Exhibits to Watch in 2013: Irving Penn's "Underfoot"
© Irving PennIrving Penn was one of the 20th century's pre-eminent portraitists, defining perhaps more than any other photographer the elegant visual style of American fashion magazines like Vogue and...
View ArticleTumblr-Friendly Still Lifes from a Young Dutch Master
Following tastemaker Tumblrs like jesuisperdu makes it clear that still life photography is a major trend among young photographers. This is not exactly a brand-new development: already a year ago,...
View ArticleInterview: Mitch Feinberg On His Boston Magazine Marathon Tribute Cover
Mitch FeinbergWhen the Boston Marathon was attacked last month, the staff at Boston Magazine_ wanted to do something special to honor the victims and pay tribute to a city that had been thrown into...
View ArticleDoubly Nostalgic Photographs
A couple of months ago, I ran some images by a young Dutch photographer, Maurice van Es. I described these images as a kind of new “still life.” Today I’d like to introduce the work of Nico Krijno, a...
View ArticleYour Office Drawer, Re-Configured As Art
Over the past few weeks I've looked at some photographers who have taken an abstract, almost still-life approach to ther work. American photographer Nick Albertson is doing something similar with his...
View ArticleStill Life Photography Jumps the Shark—Or Perhaps Not
© Bela BorsodiI’ve written a few articles over the past few weeks introducing some young photographers who are creating images that could be called “still life.” For better or for worse, this genre has...
View ArticleTravis Rathbone, The Alchemist
Still-life photographer Travis Rathbone has established a signature style by redefining the limits of objects. His visual experiments push commonplace items into new realms: submerged in foreign...
View ArticleRachel Barrett's Unstill Life
Life changes, and with it, so will your art. “It’s called an art practice because you have to practice it,” says Rachel Barrett, 33. Earlier in her career, she criss-crossed the U.S., documenting...
View ArticleIn Focus: Tara Sellios’ Morbid Still Lifes
(If video doesn't load, refresh page)Tara Sellios’ still lifes are simultaneously beautiful and grotesque. Dead animals are broken apart, meticulously arranged among fruit, broken wine glasses or twigs...
View ArticleThree Photographers Reinvent the Classic Still Life
Fine Art These emerging photographers are reimagining an artistic standard How Sarah Anne Ward, Will Styer and Sara Cwynar are revolutionizing one of photography's maintstays…
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