Sunday, 6 December 2009

Mother knows best?

Dorothea Lange is one of the most eloquent of photographers, her portraits the most seering and moving in photography.

'Migrant Mother' taken during the Great Depression for the Farm Security Administration is one of the best known documenting this tragic period.

In a new biography, reviewed in the Guardian it seems the 'mother' in this iconic photograph wasn't so pleased with the photographer.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/dec/06/dorothea-lange-biography-review

(The above photograph comes from the book 'Family of Man' by Edward Steichen).

Saturday, 5 December 2009

Winter sun


Brighton Pier, 2004
12x14 c-type print

Taken in the evening of Boxing Day 2004.

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Silhouette

anthony jones SILHOUETTE Alison Russell
Silhouette of Anthony Jones by Alison Russell

Last night I went to a private evening opening of a shop in the Burlington Arcade and met Alison Russell who entertained shoppers by hand-cutting their portraits in silhouette.

From Alison I leant that 'silhouettes' are named after Etienne de Silhouette (1709-67), the Controller-General of France who used to 'amuse himself at drawing-room gatherings by cutting profiles from paper'.

This was an inexpensive way of creating portraits which came to an end with the invention of photography.

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

London Art Fair

Now in its 6th year Art Projects has become a must-see part of the Fair. In this area collectors will find solo and group displays and large scale installation from an exciting forum of international galleries drawn from New York, Dresden, Munich, Mexico City and London.

The project by ORDINARY-LIGHT Photography examines the early history of the atomic and nuclear bomb programmes. Rather than simply focus on the bomb itself the project explores the time in which the development of these weapons occurred. Alongside original and vintage photography capturing the moment the bombs exploded are period newspaper clippings, diaries, books, 16mm film and governmental advice given in preparation for a possible nuclear attack.

Photo50 is a showcase for contemporary photography with artists selected by a distinguished panel including Ekow Eshun (Artistic Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts), Anita Zabludowicz (Collector and founder of 176 / Zabludowicz Collection, London), David Campany (writer and lecturer on the history and theory of photography) and a team from Goldsmith's MFA curating programme. Fifty works will be shown - all for sale - and the members of the panel will champion the artists they have nominated.

A Photography Focus Day on Wednesday 13 January will feature a series of discussions and tours dedicated to contemporary photography.

LINK

Sunday, 8 November 2009

Remembrance 2009

War Memorial, CITY OF LONDON photo ANTHONY JONS
War Memorial, City of London
12x16" silver gelatin print

Sunday, 1 November 2009

Street Musicians, New Orleans, 1997

videoCopyright Anthony Jones
11x14" silver gelatin print
From an edition of 11 prints

Saturday, 31 October 2009

Pears For Sale

bruised pears PHOTO Anthony Jones
Bruised Pears
10x8" silver gelatin print
LINK