Showing posts with label aesthetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aesthetics. Show all posts
LensWork Online
I'm honoured that my wood nymph folio set is being featured in the Readers' Gallery of the LensWork Online site, alongside works and portfolios by other very talented photographers. LensWork is a print magazine and online environment filled with resources and musings prepared by Brooks Jensen, the editor/publisher and art photographer. I have been following the iPad version of the LensWork magazine, as well as Brooks' regular podcasts (over 900 of them!) and the Kokoro online publication of his personal art photography work. His musings are succinct and most inspiring, sprinkled with an oriental sensibility with which I find great resonance.
You can view the PDF that was posted on LensWork Online.
To find out more about LensWork and Brooks Jensen's art photography:
LensWork: http://www.lenswork.com
Brooks Jensen's personal art photography website: www.brooksjensenarts.com
Books on books
Below are some of the finest books I've read over the years about book making and artists' books.
Lyrical encaustic artists
While browsing encaustic artists' websites, I came across a few artists whose work resonated with me. The three artists below make use of Japanese washi or rice paper infused with wax, exploiting the paper's translucent qualities. Eisenberg and Guthridge both make use of photos printed with archival pigmented inks on Japanese paper, rendering semi-abstract segmented panels (Guthridge also superimposes panels)—like small windows of time for us to pause and look through. Roland first draws with coloured wax medium on a metal hotplate, then pulls monoprints from the wax layer.
All works evoke zen-like ethereal visual haiku poems, sometimes lit from behind, sometimes suspended away from the wall, fluttering, or mounted behind clear acrylic. The works seem to whisper to us softly in passing... inviting our eyes to touch....
Jane Guthridge
Paula Roland
All works evoke zen-like ethereal visual haiku poems, sometimes lit from behind, sometimes suspended away from the wall, fluttering, or mounted behind clear acrylic. The works seem to whisper to us softly in passing... inviting our eyes to touch....
Jeri Eisenberg
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Jane Guthridge
 The Space Between, Triptych - 4 Source: http://www.janeguthridge.com |
Paula Roland
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| Connecting Dots Encaustic monotype exhibition (backlit) Source: http://http://www.paularoland.com |
Camera Work: The Complete Photographs
Another great art photography book that includes all the photographs published in the 50 Camera Work quarterly journals edited and published by Alfred Stieglitz between 1903 and 1917. It featured the work of Paul Strand and Eduard J. Steichen, among others. The American Photo Secessionists, led by Stieglitz, though part of the Pictorialist movement, had their own take on the future of photography.
In addition to the many photographs, the book includes an informative essay by Pam Roberts entitled Alfred Stieglitz, 291 Gallery and Camera Work in English, German and French. Available on amazon.ca.
Eyemazing: The New Collectible Art Photography
I recently acquired this fantastic oversize book by Eyemazing Susan; it features 423 colour photographs by 130 photographers who were featured in issues of the Eyemazing magazine over the past 10 years.
The Introduction by Karl E. Johnson, as well as the two articles, I Dreams and Memories of a Past Life by Steven Brown, and II Our Body, Our Cage. Our Body, Our Home by John Wood, provide food for thought and wonderment regarding the photography aesthetics of the magazine and its creator.
A great addition to your art library! Available at a great price on amazon.ca.
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