postcard from Fundao
Fundao, Pt, 2008
06 November 2008
591 Photography countdown
591 Photography - where the image is everything
Lots of photographs, discussions about photography, magic moments....you will find all of that on 591 Photography opening soon.
591 Exhibitions - known and unknown photographers are invited to exhibit pictures on 591 Gallery - they are on show for seven weeks and then replaced by other exhibitions, as in real life - or it is for real? (but on the Internet)
591 Reportage takes the pulse of the state of the world,
A 591 Collection of specially selected photographs will be set up.
Various topics are discussed and interpreted in pictures that photographers send to 591. The dialogue with the readers of this blog is essential - photographers, critics and others interested are invited to participate.
Ulf Fågelhammar, one of the initiators of The F Blog, which recently celebrated two years, moves on and starts 591 Photography Blog. To get the right magic numbers, it will happen at 9.15 PM cet, on November 9th.
You are invited!
591photography.com
05 November 2008
Invited Guest: Marrigje de Maar
Invited Guest: Marrigje de Maar
Enchanted spaces - Yunnan, China.
I am a restless traveler, who keeps on leaving, but never arrives.
I have been taking pictures of interiors since 2002. In the beginning I worked in worn out, rejected buildings, later I concentrated on private homes.
Interiors tell stories about people. In public space people follow the global trends and fashions. In their homes they tend to make other choices. The private space is the only place where we are ourselves.The personal story is told inside the privacy of our home.
I never travel along a pre-fixed route. My trips are guided by intuition and by experiences along the way. Roads that attract me, people I meet and stories I hear. The doors I choose to knock on rarely hold a clue about what I may find inside.
I never visualize anything beforehand and my pictures reflect my first impressions.
The image comes alive in the existing light.
Many of my interiors give evidence of a frugile life, of inhabitants who are able to make their personalities known with only a few means. In my work I concentrate on this authenticity and dignity.
My pictures tell a story about these people, a story that reaches beyond material reality.
Everything visible in the picture was there. I never change anything. I only use the available light. I use colournegative film and print both analoge and digital. During this proces no drastic changes are made either.
Marrigje de Maar - 2008
Invited by Darren Hepburn
04 November 2008
Face to Face on Election Eve
I went to one of the large Obama rallies in the waning days of the election. It was an incredible gathering of diversity, like a peace rally without pot. A few things were evident. Obama's is a youth movement. For them, he has the air of a movie star or musician. He speaks to them of justice and power. The crowd consisted of approximately equal proportions of white and non-white, male and female. It was overwhelmingly working class. And it was overwhelmingly anti-Bush.
I could not find a McCain rally to attend, but I managed to find a Sarah Palin event. It was much different. It was overwhelmingly white, and people stood in a long line to enter the building in which the rally was held. It was a bit like waiting for a ride at Disneyworld.
photos and text by William Schmidt
03 November 2008
Iranian Photography Now
Earlier the F blog have reported about the anthology Iranian Photography Now. In the Swedish magazine ETC there is this week an extensive review of the fascinating book. If you can read Swedish, check it out here.
02 November 2008
01 November 2008
invited photographer - Thomas H Johnsson
Again I am very happy to present Thomas H Johnsson as an invited photographer. This time with a series in progress called "Lilla landet" ("the small country"). If you do not have discovered his blog, check it out. And search the F blog for his earlier contributions, columns as well as photographs, to this blog. - F.
Countries need to be recorded. They need to be depicted and revalued as places and social contexts. That I why I present – lilla landet (the small country)
I am photographing where I stand and live, at the moment. I let the image come to me and not the contrary. My methods are simple. With a small analogue compact loaded with the usual Tri-X, I am photographing in the queue at the supermarket, on the bus, or when I am walking with my dog. I believe in the authentic moment, that which happens for real, because it surpasses the credibility of the staged image. When you look at my pictures, you should know that what you see happened in real life. The only thing I control is compositions, slants and copying. Just for the record, I certainly do not want to call my photos objective, they are in the highest degree subjective. They are my personal stories and experiences.
Sweden is changing, rapidly, so it is important that we see ourselves in the mundane. Many pictures are taken today from a news perspective, images of big and important events, it is good and necessary. But my images tell the exact opposite, there are subtle images of ordinary people in everyday life, without labels or lectures, just about the little man here and now.
Thomas H Johnsson
All photos © Thomas H Johnsson
Invited by Fredrik Skott and Rhonda Prince
30 October 2008
Darren Hepburn joins The F Blog
My name is Darren Hepburn. I’m a photographer from Scotland. I’m delighted to join the ‘F Blog’ as an author. I’ve been with the ‘F Blog’ in spirit for some time, occasionally posting images and have enjoyed experiencing many, many fine photographs from around the world.
My first camera was won at Broxburn fairground in 1983...a moment of joy amongst the candyfloss, toffee apples and hot donuts. A good willed teacher showed me a few basics of photography as a child and later, it was becoming published in a school magazine that kept the photography flame flickering. Some years later I had a ‘real’ camera, a 35mm Minolta...it was then that the journey into process and concept began in earnest.
Process: I agree the with the self-taught photographer, David Bailey. Photography can be learned in 6 months. It is not needed to spend 3 or 4 years studying for a degree. A pile of books worked for me, I found it alot more engaging to embark upon a private journey rather than labour over the ‘dry’ workbooks that were dished out when I studied photography at college...I found that I loathed the place and left after 3 weeks! For me, technical knowledge is a ‘means to an end’...a framework in which to make progress towards the final result. My knowledge of ‘process’ is ever expanding, and will continue to do so throught my life. I shoot both film and digital...both have their merits.
Concept: I usually work within a preplanned conceptual ‘framework’, both for individual shots and series. This is worked out beforehand, often late at night over numerous cups of tea. I’m constantly referring to this ‘framework’ whether it be a ‘construction’ within a few square feet on a coffee table or loosely in street photographs. I do shoot intuitively, in which I may be subconsciously motivated by life experiences, some of which include working with psychiatric patients in a secure ward and living in a hostel for the homeless whilst attending an ‘exclusive’ school.
Again, I’m delighted to be a part of the ‘F Blog’...a place where many of my favourite photographers have already made an appearance.
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