“The ideology and apparatus of apartheid and the overwhelming power of the state to crush opposition became ever more present in our lives.” Some Afrikaners Photographed, 1975 – Some Afrikaners Revisited, 2006 By David Goldblatt, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2006 I was born and grew up in Randfontein, a gold-mining town 40 kilometres west of […]
Gay Burke, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, October 28, 1973 As a collection, the Polaroids are remarkable in their consistent and determined attitude. They are bald presentations of individuals without mannerism or style and yet they are distinct, they are compelling, and their directness is palpable. By Jane Tormey, originally published in Afterimage, July 1, 2003 During […]
Bruce Gilden – Picnic with a Gangster. Брюс Гилден не перестает удивлять. ASX CHANNEL: Bruce Gilden
Getting out of the truck, this place felt like being taken back in time. By Shelby Lee Adams, 2007 In the early ’80’s I was taken to visit the Napier family by a local preacher and friend Wayne Riddle from Leatherwood. I was advised not to drive my car, as the roads were rough. […]
“But since I work in a spontaneous way, I have to be a little bit sneaky because I don’t want them to know that I’m going to take a picture of them.” Interview with Bruce Gilden, PBS, The Arts Show EGG: How do you describe yourself as a photographer? Bruce Gilden: I guess I’d be […]
From the Working series By Gregory Crewdson A family of three carefully unfolds rolls of sod onto their barren front yard transforming it into a small domestic oasis. A man ascends a bare, undersized tree in an absurd attempt to prune its dead leaves. A young boy sits on his Big Wheel holding a toy […]
In the American West is a complicated stew composed of various ingredients. While Avedon certainly addresses Western myths and refers to the artists who visualized them, his photographs also act as social commentary and as an affirmation of his own photographic style. Stylistic Trials and Documentary Tribulations in Richard Avedon’s In the American West […]
Wealth can make people insensitive. I’ve always promised myself I would never let that happen to me. By Anita Roddick Last year I crossed the great divide, traveling through rural areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia for my first look at extreme poverty in America. To be poor anywhere is always hard, […]
