Experimental Geographies

"There is tenderness only in the coarsest demand: that no-one shall go hungry any more" – Theodor Adorno, Minima Moralia (1974: 156)

Category Archives: Photography

Eggleston’s Everyday

“A picture is what it is and I’ve never noticed that it helps to talk about them, or answer specific questions about them, much less volunteer information in words. It … Continue reading

February 20, 2010 · 2 Comments

Polaroid Landscapes… again

One eye sees, the other feels. -Paul Klee   I’ve been finding it hard getting the Tarkovsky polaroids out of my mind over the past few days. Quiet moments between … Continue reading

October 4, 2009 · Leave a comment

Polaroid Landscapes

“An image is not some idea as expressed by the director, but an entire world reflected in a drop of water. In a single drop of water.” -Andrei Tarkovsky “Art … Continue reading

September 30, 2009 · Leave a comment

Photographic Portraiture

Art is concerned with the difficult and the good.                                                 -Goethe, Elective Affinities   I missed the Deutsche Börse photography show when it was in London at … Continue reading

July 20, 2009 · Leave a comment

Rethinking the Photographic Image

I’ve slowly begun to think about a book-length project which tracks the relationship between landscape and contemporary photographic practice. Such a project will undoubtedly have to come to terms with … Continue reading

July 11, 2009 · Leave a comment