whistles and thunder
It´s always a pleasure to receive pictures from GC, Toronto, Canada. This is from his magic series of Dianavision. For more visit GC's homepage.
Thanks/Ulf
12 December 2007
Queen of light - Santa Lucia preparing
Photos: Bengt Björkbom, 1980's
"In Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, Lucy (called Lucia) is venerated on December 13 in a ceremony where an elected girl, portraying Lucia, walks, with a crown of candles, ahead of a procession of other women holding a candle each. The candles symbolize the fire that refused to take St. Lucy's life when she was sentenced to be burned. The women sing a Lucia song while entering the room, to the melody of the traditional Neapolitan song Santa Lucia..."
Full article on Wiki
11 December 2007
In Search of the Pure Photograph
On 14 December a disputation is held at the Department of Art History, Uppsala University, Sweden. The doctorand Cecilia Strandroth has made a Historiographic Study of the Farm Security Administration. See some details below. We are hoping to hear more here on The F Blog from Cecilia Strandroth in the near future about the study. We have published several pictures from the FSA archives on the F Blog. Use the Blogger search tool to find out more.
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Research Interests
The history and theory of photography, historiography, gender, visual culture, internet image use
Dissertation
In Search of the Pure Photograph. A Historiographic Study of the Farm Security Administration, Walker Evans, and the Survey Histories of Photography.
invited guest: Amani Willett (part two)
Amani Willett is a photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. I like his modern style of street photography a lot. For more see part one of this invitation and amaniwillett.com
/Ulf
10 December 2007
Korvkiosken
This picture is from around 1960, Bengt has told me. Two young ladies waiting for their orders at the hot dog stand, known as "korvkiosken" in Swedish. This was a sacred place by the 1950´s and early 1960´s.
People in Sweden were unaware of sushi, meze, kebab, hamburgers and even pizza. Ingemar Johansson from Gothenburg was probably the heavy weight champion of the world. This was pre-Sonny Liston and Cassius Clay. Definitely pre-Mohammed Ali. So the choice was - a sausage in bread or a sausage with mashed potatoes. If you were lucky to live in Skåne (I was one of the lucky one´s btw) you could even get a decent sausage.
I am thinking of three things seeing this picture. Is Günther still around? His korvkiosk located on Karlbergsvägen in Stockholm is the best in the city to my knowledge. Where are my negatives, with the pictures of his place and have I ever taken Bengt to Günthers korvkiosk. Well I have to find out about all of these things very soon. /Ulf
invited guest: Tatiana Cardeal
Independent photographer visual artist dreamer, based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.I used to work for the editorial market as art director and graphic designer, but since 2005,
I have been moving my focus to photography, keeping my way close to educational and cultural issues, social development, seeking for inspiring values of humanity.
It's my everyday beginning.
Tatiana was working for major magazines in Brazil such as Elle, Saúde, Placar and four years at the Victor Civita Foundation, a Brazilian educational non-profit organization, she shifted her focus to photography, social and cultural issues and human rights.
Today, she works mostly independent, does her own research and her travels are paid from her own pockets. She occasionally accepts a few assignments, but she still prefers to develop her own issues and follows her own agenda and principles. Tati published her works around the globe from Brazil to Australia, from Germany to Peru. Watching her touching, sociological records of forgotten nations, I have no doubts, why her works find such an attention.
More of Tatiana pictures you may find here.
We will hear about Tati soon at the F blog soon, stay tuned.
Invited by Marcin Górski
We will hear about Tati soon at the F blog soon, stay tuned.
Invited by Marcin Górski
invited guest: Amani Willett (part one)
"Sight is often taken for granted: we frequently assume that people interpret a given situation in similar ways. This could not be further from the truth. In reality, people often perceive identical situations in astonishingly different ways. The beauty of a photograph is that it can compel us to re-examine seemingly mundane scenes and events of everyday life."
It´s a pleasure to explore the work of Amani and I am glad to see it at the F Blog. For more, you have to wait for part two. If you can´t wait... go to his homepage and discover some great photography. Amani Willet was born in Tanzania and lives in Brooklyn. In 2003 his pictures were included in an anthology of young American artists called “Re Generation: Telling Stories From Our Twenties.” Isn´t that what we are looking for - the stories from our Twenties? /ulf
http;//amaniwillett.com
images and statement by © Amani Willett
09 December 2007
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06 December 2007
IC Gliwice-Warsaw 9:26
I travel with this train recently very often, definitely too often...
This is record of one of such a trips: one stop-one shot...
Gliwice 9:26
Zabrze 9:36
Katowice 9:56
Sosnowiec 10:11
Zawiercie 10:40La Grotta
This is the Serracozzo cave, it is situated on Etna, north flank, at 1900 metres of elevation.
It was formed by the 1971 eruption. The ceiling of the portion showed is about 6 metres high.
photographer: Gianfranco Liotta /IT/
05 December 2007
Boys are us - coming exhibition by Maria Friberg
Boys are us is a major exhibition of photography and video created by Maria Friberg during 1998-2008. Opening on 26 January this exhibition will be on show until 13 April in Kulturhuset, Stockholm. Maria Fribergs work deals with masculinity, the myth of power and human relations.
For more of Maria Friberg's work visit her homepage.
04 December 2007
Saint Barbara Day
4th December is an annual celebration day for miners in Poland. It is the Saint Barbara Day. She is the miners patron. The biggest attention to Saint Barbara is given in Silesia, where plenty of coal mines are located. During the celebration day miners thank their patron for another safe year without danger accidents and also pray for another lucky year. The prayers are done in the morning at the chapel in Mines or in the Church in the neighborhood during the morning mass. Ordinary day for coal miners in the Silesia looks quiet different, their work is hard and dangerous. Every year couple of them die in accidents underneath the ground. Pictures that I made in the underground coal mine present a small part of the daily hard work of these guys. Regards (Szczesc Boze) Pictures and text ©Grzegorz Lizurek
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