Samuel Fosso Post Colonial Self Portraits

We may be too far away to enjoy the full exhibition, but I'm really chuffed to see the retrospective of Samuel Fosso doing the rounds, and in turn increase the visibility and appreciation of this artist. Right now Fosso's work is in Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, with the first-ever large scale retrospective of the French-Cameroon photographer's... Continue Reading →

Macro People

As we are winter break, I thought I'd add a fun photo piece into the mix. I do hope you like these images, and see the creativity in David Gilliver's images!  By Steven Brocklehurst, BBC Scotland News David Gilliver's entry in this year's British Photography Awards was a picture of a summer holiday with a difference.... Continue Reading →

Photography Emulating Art

There are artists who have emulated artwork among us; some of this came to the height of it's conception during photography's modern/postmodern transition and the concept of reproduction; Andy Warhol, Sherri Levine, Richard Prince and Cindy Sherman to name just a few. For some like Sherri Levine and Richard Prince, the idea was copying the... Continue Reading →

Photographer Natacha de Mahieu visualises the impact of overtourism

My photo history class, Survey of Photography, is starting to explore colonialism in photography and how that morphed into travel photography when I came across this article by Rebecca Liu, "Wish you weren't here". How perfect would it be, how perfect to tie in Stillfried and Brady and the photo craze that created Japonism with the... Continue Reading →

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