SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Author and Jewish Journal book editor Jonathan Kirsch blogs that his "very first experiment in the deconstruction and interpretation of sexual imagery" took place when, as a child, he found...
Photo Carraol Images of Mexico City (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Tina Modotti 's house in Mexico City. Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti was a beautiful woman, a minor star of the theater and silent film, and a political radical. She was born in Italy in 1896 and lived in San Francisco and Hollywood, then in Mexico City of the 1920s and in Berlin of the early 1930s. For a brief seven years, Tina Modotti, as she is known, also was a fine-art photographer. She made...
Makura no Soshi (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
In order to write didactic text for press prints for Anita Brenner's Idols Behind Altars by Tina Modotti/Edward Weston, I ended up spending the last few days reading Weston's Mexico and California daybooks, Tina Conger's study of Weston's Mexico years, and Anita Brenner's biography, written by her daughter. What I learned: Brenner studied at Columbia with Franz Boas and was a contemporary of Ruth Benedict...
The Simple Blog of Celebrities (Free subscription) | 29/05/2009
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this ain't livin' (Free subscription) | 01/04/2009
copyright meloukhia Over the weekend, I went to hang out at my father’s for awhile, because it has the advantage of not being surrounded by people with dogs, children, chainsaws, and loud stereo systems, which makes it a rather peaceful and relaxing place to be. Also, I’m jealous of his garden, so sometimes I like [...]
Gatochy's Blog (Free subscription) | 30/03/2009
(Clickable Thumbnails) Magritte , Attempting the Impossible, 1926 Helmut Newton Unatributed photo Daniela Edburg , Death by Lifesavers , 2006 Jacques-Henri Lartigue , Renée Perle , 1931 Edward Weston , Tina Modotti , 1924 Frederick Leighton , Flaming June , 1895 Solve Sundsbo for Harper's Bazaar Donna Karan , Romance Blouse Halsman , Marilyn Monroe , 1952 Andreas H. Bitesnich , Alessia, Dominica...
History is made at night (Free subscription) | 27/03/2009
Tina Modotti (1896-1942) is best known as photographer, but her's was one of those lives that joined the dots between different radical and cultural scenes in the first half of the twentieth century. She was born in Udine , Italy, where her father was a militant worker and member of a banned socialist group. Tina had to drop out of school and earn a living as a silk worker in a sweatshop where 'the...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 26/03/2009
BOSTON, MA.- In the decades following the Revolution of 1910, foreign artists and intellectuals flocked to Mexico in order to experience its warm climate and lively cultural scene. They were inspired by Mexico‘s exotic tropical landscape, its ancient monuments and colonial architecture, the work of its modern muralists, and the country‘s indigenous arts and crafts. During two
Art reviw Alex Stalenbertg (Free subscription) | 24/03/2009
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decor8 (Free subscription) | 30/01/2009
Ready for some color and beauty this afternoon? I first heard about Karen Wise, who has photographed weddings, food, still life and portraits for 10+ years, via Oh Joy! and found her work some of the best I’ve seen. Energy, personality, emotion, she captures the most beautiful moments. A RISD graduate, Karen Wise has [...]
MAeX Art Blog (Free subscription) | 24/10/2007
Manuel Alvarez Bravo lived to 100 yrs. old. I remember his photographs as being of the more inspirational images, rich tonalities and profound subjects. Don't you wish you could travel to L.A. this weekend? PICKS: Manuel Alvarez Bravo: "09.15.07-10.31.07 Rose...
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