FEATURES Flak Photo partners with Photolucida to feature work from EXPOSED: Critical Mass 2009, an exhibition on view at Photographic Center Northwest. MORE » |
WEEKEND This month's series features work from Joni Sterbach's SurfLand, a photobook collection of wet-plate collodion portraits. MORE » |
IN PRINT Three new books: Keith Carter's A Certain Alchemy, Jessica Backhaus' One day in November and Who We Were: A Snaphot History of America. MORE » |
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![Untitled [Shinonome Butoh], Photo by Paul Lewis](http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4672/pblog/6300/et_1192163745.jpg) |
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![Untitled [1969], Photo by Carl Corey](http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4672/pblog/6300/et_1191849971.jpg) |
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![Untitled [The Wheel], Photo by Catherine Buca](http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4672/pblog/6300/et_1190810756.jpg) |
![Spare Arms [Jerry's Shop], Photo by Matt Niebuhr](http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4672/pblog/6300/et_1190729701.jpg) |
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![Untitled [Jeff's Barn Door], Photo by Don Simon](http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4672/pblog/6300/et_1190295643.jpg) |
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![[Untitled], Photo by Anastasia Cazabon](http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4672/pblog/6300/et_1184247999.jpg) |
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![Untitled [Jerry's inventory], Photo by Matt Niebuhr](http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4672/pblog/6300/et_1176820155.jpg) |
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FLAK PHOTO FEATURES EXPOSED | Critical Mass 2009 Flak Photo continues its 2010 program by partnering with Photolucida and Photographic Center Northwest to feature a selection of images from EXPOSED: Critical Mass 2009, a celebratory exhibition of the Critical Mass 2009 Top 50. Juried by Flak Photo Editor Andy Adams, EXPOSED furthers the missions of all three organizations by exposing these artists to multiple art communities, both off- and online. This year 593 artists entered Photolucida’s Critical Mass, a program designed to expose the world's best emerging and mid-career photography to a variety of curators, editors, gallerists, and publishers. After an initial pre-screening, the work of 175 Finalists went on to be viewed, and voted on, by more than 200 jurors. The Critical Mass Top 50 is the result of this democratic process. In support of the project, Flak Photo highlights work from 20 of these artists, weekdays through Friday, April 2, 2010 and includes images from Serkan Taycan, Christopher Sims, Birthe Piontek, Betsy Schneider, Edmund Clark, Alejandro Cartagena, Alexis Pike, Ara Oshagan, Carl Bower, David Leventi, Dorothee Deiss, Jade Doskow, Jessica Ingram, Jessica Todd Harper, Manuel Capurso, N. W. Gibbons, Rachel Papo, Simone Lueck, Victor Cobo, and Will Steacy. Don't want to miss a day? Subscribe to daily delivery of Today's Flak Photo by email or RSS. Interested in keeping up with Flak Photo in your social network? Now you can connect with Flak Photo on Facebook and follow our updates on Twitter. EXPOSED: Critical Mass 2009 is on view at Photographic Center Northwest through May 18, 2010 |
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IN PRINT / NEW PHOTO BOOKS Flak Photo considers unsolicited photography books from artists, publishers and galleries for inclusion in its pages. To submit a title for consideration, contact editor Andy Adams by email at photo@flakmag.com. 
A Certain Alchemy | Photographs by Keith Carter
Lauded as "a transcendent realist" and "a poet of the ordinary," Keith Carter is an internationally acclaimed photographer whose work has been shown in over one hundred solo exhibitions in thirteen countries. At first finding his subjects in the familiar, yet exotic, places and people of his native East Texas, Carter has since expanded his range not only geographically, but also into realms of dreams and imagination, where objects of the mundane world open glimpses into ineffable realities. Here, he explores relationships that are timeless, enigmatic, and mythological. Drawing from the animal world, popular culture, folklore, and religion, Carter presents photographs that attempt to reflect hidden meanings in the real world. Accompanying the images is an introduction by Carter's friend and fellow photographer Bill Wittliff, who describes Carter's artistic journey and the epiphanies he has experienced. Patricia Carter, Keith's wife and muse, also offers her insights into the wellsprings of his work. Hardcover • 182 duotone photographs • 184 pages • 12 x 12 in. • $50 US • About the Book 
One day in November | Photographs by Jessica BackhausJessica Backhaus’ book is a tribute to Gisèle Freund on what would have been her 100th birthday in December 2008. The book One Day In November is a testament to the friendship between the great photographer and a young photography student in Paris during the 1990s. Intended as a posthumous birthday present, Backhaus compiled a collection of images that are meant to convey visually what Gisèle Freund taught her and what Gisèle meant to her. Freund herself, a former Magnum photographer, can certainly be considered as one of the great artistic and intellectual figures of the twentieth century whose impact can be traced to her photographic work and colorful biography. Hardcover • 1 B&W / 99 color photographs • 128 pages • 8.5 x 9.5 in. • $78.00 US • About the Book 
Who We Were | A Snapshot History of America
Since the birth of snapshots, Americans have used simple, inexpensive cameras to record their life stories. In the process, they have left behind millions of pictures that document the story of America. The book's authors — Michael Williams, Richard Cahan, and Nicholas Osborn — spent the past decade at flea markets and antique stores, and went online looking at more than a million family photos to find snapshots that tell America's story. The book begins in 1888 with the earliest snapshots and ends in 1972, when a NASA astronaut placed a cherished family snapshot on the moon. With 350 color and black-and-white photos, Who We Were shows a side of America not reflected in history or photography books: a racy, quirky, fun-loving nation. It shows real America. Hardcover • 350 B&W / color photographs • 240 pages • 10 x 9.75 in. • $45 US • About the Book |
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WEEKEND / MARCH 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2010 We're pleased to present Flak Photo's WEEKEND series, a curated selection of images that highlights work from new photo essays, book projects and gallery exhibitions. Series photographs are published on Saturdays and shown throughout the weekend.
SurfLand | Photographs by Joni Sternbach Working with a large-format camera, photographer Joni Sternbach concentrates on locations that are close to or directly on the water. In an era of rapid-fire digital snapshots, Sternbach employs the wet-plate collodion process and the distinctive appearance of her finished works echoes nineteenth-century traditions of anthropological photography. The wet-plate technique informs her careful compositions while producing intimate portraits imbued with spontaneity and the raw quality of the process reveals the dignity in her subjects. In SurfLand, photographer and subject overlap on the periphery of two powerful elements: the land and the sea. The singular, primitive act of surfing on the water is eclipsed by the social and negotiated state of human interaction on the shore. Sternbach's surfers are persistent elements in a shifting natural scene, acting as a bridge between the sea as an unbridled force of nature and the shore line, a place of leisure and cultural phenomena. |
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ABOUT FLAK PHOTO Flak Photo is a daily photography website that celebrates the art & culture of photography online. Produced by Andy Adams, the site highlights new series work, book projects and gallery exhibitions from an international community of contributors. SUBMISSIONS An online gallery and social media magazine, Flak Photo provides unique opportunities for artists and photography organizations to share their work with a community of photographers, galleries, publishers, curators and editors. To submit your work for consideration, email your photograph (sRGB JPG format, minimum 1000px wide) with title and caption details to photo@flakmag.com. Please include the following information with your submission:
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