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practicing the arts of cogitation since the late 1900s.

Caught or Captured?

I was familiar with Bill Sullivan’s work—I really like those turnstile photos—but had not seen Charles Fréger’s portraits before. Check his site—he, too, has some interesting projects. Lyle Rexer is the show’s curator. Oh snap—I’ll be in New York this weekend. Maybe I’ll go see it.

Brooklyn Influence: A Great Day in Brooklyn

BROOKLYN INFLUENCE:
A Great Day in Brooklyn
On view September 27 – November 7, 2009
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:00-6:00PM
“Brooklyn Influence” commemorates the one year anniversary of “A Great Day in Brooklyn” and “Another Great Day in Brooklyn”, organized in June 2008 by Brooklyn-based community arts organization DOPE SWAN. Featuring the work of renowned documentarian Jamel [...]

Artist Leslie Hewitt is part of the upcoming MoMA exhibition “New Photography 2009″

New Photography 2009
September 30, 2009–January 11, 2010
The Robert and Joyce Menschel Photography Gallery, third floor
New Photography 2009 is a thematic presentation of significant recent work in photography that examines and expands the conventional definitions of the medium. Although the six artists in this installation—Walead Beshty, Daniel Gordon, Leslie Hewitt, Carter Mull, Sterling Ruby, and Sara [...]

Call for Submissions: Picturing an Ethical Economy

Picturing an Ethical Economy
Submissions accepted via the website above between August 15 and October 15, 2009
Click here to view and submit entries.
While the fallout from the worldwide financial crisis continues to reverberate, there is a unique opportunity to challenge the pre-existing concepts of wealth, consumerism, and capitalism in building a new economy, one that is [...]

MoMA MiXX benefit dance party with Mickalene Thomas and Derrick Adam

MoMA MiXX
a benefit dance party hosted by
The Junior Associates of the Museum of Modern Art
Featuring Mickalene Thomas and Derrick Adams as Artist DJs
and Hercules and Love Affair as Musician DJs
with Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin

Saturday, September 26, 2009, 8:00 p.m. ˆ12:00 a.m.

MoMA MiXX is a dance party series that brings together a major artist with [...]

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  • CARLAGIRL PHOTO was founded on 14 February 1999 by Carla Willliams, a photographer, writer, and editor, born, raised and heading back to (yea!) Los Angeles, California.

    It was established with two goals: to be able to make my own work widely available for free, and to make accessible my research about artists of the African Diaspora, especially photographers, and in particular women. As it developed it grew to also include GLBTQ artists.

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    • Taking a Break February 8, 2012
      Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
    • A New Mission for Aperture? February 8, 2012
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    • Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 8, 2012
      Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]


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