Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Justin James King
work from the series "And Still We Gather With Infinite Momentum" by Justin James King, 2009
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New Topographics Photograph Site Map
A google maps layout of all of the sites where the photographs were made in the "New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape" show at George Eastman House in 1975. To see the map click here.
The "New Topographics" show was curated by William Jenkins in 1975 and drastically altered the climate for contemporary photography. It featured artists Robert Adams, Lewis Blatz, Joe Deal, Frank Gohlke, Nicholas Nixon, John Schott, Stephen Shore, and Henry Wessel, Jr. The show was one of the most influential photography exhibitions of the medium's history.
John Divola
John Divola - From the series "San Fernando Valley" 1971-73.
The website won't let me share a direct link to those two portfolios, but if you go to the link that I posted and click on the like "1970s" and then "San Fernando Valley" its all there.
A daguerreotype of Phineas Gage discovered by photography collectors - it is the only know photograph of him.
Two photography collectors discovered this daguerreotype thinking it was of a whaler they posted it online. Soon they received many instances of feed back saying that he was not holding a harpoon. Upon further research in conjunction with Harvard and the Smithsonian they discovered that it is in fact a photograph of Phineas Gage (the famous neurological case.) It is the only known photograph of him and it was due to the clarity of the daguerreotype that they were able to read the inscription to make the connection. Please read the article here.
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