Afterimage articles from March 2004

Afterimage archives from March 2004

Helmut Newton, 1920-2004.
March 1, 2004... Acclaimed photographer Helmut Newton died on January 23, 2004, in a Los Angeles car accident. Newton, best known for his stark, black-and-white fashion photographs and nudes of women, was described by the German Minister of Culture as "the most...

Helmut Newton: for press freedom.(News)("Paris: Reporters without Borders")(www.rsf.org)(Book Review)
March 1, 2004... Paris: Reporters without Borders / Reporters Sans frontieres, 2003. 152 p. $12 A few months before his death, Helmut Newton had given the rights of some sixty of his images to the French non-profit organization Reporters Sans Frontieres...

Reva Brooks, 1913-2004.
March 1, 2004... Influential, Canadian-born photographer Reva Brooks died at the age of 90 on January 24, 2004 in Mexico. Selected as one of the top 50 women photographers of all time by the San Francisco Art Museum in 1975. Brooks and her artist husband,...

Notes from the field.
March 1, 2004... The Lumiere brothers' Autochrome process is 100 years old. The famous color process was patented on December 17, 1903, but the Academy of Sciences in Paris had to wait until May 30, 1904, to be presented with the first results. The Society...

Editorial.(past and future of the magazine)(Editorial)
March 1, 2004... One year, six issues. I hope that I am getting a better understanding of what should, and can be done with this magazine. It is another of those areas where one tries and works at improving form and content, daily operations, hoping to reduce...

Letter to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... To the editor: I'm pleased to see that you have devoted an issue of Afterimage to the subject of intellectual property (January/February 2004), never more urgent a set of concerns than now. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Katherine J....

With Mark Osterman.(Interview)
March 1, 2004... "No one thinks long of the age of a Stradivarius once it begins to be played by a vituoso. So it should be with the ambrotype in Ostermans' hands." --Grant Romer, George Eastman House Mark Osterman's new show, Confidence, is open at...

Genius loci, eh? A review of Penny Cousineau-Levine.(Feature)(Faking Death: Canadian Art Photography and the Canadian Imagination)(Book Review)
March 1, 2004... FAKING DEATH: CANADIAN ART PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CANADIAN IMAGINATION Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003/324 pp./$49.95 Canada's ongoing collective identity crisis provides their patchwork country with somewhat of a...

Photography in New York.
March 1, 2004... Photography in New York No, this text is not about the very useful publication Photography in New York, but an homage to it; it has now become Photograph and provides invaluable information to whoever wants to stay informed on photography...

Arabs not the first: to be blown away by the movies.
March 1, 2004... In the 1950s "Reds" were gunned down in droves by Mickey Spillane's sadistic private eye Mike Hammer, while on the big screen G-men hunted down evil double-crossing "Commies" and blasted them. Take for instance this extract from Mickey...

Loretta Lux: New work.
March 1, 2004... Yossi Milo Gallery 552 W 24th Street New York, NY 10011 (212) 414-0370 "Seventies Color Photography" Marianne Boesky Photographs 535 W 22nd Street New York, NY 10011 (212) 741-0963 Most of the images...

Focus on the Soul: the photographs of Lotte Jacobi.
March 1, 2004... A Self-Effacing "I": The Photographic Practice of Lotte Jacobi The Jewish Museum in New York until April 11, 2004. Fourteen years after her death, the German-born photographer Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) is remembered in an exhibition of over...

Clear vision: Milton Rogovin show "The Forgotten Ones".
March 1, 2004... Rochester Contemporary Gallery, November 21-January 11, 2004 Milton Rogovin's show, The Forgotten Ones, recently closed at the Rochester Contemporary Gallery. At age 94. Rogovin continues to make social documentary work which reflects a...

The Visual Studies Workshop New Mexico Connection.(Books Reviewed)
March 1, 2004... Since the turn of the last century, New Mexico has been a mecca for artists: a place to escape the overcrowding and social restrictions of more formal East-coast cities and to live a life apart from the mainstream. Here, painters, sculptors,...

Between the Eyes: Essays on Photography and Politics.(Book Review)
March 1, 2004... BETWEEN THE EYES ESSAYS ON PHOTOGRAPHY AND POLITICS BY DAVID LEVI STRAUSS, INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BERGER New York: Aperture 2003/ $29.95 (hb). In this volume David Levi Strauss assembles 18 provocative essays he published between...

What Remains: Sally Mann's encounter with death and wet collodion.(Books Reviewed)(Book Review)
March 1, 2004... "All things summon us to death. Nature, almost envious of the good she has given us, tells us often and gives us notice that she cannot for long allow us that scrap of matter she has lent... She has need of it for other forms. She claims it...

Irredentos: Christian Cravo and his journey into Brazilian souls.(Books Reviewed)(Book Review)
March 1, 2004... The story of Brazilian religiosity is a fascinating one, involving mystirious rites and mystical atmospheres, gestures, strong incense and shimmering candle light. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Christian Cravo made a long journey into the...

Books received.
March 1, 2004... Abram Games: His Life and Work, by Catherine Moriarity, June Rose, and Naomi Games. Princeton Architectural Press/208 pp./$50 (hb). Against Fashion: Clothing as Art, 1850-1930, by Radu Stern. The MIT Press/205 pp./$42.95 (sb). ...

Mimmo Jodice.(Books Received)(Book Review)
March 1, 2004... MIMMO JODICE BY ROBERTA VALTORTA Milan: Motta, 2003, and Arles: Actes Sud, 2003. Mimmo Jodice, the book edited by Roberta Valorta is dedicated to the works of the Italian photographer of the same name. Mimmo Jodice was born in Naples...

Notices.(photography exhibitions)
March 1, 2004... Exhibitions ARIZONA Scottsdale: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 7380 East Second Street. Robert Indiana: The Story of Love; At Home with Ozzie and Harriet: Mid-Century Design. Both Through May 2. (480) 874-4665 /...

Gallery.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 1, 2004... Christian Cravo's first book of photographs, entitled Irredentos (the unredeemed) comes from his reflections on the lives and religious devotion of people living in the stark and dry environment of the Brazilian backlands. Cravo was born in...