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November, 2011 Monthly archive

As you know – I admire a minimal aesthetic – simplicity, combined with a good idea and brilliantly executed. These days we often view work only online and miss out on the exhibitions and the presentation of the work, due to living in a different city/country. I think we all agree it is one thing to be able to see the images online, but it is something altogether different – to stand in front of the artwork/project itself. While I did not see Will Nolan’s group exhibition (just finished), at Full Spectrum, I was able to explore it online, by the installation photographs. The open space gallery looks amazing and the artwork is stunningly installed for an engaging experience. And while I was not there, I feel like I have gained a better understanding of Will’s work, then if I would only have viewed his online folio.

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When I first saw Juan Margolles “No man’s land” I was not aware that these were photos of Berlin, but after reading his statement I was surprised to learn that indeed they were. “No man’s land” focuses on the portion of land next to the Berlin wall – the “border strip”, also known as Death Row or no man’s land. Since 1961 to 1989, 136 people died trying to cross it. Once an exclusion military zone – with watchtowers, fences with alarms and barbed wire. These days, only minimal parts of that history remain.

Juan Margolles 04 Emotional charge
Juan Margolles 10 Emotional charge
Juan Margolles 07 Emotional charge
Juan Margolles 12 Emotional charge
Juan Margolles 15 Emotional charge

When I came upon Ruben Brulant’s “Primates” I was amazed at how controlled the wilderness can look. Everything looks perfect, every stone is where it should be and every piece of ice floating as if it belongs just there and no other place. Rubens figures only add to the vastness. How small did that person feel lying there, surrounded by thousands and thousands years of creation?

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Danish photographer, Joakim Eskildsen has so many amazing projects a on his website, that it was hard to choose which one to show. You most likely know his images from The Roma Journeys and IChickenMoon that I went left field and selected some of his older work. In these images you can almost feel the wildness, the wind and the strong forces of nature.

joakim eskildsen 01 500x330 Strong sense of weather
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I love old houses. Houses on an angle, which look like the wind might blow over any minute now, but next time you drive past that house is still standing against all odds. So when I came upon the work by Ofra Lapid I simply had to share it. But more then the images in itself, I like the ideas that the images are taken by someone else, then reassembled and rephotographed. (via)

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Last year Kevin got in touch with me – if I wanted to design a book for his online collect.give charity and how could I say no? I love designing books and especially working with photographers, so this was a great project to be part of. I surprised Kevin and designed him a new logo and website to go along with the book. Dalton Rooney of Raygun built the back end and I hope you like it.

The collect.give book features 50 photographs, along with contributed essays by noted curators, writers and photographers. 128 pages, softcover, perfect bound and only $22. In keeping with the collect.give mission I donate 100% of all profits from this book to The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).

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