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(Photographs) Daughters of the King (Federica Valabrega)

Posted on May 25, 2014 by zjb

Very cool pictures of orthodox women by Italian born, Brooklyn based photographer Federica Valabrega. Based on the traditionalist notion that the “kavod” of the King’s daughters is inside, the idea was to get at what Valbrega saw as the spiritual … Continue reading →

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Negev Desert Bloom (Fazal Sheikh)

Posted on May 9, 2014 by zjb

I’ve seen single images of individual shots, but their power lies combined in the serial form presented here at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As you can see here, so much of Fazal Sheikh’s other work is invested in the human … Continue reading →

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Thomas Demand Hypermediation

Posted on April 30, 2014 by zjb

Put to rest that old hoary notion that photography has a special ontological relation to reality. In works by contemporary photographer Thomas Demand, that relation is marked as hypermediation. The image is at least three times removed from the original … Continue reading →

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Palestine Pleasures (Photographs) (Tanya Habjouqa)

Posted on March 23, 2014 by zjb

“Palestinian Pleasures” is a project by Tanya Habjouqa,  a founding member of Rawiya — a collective of Arab women photographers. Photos and an essay describing the project appear at the New York Times. The photographs are lovely, but what about politics? The photographs … Continue reading →

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(Pictures) Ariel Sharon (1928 -2013)

Posted on January 12, 2014 by zjb

I am still planning to ignore all or most of the tributes to and condemnations of Ariel Sharon, but this photo gallery at the Guardian is worth a look. It’s the best photo gallery I’ve seen at any of the … Continue reading →

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Qusra (Palestine) (Video and Photos)

Posted on January 7, 2014 by zjb

Interesting video from the village of Qusra in the West Bank. There’s every reason to believe that a  group of 11 extremist settlers, well known to Israeli authorities, entered the Palestinian village to commit a violent act. They were caught … Continue reading →

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Aesthetic Atrocity Disaster Sublime (Photography at the New York Times)

Posted on December 31, 2013 by zjb

Happy new year? This is what 2013 looked like, at least in the New York Times. I’ve been thinking this for awhile now, that the New York Times turns the image of atrocity and disaster into a sublime picture. I … Continue reading →

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兩岸關係” | “Cross-Strait Relations” | “两岸关系 (13th St)

Posted on November 24, 2013 by zjb

photos from the Post Garden – Eye SPY Series by Cao Fei (http://www.caofei.com/news.aspx) 135-9211-8072 and 135-8217-9633 by Michael Lin video stills from Phantom Island by Jun Yang (http://www.hiroshima-moca.jp/www/e/artist_jun.html) Lanyu VIII by Charwei Tsai (http://www.charwei.com/) New art from China and about China exploring … Continue reading →

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Photography Monotheism (Amenhotep IV)

Posted on November 21, 2013 by zjb

This is what monotheism looks like. As represented by a portrait of Amenhotep IV from the Cairo Museum and then photographed, monotheism is an old, stony, taut, and angular profile, a photographic image of an original graven image,  hovering over and … Continue reading →

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Gods – Photographs

Posted on November 20, 2013 by zjb

If you could photograph a god, what would a god look like? Naked and chiaroscuro. Anthropomorphic, not apophatic. Not the god-itself, and not the first figure of a god in the form of an icon or idol, but the image and … Continue reading →

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