San Francisco Photography Conference – SOLD OUT

Hi Everyone – Prof. Betsy Schneider from ASU and I are Co-Chairing this year’s National SPE Conference right here in San Francisco March 22-25, 2012 Intimacy and Voyeurism: The Public / Private Divide in Photography – register now and see you there! Join over 1,000 artists, educators, students and photographic professionals for programming and dialogue [...]

Artist Spotlight: Doug Rickard, A New American Picture

Doug Rickard: A New American Picture, Presented in the exhibition HERE. Pier 24 Photography / May 23rd – December 16th Pier 24, the 28,000 square foot warehouse situated on the scenic San Francsico Bay with an amazing photography collection – has recently posted interviews with their artists. Here, Doug Rickard describes how he utilizes the [...]

Review: The Long Exposure of Francesca Woodman

By: Elizabeth Gumport The New York Review of Books Given that her complete catalogue is composed almost entirely of work she produced as a student, the posthumous critical esteem for American photographer Francesca Woodman is astonishing. Unlike music or math, where precocious displays of talent are not uncommon, photography tends not to have prodigies. Woodman, [...]

New Russian Contemporary Photography: 43 Artists

The first week in September, for the first time ever, 185 photographers — from more than 30 provinces, cities and towns throughout Russia, Ukraine and Belarus — came together for a week-long conference about contemporary Russian photography. Jim Casper of Lens Culture magazine was there and writes: “This great, diverse group of photographers was chosen [...]

Artist Spotlight: Showcasing the “Underknown”

Fototazo has asked a group of 50 curators, gallery owners, blog writers, photographers, academics and others actively engaged in photography to pick two photographers that deserve (more) recognition – the underknown, the under-respected as well as not-appreciated-enough favorites. The series begins with responses from Nicholas Nixon, Matt Johnston, Blake Andrews, John Edwin Mason, Aline Smithson, Colin Pantall, Michael Werner, Liza Fetissova, Laurence Salzmann, Bryan [...]

Artist Spotlight: Jeu de Paume Presents Claude Cahun

This summer I visited a Museum of Photography in Paris, France called the “Jeu de Paume” to see the photographs of queer artist Claude Cahun (neé Lucy Schwob). Known for her sexually ambiguous self portraits, I was honored to learn more about her life, art and activist activities. I know she will be a great [...]