The Democratization of the Photographic Image or How I learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Camera Phone
For the past week I have been working on an essay examining whether mobile phones have affected our choices of subject matter and how we take photographs. During the course of my extensive research for this project I came upon an excellent article written by Erin Jennings, a fine art photographer and faculty member in the University of Memphis Department of Art. Her article entitled ‘The Democratization of the Photographic Image or How I learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Camera Phone’, I have republished it here with kind her permission. (foreword, Joanne Carter). Contributed by Erin Jennings. Erin Jennings is a fine art photographer and faculty member in…
Fascinating Artist Talk With Jeff Wall
This is really quite fascinating, ‘Jeff Wall (b. 1946, Vancouver) is one of the most important and fascinating artists living today, and undoubtedly one of those responsible for establishing photography at the forefront of contemporary art. From his early days to the present – varying in techniques and topics, from street photography in his “near-documentary” style, quotes and complex and original references to art history to reconstructed “cinematographic” style – the distinction between the commonplace and the spectacular is blurred, and the topics of masterpieces are converted to everyday simplicity’. Artist Talk with Jeff Wall from The Sip on Vimeo. Artist Talk with Jeff Wall from The Sip…
