I had a little breakdown a few weeks ago when I realized I needed to work on my photography book collection. I've since received quite a few boxes from Amazon, and am doing much better. I am currently enthralled with Jonas Bendiksen's book Satellites. Some of these images really have to be seen to be believed; the images from Spaceship Crash Zones (where detritus from the Soviet Space Program goes to die) in isolated villages north of Kazakhstan are just incredible.
Is there a spaceship recycling program?
Is there a spaceship recycling program?
no, this is not from a Dreamworks sound stage.
photos by Jonas Bendiksen
In any case, there's an event about photo book collecting at Aperture tonight that is applicable for nuts like me:
547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York
The reception for Lamarca's work coincides with the exhibition Shifting Landscapes, which is a doozy of a show, featuring work by Lamarca, Joshua Lutz, Olaf Otto Becker, Edward Burtynsky, David Maisel, and Simon Norfolk.
photo by Simon Norfolk
Shifting Landscapes
The show addresses important environmental issues such as global warming, destruction of America's old growth forests, waste, pollution, and the environmental effects of war on the landscape, Shifting Landscapes offers an opportunity to consider what nature and its magnitude evoke in us--some marvel, some destroy, some defend.
photos by Jonas Bendiksen
In any case, there's an event about photo book collecting at Aperture tonight that is applicable for nuts like me:
Introduction to Collecting Photography Books
Panel Discussion
6:30 p.m.
547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York
Join the publisher of Aperture's book program, Lesley Martin, and art book dealer Harper Levine of Harper's Books, and Daile Kaplan, V.P., Director of photographs, Swann Galleries Inc. among others, for a conversation on what makes particular books valuable, and thoughts to consider in building a book collection.
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The reception for Lamarca's work coincides with the exhibition Shifting Landscapes, which is a doozy of a show, featuring work by Lamarca, Joshua Lutz, Olaf Otto Becker, Edward Burtynsky, David Maisel, and Simon Norfolk.
photo by Simon Norfolk
Shifting Landscapes
Reception: April 22, 6-9 p.m.
Exhibition Dates: April 10-May 11, 2008
The powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street at Water Street
Brooklyn, NY
The show addresses important environmental issues such as global warming, destruction of America's old growth forests, waste, pollution, and the environmental effects of war on the landscape, Shifting Landscapes offers an opportunity to consider what nature and its magnitude evoke in us--some marvel, some destroy, some defend.
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great photos
I love Edward Burtynsky!
I wish I could make it to this show. Is it going anywhere else?