© Melanie Bonajo
It’s the rentré here in France – everyone’s getting back from vacations and jump straight into work. So, back to the blog.
I wasn’t completely idle over the summer, though. I manage to write a short essay for Le Bal (WHICH OPENS SEPTEMBER 18th, BY THE WAY) on the New Weird. I urge you to read it:
Obviously, this kind of work has long had a history in the art world – Art world critics, curators, and collectors have long had a much easier time with a work as an independent expression of an idea than has the photography world. The photo world has always had an implicit belief in the photograph as an authentic document that, though not necessarily a conveyer of truth, is the medium for authentic communication between creator and viewer. New Weird photography frequently claims to be nothing more than an assembly of symbols and juxtapositions and that it can be nothing more than some king of photographic Rorschach ink blot to the viewer’s predispositions and prejudices.
More here. This essay, in its current form, is unfinished – I’m interested in expanding upon it, so any comments or input is appreciated.
Others were also not idle – which I’ll get to as I catch up on my linkage. To start, though, here’s a call for entries from 3/3. 12th Press will be submitting; You should too.
Little big press exhibition aims to survey the tendencies that, during the last few years, changed thoroughly the world of photobook publishings.
A more and more increasing vitality is directing photobook evolution towards an independent, self published and scale reduced position, giving life to independent photobooks or fanzines, while small publishing houses are becoming more and more active and prolific all around the world.
Apply at treterzi.org.