Umbrellas
Pictures by Jan Buse
10 September 2007
09 September 2007
07 September 2007
New Nick Brandt photos
Release of new Nick Brandt Photos
The 22 new photographs are the first new work released since May 2006.
They were taken September 2006-May 2007 in Kenya and Tanzania.
You can see the photos in the CONTINUUM 2006-2007 folder
at www.nickbrandt.com.
Nick Brandt (USA) is one of our invited guests.
-urbano
06 September 2007
invited guest: Magdalena Wajda-Kacmajor
I was born 40 years ago, on the Polish seaside. I spent half of my life there and still long for the smells and sounds of the coast, which sometimes shows in my photos. For several years I’ve lived in Warsaw and frequently visited other large European cities, which made me fascinated with the urban life and urban “snapshots”.
I work as translator, spending many hours at the computer. Photography for me is an escape from the world of words. It is a way to show emotions and impressions without the need to speak or write. I taught myself everything I know in this area, in part from photography guides, in part from various books on photographers, and most importantly, from photos of others.
The series “Library” was shot entirely in the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, right in the center of the city. During the Cold War times, this building stood in West Berlin, very close to the Berlin Wall. It was chosen as the meeting place for angels which inhabited both parts of the torn city, watching over its residents as it was wonderfully shown by Wim Wenders is his movie, “Himmel Über Berlin” (“Wings of Desire”). This series is obviously inspired by this film, one of my all-time favorites.
invited by Marcin Górski
04 September 2007
Metrograd is getting closer
Photo: Ulla LarssonAs you're reading this you can be sure that Markus Andersson, photographer and member of the F blog, is working hard on preparing his exhibition that opens this saturday. The F blog has looked into what's going on with his preparations and feelings towards the exhibition.
When thinking about your pictures, do you see them as something you do to collect impressions from the outer world or the other way around - that your pictures come from inside you and out to other people?
It's mostly the first case. I sometimes see the camera as a little black box where I collect things that affect me somehow. Usually it's not that important to show the picture to others but to save them for myself. I don't think of my works as documentary in the sense of capturing some kind of truth, it's all about personal reflections.
Knowing that you have massive experience in the darkroom, what is your opinion and experience of digital photos and the digital darkroom?
Well, I wouldn't say massive but I've spent more time in the darkroom than in Photoshop. From what I've seen from skilled digital photographers their technique far exceeds what I'm capable of in the darkroom. I use digital cameras at work and in school but still use film for my personal work. It's partly because I prefer the feeling of working with old cameras with big bright viewfinders where I can clearly see the picture before I shoot, partly because I like the curiosity of waiting for the results.
What is you favourite musical band and how do they affect your photographical work?
My favourite band is the Mountain Goats. I love the lyrics and the intensity in his voice and guitar. The lyrics always create pictures inside my head, like watching a whole movie in three minutes and he's singing it like it's his diary even though it's not autobiographical. I'm not sure if they have had, and in that case how, any affect on my photography. I've tried listening to music while I'm out taking pictures but it's doesn't work for me. It distracts my vision. In the darkroom I need music though.
Is your work telling more of an ongoing story or do you concentrate on different projects and themes?
Usually my photography is an ongoing story. When I start a project it's often because I realise when I look at older pictures that I have been shooting thematically without thinking about it. Once I realise this I start to think of how and why I've been doing it and sometimes it evolves into a conscious project. I work with a couple of parallel projects that can be put aside for a while from time to time. Metrograd for instance is only shot during the fall and winter.
What in your life affects you most both as a person and a photographer?
Actually I think it’s words. I love listening to the lyrics of songs and reading poetry and literature.
If you could go anywhere with your camera, were would you go?
Anywhere? Then I'd probably go someplace in history, for instance photographing the making of the rock carvings at Tanum. More realistically I'd say travelling with a car for a long period of time through Europe. But actually it's not that important where I go with my camera. I've taken some of my favourite photos around the block or on my way to work.
Are you excited about the exhibition and will there be snacks? ;)
I'm very excited (and nervous) and there will of course be snacks, both solid and liquid ;-)
Here is a small sample of what we will meet this Saturday, 8 september, 18 00 - 22 00 at Övre Slottsgatan 14, Uppsala, Sweden
Photos: Markus Andersson
03 September 2007
Together - exhibition by 25 students from Fotoskolan
Fotoskolan in Stockholm "Together" Tillsammans
Vernissage Thursday 6 September 17-21 Kungstensgatan 45, Stockholm
25 students from Fotoskolan exhibit their work. Among them Viktor Gårdsäter
one of our invited guests. Good luck to you from the F Blog crew.
Pictures from top: Emma Sandström, Viktor Gårdsäterx2
02 September 2007
01 September 2007
31 August 2007
Martin Parr, photographs 1971-2000 opening tomorrow in Stockholm
The F blog met Martin Parr today and we also had a look at his exhibition
opening tomorrow at 11 00 AM. It will be on at Kulturhuset, Stockholm until
6 January 2008 (gallery 3, third floor). So you will have plenty of opportunities
to explore his work. It´s highly recommended. Stay tuned to the F blog for
more about this great photographer. /urbano
website:www.martinparr.com
Martin Parr. Pictures by Jeanette Hägglund
The Acropolis, Athens from "Small World"
© Martin Parr/Magnum Photos
30 August 2007
29 August 2007
28 August 2007
27 August 2007
Tom Hunter gives his view on photography
Tom Hunter: Up before the Beak Angry Swan guards Bridge after Crash,
2003. ©Tom Hunter and Courtesy Jay Jopling/White Cube (London)
"My relation to the history of photography as an art form". That is what
Tom Hunter will talk about at Kulturhuset, Stockholm on Tuesday
4 September 18 00 hrs (Studio 3). It has been said about Hunter that his
inspiration as a photographer comes from among others Henry Peach
Robinson. Whether true or not, this could be interesting. Will we hear
about the outlooks for pictorialism in the 21th century? Well, the only
way to find out is to be there listening to his lecture.
/urbano
26 August 2007
25 August 2007
Metrograd is not far away
One hour away from Stockholm or just around the corner if you are in Uppsala.
Go and see Markus Andersson of Gruppo F exhibiting his excellent Metrograd
pictures
Opening Saturday, 8 september, 18 00 - 22 00
Övre Slottsgatan 14, Uppsala.
(for a closer look at the poster just click on it)
23 August 2007
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