Photographer and hometown 地元と写真

by Mário Pires 12.05.2012 Photography Now

See on Scoop.it – Photography Now BOOKS AND PRINTS JOURNAL is periodical from the bookshop that photographer Shingo Wakagi owns in his hometown, Hamamatsu Shizuoka. See on ieieiio.com

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Review: Photo Express Tokyo by Keizo Kitajima

by Mário Pires 11.05.2012 Photography Now

See on Scoop.it – Photography Now From January to December 1979, Japanese photographer Keizo Kitajima showed his photographs of Tokyo in a somewhat different way. See on jmcolberg.com

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Perpetuating the Visual Myth of Appalachia – Part One | Walk your camera.

by Mário Pires 11.05.2012 Photography Now

See on Scoop.it – Photography Now On 7 May 2012, CNN published a series by photographer Stacy Kranitz from her body of work entitled “Regression to the Mean.” The series, 16 images in all, caught my attention and raised a series of red flags. Admittedly, I’m hypersensitive when it comes to how Appalachia is, and [...]

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Sarah Moon, Now and Then | La Lettre de la Photographie

by Mário Pires 11.05.2012 Photography Now

See on Scoop.it – Photography Now The new exhibition of Sarah Moon’s work coincides with that of her husband Robert Delpire. Entitled Now and Then, it presents a series of pictures taken throughout her career. A career that began during her career as a fashion model in the 1960’s. See on www.lalettredelaphotographie.com

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Breaking the Image of Mother and Child

by Mário Pires 11.05.2012 Photography Now

See on Scoop.it – Photography Now The front cover of the newest issue of Time Magazine shows a mother breastfeeding a boy who appears old enough to make himself a sandwich. See on visualcultureblog.com

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Saatchi captures the confusion of contemporary photography

by Mário Pires 10.05.2012 Photography Now

See on Scoop.it – Photography Now Sean O’Hagan: The Saatchi Gallery’s messy, sprawling Out of Focus show reveals uncomfortable truths about the current state of photography… See on www.guardian.co.uk

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The Public Mirror | NO CAPTION NEEDED

by Mário Pires 10.05.2012 Photography Now

See on Scoop.it – Photography Now By some accounts the difference between the camera’s lens and the mirror is the difference between art and nature. But what happens when we photograph the mirror’s gaze? What do we see? See on www.nocaptionneeded.com

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