Cole Robertson, Chicago, IL
From the project 'WWErotic', an aestheticized re-imaging of professional wrestling.

"We do not exist in isolation, yet so many photographs, supposed to be portraits, show us alone. We flow through time and are not frozen as a photograph is frozen. An archetypal analogy for life is the river. If Narcissus were to look at his image in a photograph instead of in a river he would not find a true representation of this process of dynamic change that is himself. The mirrored image changes with us, the photograph does not. "

Taken from 'Apparitions: A Meditation on the Portrait in Photography' by James McArdle an article I stumbled upon and enjoyed that can be found here.


And in other notes I'm posting a heads up that Erik Weeks has a book of portraits of his wife, now out and available to the masses, called "World Was in the Face of the Beloved". One may check it out and/or purchase it at Photo-eye.

James McArdle, Castlemaine, Australia
"Good On You Mum" from the project Consolation.

Maciek Jasik, Brooklyn, NY.
Antonio, Jessica.

Raoul Benavides, Minneapolis, MN
A sweet blend of everyone and nobody

Simple observations that resonate.
Like a poetic crime scene: a spray of rose petals... tracks leading to an edge... a flood lamp in the night.


Ps- finally updated the links again!!

Bryan Lear, Brooklyn, NY (by way of Chicago)
Glove, Waukegan, Illinois

Barrett Emke, Lawrence, KS
Roses

Ryan Barone, Rochester, NY
Untitled (Pile), 2008

Felt it had been a while (maybe not... but I am a portrait fan) since my last straight forward portrait post. Thought these 3 felt good together.

Lucius A. Fontenot, Mamou, LA,
Cedric Watson, 2007

Lee Grant, Australia
Molly

Frank Tribble + Tracey Mancenido, Stone Ridge, NY
Keith, Napa Valley. 2007

A post regarding family... looking back at or into our relationships with our parents.

Lindsey Castillo, Brooklyn, NY
From the project "Mater"

Stephen DiRado, Worcester, MA
Dad with Alzheimer's

Jack Stadtlander, NJ
Transparency

Apologies for not posting anything this week. I have been home with a flu since Wednesday. With that said.. apologies for not making an appearance at "31 Under 31" a group show that opened tonight that I had work in. It's been a lame week to say the least. More next week. Stay tuned.

It's been dawning on me lately that I have a pretty large pool of photos in my inbox and though I've looked at all of them, I haven't been able to get back to some of them for weeks, if not months, to find a wanderlustagraphy theme that pieces them all together again. For those of you that have sent work in and haven't seen it... I'm trying my best to get to it. We can try a few different methods for alleviating the back up. Send in more work/new work (just to refresh my memory if it's been a while since your first email) or perhaps suggest a mini-theme for the following week (s) that could incorporate your work and/or another photographers that you know. It's in my hopes that I am posting new / interesting work. I am open to feedback, comments, criticism, etc.

On a non-photo note, I just saw the Magnetic Fields play a sold out show at Town Hall in NYC and it was awesome.

And on a photo-note, there have been some really good openings in NYC lately. If you are around this Thursday, I highly recommend heading to Peter Hay Halpert Gallery for Martine Fougeron's solo show "Tete-a-Tete" and to Hasted Hunt for Paolo Ventura's solo show, "Winter Stories".

AND last but not least, on Wednesday, the 27th, Summer Kemick and Michael Kwiecinski are showing at the 2nd floor Gallery @ SVA: 214 E. 21st St. 2nd Fl. Btwn 2nd and 3rd ave.


© Image: Summer Kemick

Poem for a Thursday


Through frozen rice fields,
moving slowly on horseback,
my shadow creeps by
-basho

Joseph Tripi, New York
Storm Warning, 2007

Luis Belmonte Díaz, Warsaw, Poland
From the series Zima (Winter), 2007

Chris Schedel, Chicago
Flagged Garage: Bartlett, Illinois, 2007

Its pushing towards the end of the afternoon on a Friday and I'm feeling weighted... still recovering from my post-vacation weariness, from a busy work week and from the cold... perhaps due to this, was enjoying the following photographers work that feels a little heavy. I'm not entirely sure of the background stories on all of these... but they feel personal... a tad on the poetic side... and psychological. They work well as a series, so make sure to look through their websites.

