Carmina and Tony Talk Time and Photography:
“We are the time police, arresting speeders—that’s what we photographers are. We try to apprehend those, this and that in their acts of escaping. And much of what catch we do not realize until much later, if ever. We are collectors, conservators and curators of experience. We are teachers [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Walker Evans'
Photographers: Curators of Time
May 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Art, Design and Communication, Images, Tony and Carmina, Uncategorized, photography
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Carmina and Tony Elucidate the Ineffable
April 4th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Art, Tony and Carmina, photography
“Why should I explain it? It’s art and if it’s any good it doesn’t need explanation. I’m a painter. My pictures speak for themselves. Words can’t explain the ineffable.” Said Carmina, her voice replete with protest and doubt.
On this day Anthony (Tony) West, a photographer, and his friend Carmina Sfumato, a painter, sat in the [...]
Tags:art theory·Artist·carmina·digital photography·dissent·dissent decree·dissentdecree·Painting·photograph·Robert Adams·Tony·Walker Evans
Snapper’s Disappointment
February 26th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Art, Design and Communication, photography
Snapper figured if he bought the best he’d be the best. So he made the call and ordered himself one of the finest digital single lens reflex cameras money could buy. This puppy came with 24.5 megapixel full-frame capability, a magnesium body shell, a carbon fiber composite shutter, a 922,000 pixel LCD monitor, and it [...]
Tags:Art·Avedon·digital photography·dissent decree·dissentdecree·Edward Weston·Henri Cartier Bresson·photograph·Photoshop·Robert Mapplethorpe·Walker Evans
Pretty, Petty and Profound Pictures
February 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Images, Uncategorized
There are millions, probably billions, of images on the Flickr website. They run the gamut from the sublime to the idiotic. It is a picture library sans catalog—a de facto giant screen and projector and anyone can be the projectionist.
On Flickr there are no editors, art directors, researchers, photo-librarians, historians, theorists, philosophers, or social [...]
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