Photography Now

by Jonathan Blaustein They say nothing is certain but death and taxes. (Whoever ever they are, that is.) To that short list, I’d add another constant: change. Take people, for instance.

Bryan Schutmaat is a photographer I’ve admired for a long time. Recently, at FORMAT13, Schutmaat presented a short photofilm as part of our festival closing ceremony, showcasing his brilliant series Grey the Mountain Sends.

Marnya Rothe is a Sydney-based photographer who uses her camera to explore themes of feminism, sexuality and voyeurism.

August Sander (1876-1964) was one of the 20th century’s greatest photographers. He spent his early career as a commercial portraitist in Linz, Austria, but began the huge group of photographs for which he is best remembered after 1904 or so, when his pictures underwent a change in style. Where he had once flattered the vanity of his subjects with beautifying effects, his new work was cool, remorselessly detailed, analytical and penetrating, a kind of counterpart, sharply Germanic in tone, to the expressive realism of the Frenchman Eugene Atget.

The New York Times spent months and had an entire team working on the creation of Snow Fall, and it shows. But what if I told you that you could recreate the same interactive experience in just about an hour?

Nadia Maria is a photographer from Sao Paulo, Brazil, she started taking pictures when she was 7/8 years old, photographing her dolls, films have always been her favorite game. Since then she studied,and explored photography.

Broomberg & Chanarin: It began with a lucky accident. We stumbled across a remarkable object - Brecht’s personal bible. It caught our attention because it has a photograph of a racing car glued to the cover.

Creative Director: Stephen Scoble

Design Director: Patricia Sanchez

Director of Photography: Fredrika Stjarne

Deputy Photo Editor: Anthony LaSala

Photographer: Martin Morell

In 1955, Marc Riboud left for what was to become a three-year trip east, vers l’orient, traveling to Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China, Japan… Thirty years old, Henri Cartier-Bresson became a mentor during that time. “I often found letters from Henri waiting for me at General Delivery in Kabul, in Jaipur, in Madras, in Ahmedabad, or in some Indonesian city whose name I forget.”

Through June 1, 2013, the Galerie Particulière is presenting the series Sleeping Beauties (under the title “Museums” by German photographer Friederike von Rauch.

Since his teen years, Hoshi has been obsessed by the nightlife of the urban entertainment districts of Tokyo; the vulgar neon signs, the dark trash-filled alleys, and the backdrop of human drama taking place both inside and outside the clubs and bars.  Haruto Hoshi was born 1970 in Kanagawa and educated at Contemporary Photography Research Institute.

Zoos are born with intent informative to know and understand animal breeds otherwise unattainable. I wonder today what sense the life of an animal that is born, grows and dies in a cage by the boundaries.

Given an unedited batch of photos from a recent family vacation, Google+ can narrow the images down to what it determines are the best shots.

We take thousands of pictures nowadays, but do we still cherish them?

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) was one of the most well known and respected photographers in America in the thirties. He worked primarily in Southern California as a Hollywood and studio portraitist and later taught his methods and ideas to younger generations. (See Larry Lytle's online biography of Mortensen.) Mortensen's obscurity today is mainly due to his championing of Pictorialism, a force within photography that promoted retouching, hand-worked negatives, chemical washes, and an artistic, painterly approach that soon faded with the advance of modernism.

Brakhax2. It is a formation of two people, father + son, 4 eyes and 2 brains, that choose to express ourselves at every level. From the right side of reality. The strength and expression of our relationship starts there.