Tickle Your Fancy – #8
Welcome back to our eighth post in our new section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’. We launched this eight weeks ago and it’s already becoming very popular. ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ includes a round-up of five links to articles from around the internet that have specifically interested us during the course of the week. Ones that we feel are relevant to your interest in photography and art.
Just to explain the title for this section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ is an English idiom and essentially means that something appeals to you and perhaps stimulates your imagination in an enthusiastic way, we felt it would make a great title for this new section of the site.
We hope you enjoy this weeks selections…
© Ophelia Wynne
Behind the Scenes: The Photography of Modernist Cuisine
A totally inspiring and fabulous article pertaining to a book illustrating dynamic photographic techniques including high shutter speeds, short flash duration strobes combined with composite work of multiple ‘tosses’ of the cooking pans and more, to create the most incredible food images.
Ophelia Wynne – British Documentary Photographer And The Fountain of Youth
I find Ophelia Wynne inspiring in so many ways, she dropped out of school at 14 (not that that’s anything to be proud of, I know) but after having a wild time around Suffolk and Stoke (is that possible?), well apparently it is, she went on to attend Nottingham Trent University in 1995 and by 1999 she was shooting for The Face. She’s currently exhibiting at The Other Club a pop-up club for women of all professions in Central London (Slut Night is in my diary). Her photographic style is unique, definitely ‘in your face’ and not sexy, as such.
Straight Faces/Old Photographs
PetaPixel ran an interesting article this week, if you’ve ever wondered why people never smiled in old photographs. One reason, perhaps unsurprisingly is a class issue. According, to PP’s research ‘by the 17th Century in Europe it was a well-established fact that the only people who smiled broadly, in life and in art, were the poor, the lewd, the drunk, the innocent and the entertainment’. Having discussed this with my partner Kevin Carter, Technical Writer for the British Journal of Photography amongst others, he explained that there was a social issue but perhaps more importantly there was a technical issue too, unless the photographer was using flash, you’d always get blur with the shots and the pose would have to be held for quite a duration, meaning that a smile may have looked quite insincere by the end of it!
David Alan Harvey – Interview With Magnum Photographer
David Alan Harvey is a naturally talented photographer, he’s worked on various projects including travelling the world shooting for National Geographic and picking up the Magazine Photographer of the year award too. He joined the Magnum family in 1997.
He’s just published a new book (based on a true story) and it looks really stunning. Don’t miss this interview.
Copyright Suit Wins Photographer $32K
Jason Sheldon a British Photographer has just won $32k/£20k over a stolen image that was used in an ad at a Nottingham nightclub. When he first discovered the theft he was offered $242/£150 from the company. He took the case to court and agreed an out of court settlement of the above.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
2 Comments
Laurence zankowski
Joanne,
I go off to look at Ophelia’s piece, come back, okay, great to read about a kid who gets saved with camera. Jump into David’s piece get stunned at the level of excellence at such an early age, the whole change of view in the midst of his hedonistic ways. Btw, my family was hit with polio, the hurt that goes so far beyond physical. But back to my note. I then click on the Happy Hardcore link, and wham I am smiling, so much good stuff in this tickle your fancy.
Side note, i think i told you i shot over 30 hours of life while in Dakar, hundreds of photos, when i read David’s journey, my musical tastes fit right in. I was so open to all musical genres. When you don’t have money all you have are dreams and sound…
Be well,
Laurence
Joanne Carter
Thank you Laurence for your feedback, you’re always so thorough and I love it. So sorry to hear about polio affecting your family so profoundly, I understand. Jx