Andrej Tarkovskij’s „Lichtbilder. Die Polaroids“ has long been one of my favorite little books. Two days ago Heidi Romano shared a link where you can find a great collection of Tarkovskij’s polaroids online. There are more images than in the book, but not the accompanying poems. Look here.
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Anders Petersen
„Photography is not really about photography. It is about longings and dreams, nightmares and wants and memories. … Without longing no picture at all.“
Video interview with Anders Petersen
Swedish photographer Anders Petersen talks about his practice. Recently he has been working in London’s Soho district as part of The Photographers Gallery’s Soho Projects.
(via Urbanautica)
Martin Parr’s booklist
This has been going around the blogosphere for a few days now, but just in case you have missed it: here is uber-collector Martin Parr’s list of the best books of the decade. Of the whole bunch I only own the Soth’s „Sleeping“.
How do you edit your work?
„I deconstruct them in different ways. I deconstruct them as a whole and I deconstruct them as parts. Imagine you have three variations of one picture. Sometimes, the first thing I do is that I look at them upside-down. And if it looks balanced, it seems to work. So in a way you look at pictures on an abstract level. I have four or five variations turned upside-down and at that point I can already tell which one works best. Sometimes you have two or even three left. Then you deconstruct them on a personal level. You think: “Well, this one bothers me!” or “this one annoys me!” because one person draws too much attention and then I skip this one out. And finally one is left. So it is a kind of two-ways-decomposing – on a total abstract level and on a personal, concrete level.“
Raimond Wouda, go to Rocketscience for the full interview by Andreas Till.
Ben Huff – The last road north
Take a minute to watch Ben Huff’s project about Alaska’s Dalton Highway and consider helping if you can.
Christopher Anderson
Check out Christopher Anderson’s project Son (via Youngna)!
Excerpt from his LOOK3 workshop description:
The importance of the INDIVIDUAL as a photographer, his or her history, experiences and background are all integral to how the photographer sees.
Through critiquing, photographing, editing and sequencing, we will explore the path to your vision as an author. Together, we will build on defining your photographic voice in ways that push beyond the boundaries of single image making. We will concentrate on emotion and narrative rather than the mechanics of pretty pictures. It is my hope that you come away from this workshop changed in how you view your own photography and with a clearer understanding of who you are as an author.
On a somewhat related note watch this:
Girl Walk // All Day from jacob krupnick on Vimeo.
(via The Jackanory).