Expansion (unfinished)

George Bakers essay is basically about the relationship between photography and cinema and how both mediums have expanded into each other. It is summed up in these graphs:

Also, he states that instead of trying to get back to the good ole days of photography (sounds like the film vs digital debate), we should be constantly pushing the medium. I totally agree. Why do we want to reinvent the wheel people?

MoMA's New Photography exhibitions seem to display photographers that are pushing what photography is and what it means. Also, many of them seem to push against the notion of what we have learned at Columbia as to what a "good" photograph is, or that we should have "a [visually] cohesive body of work"and it is refreshing. Here are some images from photographers in the New Photography show at MoMA from 2011, 2010, 2009:

Viviane Sassen. Belladonna. 2010. Pigmented inkjet print, 39 3/8 x 49 3/16" (100 x 125 cm).

Viviane Sassen. Mimi. 2006. Pigmented inkjet print, 19 11/16 x 15 3/4" (50 x 40 cm). 

Viviane Sassen. Testament. 2011. Pigmented inkjet print, 31 1/2 x 25 9/16" (80 x 65 cm).

Doug Rickard, an interesting thoughts on "digital" through the use of Google maps... here's MoMA's artist info on him:


Doug Rickard (American, born 1968) studied United States history and sociology at the University of California, San Diego, before moving to photography. He has drawn on this background in research for his series A New American Picture, which focuses on places in the United States where unemployment is high and educational opportunities are few. On a virtual road trip, Rickard located these sites remotely using the Street View feature of the website Google Maps, which has mapped and photographed every street in the country. Scrutinizing the Google Maps pictures, he composed images on his computer screen, which he then photographed using a digital camera. The resulting pictures—digitally manipulated to remove the Google watermark and cropped to a panoramic format—comment on poverty and racial equity in the United States, the bounty of images on the web, and issues of personal privacy.

Doug Rickard. #32.700542, Dallas, TX. 2009. 2010. Pigmented inkjet print, 20 3/4 x 33 1/4" (52.7 x 84.5 cm). 

Doug Rickard. #34.546147, Helena-West Helena, AR. 2008. 2010. Pigmented inkjet print, 20 3/4 x 33 1/4" (52.7 x 84.5 cm).

Moyra Davey. The Coffee Shop, The Library. 2011. Chromogenic color prints, Dimensions variable. 

Moyra Davey. Rester Calme. 2010 (detail). Chromogenic color prints, Dimensions variable.

Moyra Davey, Rester Calme. 2010 (detail). Chromogenic color prints, Dimensions variable.

Deana Lawson. Roxie and Raquel. 2010. Pigmented inkjet print, 30 15/16 x 38 9/16" (78.6 x 97.9 cm). 

Amanda Ross-Ho, installation view of HALF OF WHAT I SAY IS MEANINGLESS, 2008

Amanda Ross-Ho Irreconcilable Indifferences 2010, Chromogenic color print. 44x34 in. 

Amanda Ross-Ho Law of the Excluded Middle 2007 Sheetrock, framed sheetrock, wood, gold plated chain, kitty litter, 62x48x25 in.

Amanda Ross-Ho Inside Job #2. 2010. Inkjet print on canvas, 100 x 72″ (254 x 182.9 cm). 

Amanda Ross-Ho. Expose for the Shadows, Develop for the Highlights (Perforated Sampler): White Light, Crewel Point, Triangle 208.33%, Glasses (His), Portrait (Hers). 2010. Hand-drilled Sheetrock, wood, latex paint, chromogenic color prints, CNC-cut acrylic, acrylic on canvas, 96 x 72 x 5″ (243.8 x 182.9 x 12.7 cm).

Elad Lassry...Not everybody is tableauin it anymore (and mural or tableau does not equal good art, don't forget!):

Elad Lassry Laminated Structure (For Her and Him) 2009. Gelatin silver print on chromogenic color print, 14 1/2 x 11 1/2″ (36.8 x 29.2 cm).

Elad Lassry Angela Ledgerwood 2009 14x11"

Roe Ethridge Studio with Red Bag. 2009. Chromogenic color print,
51 x 40″ (129.5 x 101.6 cm). 

Alex Prager....Cindy Sherman and pastiche anyone? Film+photo anyone?:

Alex Prager Despair, Film Still #1 2010 

Roe Ethridge. Debora Muller with Tripod. 2008. Chromogenic color print. 43 x 33" (109.2 x 83.8 cm).

Leslie Hewitt. Riffs on Real Time.  2002–05. Chromogenic color print, 30 x 24" (76.2 x 61 cm). 

Carter Mull. Eleven. 2009. Type-c print on metallic paper and type-r print, 21 x 22 1/8" (53.3 x 56.2 cm). 

Sterling Ruby. Artaud. 2007. Chromogenic color print, 64 x 48" (162.6 x 121.9 cm). 

Sara VanDerBeek. A Composition for Detroit. 2009. Chromogenic color prints, left to right, panel 1: 65 x 48" (165.1 x 121.9 cm), panel 2: 65 x 43 1/2" (165.1 x 110.5 cm), panel 3: 65 x 48" (165.1 x 121.9 cm), panel 4: 65 x 47 1/2" (165.1 x 120.7 cm).

Daniel Gordon. Red Headed Woman. 2008. Chromogenic color print, 37 5/16 x 29 7/8" (94.8 x 75.9 cm). 

Walead Beshty. Three Color Curl (CMY: Irvine, California, August 19, 2008, Fuji Crystal Archive Type C). 2008. Color photographic paper, 97 5/8 x 51 1/8" (248 x 129.9 cm).