Brush your Teeth!
06 October 2007
early human artistic activity
Homem de Piscos / Human Figure
(Ribeira de Piscos) 
Cabra montês (pormenor)
Mountain goat (detail)
Rego da Vide
A concentration of rock carvings in the Coa valley, Portugal
(the oldest dated 25 000 BC) is according to the Unesco
"the most outstanding example of early human artistic activity in
this form anywhere in the world."
The carvings are found in the open air, not in caves as other
paintings in south of France and elsewhere. This has
made archeologists beleive that the cave paintings were
exceptions and the Coa way of exhibiting art was predominant.
Read more at the Unesco World Heritage site
and at the site of the Instituto Portugues de Arqueologia where
the pictures above where found (the site also in English)
05 October 2007
04 October 2007
100 000 and still counting
On 2 October 100 000 unique visitors had found the F Blog.
The count started 9 October, 2006.
We are not too active in promoting the site, but the flow
of visitors is of course encouraging. Thank you and stay
tuned to channel F!
Color photos by Marion
Natchez, Miss.
Photographer Marion Post Wolcott
created/published, 1940
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection,
[reproduction number, LC-USF351-115 DLC]]
Natchez, Miss.
Photographer: Marion Post Wolcott
created/published,1940
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection,
[reproduction number, LC-USF351-117 DLC]]
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03 October 2007
Trends (additional previews)
bländverk
labyrintFor more, see previous post about biennal of photography.
Using the Global Positioning System
A few days ago I had the possibility to see Ulf Fågelhammar´s Open Air exhibition in Skärholmen, Stockholm. Ulf has caught playing children in his photos. In the middle of the housing area there is a screen, divided into three parts containing 28 photos in black and white, showing the children and people of the neighbourhood.
/Ulla Larsson
02 October 2007
Trends in Photography
A panel conversation about new trends in photography will take place at
Centrum för fotografi (CFF) in Stockholm on 17 October. More information
can be found at www.centrumforfotografi.com (in Swedish)
This event is part of a biennal (starting this year) showing photographs
by contemporary Swedish artists. The idea is to present a selection of new
directions or trends over a period of time and to document it in a
catalogue.
The pictures (from top) are created by: Magdalena Stiernborg
Maud Södergren and Cecilia Järdemar
Vernissage 4 October 17 00 - 20 00, Centrum för fotografi
Autumn; memories of a summer gone by.
This is my celebration of a summer gone by.
Autumn is here and the leaves are still hanging aroundto remind us of what awaits us next year.
This summer didn´t give us too many hot days and therefore
the memories of them aren´t many.
One of those few memories is a memory that I will carry with
me during the long and hard winter ahead of us.
The wonderful and happy memory of being part of the happiness of
my niece and here friend, when they went out in our motorboat and
saw Stockholm by water.
From Eyecatcher
http://caughtbyeye.blogspot.com/
01 October 2007
30 September 2007
invited guest: Światosław Wojtkowiak
Światek "Nygus" Wojtkowiak doesn't like to say much about himself. He told me: I am 29 and I am wandering mainly through Africa. I earn for living by working for photo agency and as a tour guide.
The picture of course is not complete, you will find about Nygus much more when you look at his web site and see his excellent pictures made in all of the continents.
Few days ago National Geographic Poland announced the winner of the NG Grand Prix 2007 - it was our guest.
My, and I am sure whole of the F blog editors, best congratulations.
29 September 2007
28 September 2007
ITD - 1`st of March 1981. Number 9 - "Atmosphere"
I am writing BA thesis treating of the reportage in Polish weekly, student magazine ITD, which was published since 1960 till mid 80s. I am basing mainly on 1981 annual set of the magazine. The magazine crated something in a kind of "reportage school", which was most active since mid 70s till 1981, when the redaction was closed for the time of martial state in Poland. This stream based mainly on opposition to "success" propaganda of Edward Gierek. Photo-reporters focused on the grey life of People`s Republic of Poland. They were choosing the subject by themselves, and through the pictures were commenting surrounding reality. They were touching unspoken things, and forcing for many months publication of ready materials (we had censorship). Reportage presented below was published in no. 9 issued March 1st, 1981 - "Atmosphere". Pictures made by Andrzej Kiełbowicz and Mirosław Makowski. It`s worth to underline again, that it was the photographer who decided how should look the layout like. Pictures were occupying two pages, the space was larger then A3 format. Pictures shall be seen through the filterof early 1980s reality. It was time of political and economical destabilization. Everything you can see easily on the street.
"February 1981.
Mood of streets, meetings, atmosphere of daily life, different, like from completely other movie, which was played till now. Sequences were mixed, stage decorations changed, aside old actors, appeared new set of actors and stunts. New roles. New dramaturgy and situations. It wasn`t predicted by any scenario. "Impossible" occurs already so many times, this won`t happen, happens again and again, and it won`t be so bad, becomes reality so, as it appears, you may then easily get used to this atmosphere. It becomes usual, difficulties, euphorias, fears and bravery are toned. They are becoming daily reality. They are tiring, tiring more and more and at the same time determining and inuring. Flags, flags again. Moods swing. Morning papers, which are always late. TV news at 7.30 p.m. Another, new rhythm, nervous rhythm of the street, vibrating, pulsing. Difficult to register, disappearing, ambiguous and perhaps that`s why fascinating when registered.
D o c u m e n t."
D o c u m e n t."
Thank`s to Marcin Gorski for halping in intranslation.
27 September 2007
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