Sizes on this web version are approximate, and the ‘real’ one has an off-white base. The photos are a mix of photorag and crane. The images in the centre are mounted slightly out from the board, the rest being adhered flush.

This is also the first image to have been put together solely from within ubuntu/linux…

I see links to some of John Matturi’s work, but I really like the viewpoint he presents

The site is well worth spending time with, even though it is a flash site!

He currently has an exhibition in Madrid at camara oscura galeria de arte

One interesting thing I like is that the work is often presented as limited edition books - a great alternative to art on the wall

John Matturi spent some time working on a project in Venice - this is a work print.

I’ve always liked her work. She was one of the first to use the Holga-type (in her case the Diana) camera before it’s fuzzyness was ‘instant art’ or anyone had a use for it. She is also one of the few who make it work IMO - and speaking as someone who tried for a long time to do something new with it and failing miserably.

Her prints are diminutive, many just 4×4 inches.

Stephen Wirtz has the Iowa work on his web site

From his artist statement…

‘It happened suddenly and I experienced as a fact for the first time in my flesh and bones that “all is without permanence”, over what I had regretted for a long time that “all life is suffering”. I was seized by an overwhelming fear and a paralysing doubt. And just as suddenly, I arrived at yet another understanding, that to be alive and live my life “in truth” meant being present, moment by moment, in touch with reality without denial or escapism, a reality where there was present the One I sought and the One I loved.’

Now there is much to be admired in this statement as it says… absolutely NOTHING about the work! Fantastic! My hero! The work, however I really like. As someone noted in an email yesterday, I’m currently on the search for simplicity, which is true, but simplicity with content - which is damn hard to do. Clear statement, everything fully explained, but without gimmick.

Of course, one person’s gimmick is another’s medium! But I am particularly attracted to the almost ’sidewise glance’ aesthetic that Lee uses.

Ok, no montage today. I came across Andreas whilst looking for something else, saw the graphic shapes in the thumbnails and pulled up a bigger version. These are amazing POVs that seem only to be visible in the camera

The Soma project, certainly hits some areas I’ve been working in too

Especially this…