Blogger: Greg Hobson, Curator of Photography
It is with great sadness that we have heard of the death on 4th January of legendary photographer, Eve Arnold at the age of 99.
Eve Arnold was a remarkable documentary photographer whose extraordinarily long career produced many memorable photo stories; a result of her empathic and friendly nature, and tenacious work ethic. She had a fruitful relationship with this Museum, sitting for a time on its Advisory Board and exhibiting solo shows here on two occasions.
A master of the photo essay, Arnold's enthusiasm for photography and her adaptability, meant that she excelled in all her work, whether photographing the world's poor and disenfranchised, or making intimate, behind the scenes portraits of some of Hollywood's biggest film stars.
Useful Links:
Eve Arnold obituary - Amanda Hopkinson, The Guardian
Magnum Photos
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06 January, 2012
28 October, 2011
Photography Focus on Watabe Yukichi's A Criminal Investigation
Blogger: Greg Hobson, Curator of Photography
Watabe Yukichi’s book A Criminal Investigation, arrived in the office this week.
This is a brilliantly conceived publication that affirms my belief in photography's possibility to challenge and excite.
Yukichi (1924-1993) shadowed a team of Japanese detectives investigating the 1958 murder and dismemberment of Sato Tadashi. Then a young photo-journalist, Yukichi mapped the unfolding investigation with a humanist eye.
His interest and involvement with his subjects draw the viewer into a sequential narrative that feels more closely related to a 1950s film-noir than a photo-documentary.
The editing in the book is superb and the design brilliantly echoes a period police notebook, or manila file containing evidential photography and notes.
Hessian hard-back covers fastened with an elastic band, investigation notes made on a manual typewriter and printing that subtly suggests vintage press prints, all combine to make a book that functions as both a fascinating and involving record of a criminal investigation and, a stunning photographic object.
A Criminal Investigation is published by Éditions Xavier Barral.
Watabe Yukichi’s book A Criminal Investigation, arrived in the office this week.
This is a brilliantly conceived publication that affirms my belief in photography's possibility to challenge and excite.
Yukichi (1924-1993) shadowed a team of Japanese detectives investigating the 1958 murder and dismemberment of Sato Tadashi. Then a young photo-journalist, Yukichi mapped the unfolding investigation with a humanist eye.
His interest and involvement with his subjects draw the viewer into a sequential narrative that feels more closely related to a 1950s film-noir than a photo-documentary.
The editing in the book is superb and the design brilliantly echoes a period police notebook, or manila file containing evidential photography and notes.
Hessian hard-back covers fastened with an elastic band, investigation notes made on a manual typewriter and printing that subtly suggests vintage press prints, all combine to make a book that functions as both a fascinating and involving record of a criminal investigation and, a stunning photographic object.
A Criminal Investigation is published by Éditions Xavier Barral.
07 October, 2011
Photography Focus on Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters
Blogger: Greg Hobson, Curator of Photography
I’ve always been a huge fan of Taryn Simon’s An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar so I was very excited to receive the book of her latest work A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters.
Produced over a four year period, the work maps a series of 18 ancestral bloodlines and investigates the unpredictable events that determine the histories of her subjects’ lives.
The exhibition at Tate Modern (closes 2 January 2012) is breathtaking in its ambition and scale but for me, the real legacy of this project is in this remarkable book. Meticulous and serious, yet extremely engaging, Simon’s work compels the viewer to pay attention to complex layers of information and, combinations of text and image. To be able to do this at leisure and with the work, as it were, in my hands, is a real delight.
www.tarynsimon.com
I’ve always been a huge fan of Taryn Simon’s An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar so I was very excited to receive the book of her latest work A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters.
Produced over a four year period, the work maps a series of 18 ancestral bloodlines and investigates the unpredictable events that determine the histories of her subjects’ lives.
The exhibition at Tate Modern (closes 2 January 2012) is breathtaking in its ambition and scale but for me, the real legacy of this project is in this remarkable book. Meticulous and serious, yet extremely engaging, Simon’s work compels the viewer to pay attention to complex layers of information and, combinations of text and image. To be able to do this at leisure and with the work, as it were, in my hands, is a real delight.
www.tarynsimon.com
23 September, 2011
Photography Focus on Eyecurious.com
Blogger: Greg Hobson, Curator of Photography
This week I’ve been looking at Marc Feustel’s very smart blog site called eyecurious http://www.eyecurious.com/
Broad in its scope, it has a strong and well informed focus on Japanese photography. Great to see that Keith Arnatt’s ‘I’m a Real Photographer’ is ‘fresh on his shelves’ too.
This week I’ve been looking at Marc Feustel’s very smart blog site called eyecurious http://www.eyecurious.com/
Broad in its scope, it has a strong and well informed focus on Japanese photography. Great to see that Keith Arnatt’s ‘I’m a Real Photographer’ is ‘fresh on his shelves’ too.
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