psssssst!
Today is Nurse Rabbit's birthday you know!
Did you find something nice for her?
Oh yes!
. . . but I had a little trouble getting it home.
09 April 2007
Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, USA
The organizers call it three days of peace, love and photography. Sounds
like a great event! It is said to be the first of its kind in North America and
will be held in Charlottesville, Virginia this summer of 2007 (June 7 - 9).
National Geographic Staff Photographer Michael “Nick” Nichols is
co-executive director of the Festival, along with Jessica Nagle of
Charlottesville. He says: “For every photographer out there, there
are ten people who appreciate the photograph.You don’t have to have
any membership to come to this.You just have to show up and have
a great time.”
Read all about the festival at www.FestivalofthePhotograph.org
08 April 2007
07 April 2007
1968 American Folk Blues Festival once more
Hans Odelholm from Örebro was kind enough to let me publish his
signed poster(!) from this great edition of The American Folk Blues
Festival. It makes me remember that T-Bone Walker was there
as well along with other great blues artists. This is from the concert
in Gothenburg. Next evening they played at the Tivoli Concert hall
in Copenhagen. Well, and Jimmy Reed was there too.
Have a look at Mr Odelholms site (in Swedish).
See my pictures from the event here in an earlier post at the blog.
-urbano
06 April 2007
05 April 2007
Magic Slim, Johnny Rawls, Ian Siegal, Deborah Coleman
Magic Slim has been active on the Chicago Blues scene since mid 50s.
There are not many great bluesartists left from that era. Fortunately
you can see him live in Gothenburg tomorrow night (6th of April) and
in Stockholm 17th of April. Go and see him if you can. You wont regret it.
Johnny Rawls is one of those great but underrated blues/soul artists
from USA. He is a great and very professional singer as well as guitarist.
The picture was taken in small place in Motala where he was playing for an
audience of about twenty people.
Ian Siegal is an amazing young artist (well he was born 1971) from UK.
He has been influenced by artists like Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters,
Tom Waits and Sam Cooke. On the picture he was playing solo on his old
rusty accustic guitar from 1929. He is gonna be a big name in
music...believe me.
This picture was taken at the same night as the Ian Siegal one, last
weekend in Linköping. Deborah Coleman will be back for a tour in Sweden
late April/beginning of May. If you like soulful modern blues sung with a
deep voice and a skilled guitarist...dont miss her.
/Pictures and text by Torsten Ståhlberg.
Have a look at his site for more blues artists. www.tsphoto.se
-urbano
Outlook - Christopher M Perez
There is a way that light appears to illuminate a subject from within
when printing to hand coated Palladium. And there are ways to manipulate
one's tools to create something that the mind "sees". When combined,
every now and then, an artist is fortunate enough to realize something
uniquely beautiful.
It's for these moments that I live.
/c.1948 Linhof III 5x7 folding camera (non-Technika), 210mm Schneider
Xenar f/6.1, Ilford FP4+, Kodak D76 (N+2), hand coated Palladium
to Cranes Weston Diploma
from our friend in Blekinge
Tulips. Våra tulpaner niger så fint när man går förbi.
kanske tackar dom för det fina söderläget på branten.
The snowdrops and the oak. Snödropparna och eken. Holga kameran
får fram det magiska när snödropparna bryter frusen mark.
Tuft of grass. Grästuvan gör sig redo i vårsolen. Blir säkert grön och frodig.
men retsamt nog inte inom räckhåll för kreaturen på andra sidan hänget.
Pictures and text by Benny Persson.
The Printer
There has been some fuzz about printers and stuff lately on
The F Blog. Well, brothers and sisters; this is what Mr Urbano
thinks of when hearing the word "printer". The picture is part
of a collection at the NYPL ( New York Public Library) containing
617 silver gelatin prints by the great photographer Lewis W. Hines
(1874-1940).
The picture is called "The old printer" and is dated 1905.
Collection Guide: Lewis Wickes Hine: Documentary Photographs,
1905-1938.
Browse the NYPL site to find out more.
04 April 2007
Folk blues festival (blues is blues)
Big Joe Williams
From left to right: Big Walter, Eddie Taylor, John Lee HookerThese are not much of photos when it comes to technical quality. Nevertheless
they are very dear to me. Because I was there. In Copenhagen 1968 at the
American Folk Blues Festival. And the pictures help me to remember one of
the best music experiences of my life.
/Pictures by Urbano
03 April 2007
All Those Old Cars
All those used and abandoned cars that fascinates me... the patina and the raw look... to mention some of my own thoughts.
Photos: Jeanette Hägglund
short song of Äpson and other things
short song of those things which are created by people for other people and the way of using and receiving those things
02 April 2007
Invited Guest: Olle Norling
Mossgruvan
Basttjärn
Gränsgruvan
Ramhäll
Stråssa
Finnäset
Tuna Hästberg
-This pictures from 1993-94 derive from a project with photographs of abandoned buildings/monuments with connection to the mining industry in the middle of Sweden.
Of many reasons i´m happy to invite Olle Norling and to show his photography again. First, i simply love these photographs and secondly i have a deep interest in abandon placeses my self.
Invited of Jeanette Hägglund
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