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man carrying bag

just outside the local store...

driving the mountain roads

One of the hazards of driving over Kentucky mountain roads. Near Jackson,
Breathitt County, Kentucky.
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910- photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1940 July-Sept.?

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection,
[reproduction number, LC-USF33-031133-M4 DLC]

We have published several pictures by FSA photographer Marion Post
Wolcott. Search field up left or go to Library of Congress (see links).
You will find over 9 000 photographs by this remarkable woman.
-urbano

a little big reminder

Ponglish, Swenglish or broken English?

The F Blog is an international project. We have readers from over 70 countries
and guests from around 30 countries. The editors are from Sweden, Poland
and USA. So apart from our English speaking Lady, we are struggling hard to
make us understood in that language. But did you know that we also speak
Spanish, Portugeese and even Danish? And perhaps more than that.
- mr urbano

Jeffery, Miss Jenny and Jesus

Picture by Mark Zurek
I like to see oddities on the blog. This is the first hen appearing as
far as I can remember. And that fellow is definitely interesting.
Thank you for your contribution Mark. We love to receive pictures
in Gruppo F inbox. If your picture is not published it is probably
because:
- your picture sucks
- your picture is a masterpiece
- the editors are daydreaming.

Well, the third reason is the most likely. ;)
- mr urbano

supper!

© Jeanne Wells

Houdini knew the trick

TITLE: [Harry Houdini, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in chains]
CALL NUMBER: McManus-Young Collection [Rare Book RR]
CREATED/PUBLISHED: c1905.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division

Gliwice House of Photography: Zbigniew Łagocki "Free conversations about photography"

Gliwice House of Photography invites to the meeting with professor Zbigniew Łagocki titled: Free conversations about photography.

21.05.2007, 18h00
Klub Pracowników Politechniki Śląskiej; ul. Banacha 3, Gliwice

Zbigniew Łagocki (1927)
born in Lviv. Since 1957 member of Union of Polish Art Photographers, since 1973 honorary member of this most important for Polish photography organization. Chair professor of Department of Photography at Cracow Fine Art Academy. Participant of countless exhibitions (i.e. Oslo, Prague, Geneve, Sao Paulo) and awarded by similar number of prices and medals (Niepce medal, Honoraire Excellence FIAP...).
In Poland famous thanks some very important for development of photography in Poland exhibitions: Subjective Photography (1968) and Seeking Photographers (1971).

Conversation with professor will be led by Joanna Kinowska.

picture: Zbigniew Łagocki aerotica (1967)

Viskansparken by Adam Gustafsson

"Viskansparken was a local dance palace and social gathering point for teens
in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Everybody came to dance, socialize and have fun,
and it was a epicentre for the local youth culture. Bands came from far and
wide to play, and the kids came to listen. But as the years passed, the
interest in the establishment went downhill. Ironically, in early 1963, the
owner of the park turned down a young, up-and-coming little British band
who wanted to play there, claiming that they "weren't worth booking".
The band's name? The Beatles."

















Pictures and text by Adam Gustafsson

somewhere between dusk and dawn

photo: christofer grandin

gruppo F inbox - Dancers by Johan

Photographer Johan Eriksson Uppsala Sweden

My passion in photography lies in capture feelings and light. In dance I find solitude, love, passion, melancholy, anxeity and joy of life. Dance capture with its tender and sometime provocative movements all great emotions in life. I am very thankfull of having the oppurtunity to collaborate with some of the best up-coming dancers in Sweden o fullfill my passion in photography of dance. I could write how it all started but I keep that for the future to tell the Saga. Meanwhile I would be very happy if you turned to my webpage to explore more about my dancephotography,

Malin: "- this is not me..."
Tom. "- but it is!"
Malin: "- is it..."

a salute to the ordinary

Photo trouvée is a book by Michel Frizot and Cédric de Veigy where
you will find 285 pictures of anonymous amateur photographers.
The photos where found in flea markets and antique shops.
You will find some more information at Art MoCo mocoloco.com/art/

and another little teaser . . .

this is a "second" the real thing is in transit and will be hanging in Eskilstuna very very soon.
I'm so honored to be coming to your country, and to know that I will be met with love and gratitude, and in the spirit of kinship that this art form calls us to form.

a...teaser....

....well there is a man and his body,,,

Häxhammaren

Typical bandphoto, or what?
Swedish drum/organ-band named Häxhammaren

Marooned

An unwilling sailor adrift from Arctic waters. As the water gets warmer my iceberg gets smaller...

and a schadograph

You are perhaps familiar with Man Ray´s rayographs, but have you ever seen
a schadograph? Well here is one, made by German artist Christian Schad.

Christian Schad. (German, 1894-1982). Amourette. 1918.
Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, 2 1/2 x 3 1/2"
(6.3 x 8.9 cm).
The Museum of Modern Art
www.moma.org

invited guest: Peter Ragnarsson

Imprints
On a shelf in my graphic workshop there was a paintbrush in a rack.
I tried to scan it in my flatbed scanner. It came out surrounded in black.
The flat light and shallow depth of field gave me an impression that the
object was half buried in the black, like a fossile in black granite.
I transfered the image to a photopolymer plate and printed it like a black
and white photo gravure. I liked it and it made me continue with other
objects in the same mode.

All objects have one thing in common - something is broken or something
is missing. Small details, easy to fix. I will not do it today, but perhaps
tomorrow...

The photo gravures in this serie will be exhibited in my work shop on
25-28 May in Hemse, Gotland. Open 11-18. For more see my
site "Intermezzo Grafik".

The exhibition is part of an event called Gotland's Open Studios
(info also in English)

I had three animals that I loved dearly - a dog and two cats. At the age
of 18 they died one after another. When I dug the third grave the spade
broke on the third cut.

Pictures from top
(Photogravures, photopolymer process, limited edition)
1. Carbonizer, 13x18cm
2. In the Rack, 10x18cm
3. Pistol , 18x18 cm
4. Parts (from printer) 10x18cm
5. Kick 12x18cm
6. Bullets 11x18cm
7. Rifle 25x18cm
8. Broken 18x28cm
text and pictures by Peter Ragnarsson
invited by ulf fågelhammar

two men on a bench

picture by Bengt Hanson

run to the water...

oh desert speak to my heart. oh woman of the earth. maker of children who weep for love. maker of this birth. 'til your deepest secrets are known to me. i will not be moved."don't try to find the answer when there ain't no question here. brother let your heart be wounded and give no mercy to your fear".adam and eve live down the street from me. babylon is every town. it's as crazy as it's ever been. love's a stranger all around. in a moment we lost our minds here and lay our spirit down. today we lived a thousand years. all we have is now.run to the water and find me there. burnt to the core but not broken. we'll cut through the madness of these streets below the moon. these streets below the moon and I will never leave you. 'til we can say, "this world was just a dream. we were sleepin' now we are awake". 'til we can say.in a moment we lost our minds here. and dreamt the world was round. a million mile fall from grace. thank god we missed the ground. / "run to the water" - live / from Bill Viola's exhibition at Zacheta / for Mikael

Preview from exhibition "Street Photography"

Vernissage 19 May in Abbekås, Skåne.

Pictures from top:
Alf Johansson
Krister Kleréus
Conny Lundberg
Bengt Björkbom
Krister Kleréus
Ulf Börjesson
Alf Johansson

Lazy day in Newburgh