Joseph Rynkiewicz, Chicago, IL
Untitled from the Project "Three Years Later"

Catharina Kousbroek, Utrecht, The Netherlands
From the Project "Genuine"

Mirjam Tonnaer, Utrecht, The Netherlands
From the Project "To Be Continued, the integration of ex-convicts"

A wanderlustagraphy post about youth? or perhaps it's about activity in midst of a landscape. I'm not sure... but I enjoy how playful they are.

Hope you enjoy.

-Amy

PS- The wanderlust bug has finally gotten the best of me. I won't be updating next week.
I'll be flying down South this Saturday to get into some trouble. It's Mardi Gras in Cajun Country. Aaaaeeeiiii.

Nina Hartmann
Shark Valley

Kristoffer Tripplaar, Washington DC
"North American Wife Carrying Championships" from the series "America: An Excessive Satire" Bethel, Maine

Jennifer Huxta, Philadelphia, PA / frequents Paris
Sologne, May 2005

"Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones."
William Shakespeare


Destruction of the land...
The great ones.. eat up (the land) of the little ones.
These photographers are exploring the altered landscape left behind.

Pablo Lopez, Mexico City
From the series "Terrazo: Views of Mexico City"

Daniel Shea, Baltimore
Untitled, From the project 'On Coal and Appalachia'

Andreas Fragel, Düsseldorf

Last night in the New York area it was forecasted to snow up to 6". I awoke excited to see the blanket of fresh snow over my dirty Brooklyn neighborhood and all I found was rain.

Today's post is in response to my disappointment.

It's forecasted to snow tonight. We'll see what happens.


ps- I finally updated my wanderlustagraphy link section. Sorry for such delay!

Timothy Briner, Booneville, USA
In Search of America, Part 3

Justin James Reed, PA
Idaho Springs, Colorado . 2004

Grant Ernhart b.St. Cloud, Minnesota / Currently San Francisco, CA.
From the series I Trust You'll Take Care

For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?
~Khalil Gibran (from Death XXVII)

A mini-curated update on death and dying... organic structures... and life cycles..
in a subtle or not so subtle combo.

I don't have a bold statement for why I wanted these three together and felt they were at home together..
but I just had that feeling in me and went with it.

KEVIN J. MIYAZAKI, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Coffee Mold

Michael Kwiecinski, currently NYC
Golden Tove, From the series Withinnan.

Tealia Ellis Ritter, Chicago
'My Dream Was About a Death' from the project "The Live Creature"

Brandon Holmes, Brooklyn, NY.
'Remains, Sonora County' from the project "Junction"

Open Call for Emerging Women Art Photographers Under 31

"31 Under 31: Young Women in Art Photography"

Entry Deadline: Friday, Jan 25th, 2008.
Exhibition Dates March 1, 2008 -March 29, 2008
No Submission Fee

On March 1, 2008, in honor of Women's History Month, Humble Arts
Foundation (www.hafny.org), in collaboration with Ladies Lotto, will present "31
Under 31: Young Women in Art Photography," a month-long exhibition
celebrating 31 of the most innovative young women in emerging art
photography under the age of 31. The Exhibition is co-curated by Lumi
Tan, Director of Zach Feuer Gallery in NYC, and Jon Feinstein,
Curatorial Director of Humble Arts Foundation, and will take place at
Brooklyn's finest "3rd Ward" ( www.3rdwardbrooklyn.org)

We are now accepting submissions from women photographers under the age of 31.

Submission deadline: Friday, January 25th, 2008

Submission guidelines: 5 – 10 Jpegs, 550 pixels wide @ 72dpi, RGB,
brief bio, CV and artist statement
Send submissions to: 31@hafny.org

We will not consider images sent in stuff'd or zipped files.

There is no submission fee.

Eligibility: Photographers must be female and born after March 1, 1977

Selected photographers will be notified by Friday, Feb 1st, 2008

Art MUST be received ready to hang by Monday, Feb 25th, 2008

Exhibition Dates: Saturday, March 1st, 2008 – Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Venue: 3rd Ward Brooklyn (www.3rdwardbrooklyn.org )


Image: Found Snapshot that seems on theme. Not associated with Humble... but I like it.