Picture of the Week: Nina Büsing Corvallo

from Chronicle © Nina Büsing Corvallo

Please visit www.ninabuesing.net to see more of Nina's amazing work.

A Conversation with Nina Büsing Corvallo

Fauna I (Ghost) © Nina Büsing Corvallo

I first met Nina during the first days of the MA program we attended at NYU/ICP. I was immediately drawn to her as a person, but through the many critiques we endured together, I really became close with her work as well. Knowing the person behind the art has always enhanced my appreciation for the work. Some viewers like to take work at face value - to see if it can stand alone without the crutch of a personality. Knowing Nina has (as I see it) added another dimension to her work. Her images are serene, yet mystical; familiar yet other-worldly. It's the kind of work that envelopes you like a blanket on a cold, rainy day and you never want to get out from underneath it.

Thus, we are extremely excited to present this conversation with Nina Büsing Corvallo, a co-founder of Nymphoto.

Theory of Pink I; Ferro I (Schimmelreiter) © Nina Büsing Corvallo

Nymphoto: Tell us a little about yourself.

Nina Büsing Corvallo: Corvallo is a nom de plume.

I like to record everything. I think in images and I have a slightly photographic memory - which came in handy when studying art history. I originally thought of painting as my medium, but I love the non-preciousness inherent in photography.

NP: How did you discover photography?

NBC: As a true child of the seventies, my first camera was a pocket 110 camera. It was a gift from a neighbor who worked for a European jean company. The camera was swag and had a logo for the jean company on it. I was probably about five when I received that camera, and I have been taking pictures ever since. I still have a soft spot for cheap cameras.


from the 'Fauna' series (moon & sky)© Nina Büsing Corvallo

NP: Where do you find inspiration?

NBC: I can be moved or find beauty in anything. Other artists inspire me, but so can the face of

a horse or the color of grass. I like the mundane and the extraordinary. In terms of what drives my photography, I am not sure I would call it inspiration. It's more about the motivation and the

compulsion to capture something - the need to hold on to a moment or to visualize an experience. I also thrive on exploring opposites and extremes. I live in downtown Manhattan, but when I travel I enjoy being in completely non-urban environments. I love the dynamic of going in and out of different worlds, probably because I grew up in several cultures.



Man & Stag © Nina Büsing Corvallo

NP: How do your projects come about?

NBC: A lot of my work is the distillation of memories and wanting to revisit or share a feeling, truth or an aesthetic. I had a fantastic early childhood that was filled with lots of travel, community, friends and play. My parents left me plenty of room and time for creativity and thinking. I think most of our person is formed in childhood, and my work is certainly informed by my childhood experience. I always have and continue to read a lot: books, newspapers, the Internet, magazines. The information I absorb ends up in my photographs. Sometimes it is very literal: I'll read about an event or see a picture of a landscape, and a couple of weeks later, or sometimes much later, I am on my way to that place. Other times, the process is less linear.

Either way, I like to see things for myself.

from the series' Fauna' (Rest & Leaf) © Nina Büsing Corvallo

NP: You photograph a lot of horses. Why is that?

NBC: Everyone who knows me knows that I love horses. Probably one of the first pictures I ever took or drew was of an animal. A lot of my recent work has focused on one particular horse that is retired on my parents-in-law's farm. We named him Mountain. Just like people, horses are distinct and project differently in photographs. Mountain is my muse. I take pictures of everything, but keep coming back to photographing horses. I like how much freer I am in portraying them. The interpretation of the horse is less constricted and dependent on culture,

and thus, ultimately more transcendent.

Ferro II (Schimmelreiter) ; Fauna VI (Flower) © Nina Büsing Corvallo

NP: What's next?

NBC: I recently traveled to the Arctic Circle, and I would like to explore the Arctic further. My husband said that because I dragged him to one of the coldest places on earth, he will take me to one of the hottest. So, I think a trip to Death Valley might be in the near future, or maybe the Namib Desert.

NP: Thank you so much!

To see more of Nina's work, please visit www.ninabuesing.com (for her travel work) and www.ninabuesing.net (for her fine art work) - as well as her insightful blog: www.ninacorvallo.blogspot.com.

Tomorrow: Opening Reception @ Soho Photo (Tribeca)

Schimmelreiter (FerroI) ©Nina Buesing Corvallo

Soho Photo's Krappy Kamera XI Exhibition
juried by Brian Paul Clamp
March 3 - April 4, 2009
Opening Reception March 3, 2009 6-8 p.m.

Last Day Of Daniel Cooney's Emerging Artist Auction

© Juliana Beasley

Head over to www.igavel.com to see the latest Emerging Artists Auction curated & presented by Daniel Cooney. The works are also available for viewing at Daniel Conney Fine Art in Chelsea.

You will find one of my works as well as many great works by artists such as Juliana Beasley, Nadine Rovner, Toni Pepe, Sarah Palmer, Nyra Lang, Pixy Liao, Shane Lavalette, Timothy Briner & others . But hurry up. The auction ends today! Happy Bidding!

PS: And stay tuned for Rona's upcoming conversation with no other than the formidable Juliana Beasley herself!

Daniel Cooney: 2nd Emerging Artists Auction

© Nina Buesing

Head over to www.igavel.com to see the latest Emerging Artists Auction curated & presented by Daniel Cooney. The works are also available for viewing at Daniel Conney Fine Art in Chelsea.

You will find the above image of mine from Ubud, Bali up for auction and also many great works by artists including Juliana Beasley, Nadine Rovner, Toni Pepe, Sarah Palmer, Nyra Lang, Pixy Liao, Shane Lavalette & others . The auction ends January 21, 2009. Happy Bidding!

