GLIMMERPLEX

A sort of journal of clippings, notes, inspiration, and whatever else on photography, mostly.

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Stair-climbing shadows in House of Cards S4 Ep12.

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Caption: “Street Sofa” from “The Principles of Uncertainty” (Penguin Press), 2007. “Encountering sofas on the street is a common event. They grace the sidewalk with a nonchalant attitude.”

See her sofa photos here.

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“Gifted photographers, learning from the successes of their predecessors, quickly acquire the ability to recognize and anticipate certain aspects of subject matter, situation, perspective, and quality of light that might produce effective pictures. Original photographers enlarge this shared sense of possibilities by discovering new patterns of facts that will serve as metaphors for their intentions. The continuing, cumulative insights of these exceptional artists have formed and reformed photography’s tradition: a new pictorial vocabulary, based on the specific, the fragmentary, the elliptical, the ephemeral, and the provisional. This new tradition has revised our sense of what in the world is meaningful and our understanding of how the meaningful can be described.”

— John Szarkowski, William Eggleston’s Guide (1976). Photographs by Jason Fulford, from Crushed and Raising Frogs for $$$.

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The Mushroom Collector: In Conversation with Jason Fulford

AS: From your perspective, what is the relationship between photography and collecting? JF: The collector I’m thinking of is a scavenger whose mode is to wander. He enters the woods with an open mind. He might find a Scarlet Elf Cup or a Hen of the Woods; he may come home with nothing but an empty pack of cigarettes. The collecting happens over many years. The analogy continues when it comes to editing, making sense of the mess. Presentation is considered. Similar items are compared; the weak examples are discarded. The collector asks: Is there an audience for this? Is supplementary information necessary? Is the collection explanatory or mysterious? What ties the various elements together—the collector’s personal interests, or a predetermined set of categories? Is it about repetition or variety? Does the collection continue to grow, or is it now closed?

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"...you only need to know what you need to know."

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Abiquiu, New Mexico

I am loving this little piece of roadside just a click away in Google maps. 

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(via El Sueno Americano: Photos of Objects Seized from Immigrants Crossing the U.S. Mexico Border | Junkculture)

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Some excerpts from the book. Photography "...to regulate a pleasant form of living."

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Pages I liked from "Harry Callahan: The Photographer at Work"

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(via still in this place. | The Dream Being)

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Penelope Umbrico, Bed/Pillows/Paint, 2006-07 (magazine pages, house paint)

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"...abundant fluffy, airy pillows.”

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TBT to when Laurie Simmons, Cindy Sherman, and Sarah Charlesworth were hanging out at the kitchen table. 

Read Simmons’ and Sherman’s accounts of Charlesworth (and see more great group pics).

“Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleworld” is on view through September 20.

Learn more about Laurie Simmons and Cindy Sherman in our digital archive.

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Paper: What is the biggest obstacle you’ve had to overcome in your career?

Cindy Sherman: Male artists.

More from our September issue OGs feature on Cindy Sherman here.

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at AJ’s Fine Foods

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If you’ve solved your dressing problems satisfactorily for yourself, you are bound to attract the people you want to attract and for the reasons you want to attract them: a better job, a new mate, a competent lover, a fresh friend.

http://nytimes.com/blogs/tmagazine/2014/06/12/elizabeth-hawes-the-most-brilliant-american-fashion-designer/