Archive for June, 2011

June 14, 2011 Off

Album of the years: can photo albums survive the digital age?

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An evocative survey of photo albums captures the history of American photography – and asks whether we’ll ever impose order on our sprawling digital collections. “When you hold a photo album, you sense that you are in possession of something unique, intimate, and meant to be saved for a long time,” writes Verna Posever Curtis […]

June 8, 2011 Off

A Living Man Declared Dead, and Other Chapters

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Taryn Simon talks about her upcoming photographic exhibition at Tate Modern.   From 1000 Words Photography Blog: Yet another fantastic multimedia production from Tate Shots, this piece on American photographer Taryn Simon (see Susan Bright’s article in #10 of 1000 Words) focuses on her new exhibition at Tate Modern ‘A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters’. Simon […]