Tomorrow: Michal Chelbin lecture at SVA

Alicia, Ukraine, 2006 © Michal Chelbin

from The Camera Club of NY

Tuesday, Decemebr 16th at 7 p.m.
School of Visual Arts Amphitheater
209 E. 23rd St. (betw. 2nd/3rd Aves.)
Free to CCNY members, SVA students, faculty, and staff General admission $10, $5 for other students with ID

Based in New York City, Israeli-born, Michal Chelbin has been shown in solo and group shows in the US and Europe, most recently at the Andrea Meislin Gallery in New York. Recent Publications include ArtForum, American Photo, PDN, NY Arts Magazine, Aperture, B&W Magazine, and LA Times. Recent editorial work includes NY Times, The New Yorker, NY Magazine, and Ten Men Magazine. Michal Chelbin's monograph entitled Strangley Familiar: Acrobats, Athletes and Other Traveling Troupes was published in April 2008 by Aperture. Her next monograph will be published by twin Palms in fall 2009.

Nina featured Michal in a Conversation back in September. Be sure to check it out if you haven't already.

Nina Buesing on Flak Photo

Our own Nina Buesing is featured on Flak Photo with the picture of the day!

Flak Photo is an incredible photography blogzine that features work from an international community of photographers and artists. The blog is produced by Andy Adams and features work from photo essays, book projects, exhibitions, and work from both emerging and established photographers.

my love for you is a stampede of horses

A big thank you to Meighan O'Toole for featuring my work on her outstanding blog: www.myloveforyou.typepad.com.


courtesy my love for you is a stampede of horses (blog screenshot); © Nina Buesing (photograph)

Opening Reception Tomorrow @ Soho Photo Gallery

Opening tomorrow night at Soho Photo is the 4th Annual Alternative Process Show. The show includes work by Nymphoto's Nina Buesing Corvallo and Jennifer Williams, the grand prize winner. Stay tuned for tomorrow's Conversation with Jennifer Williams.


Pile #3, 2006 © Jennifer Williams

Soho Photo
The Alternative Process Show
Nov. 6-29, 2008
Opening Nov. 6 6-8pm
15 White St.
New York 10013

Directions
Soho Photo Gallery is located in Manhattan's TriBeCa district, three blocks south of Canal Street, between West Broadway and Sixth Avenue. Subways: #1 to Franklin Street, A, C, E, N, R or #6 to Canal Street.

Gallery Hours-Thursday, 6-8 p.m., Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 1-6 p.m, or by appointment.

Jennifer Williams wins Soho Photo's Alternative Process Competition

Congratulations to Jennifer Williams for taking the first place prize in Soho Photo's 4th Annual Alternative Process Competition.

Pile #3, © Jennifer Williams

Stop by the exhibit to see Jennifer's gorgeous cyanotype in person. While you're there, check out the work of NYmphoto's Nina Buesing, who is also included in the show.

November 6 - 29, 2008
Hours: Thursdays, 6-8 PM, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, 1-6 PM

Soho Photo
15 White Street
NY, NY 10013

Opening Reception Tomorrow @ Fotoshop Gallery

© Nina Buesing

Fotoshop is a hip upstart photography gallery in Hamburg's trendy Schanzenviertel by two women photographers Anja Lubitz and Maria Dorner. Prints are availble for viewing & purchase at the gallery and online.
Tomorrow evening is the reception for the next group show titled "Nur Zu!", which includes work by yours truly.

Nur Zu!
fotoshop - die fotogallerie
Vereinsstrasse 30
20357 Hamburg, Germany
Opening Reception: October 15, 2008 7 p.m.

Nina Buesing for NY Times

Our own Nina Buesing has a portrait photograph of Azazel Jacob's “Momma’s Man" featured in today's issue of New York Times.

AZAZEL JACOBS’S “Momma’s Man,” a film about a grown son’s fraught homecoming, is also a literal home movie, starring his own parents and shot in the TriBeCa loft where he grew up. When Mr. Jacobs, 35, started writing the script, he was thinking about the familiar indulgences of a return to the nest. “You wake up and there’s coffee waiting, and you ask yourself why you ever left,” he said. But he soon became more interested in the murky flip side to those family comforts: the feeling of regression and disorientation. “Some mornings,” he added, “you wake up and you don’t even know what year it is.”

On a roll

Joerg Colberg updated his blogroll on his popular photo blog Conscientious. It now includes Nymphoto's Nina Buesing's blog where she muses about photography, art, travel, and life in NY. He also included Hee Jin Kang's new photoblog where she has already made some interesting posts.

Four Years Ago: Filtered

Four years ago Nymphoto's second show titled "Filtered" opened on Smith Street.


Filtered © Nymphoto

2 Nymphoto members featured in Small Works

Works by Nymphoto members Nina Buesing and Maria Passarotti will be showcased in the 31st Small Works exhibition at 80 Washington Square East Galleries on view from February 2 - March 14, 2008. Opening reception Saturday February 2, from noon - 4 PM.

This year's Small Works was judged by Richard Witter of OK Harris Works of Arts in New York.

Special congratulations are in order for Nina Buesing, who received a Juror Award!

5 Years Ago

December 2002 1st Nymphoto Show © nymphtoto

Nina Buesing

A picture taken in the Bahamas by Nymphoto co-founder Nina Buesing in a recent issue of New York Magazine.













© Nina Buesing/Getty Images/courtesy New York Magazine