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Photoland is awash with angst over AI

Colin Patnall re-wrote this meme for al those panicked about the death of “photography”.

A Pound of Pictures, by Alec Soth

Alec Soth: A Pound of Pictures from Fraenkel Gallery on Vimeo.

In a video made in connection with A Pound of Pictures, his book from MACK and accompanying exhibition, Alec Soth talks about his process for working on the series. Soth explores “the different ways in which photographs live in the world,” as objects that reflect “the desire to memorialize life.” Soth also describes his approach to deciding what to photograph, by paying attention to what attracts him to certain scenes and subjects. Learn more: https://fraenkelgallery.com/exhibitions/alec-soth-a-pound-of-pictures

Panel Discussion at BIFB 2021

Here is the entire recording of the panel discussion at BIFB 2021, along with the other members of MPC

Japanese Pizza Toast?

Learn a little about a uniquely Japanese food called Pizza Toast.

Video by Craig Mod.

People, Power & Photography

A one hour long video that explores, people power, photography. Some interesting insights in this.

Richard Misrach’s Borderlands

Three early influencers on my creative endeavours are, Richard Misrach, Robert Adams, and Frederick Sommer.

Misrach’s work still evokes amazing beauty while challenging ideas about our own humanity and politics. Richard Misrach’s books and Robert Adams books, are well represented in my library.

Emmet Gowin’s Keynote.

I list Emmet Gowin as an influence in my student years. He traveled to Australia to give a series of master classes and lectures in the 1990s. I was lucky enough to attend these. I was delighted then to see this keynote address he gave at Click 2020; posted online recently.

World’s First Photography Exhibition In Space!

BJP's Exhibition in space — Screen grab of BJP’s Exhibition in space

The British Journal of Photography has launched an exhibition in space. It is a 45 minute screen based exhibition beamed from above the earth.

From their website, about the exhibition.

Drawn from Portrait of Humanity, a movement seeking to prove there is more that unites us than sets us apart, the exhibited images showcase the many faces of communities across the world, celebrating humanity in its countless variations.

While the global pandemic forces museums and galleries to remain closed, the film should remind us of our universal bonds, despite being forced apart, with vivid images slowly scrolling across a framed-screen, exhibited against the backdrop of our collective home below.

Stephen Shore

Stephen Shore’s new book is being marketed heavily.

Here Mack books UK have published a long interview with the photographer.

I’ve always enjoyed the way he talks about picture making and cameras, this is no exception.

Digital Printing?

This Yale website has archived an exhibition about printing.

From the site. https://printedpicture.artgallery.yale.edu/

This site explores an exhibition on the history of the printing of pictures held at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 2008-09. This exhibition and the book that it accompanied traced the dominant technologies used for printing pictures throughout the modern era. Richard Benson, who wrote the book and co-curated the exhibition, was videotaped for approximately eight hours in the Museum galleries. This site gives access to that entire talk with additional images and details, allowing visitors to the site to draw their own path through its contents.