Archive for May, 2008
Those Bookish Photographers
Mark L. Power, Books, 1980
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Now and then I find myself opening a book, not to read it but to photograph it. The idea probably began with this 1980 picture of pages fluttering in the wind, and that image probably had its genesis in a Wright Morris’ photograph of books.
Wright Morris, from “God’s Country [...]
Ars Moriendi: The Art of Dying
The death of Minnie Ha-Ha, William de Leftwich Dodge, 1892
For the Love of God, Damien Hirst, 2006
Yes, death can excite the romantic imagination. Not only do we have Minnie Ha-Ha but also Damien Hirst’s skull made of diamonds. Yes, it’s the stuff that our tragedies are made of. Yes, there are photographers who have [...]
Nishimura Yohei and Company
Trocadero.com where I found the examples of the Japanese pottery posted in April ( Yakinomo: Fired Thing) is a fascinating site. It is as if you discovered a dusty little antique shop on a Tokyo side street; upon entering , you’re suddenly in a vast bazaar with many little stalls selling objects from the [...]
Vincent Ferrini, 1913-2007
“I live in the unity of word and image. You’ve got to have both,” Vincent Ferrini
Vincent Ferrini Photo: Robert Branch
In December of 2007 a man whom I had met only four or five times, but counted as a friend, died, aged 94, the poet Vincent Ferrini, poet laureate of Gloucester, Ma.
When I [...]