Category: Inspiration
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Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky, OC (born February 22, 1955) is a Canadian photographer and artist known for his large-format photographs of industrial landscapes. Burtynsky’s most famous photographs are sweeping views of landscapes altered by industry: mine tailings, quarries, scrap piles. The grand, awe-inspiring beauty of his images is often in tension with the compromised environments they depict. Exploring the Residual…
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Jonathan Miller
Nowhere in Particular google images Jonathan Miller writing about the book in the Independent the capacity to resolve fine detail is confined to a surprisingly small area of the retina, the fovea, around which visual acuity falls off so steeply that it’s impossible to take in the details of a whole scene at a single…
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John Thompson
!! to update and annotate as relevant to Kyrgyztsan. edited from Wikipedia article Google images John Thomson (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer and traveller. He was an accomplished photographer in many areas: landscapes, portraiture, street-photography, architectural photography. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East, documenting the…
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Martin Parr
Martin Parr (born 1952) trained in photography at Manchester Polytechnic. Described in the past as Margaret Thatcher’s favourite photographer, Parr caused a stir when he tried to join Magnum Photos. The issue was one of integrity. Photographers within Magnum’s ranks guarded their territory jealously and felt that the work that Parr offered was voyeuristic, titillating and meaningless. Parr…
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Harandani Dikko Notes
Mali website a bit claustrophobic La moustiquaire beautiful black and white images through mosquito nets. Can’t download any of the text. Has facebook page.
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Francois_Xavier Gbre Rough Notes
Mali website No artist’s statement or introduction. Very simple white portfolio site. Has links to exhibitions and press releases etc. Tracks review very atmoshperic view of urban decay Mali Militari Mes tissages urbains
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Nii Obodai Rough Notes
Nigeria Wordpress 2012 theme website but the gallery does not work. Artist statement: “My photography is the process of openly expressing what gives me the energy to remain sane and to visualize the art of life as I experience it. My observation is that thought is image and vice versa. Thought is shaped by the mystery…
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Mathua Mateka Rough Notes
Website much too flashy. One very large image that takes ages to load, even on my fast connection, never mind slow ones in Africa. Rolling slideshows etc down right hand side lead to very slow loading large images. Seems to be trying to use the most jazzy tools for photo galleries. But very confusing…
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Dillon Marsh Rough Notes
South Africa landscape website Themed series of mostly fairly muted colour images of diamond and copper mines, pathways and trees in landscape. Biography: I was born in Cape Town in 1981 and I continue to live there today. I received a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from the University of Stellenbosch and during the course of…
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Emeka Okerere Rough Notes
Nigeria website Much more voyeuristic and less engaged than eg Michael Tsegaye. Performance photography, Artist’s statement Emeka Okereke born in 1980 is a Nigerian photographer who lives and works between Africa and Europe, moving from one to the other on a frequent basis. He came in contact with photography in 2001. He is a member…