Overflow marked an important transition in Takuma Nakahira’s photography, away from the aure, bure, bokeh of the Provoke era, and concretely anchoring his ideas of the Illustrated Dictionary. In person, I’m sure the 5′ x 20′ arrangement of photographs is arresting and captivating. In book form, though, I’m not sure…
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Daido Moriyama: Ango is the third (and last?) collaboration between Daido Moriyama and designer Satoshi Machiguchi, that combines Moriyama’s photographs of cherry blossoms (mostly) with “In the Cherry Forest, Beneath Flowers in Full Bloom,” by Ango Sakaguchi.
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S is a new collection from Tokyo Rumano, published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name at Zen Foto Gallery in early 2018, in which she continues her exploration of self-portraiture. From the press release, S “incorporates theatrical elements, which transforms her self-portraits from a story into a play, performed at her own stage theatre, leading the viewer into another time and space.”
Continue reading “Tokyo Rumando – ‘S’”Lomography Color Negative F²/400 in 120 – two rolls/two cameras
Back in 2010, Lomography bought a jumbo roll color stock from a mysterious Italian film manufacturer, then stuck the film into cold storage in the Czech Republic for 7 years before slicing it up and releasing Lomography Color Negative F²/400 in 35mm back in 2017.
Well, earlier this year, they sent me an invitation to preorder some in 120, and I jumped on it.
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Emulsive’s Film Parties follow a fairly regular schedule: shoot in the first full week of the month, develop in the second, and share in the third, and the #PortraParties are no exception,
Oh well. Better late than never, I guess.
Continue reading “#Portra Party (2)”Feng Li – ‘White Night’
Feng Li’s White Night is the result of 10 years spent roaming the streets of Chengdu, China. Mostly flash-lit, with an unsettling/nauseating green cast to most of the photos, grinning faces of awkward people and pretty people in awkward situations, it’s a collection of the absurd, filled with visual jokes, puns, and juxtapositions.
Continue reading “Feng Li – ‘White Night’”‘William Neill: Photographer – a Retrospective’
William Neill is a capital-L Landscape Photographer, and William Neill: Photographer — a Retrospective shows the best of the best of his incredible body of work.
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