Recessed

November 24, 2009

Playing around with images that hint at the economic times. These three photos made in New Haven, Connecticut and Memphis, Tennessee.

It would seem that the economy would be cliche subject matter these days, but I have not seen very much work that provides an artfully satisfying look at the financial situation.

Bernie and the bull

September 29, 2009

Found this in the Wall Street Journal’s “Photo Journal” daily page.

The sculpture “What You see Might Not Be Real,” by Chen Wenling, was displayed at a Beijing gallery Sunday. The artwork is a critique of the global financial crisis, with the bull representing Wall Street and the man pinned to the wall representing Bernard Madoff. (Photo credit – Ng Han Guan/Associated Press)

+ www.wsj.com/photojournal
+ Chen Wenling via Artnet