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Meet the Re-Design Mastermind: Tim Gasperak

Mar 16, 2010 – I mentioned earlier that the re-design of this website would have been impossible without Tim Gasperak, so I want to use this opportunity to introduce you to Tim and his work. (more)

General Culture

“Driveby culture and the endless search for wow”

Mar 16, 2010 – My friend Mark sent me the link to an article called Driveby culture and the endless search for wow. I think I want to say a few things about this, because, in part, it is related to what I often hear about photography online. (more)

General Culture, General Photography

Nieman Reports Spring 2010: Visual Journalism

Mar 16, 2010 – The Spring 2010 edition of Nieman Reports focuses on “Visual Journalism: Fresh Approaches and New Business Strategies for the Multimedia Age” - photojournalism in the age of the internet. As a contributor I’m in very illustrious company. The articles are all online, have a peek!

Contemporary Photographers

Gayle Chong Kwan

Mar 16, 2010 – Gayle Chong Kwan is another artist to have re-done Caspar David Friedrich’ The Sea of Ice (also see Hiroyuki Masuyama). Yes, this is cheese. (thanks, Sara!)

General Photography

A Conversation with Bill Hunt

Mar 15, 2010 – The Houston Center for Photography (HCP) is currently showing RE: groups - American Photographs Before 1950, selected from W.M. Hunt´s Collection Blind Pirate. HCP approached me about doing an interview with Bill for the current edition of SPOT Magazine, and of course I was thrilled about the idea. The outline was to produce “a 1,000 word dialogue on the subject,” and at the end of the day, we only overshot the target by 500%. The current edition of SPOT Magazine contains an abridged version of the conversation, you can find the full piece on Conscientious Extended.

Contemporary German Photography

Andrea Engelke

Mar 15, 2010 – Andrea Engelke’s Ohrenbetäubende Stille [deafening silence] portrays people suffering from chronic pain.

Various

What’s new?

Mar 14, 2010 – Unless you’re reading this blog through its RSS feed, you probably noticed that the website looks very different now. I want to talk about what is different and why, so that you can get the most out of this blog. The first thing to note is that while shorter posts are displayed in their entirety on the main page, longer posts aren’t. You access longer posts by clicking on their titles. From now on, I’ll indicate that there is more to read by using (more)

Various

Administrative Notice: The Redesign

Mar 14, 2010 – There is going to be a redesigned, new version of this 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. 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.

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.

Art

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.

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Conscientious Extended

Longer articles and interviews about fine-art photography and extended interviews with its leading practitioners.

A Conversation with Bill Hunt

The Houston Center for Photography (HCP) is currently showing RE: groups - American Photographs Before 1950, selected from W.M. Hunt´s Collection Blind Pirate. HCP approached me about doing an interview with Bill for the current edition of SPOT Magazine, and of course I was thrilled about the idea. The outline was to produce “a 1,000 word dialogue on the subject,” and at the end of the day, we only overshot the target by 500%. The current edition of SPOT Magazine contains an abridged version of the conversation, here is the full piece. Click on the images on the side to see larger versions. (more)

By Joerg Colberg  |  Mar 15, 2010

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