2009-01-01から1年間の記事一覧

End of Semester

I'm almost done with my 3rd semester in Syracuse University. I'm not looking forward to get out here in another year and half.Here are some snapshots of recent, [%7C%7C%7C]Also, I finally made my website, please check it out. www.shimpeish…

From Back Home by Anders Petersen & JH Engstrom

I just ordered this book, "From Back Home" by Anders Petersen & JH Engstrom. I was at Dashwood Books Yesterday and the guy there told me about this book. He said it is really good but has been sold out very quickly. I came back to Syracuse…

Photo Eye Book Store and 101 Billipnaires

Photo Eye BookstoreI stopped by at this bookstore in Santa Fe, NM, during the road trip this summer. I found this book "101 Billionaires" by Rob Hornstraat at this bookstore . It is quite amazing. Then, Today I happened to google this book…

Gingerbread Monument by Klara Kallstrom

Klara Kallstrom http://www.klarp.se/ http://theexposureproject.blogspot.com/2009/05/klara-kallstrom.html

Interesting Photographers

Morten Andersonhttp://amadorgallery.com/Morten_Andersen.html Morten Andersen (b. 1965), who studied at the International Center of Photography in New York, made an installation of his book of black-and-white photos, Days of Night (2003). H…

Recommendation from Rose

Thanks. Rose.Jacob Aue Sobolhttp://www.auesobol.dk/ InfoJacob is a nominee at Magnum Photos. Yossi Milo Gallery in New York and Diemar/Noble Photography in London also represent him.Jacob was born in Denmark, in 1976 and grew up in Brøndby…

アートな事情・ワークショップ —海外の現代アート環境を探る

僕がプロのアーティストを目指し始めた頃、実際にアーティストとして活動し、作品から収入を得ている方に出会うまで、いったいどうやったらプロのアーティストになれるのか、作品を売って生活すると行っても一体それがどうしたら可能なのか、この世界の仕組…

video work

I've made a few video work this semester. First, I tried to make a photo slideshow, then video montage. I'm hedding towards more simple format now. I'd like to treat each footage as one photograph with motions.I appreciate your feedback. W…

Interesting book? or not?

I've been researching on photographers who takes picture of ordinary subject matters. To do that, I have been checking out a lot of artists book from Syracuse University Library. And I've noticed that this one book comes up in the search l…

Haruki Murakami's new novel "1Q84" out on May 29th.

Haruki Murakami's new novel "1Q84" out on May 29th in two volumes. I'm very excited.メディア: クリック: 2回この商品を含むブログを見る

Doug DuBois: All the Days and Nights now available at aperture

My professor Doug DuBois has published a book from Aperture. Now it is available for purchase through their online store(http://www.aperture.org/books/books-new/doug-dubois-all-the-days-and-nights.html)He has showed me a copy before and th…

Frieze and ArtForum

Both Frieze and Art Forum are art magazines I'm subscribing. One of the great thing about them is you can access to their current and past article electronically on their wesite if you subscribe them.This is very useful if you want to rese…

Drums sing

I love this current post rock/math rock scene that is happening internationally. A lot of them have incredeible musical skills and sensibility to new sound.JapanToe Mouse on the Keys té Irelandenemies http://www.myspace.com/enemiesthebandU…

Feedback on my writing from Professor Yasser Aggour

I got an feedback from my professor Yasser on my essay about Walker Evans, Robert Adams, and Ed Ruscha. One of good advise he gave me was to write about the style of these photogrpahers. I had spend decent amount of the paper discussing th…

Suggested Artists to look at by friends

I only knew Anders Peterson's work out of these artists. His book "Café Lehmitz" is on top of my photography book list to buy. Next time when I go Dashwood books, I must get it...Anyways, Thank you Christopher and Jay for good suggestions!…

村上春樹にご用心

村上春樹にご用心作者: 内田樹出版社/メーカー: アルテスパブリッシング発売日: 2007/09/29メディア: 単行本購入: 6人 クリック: 47回この商品を含むブログ (115件) を見る

New Movie by Jim Jarmusch "The Limits of Control"

The release date has been confirmed as May 22, "in select theatres".I hope this would be good as his earlier films. But question is "Do they screen this movie in Syracuse??"

Awesome website for grants

http://photographygrants.blogspot.com/

Hey, Hot Shot! 2009

Deadline: Friday, May 1, 2009.From the website: “What is Hey, Hot Shot!? Hey, Hot Shot! offers unrivaled opportunities for photographers to have their work promoted online, reviewed by top-notch panelists and exhibited in our New York gall…

W. Eugene Grant

The W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography is presented annually to a photographer whose past work and proposed project, as judged by a panel of experts, follows the tradition of W. Eugene Smith's concerned photography and dedicat…

Henri Cartier-Bresson International Award

The HCB Award is open to photographers of all nationalities who have already completed a significant body of work with an approach close to that of reportage. There is no age limit.The winner must use the prize for carrying out a project w…

New York Photo Awards

New York Photo Awards Submissions will be accepted starting March 2nd through May 1st, 2009. Only works produced or published between January 1, 2008 and April 15, 2009 are eligible for submission. Please visit www.newyorkphotoawards.com f…

Haruki Murakami's new novel "1Q84" out in early summer

Shinchoush has announced that they are releasing now novel by Haruki Murakami, titled "1Q84" early summer of 2009. People are talking that this will be much longer than The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. The title is probably referencing George O…

EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHER GRANT 2009

Information passed by my good friend, Tzu Cheng. Thank you, Tzu Cheng. EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHER GRANT 2009 http://www.burnmagazine.org/emerging-photographers-fund/# A $10,000 grant will be awarded in early 2009 to a worthy emerging photograph…

Philip-Lorca diCorcia "Thousand" @ David Zwirner

One of my favorite photographer, Philip-Lorca diCorcia is having an amazing show at David Zwirner at 525 w. 19th street in Chelsea till March 28. There are 1000 polaroids all placed in a linear sequence. The quality of his photographs were…

Kelli Pennington: website

Kelli is a wonderful photographer with great ability to capture lights, spaces, atomoshere. She studies MFA in Photography at Syracuse University. Recently, she came out with her website. It is very beautiful experience to go through her p…

Call for entries: The Santo Foundation

This is information I got from Takako. Thank you, Takako! The Santo Foundation Call for entry Grants: Two $2500 grants Juror: Paul Ha Eligibility: all undergraduate students, graduate students, emerging artists and the mid-career artists. …

Open Calls: Foam International Photo Magazine

Submission requirements "CALL FOR TALENT 2009!"The winning portfolio will be published in one of the issues. You are a photographer between 18 and 35 years old. The submission period is between the 21st of March and the 17th of May 2009. h…

Hunter College Gallery Tour by Drew Beattie

Today I have attended Gallery tour by Hunter College Professor Drew Beattie. He pointed out a few points to focus on each gallery and went over probabaly 15 galleries. It was very nice good excercise for me to be exposed to current art sce…

Getting a gallery

NYC Art Dealer/Blogger Edward Winkleman has posted interesting topic on his blog about artists and commercial galleries.http://edwardwinkleman.blogspot.com/search/label/getting%20a%20gallery