Nick Waplington for Wired
Okay, so their commenting community largely blows, and I haven’t had a chance to pick up a Wired to see how the pictures look in non-virtual format, but they have been consistently displaying really really good photography. Taryn Simon, Brian Finke, and now they commissioned Nick Waplington to photograph places where eureka moments occurred. The easy choice on this would have been to pick someone with a super elegant contemplative style, another Joel Sternfeld ripoff of ‘On This Site.’ Instead, they picked Nick Waplington! Nick Waplington! [Pointed out via What's The Jackanory]
Tags: Brian Finke, Joel Sternfeld, Nick Waplington, Taryn Simon, What's The Jackanory, Wired
“Nick Waplington! Nick Waplington!” if you are saying WTF I agree otherwise, please explain, I want to learn and better understand contemporary photography…..
Well, I have to admit that I really love the work of Nick Waplington, especially his “Living Room” project, but that’s not why the commission excites me. What I find so exciting is that Wired is willing to take a chance with a photographer who shoots something besides the dominant editorial and fine art style. Waplington’s style is anything but neat and easy, and that’s gotta be freaky when an art director commissions the shoot, but I think the result came out pretty well. The photographs make the places seem like any other place, which in a sense they are, instead of imbuing them with some sort of false significance.