Monthly Newsletter, May 2024
Photography News from Studio MBK
News from Studio MBK!
This is a once a month (with rare exceptions) newsletter containing news about the art of photography, mine and others.
Monthly Photography Salon
I co-moderate two monthly photography Salons through the Center for Photography at Woodstock, which is now actually in Kingston, NY.
In Person Salon
Please note the new address for the in person Salon! The new address is a block away from the old one, so it should be easy to find. There is lots of parking.
Every second Tuesday of the month there is an in person salon at 7 PM at CPW 25 Dederick Street, Kingston, NY. Photographers are encouraged to bring up to 15 prints of their work. We are especially interested in providing feedback to photographers working on a project or submission. The atmosphere is informal and supportive, with work being reacted to and discussed by the photographers present.
Virtual Salon
Co-moderator, Deena Feinberg
Every fourth Tuesday of the month there is a virtual salon. Photographers are encouraged to upload files of their work. We recommend a jpeg format of 2000 pixels on the longest side, and maximum of 144 pixels per inch. Use highest quality jpeg setting. Files should be named with the first and last name of the photographer and should be numbered in the order in which the photographer would like them to appear. So, First Name_Last Name_01, would be the preferred format. We are especially interested in providing feedback to photographers working on a project or submission. The atmosphere is informal and supportive, with work being reacted to and discussed by the photographers present.
Files can be uploaded here.
Join the Virtual Salon here.
Of Interest
If you are an artist and receiving this email, I am happy to share announcements of shows you are participating in. All you have to do is email me at mkriegh@gmail.com with the details before the end of the month prior to your happening.
Salon Regular Lee Day is in a group show:
This MUST be the Place?
Lee Day, Alon Koppel and Jada Fabrizio
Stretching the parameters of the here-and-now,
3 photographers explore their relationship with the moment.
I have a selection of work from my Clipping and Trainpan series in this wonderful group show in which each photographer explores their relatiorelationship to time, space and place. This includes new Clipping work from Chicago, and several large panoramic images from my Industrial Abstraction series.
The show is on view May 9 - June 9, and there will be an artists’ reception on Saturday, May 11th from 4pm to 7pm. We will also be having and artists’ discussion panel on May 26th. This will be moderated by writer Matt Moment and runs from 3:30pm - 5pm. I hope to see you at the gallery.
Mad Rose Gallery, Millerton, NY 12546 Hours: Thursday – Sunday 12-5pm
Sakiko Nomura’s Sensual New Book of Hotel Room Polaroids, Room 416
Room 416 presents the work of Japanese photographer Sakiko Nomura around the polaroid. Sakiko Nomura builds her images in the shadows. Photographing her models in places as bare as their bodies, intimacy is at the heart of her work. Her images evoke the muffled atmosphere of rooms that we recognize without having visited them, the rustling of sheets, the swish of a curtain that is opened to let a ray of light in. She deals with love, sex, relationships and the fragility with modesty and gentleness. Combining the Polaroids here in a trio, mixing places and times, Nomura has created short stories that reinvent themselves according to the viewer's imagination. The polaroid, which belongs to both the private and professional worlds of photography, has a magical quality. Because of its physical and unique aspect, it becomes a small space-time window that transports those who stand in front of the photograph into the moment of the shot. It is this slightly different relationship to time that Nomura enjoys: "I believe that our relationship to polaroids can change depending on where we look at them, at what moment," she says. The book has been designed so that the reader can either keep the initial sequence or compose his or her own triptychs, in order to adapt the images to his or her present feelings.
Opportunities
Lenscratch opportunities page: The most complete listing of opportunities for photographic artists I know of.
Studio MBK Links
Notes On Attention Paid - My short form blog with daily notes and photographs.
Notes On Attention Paid, Photographs - The photographs I make daily.
Essays On Attention Paid - My long form essay blog.
“Just make the work, something will come of it.”
Attributed to John Cage