Diane Arbus Archives given to the Met

Diane Arbus' archives has just been given to the Met by her estate. Read about it in this NYTimes article. In the retrospective the Met put up two years ago, the personal effects displayed as recreations of her darkroom and library were informative and offered an insightful view on the personal side of a well known photographer. This will become a great resource for Arbus scholars.

Reminder: Margot Quan Knight's Opening Reception this Saturday

Intervals © Margot Quan Knight

Nymphoto's Margot Quan Knight's solo show "Intervals" opens December 15h at Randal Scott Gallery in Washington, DC. Please join & meet the artist at the opening reception from 6-8 pm.

Opening Reception: December 15th, 2007 6-8 pm
Dates: December 15th, 2007 - January 19th, 2008
Location: 1326 14th Street NW Washington,DC
www.randalscottgallery.com

US vs. THEM ... or flogging a dead horse

This applies not only to the editorial photographer and is worth thinking about for a minute. Read:
"US vs. THEM ... or flogging a dead horse" on Robert Wright's Blog.

Maria Passarotti in Domino & on Etsy

Maria motors on! Nymphoto's Maria Passarotti's beautiful Cyanotype bird print reproductions are recommended as a smart & beautiful buy in this month's Domino Magazine (article by Holly Becker of decor8) and can be purchased via etsy.com.


see more on www.etsy.com © Maria Passarotti

5 Years Ago

December 2002 1st Nymphoto Show © nymphtoto

Margot Quan Knight Opening/Show

Intervals © Margot Quan Knight

Nymphoto's Margot Quan Knight's solo show "Intervals" opens December 15h at Randal Scott Gallery in Washington, DC. Please join & meet the artist at the opening reception from 6-8 pm.

Opening Reception: December 15th, 2007 6-8 pm
Dates: December 15th, 2007 - January 19th, 2008
Location: 1326 14th Street NW Washington,DC
www.randalscottgallery.com

Gallery Statement:

How do we experience the passage of time?
While physics may accurately describe a universal space-time, our human experiences seem to defy uniform time on a daily basis: each of us has lived a moment that seemed to last forever, or hours that passed by in a heartbeat.

Margot Quan Knights large scale photographs turn to the physical body, that portal through which all experience arrives. She proposes that the body responds to dense experience by expanding mental focus on the activity at hand, to the exclusion of all other thoughts.

In creating the Intervals series Knight looked to Caravaggio, especially his painting Death
of the Virgin, and more current works by Bill Viola, Karolina Sobecka, and Sam Taylor Wood as inspiration. She also drew on the personal experiences of losing herself in thought,
in a household task, in the chaos of her wedding, and in the interminably long,
clear moment of a car accident.

The Intervals series was sponsored in part by a 2006 CityArtist Grant from the Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and a 2006 Special Projects Grant from 4Culture.

Rona Chang on Asian Photography Blog

Take a look at Rona work at Ch'ng Yaohong's Asian Photography Blog.


Urban Scale © Rona Chang