Archive for the ‘landscape’ Category
Old New England
In this Great Recession, we are constantly being reminded of the Great Depression. And when we think of the genre of Depression photos we tend to think of the migrant workers of the rural South and West, the food lines, and the close ups of human misery. But the Depression hit different parts of America differently, [...]
In: documentary, landscape, photography, seascapes · Tagged with: Jack Delano, New England, WInslow Homer
Smaller Than Life
In honor of the World Cup I looked for a woman sports photographer to discuss in this week’s post. I came across Toni Frissell’s work yet again, having stumbled on it while researching Frances Benjamin Johnston on the Library of Congress photographic collections site. Frissell, like Johnston, gave her life’s work to the nation’s library [...]
In: contemporary, landscape, photography · Tagged with: racetrack, Saratoga, Toni Frissell
Rock of Ages
I’ve made this photograph as large as possible on purpose: to approximate its impact. And also, perhaps, to play again with scale, which the photographer Edward Burtynsky manipulates here too. This is one of his “manufactured landscapes,” to quote the title of Jennifer Baichwal’s documentary about his work. Burtynsky is best known for documenting the [...]
In: abstraction, contemporary, environmental art, landscape, photography · Tagged with: Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal
Central Pastoral
The pastoral is an underappreciated genre. I love this photograph by Bruce Davidson, one of a series he made of Central Park. In text and image the pastoral relies on harmony and balance. Here the reflecting lake provides a natural reason for that balance. It fills the center of the composition and it creates symmetry [...]
In: contemporary, landscape, pastoral, photography · Tagged with: Bruce Davidson, Central Park
The Whiteness of the Snow
Back from Portland, where it snowed, to Brooklyn, where it is snowing. As the snow comes down it is light and lovely. It rests gently on the ground and muffles the city streets. It is briefly magical — until the traffic starts up again. In Portland it was treacherous from the start, as cars slid [...]
In: contemporary, landscape, photography · Tagged with: Mount Hood, Ray Atkeson