Monthly Newsletter, March 2024
Photography News from Studio MBK
News from StudioMBK!
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
I will be winging my way out to Seattle to help my mother recover from surgery. Co-Moderator, Steven Parisi-Gentile will be flying solo for In Person Salon. You will be in capable hands.
Every second Tuesday of the month there is an in person salon at 7 PM at CPW, 474 Broadway, Kingston, NY. Photographers are encouraged to bring 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.
These articles caught my attention this past month.
The Book of Symbols: Carl Jung’s Catalog of the Unconscious
Beginning in the 1930s, Jung’s devotees started collecting mythological, ritualistic, and symbolic imagery under the auspices of The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism (ARAS), an organization with institutes throughout the U.S. In the intervening 80 years, the ARAS archive has grown to contain more than 17,000 images and 90,000 pages of cultural and psychological scholarly commentary on pictorial archetypes, all of which is now fantastically, fully digitized.
Seeing Photography as an African Art Form
By way of introducing Portrait and Place: Photography in Senegal, 1840–1960(2024), author and educator Giulia Paoletti puts forth the Senegalese cultural practice of xoymet (kho-e-mët). Paoletti translates the Wolof verb as “to let someone catch a glimpse of something intimate,” one of several interpretations of the expansive tradition. Here, she highlights the practice of decorating a bride’s room with a temporary archive of family history and borrowed photographic images.
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