Edward Burtynsky

I came across a TED talk from photographer Edward Burtynsky this morning. Edward Burtynsky creates large format landscapes that illustrate the impact of human development on the natural environment. His work is primarily about waste and sustainability. If you are using an adequate computer monitor, it is definitely worth your time to view his collection of images. Particularly wondrous are his photographs of ship disassembly in the “Ships” series.

All of his work is fascinating. Pictured above is a piece from “Oil” which depicts the Nanpu Bridge Interchange in Shanghai, China.

+ www.edwardburtynsky.com
+ www.ted.com

Mitch Epstein : American Power

Reproduced from Mitch Epstein’s website…

Mitch Epstein’s current work examines how energy is produced and used in the American landscape. Made on forays to energy production sites and their environs, these pictures question the power of nature, government, corporations, and mass consumption in the United States.

+ www.mitchepstein.net

An-My Lê

I stumbled upon an Art:21 video interview with photographer An-My Lê. The link to the video is below, her portion of the video is in the middle, beginning at approximately 39:30.

+ www.murrayguy.com
+ www.pbs.org

Trying to Escape

As brief as it is, I am beginning a new project and this is the first piece I’ve completed.

Nadav Kander

I was rummaging through my photography bookmarks last night and was happily reminded of Nadav Kander.

His work is so excellent. As you’ll note in the post below, I am short on words today. I’m experiencing that classic scenario of many ideas and lots of work I would like to be creating without any financial means to produce it. It isn’t that it’s expensive to produce, but rather that time producing work is time that I am not generating income.

I’m working on balancing this better. It is painful to watch autumn pass without making much personal work.

MUST WORK FASTER!!!

I intend to return to these posts, or perhaps to post again with more insightful discussion of Kander and Gronsky’s work.

Big deep breath—and now topping off my coffee mug.

+ www.nadavkander.com

Alexander Gronsky

I learned of Alexander Gronsky’s work in the current (#20) issue of Foam magazine.

I love contemporary landscape photography. I love it so much. I am currently saving money to buy a car in order to access the areas outlying metropolitan Chicago so that I may spend time creating new work. I have not been out with the sole intention of making work for far too long to consider myself serious—but I am very serious!

No excuses.

Did I mention how much I love Alexander Gronsky’s work? There’s plenty more to say, but I have to get back to the grindstone. Time’s a wasting!

+ www.alexandergronsky.com
+ www.foammagazine.nl

Chipmunk + Star Wars action figures

Well, I can’t think of too many other ways to have quite so much fun.

Thinking about it some more…

Yeah, this is definitely one of the very best ways you could possibly spend leisure time.