Taryn Simon Work from An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar. “In An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar (2007), Simon compiles an inventory of what lies hidden and out-of-view within the borders of the United States. She examines a culture through the documentation of subjects from domains including: science, government, medicine, entertainment, […]
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Naoya Hatakeyama
Friday, 20 March 2026
Naoya Hatakeyama Work from Tsunami Trees. “Tsunami Trees, which Hatakeyama has been working on since 2018 and has culminated in a photobook in 2024, is a group of works documenting the trees and landscapes left behind on the Pacific coast that retain the traces of the tsunami. In 2017, six years after the Great East […]
Taca Sui
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Taca Sui Work from Steles – Huang Yi Project. “The latest body of work collectively titled Steles (2015) focuses on the stone steles that have played such a crucial role in the documentation of the history of China. In this case he was inspired by the late Qing dynasty imperial bureaucrat Huang Yi (1744-1802) who […]
John-David Richardson and Emily Wiethorn
Saturday, 31 January 2026
John-David Richardson and Emily Wiethorn. Work from HERE YOU COME AGAIN. “As individuals, each of us has experienced profoundly traumatic encounters with masculinity, violence, and misogyny. These experiences have left indelible marks, shaping who we are as artists and how we navigate the world. In our individual practices, we each grapple with these complex dynamics, […]
Asger Carlsen
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Asger Carlsen Work from Wrong. “There’s something about a good sci-fi movie that really sticks in your head — especially if you see it during your formative years. I saw Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall in the theaters, so I must have been about 15 at the time. There were certain visuals in that film, ie. the […]
Ricardo Cases
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Ricardo Cases Work from Paloma Al Aire. You can buy the book here. “Ricardo Cases’ third photobook deals with an unusual subject: the practice of pigeon racing in the Spanish regions of Valencia and Murcia, a game consisting of releasing one female pigeon and dozens of male pigeons that chase her trying to get […]
Steven B. Smith
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Steven B. Smith Work from The Weather and a Place to Live. “…His work is by turns humorous and piteous, elegiac and ironic, and cumulatively very powerful for he has shaped an essay from aesthetically elegant, delicately nuanced pictures that are pitch perfect, in the spirit of the American West and in keeping with its […]
Michael Schmelling
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Michael Schmelling Work from Atlanta Revisited. “Michael Schmelling’s Atlanta is a photographic tour through that city’s hip-hop scene, arguably the most influential music community of the past decade. And while Atlanta (out November 1 from Chronicle Books) includes interviews with big names such as Outkast’s Big Boi and André 3000, Ludacris and The-Dream, Schmelling focuses on the […]
Alain Delorme
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Alain Delorme Work from Totems. “the images were captured during two art residencies (supported by ailing foundation) de lorme participated in shanghai throughout 2009 and 2010. fascinated by migrants’ loads, he has photographed piles of stacked ‘made in china’ products which form unusual sculptures, symbols of a form of fetishization of the objects themselves. the […]
Taryn Simon
Friday, 30 July 2010
Taryn Simon Work from Contraband. “Passengers, airliners, workers, baggage, cargo, taxis and trains flow ceaselessly through Kennedy International Airport. Taryn Simon recorded another ceaseless flow — one the public rarely sees: contraband detained and seized from international flights. Ms. Simon, 35, a Guggenheim fellow who lives in New York, spent five days and nights at […]