.
In my opinion its not many people who manage to make art of wildlife photography, Nick is one of them who manage to do that and please enjoy the mythical world of Nick´s animals of the savanna wich sadly is a vanishing world if we don´t stop that. It´s close (no teleshots) its personal and you can enjoy more at Nick´s homepage http://www.nickbrandt.com/

Invited by Mikael Jansson.

© Nick Brandt

Autumn Movie Frames

Gruppo F inbox: Stiegbert Jernheim

Polska from Jeppo

© Stiegbert Jernheim

Friends

invited guest: Sannah Kvist

I'm thrilled to be able to invite Sannah Kvist to the F-Blog. I've been a great admirer of her work since I first saw it about a year ago. I recommend that you have a look at her blog, it's a visual avalanche. Sannah might be the next big thing, remember where you read it first folks!

/invited by markus andersson

"sannah kvist says: för fan vad skriver man om sig själv och sina bilder?

gustav says: inte en aning, vad ska du skriva till?

sannah kvist says: en blog F blog http://gruppof.blogspot.com/ verkar vara en kul grej, inbjudna fotografer, både proffs och ickeproffs

gustav says: skriv att du har en förmåga att få vilket obetydligt motiv som helst att verka som det är svaret på livets problem.

sannah kvist says: men sånt kan man inte inte skriva?

gustav says: kanske inte, men det är ju sant."


http://www.sannahkvist.se

Gruppo F inbox: Rhonda Prince

à côté de la mer
© Rhonda Prince

leaf, bud, blossom . . .

© Jeanne Wells

these are scanned prints, four that hang together -- different voices in the garden.

Cheap or not?

To argue about an old car.

Tri-X 800 ASA 105 mm

Gruppo F inbox: migration - later that day

migration
©GC

later that day
©GC

More by GC here

Enid came by for a visit...

Wherever there's adventure to be found
Just a clue or a secret message bring the Famous Five around
Whenever there's a mystery to be solved
Up in the ruined castle or down in Smuggler's Top
(Chorus:) We are the Famous Five
Julian, Dick and Anne, George and Timmy the dog
We are the Famous Five
We're coming back to you, whenever there's time, time after time.

Enid Blyton Famous Five

To be in the middle of everything

invited guest: Josephine Sacabo

Some months ago I discovered the fascinating work of Joséphine Sacabo. I find her dark, subjective and beautiful photographs really interesting and is happy to present some of her work on The F Blog. She uses poetry as the genisis of her work and is for example inspired by Rilke, Juan Rulfo and Baudelarie. Her photographs are all black and white silver gelatin prints and she often uses multiple negatives, various tonings, oil washes, solarizations and flashing during the process. ”There are many steps involved in creating the final print and these are as important to me as the capturing of the image”, she says.

El Final. From the serie El Mundo Inalcanzable de Susana San Juan
© Joséphine Sacabo.

From the serie Viernes Santo
© Joséphine Sacabo.

From the serie El Mundo Inalcanzable de Susana San Juan
© Joséphine Sacabo.

Moon over time. From the serie Nocturnes
© Joséphine Sacabo.

Western civilization. From the serie Ophelia's Garden
© Joséphine Sacabo.

Since 1976 Joséphine Sacabo have showed her pictures on several galleries in USA, France, Belgium, Guatemala, Spain and Mexico. For further information and more of her interesting photographs, please visit her homepage. Joséphine, thank you for contributing to The F Blog. Invited by Fredrik Skott

Gruppo F inbox: view from Marsala

©Kalle Jonsson

Gruppo F inbox: Espen Aasheim

box talk © Espen Aasheim.

drain.door.frame © Espen Aasheim.

Please also look at Espen Aasheims earlier contribution to The F Blog

The Golden Girls (Panter Tanter)

Do you remember this old series, btw?

girl

photo: Jeanne Wells

invited guest: Iwona Zięba

I have opened few days ago doors to Upper Silesia. I’d like you to come to this world with other photographers.

I am honored to present you works of Iwona Zięba.

Iwona finished Academy of Fine Art in Katowice. She works as graphician in publisher office. She often joins graphic with her other passion – photography. She is famous mainly thanks her photo-collages, often published and awarded, but we decided to show you place where we both live – Gliwice.

Photography and graphic art allow me to forget at least for a while about reality.

I try to follow and capture the conversation of elements of my works - I am looking for something that I call dialog (dependencies or symbiosis).

I love photographing fogs, but…you have to get up sooo early…

all works by Iwona Zięba
invited by Marcin Górski