Tag Archives: Portraiture

One off: Justin Thomas Leonard.

April 5, 2013

— “Pink Eye” from Zulu Time by Justin Thomas Leonard.

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One off: Tall Poppy Syndrome, by Amy Stein & Stacey Arezou Mehrfar

March 1, 2013

                              Miner II, Peak Gold Mines, Cobar, New South Wales, by Amy Stein & Stacey Arezou Mehrfar, from the recently released book Tall Poppy Syndrome.

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From “Hurtland” by Kevin Mertens

February 1, 2013

  From Hurtland, by Kevin Mertens.

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One off: Wright Morris & Justine Kurland

November 23, 2012

“Thoreau, a look is what a man gets when he tries to inhabit something, something like America. Take your look – from your look, I’d say you did pretty well. Nearly anybody would say you look like a man who… Continue reading →

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One off: Alma Haser.

September 16, 2012

Lily and Anastasia from “Cosmic Surgery” by Alma Haser.

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Sarfati on her portraiture

September 16, 2012
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Horsfield on Art

May 25, 2012

“Art, whilst it may be many things, may also be this: an accounting to others of the world which we together inhabit, to the end not that we escape history, but that we together may stand face to face with… Continue reading →

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Rineke Dijkstra, Rebecca Solnit & Iceberg Economies

May 25, 2012

Photograph © Rineke Dijkstra, from Portraits. “Tecla, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 16th 1994“ “The official economic arrangements and the laws that enforce them ensure that hungry and homeless people will be plentiful amid plenty. The shadow system provides soup kitchens, food… Continue reading →

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One off: Félix Nadar.

May 25, 2012

Portrait of painter Édouard Manet, by Nadar.

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Kozloff on the scrutiny of portraiture

May 25, 2012

“From a literal – and therefore strange – point of view, the face is only an appearance in a certain condition and phase, of which the portraitist makes an image. Though accustomed to casual or meaningful glances, we don’t normally… Continue reading →

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