The ten portraits on the right, shared with us by artist Nancy Burson, are the images that make up her piece, Businessman (10 Businessmen from Goldman Sachs), 1982. While the finished piece is certainly interesting in itself, it is fun to see the different expressions of each businessman before becoming
Artist Jesse Burke is taking over The New Yorker photo department’s Instagram account for one week! Follow Jesse Burke @jesse_burke and The New Yorker @newyorkerphoto. Jesse writes: This is @jesse_burke. Follow along with me and my daughters this week as we travel around New England getting in touch with the natural
Artist and professor Henry Horenstein is the Chief Critic for the Rhode Island Sschool of Design European Honors Program (EHP) this winter/spring. This is the program that helped launch the work of photographer Francesca Woodman, illustrator David Macaulay, and many others. . . The European Honors Program, founded in 1960,
The exhibition, “Frank Yamrus: I Feel Lucky,” opens at the Griffin Museum at the Stoneham Theatre on Thursday, November 14, 2013, with a reception open to the public from 6.30 – 8.00 pm. The Stoneham Theatre is open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 1.00 – 6.00 pm, and one hour before each
Above are some fun photographs from Lori Nix’s studio to give a sense of the scale of some of the dioramas she and her partner, Kathleen Gerber, build for the final photographs. The details are from the following artworks: “Subway,” “Space Center,” and “Chinese Take-Out.” Lori Nix’s solo exhibition, “More
Image: Nancy Burson, “First & Second Male Movie Star Composites (Left: Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart. Right: Richard Gere, Christopher Reeve, Mel Gibson, Warren Beatty, Robert Redford),” 1984, Two gelatin silver prints from computer generated negatives, 7.25 x 8.25 inches (each). Nancy Burson, whose work
Rachel Papo’s photograph, “Piano Lesson,” is included in “Critical Mass Top 50 2012: Color and Light” at the Southeast Museum for Photography in Daytona Beach, Florida from August 18 – October 6, 2013. The exhibition was curated by W.M. Hunt. Papo’s image is part of her series “Homeschooled,” which looks
Yesterday Frank Yamrus wrote about his new self portrait, “untitled (Red 2),” and the (then) pending decision by the Supreme Court concerning DOMA: “Untitled (Red 2)” was made after two landmark cases, Hollingsworth v. Perry, 12-144 (appealing California’s ban on same-sex marriage) and United States v. Windsor, 12-307 (appealing the
From Simone Solondz’s piece on Jesse Burke and his April 2nd lecture at the Rhode Island School of Design: “Daddy, is this where they make clouds?” At the Photography department’s T.C. Colley lecture on April 2, alumnus and adjunct faculty member Jesse Burke MFA 05 PH recalled how his young
Jesse Burke writes: “I use my Instagram account as a visual journal or diary of sorts. I mostly post what my family and I do on a daily basis, which of course includes photos of my children. The new terms of service are not totally surprising knowing that they originated
Forbes India Magazine has a collectors edition flagship issue of 350 pages every year. This year their focus was a comprehensive list of the 100 Richest Indians. I was invited by Anjan Das, Art Director of Forbes, for a really thrilling collaboration. Right this moment India is enthusiastically celebrating Diwali—the
Been traveling from Las Vegas, Nevada to Camden, New Jersey. Last week my current project on U.S. Marshals brought me to South Texas to photograph the daily activities of the deputies who work the border towns. To see all of Brian Finke’s work at ClampArt: http://clampart.com/2012/02/brian-finke/ Blog post by: Brian
From Cortona… The organizers did a beautiful job with the whole festival, and the juxtaposition of my large, modern outdoor prints against the classic architecture is amazing. Good times! See Brian Finke’s blog for more images of his mammoth “Flight Attendants” prints as they are displayed in Italy for the
2.5 years of shooting. 2 days on press in Shenzhen. Lunch at Ikea. . . 1500 copies later, and the new book is complete. Brian Finke’s new series, “Construction,” will be exhibited this fall at ClampArt (September 6 – October 13, 2012). The show will coincide with the release of