David Maisel
Tags/ Posted by Carmelita CaruanaThe old woman hauled her bones here, where they hoist our carscontinue reading this poem
David Maisel’s large-scaled, otherworldly photographs chronicle the complex relationships between natural systems and human intervention, piecing together the fractured logic that informs them both.
Ruud Van Empel
Tags/ Posted by Carmelita CaruanaWhen she knew you were in her, she clawed off her skin and laycontinue reading this poem
Van Empel’s working method is a complex one. He photographs 4 or 5 professional models in his studio, and takes many series of detailed photos of leaves, flowers, plants and animals. Having gathered hundreds of pictures in a database, he selects those images with which he can achieve the best results. The models are mixed in the Photoshop program, clothes are photographed separately on a tailor’s dummy. In this way he creates new images of mainly children, black or white, set in a paradisaical environment.
Nat Urazmetova
Tags/ Posted by Carmelita CaruanaFlunking a breast exam one week after womb removal I get the call that something’s showed up and I go back to be prodded, probed and sonographed.continue reading this poem
Worms Eye View – The Art of the Pinhole Camera
Tags/ Posted by Teia PearsonVan Helsing unfastened the coffin lid, peeled the crucifix from the bone-white brow.continue reading this poem
Teia Pearson interviews Chris Orr and Jacqueline Smith I had the pleasure of meeting up with Chris Orr and Jacqueline Smith from Corvallis Oregon. Together these two make a very inspiring couple, both coming up in the world of photography. They are now striving to turn heads in the matchbox pinhole camera scene. It all [...]
