I have also posted my latest project - In Case it Rains in Heaven and images from my currently project - Memories, Dreams; Interrupted.
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
New website, New work
Ever since I met the amazing Mary Virginia Swanson at Santa Fe, I have been looking into rebuilding a new website and I am happy to say that I have taken her advice on board and launched a new website. It will be a few days before all the servers are updated but 99% of visitors should be directed there on first go.
Rhubarb-Rhubarb and We English
I am just recovering from a really hectic weekend at the Rhubarb Festival in Birmingham. The week prior to that wasn't easy either, trying to print two bodies of new work. But I am glad to say, the responses were really positive and I am confident that there will be lots of positives coming from the weekend.
It was also good to catch up with a few friends and old acquaintances.
One of the highlights was seeing Simon Robert's new book - We English. I first met Simon when he came into my old college as a visiting tutor. I am a fan of his first book Motherland and had been looking forward to seeing his new work. When I saw the spread he had in the last FOTO8, I must admit, I wasn't too impressed by it. It turns out, only 2 images form the book made it into foto8 because of contractual reason..... and the book is really quite brilliant. I will be looking forward to the exhibition next month. Until then, you can read about the journey he took with his family to produce the work.
Monday, 20 July 2009
More Troika Editions
Two more of my images from Farewell in Labrador have been released by Troika Editions, they are available from as little as £35. Do check them out if you get a chance.
©Kurt Tong
©Kurt Tong
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Review Santa Fe 100
I had hoped to talk about more good work I saw at Santa Fe, but I have been quite busy lately and I have so many others things I want to post here; but do check out the list of all the photographers who were there, lots of amazing work there.
The better people won
Back in January, I was nominated for the four-yearly Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards by Susanna Brown, one of the curators of photographs at the V&A. After months of wait, they have recently announced the winners and I was so impressed by them. I definitely didn't get the 'I could have done that' feeling. It's inspiring to see how far the winners have pushed the boundaries of colour photography. Do check out their work through the Photographic Resource Center website.
Monday, 22 June 2009
More work from Santa Fe
I have been meaning to post more good work from Santa Fe but my daughters have been struck down by chest infections this past week. My wife and I had been trying to keep them happy while surviving on three hours sleep. Blogging was the last thing on my mind.
So to make it up, here are three photographers. I saw their work online prior to Santa Fe and was determined to see the work in print. Unfortunately, review Santa Fe being so hectic, I only managed to see one of the projects, but I did meet two of the artists.
Their images may appear straight forward at first, but they are strong, stimulating and layered projects that carry strong social statements and demand the viewers to ask more questions. From American food culture to globalisation of food, from the state of the economy to the effects of war and migration.
Mark Menjivar - You are what you eat
you are what you eat is a series of portraits made by examining the interiors of refrigerators in homes across the untied states.
Jonathan Blaustein - The Value of a dollar
images of one dollar's worth of food from around the globe
So you can see there's a food theme going on here. The last project is by
Ari Soloman - 18 Rue Dugommier
Not a food project but I have chosen the food images form his project here. It a very intimate project of the photographer's great Aunt, - 'the images hint at both what was missing in her life and what filled it through layered compulsions of classification and arrangement.'
Friday, 12 June 2009
Susan Worsham - More good work from Review Santa Fe
I also had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with Susan Worsham at review Santa Fe last week. I have seen her images around the internet for a while now and always thought they have a really nice aesthetics but being able to see the whole series 'Some Fox Trails in Virgina' and having her explained them to me, I realised what an amazing project she got going on. Her images are full of nostalgia, taken of new friends and reoccurring objects within the walls of her childhood. Check out the whole series on her website.
'This series of photographs is taken in and around Virginia, the place in which I grew up. The title comes from a book written by my father's ancestor, to show the lineage of the Fox family in Virginia. For my own purpose, it acts as a metaphorical map, of the rediscovered paths of my childhood home.'
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