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General Culture, General Photography
Why we must see
Mar 10, 2010
Do we really have to see images from executions or the faces of acid attack survivors? Trying to explain why we must see.
A Saturday in New York City (incl. A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again)
Mar 8, 2010
Visiting the Armory Show - a soul crushing experience, where your soul is not only crushed, it’s actually slowly and steadily ground into a fine powder.
Review: Ulrich Gebert at Winkleman Gallery
Feb 18, 2010
A review of Ulrich Gebert’s recent show at Winkleman Gallery.
A Review of Sorts: Malick Sidibe
Feb 5, 2010
A review of the book “Malick Sidibe,” and a few thoughts on Dash Snow.
Art, General Culture, General Photography
Where does ‘fair use’ begin (or end)?
Feb 4, 2010
Trying to answer: ‘fair use’ begin (or end)? When is a use not fair?
Articles
Administrative Notice: The Redesign
Mar 14, 2010 – There is going to be a redesigned, new version of this
Well, you’re seeing this, so this is it: The redesigned Conscientious. More details, incl. an introduction of the design mastermind, over the next few days.blog website coming online, with the switch coming up this weekend (Saturday/Sunday). Of course, you’ll see what’s new and changed once it’s up. But if you visit this site on Saturday and/or Sunday, service might be disrupted. Hopefully, it won’t be, but if it is, just come back later. I’ll introduce all the various changes, plus the mastermind behind the new design, once the new site is up.
Contemporary European Photography
Johan Bergström
Mar 11, 2010 – Some of Johan Bergström’s work is quite conceptual, but there should be something for everybody on his site. The Spectators is work in progress, I am curious to see more.
Sarah Charlesworth
Mar 11, 2010 – A lot of Sarah Charlesworth is based on photography, and quite a bit of it is looking at how photography is used. Her series Modern History shows the front pages of newspaper, with everything but (usually) the photos and the newspaper’s name removed. Unfortunately, hew website doesn’t show any examples of those. Regardless, there’s a nice overview of her work here, and an interview with the artist here.
The Copyright Corner
Mar 10, 2010 – For all your questions about copyright there now is The Copyright Corner (via).
The Road to Publishing
Mar 10, 2010 – Shawn Records talks to Jason Fulford and Alec Soth about book publishing.
Hein-kuhn Oh
Mar 10, 2010 – Just like Thomas Ruff’s well-known portraits, Hein-kuhn Oh’s Cosmetic Girls asks the viewer to try to look beyond make-up, poses, and photographic conventions. Also, don’t miss the older, b/w, work!
Review: Lydia Panas at Foley Gallery (plus some thoughts about reviews)
Mar 9, 2010 – Regular readers of this blog I’m sure will be familiar with Lydia Panas’ work (if not, find my conversation with Lydia here). The Mark of Abel work is now on view at Foley Gallery (until April 20, 2010; click on the image above for a larger view).
Hiroyuki Masuyama
Mar 9, 2010 – No, this is not a painting, or actually the painting. It’s a digital recreation, using 700 individual photos, assembled by Hiroyuki Masuyama. For more on the artist and his process check out this page and this one.
Contemporary European Photography
Gabriele Basilico
Mar 9, 2010 – Gabriele Basilico is an Armory Show discovery for me. I found two of his images from Beirut, which, I think, is by far his very best work. See more images, plus some text, here.
General Culture, General Photography
“copyright lawsuits […] as [a] way of protecting Cuba’s socialist principles”
Mar 8, 2010 – I’m sure you have seen this already, but just in case you haven’t… (via) Update (9 March 2010): Also see this link.
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Conscientious Extended
Longer articles and interviews about fine-art photography and extended interviews with its leading practitioners.
A Conversation with Mark Steinmetz
Having spent a lot of time with Mark Steinmetz’s books South East and Greater Atlanta, I was curious about the history and photographer behind the work. So I asked Mark for an interview, and much to my delight he agreed to it.
By Joerg Colberg | Dec 8, 2009