Afterimage articles from January 2004

Afterimage archives from January 2004

Jean Dieuzaide, 1935-2003.
January 1, 2004... Jean Dieuzaide died in Toulouse (France), his city, on September 18, 2003. Along with Edouard Boubat, Robert Doisneau, Izis, and Willy Ronis, he belonged to the generation of photographers who defined the so-called French "Humanist School" of...

Notes from the field.(news from the field of photography)
January 1, 2004... The Board of Directors for the Center for Photography at Woodstock is pleased to announce that Ariel Shanberg has been appointed Executive Director. Mr. Shanberg, only the fourth Executive Director in the Center's twenty-six year history,...

Editorial.(Editorial)
January 1, 2004... There are several ways to implement democracy, just as there are several ways to apply laws. They are all linked. The protection of visual artists and their productions is a rather complex issue because of the variety of media used, of the...

The Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 is too narrowly applied to photographic works of art.
January 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION For art to flourish in our culture, society must set artists free to follow their vision wherever it takes them. In an effort to protect artists and their work, Congress passed the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 ("VARA")...

The photographs of Nathan Lyons concerning the power of the preposition.
January 1, 2004... When I first met Nathan Lyons, I anticipated something midway between a legend and a rumor--entirely appropriate for someone who, in the venerable tradition of wizards, had created a full-fledged graduate program in photography affiliated then...

Undead media.(essay)
January 1, 2004... Theorists have announced the 'post-medium' or 'post-media' age, as digitized media can hardly be said to have 'essential characteristics' that distinguish them from others. Obviously there are still television channels, films, photographs and...

Gonzo lives underground.(essay)(Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson)(internet has allowed the spread of underground literature, news and art)
January 1, 2004... The underground has always existed. There has always been information that was not popular with the establishment. Despite the efforts of those in power to hide certain knowledge from the people, certain advances in the creation and...

Persistence is all: a conversation with Jon Whitney of brainwashed.com.
January 1, 2004... It started with a question. When the band Meat Beat Manifesto promised a release in October of 1995 and nothing showed up, devoted fan Jon Whitney began to wonder. When a single finally came out in 1996, he recognized the fan club address...

Web artists need to understand web usability.(essay)(works from Alternative Museum's web site studied)(TAM digital media commissions )
January 1, 2004... WEB ART IN CONTEXT Given the Internet's pervasive influence, artists recognize unprecedented creative and business opportunities. However, artists must modify methods and strategies when utilizing global communication systems. As new...

Truth and Photography: Notes on Looking and Photographing.
January 1, 2004... by Jerry L. Thompson Ivan R Dee, Inc./184pp./$27.50 (hb). The most common examinations of "truth and photography" are concrete observations about manipulations of images for sinister or self-serving motivations. Assumptions about...

Disappearing Witness: Change in Twentieth-Century American Photography.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... by Gretchen Garner The John Hopkins University Press/ 306pp./$34.95 (hb). Very few histories of photography read like novels. Obviously as a photographer, a photo-historian, and a photo-educator, I stand as a very specific audience, one...

Books received.
January 1, 2004... Amores Perros, by Paul Julian Smith. bfi Publishing/95 pp./$13.95 (sb). The Anarchy of Empire in the Making of U.S. Culture, by Amy Kaplan. Harvard University Press/260pp./$37.50 (hb). Architectures of Illusion: From Motion Pictures to...

Video Art.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... by Michael Rush Thames and Hudson/224 pp./$45 (hb). Chronicling the history of a medium is always a tricky business. Invariably, in choosing who to include and who to leave out, it is impossible to satisfy every academian and still...

Exhibitions.(photography )
January 1, 2004... ALABAMA Huntsville: Huntsville Museum of Art, 300 Church Street. 2004. (256) 535-4350 / www.hsvmuseum.org. ARIZONA Tuscon: Center for Creative Photography, Fine Arts Complex, University of Arizona, Corner Park and Speedway....

Events.(photography conferences and seminars)
January 1, 2004... ARIZONA Event: An Evening with Miranda July, January 29, Digital Arts Ranch of Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. 7:30 PM. Miranda July's multimedia performances have been presented globally and her radio performances can be heard...

Etc ...(opportunites for exhibitions, grants and fellowships in photography)
January 1, 2004... Exhibition available: Galleries and libraries are being sought to host WSW XX Years, an exhibition of over 80 artists' books published by Women's Studio Workshop. For more information contact Tatana Kellner, WSW, P.O. Box 489, Rosendale, NY...

Romper el Circulo.(gallery)
January 1, 2004... Alejandro Sosa's lastest book, Romper el Circulo (breaking the circle), commissioned and published by the Caja San Fernando, contains over thirty series of photographs of the varied urban landscape of the city of Sevilla, Spain. In order to...