Jaime Lowe Interviews Jošt Franko 

Jošt Franko

 

There are only a few photographic works that I’ve viewed recently that have literally taken my breath away.  Nineteen-year-old Jošt Franko’s Widow series, a raw and poignant essay about his grandmother that he photographed when he was only sixteen years old is one of them.

 

I  was able to get in touch the young Slovenian photographer the other day to pick his brain about future plans, some of his influences, and Miles Davis.

 

 

JL: So you were born and raised in Slovenia. What was your childhood like and when and how did you get into photography?

 

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Samuel James: "Water Of My Land: The Niger Delta's Illicit Fuel Trade" 

Samuel James's exhibit, "Water Of My Land: The Niger Delta's Illicit Fuel Trade", opens next Tuesday, February 12 and runs until April 7th, 2013 at The Half King in New York City.

Opening reception: Tuesday, February 12th, 7:30pm. Opening night will feature Sam and Stacey D. Clarkson, Art Director at Harper’s Magazine, discussing the stories and images in Sam’s work.

Info: http://thehalfking.com/gallery/james/index.html

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Nayland Blake's "What Wont Wreng" 

Visit Nayland Blake's show, "What Wont Wreng" at the Matthew Marks Gallery. On view until April 20th.

Info: http://www.matthewmarks.com/new-york/exhibitions/2013-02-02_nayland-blake/

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David Maisel's "Black Maps: American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime"  

Check out David Maisel's upcoming exhibition, "Black Maps: American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime" at the CU Art Museum in Colorado. Composed of large-scale photographs, this exhibition leads the viewer on a hallucinatory journey through landscapes in the American West that have been transformed through the physical and environmental effects of industrial-scale water diversion projects, open-pit mineral extraction, and urban sprawl.
On view from February 9th to May 11th, 2013.

Information: http://cuartmuseum.colorado.edu/exhibition/david-maisel-black-maps-ameri...

Photograph: "Oblivion 15N" (2004) by David Maisel

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Seen.Unseen 

Submit your images to "Seen.Unseen", Hinterland's international call for submissions. The exhibition seeks images that uncover the unseen or picture something seen in an unusual way.

Submission deadline is February 17th.

Info: http://hinterlandartspace.com

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New York Photography Portfolio Review 

Apply for the first New York Photography Portfolio Review sponsored by the New York Times Lens Blog, a two-day gathering in April featuring private critiques, discussions and workshops. A great opportunity for people in the photographic community to meet, trade ideas and help each other. 

Application deadline is Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013.

Info: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/getting-to-know-you-better/

Photograph: New York Times

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The Promised Land (Bryan Schutmaat) 

Bryan Schutmaat

 

The American Dream, a term coined by James Adams over half a century ago, has gone through many manifestations and produced a variety of Americas, some of which are more apparent than others. Bryan Schutmaat, a recent graduate from the Hartford MFA program, has shouldered the task of understanding a less known side of America. He goes into the heart of the country, into places once romanticized as open frontiers of liberty and prosperity and documents the reality of what they have become.

 In his newest series, “Grays The Mountain Sends”, one gets a glimpse into the byproduct of America’s dreams. Pensive, distant portraits mirror cold and barren landscapes and ultimately a world that has moved on to fulfill other dreams.

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Alphabet of Light, #21, by Kirsten Rian (Ula Wiznerowicz) 

Photograph by Ula Wiznerowicz

“If it weren't for my mother-in-law calling the police I wouldn't be here now,” caption.      Photograph by Ula Wiznerowicz

 

Here, Then, An Elegy of Sorts

“I must say, I encountered the most moving experiences on this project when I took part in a series of addiction therapy sessions organized regularly at this hospital in Radziejow. After a series of visits to the clinic, as I closed the hospital doors behind me and looked back at the looming silhouette of the grey building, I became aware that most of the families of the people I had met here had no idea how to help alcoholics.”

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Alphabet of Light #20, by Kirsten Rian (Fazal Sheikh) 

Photograph by Fazal Sheikh

Photograph by Fazal Sheikh

 

Distillation

 

“Forgetting would be an insult to one’s humanity. To heal we must remember. We need to know what the scars are for.” --Tom Cauuray, July, 2007, Sierra Leone

Cauuray said that to me in reference to the internal, as well as political and social work of figuring out how to continue to live beyond that country’s brutal civil war. We were sitting outside in Freetown, under an awning, it was raining hard, we were sipping tea. 

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Alphabet of Light, #19, by Kirsten Rian (Clarisse d'Arcimoles) 

Photograph by Clarisse d'Arcimoles

Looking Back into Forward

A little over a month ago, the voice of time in Britain died. For over two decades Brian Cobby fulfilled the role of, as he called himself, “Brittania’s wristwatch.” A role previously held only by women, his baritone voice would be heard over the years by two billion who dialed for time on the telephone exchange. 

In one take lasting 50 minutes, Cobby recorded the speaking clock’s 86 separate words that would go on to comprise the 8,640 daily announcements of the service. 

To be on time. To know the time. To do what we’re supposed to be doing at the time we’re supposed to be doing it. And yet, what does that effect? Does promptness or the division and demarcation lines of a day as held by the hands of a clock really change outcome to anything? The urgent ticks and tocks imply balance. If only. 

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