Entries from June 2007
June 30, 2007
© Joey Lawrence
Impressive work by Joey Lawrence a very young photographer (only 17 yr old) located in Ontario, Canada. Browse the galleries, and you will be amazed on the diversity and quality of his talent.
Art is in your perception of things. An art gallery is only ink on paper displayed in fancy frames until you look at it and perceive it through your own experiences. Each reaction is different and no excuse is needed. My work is not complete until you view it.- Joey Lawrence
© Joey Lawrence
Miguel Garcia-Guzman
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June 26, 2007
June 23, 2007
Child trafficking in Gabon © Kalpesh Lathigra
From Native Americans to the Anglo-Afgan war to the Tsunami "after" landscapes to people portraits to child trafficking in Africa, the work of Kalpesh Lathigra is just fascinating.
Kalpesh Lathigra was born in 1971 in London. Kalpesh studied Law at University before dropping out to pursue photography. He went to the London College of Printing to take a Postgraduate Diploma in Photojournalism and was awarded The Independent Newspaper's Photography Scholarship, after spending a year on staff he turned freelance working for national newspapers until 2000 when he was awarded a 1st prize in the World Press Photo (Arts category). He left newspapers in 2000 to concentrate on long term projects. In 2004 Kalpesh was awarded The W. Eugene Smith Fellowship for the “Brides of Krishna” and in 2005 a Winston Churchill Fellowship. Recently Kalpesh has been working on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA looking at the life of the Lakota Sioux tribe. Kalpesh's work has appeared in The Sunday Times Magazine (UK), The Guardian Magazine, The Independent Magazine, Geo, Marie Claire, Le Monde, etc...
Emma Thompson © Kalpesh Lathigra
Lost in the Wilderness © Kalpesh Lathigra
Miguel Garcia-Guzman
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June 19, 2007
© David Sacks
Professional photographer and contributor to Getty Images, David Sacks, not only has exquisite style for his commercial work but also shares a significant amount of his time to work for charities. In turn he uses these images as stock photography for Getty: both sides win. The series "performers" and the images at his website from his work with NGOs is remarkable. If you are interested there is a audio interview with David Sacks speaking about the field of stock photography. David was the winner of the Nikon PDN World in Focus 2007 competition in the category of "The Human Condition".
© David Sacks
Miguel Garcia-Guzman
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June 15, 2007
From the Series Cubelife © Phillip Toledano
Beautiful photography by Phillip Toledano (a.k.a Mr.Toledano). Among all his great work I find particularly interesting the following series:
Cubelife - "I am fascinated with the idea of anonymity and what better place to find it than in a office"-Mr.Toledano
People - "I wanted each shot to be part of a story. As though you'd accidentally picked up the phone, and caught the middle of a conversation"- Mr.Toledano
Marks - "Our skin is like temnporary photographic paper, recording on our bodies the dayly decissions that we make."-Mr Toledano
and Bankrupt , this one published in a book- "When I started shooting bankroupt offices I found it to be more archeology than photography. Everywhere I went I found signs of life, interrupted."-Mr. Toledano
From the series People © Phillip Toledano
From the series Marks © Phillip Toledano
Miguel Garcia-Guzman
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June 11, 2007
For the first time in history, a magazine publishes a series of photographs to illustrate distinct covers of the same issue. Twenty different July covers of Vanity Fair shot by Annie Leibovitz depict major world leaders and celebrities meeting one another in support of Africa, and passing the message to each other in a photographic sequence.
Not only this is in itself an impressive feat for a magazine, but it is also a first for Annie Leibovitz, as the subjects were shot at different times and locations posing in ways to allow for the photo-compositions of the images that illustrate the covers. You can see a video of the photo shoot here.
Such and original idea could come from no other than the great Bono. Listen to Bono speak about the issue here and explaining the purpose of the special issue in the introductory letter.
If you are interested in purchasing an issue with a determined cover, Amazon.com sells them all.
Miguel Garcia-Guzman
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June 9, 2007
© TED
From TED, one of the most incredible technologies I have seen in a long time: Seadragon. It will certainly change the way we interact with digital visual information and will have large impact in the use of photography. The video talk by the author of this software, Blaise Aguera y Arcas -now at Microsoft- is here. If you are using a windows computer you may try Photosynth online with demos of spacial environments using this code.
Blaise Aguera y Arcas created Seadragon (acquired by Microsoft in 2006), the visualization technology that gives Photosynth its amazingly smooth digital rendering and zoom capabilities. Photosynth itself is a vastly powerful piece of software capable of taking a wide variety of images, analyzing them for similarities, and grafting them together into an interactive three-dimensional space. This seamless patchwork of images can be viewed via multiple angles and magnifications, allowing us to look around corners or "fly" in for a (much) closer look. Simply put, it could utterly transform the way we experience digital images.- from TED
Miguel Garcia-Guzman
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June 7, 2007
by Alessandra Sanguinetti
To portray an animal is to name it. Once named it acquires a new life, and then, is spared death. Each sacrifice gives us back a disturbing image of the border we cross when we end a life, and what it entails to have sole dominion over another living creature. It is possible that by exploring the fine line that separates us from what we rule, we may reach a better understanding of our own nature.- Alessandra Sanguinetti
Very interesting work by Alessandra Sanguinetti, describing the interdependence of people and domesticated animals in the countryside of Buenos Aires. With creative composition, frequently from the vantage point of her subjects, the artist acts as a witness of life and death. This work, "On the Sixth Day", was published in a book that I highly recommend. You will find more about Alessandra at American Photo. Unfortunately no website ... but you can see some images of this work here and here. Conscientious also posted other work by the artist here.
Miguel Garcia-Guzman
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June 6, 2007
© Jörg M Colberg
Always a fascinating source of inspiring photography, interesting readings and smart comments. I have not figured out how it is possible for J.M. Colberg to keep his photoblog so active and so charming while working full time as a scientist and building his own excellent body of photographic work ... but this is the skill of the great ones and Conscientious is the reference photoblog for all of us. Thanks indeed for referring Exposure Compensation in the list of favourite photoblogs.
Miguel Garcia-Guzman
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June 4, 2007
© Aleksandra Vajd and Hynek Alt
Beautiful work by Aleksandra Vajd (Slovenia) and Hynek Alt (Czech Republic). Both graduated from the Department of Photography at FAMU in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2001. For the past five years they have been working as a collaborative team. Their work has been featured in group and solo shows at the Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana; , Graz; quartier21/Piroschka, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna; the Czech Center, New York and other venues. In 2004, Vajd and Alt received a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue research at the State University of New York at New Paltz.
Miguel Garcia-Guzman
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