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Artist statements: the bane of almost every artist’s existence!
Maybe it’s because artists are such visual thinkers, or maybe because it’s literally impossible to translate between mediums. Whatever the reason, writing a new statement is enough to make anyone pull out their hair. Am I right?
The Sony World Photography Awards is widely recognised as the leading global photographic awards programme in existence today.
Launched in 2008, the awards are dedicated to supporting and cultivating photographic culture. Through a range of annual competitions, we hope to discover new talent in the world of photography and moving image.
In a year that saw over 122,000 entries from 170 countries – the highest number of submissions to date – the judges have selected a shortlist of photographs that stood out beyond all others for their impressive high quality, originality and modern appeal. Topics ranged from haunting shots of the Syrian conflict to the Obama presidential campaign; an intimate study of cinema-goers in Kabul to quirky and witty shots of the animal kingdom.
Don’t you hate it when you can’t remember your dreams? To prevent that nagging feeling you could take a hint from photographer Ronen Goldman, who recreates his dreams through surreal photographs.
The Israeli artist writes down his dreams and spends up to months at a time recreating them to the last detail. If the mesmerizing results don’t quite make sense to you… that’s the point. Goldman wrote in an e-mail to the Huffington Post: “I don’t always fully understand the meaning of these images — much like dreams, they sometimes reveal themselves only months after being created.”
Kyle Thompson was born in Chicago on January 11th, 1992. He began taking photographs at the age of nineteen after finding interest in nearby abandoned houses. His work is mostly composed of surreal and bizarre self portraits, often taking place in empty forests and abandoned homes.
The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent and brings their remarkable work to a national audience through The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Deadline: Jan. 4th, 2013
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Lori Nix: Dioramas
Nov 15
In her series “The City,” artist Lori Nix captures a world without humanity on a tiny scale.
Hyper-Photos
Oct 7
Hyperphotos are to panoramic photos what Google Earth is to a globe. You can keep clicking and zooming and clicking and zooming, seemingly endlessly, until you find yourself on a dramatic balcony, looking up a statue’s nose.
At the foremost of this evolving genre is Paris-based photographer Jean-François Rauzier, who has spent the last decade building photos of unprecedented detail. His latest images, which you can see below, are around 10,000 times the resolution of a normal photograph. Even at 66 feet wide, around the size of two school buses, his images are incredibly crisp.
