photophriday

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Photo Phriday

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GOT JUNK??? Maybe it’s not junk, maybe it’s a cherished heirloom or a valuable antique. Or maybe it’s just a bunch of plastic necklaces and bracelets from your otherwise lost-in-a-closet Pretty Pretty Princess board game.
So take a picture of your favorite (or weirdest, most disturbing, etc.) tchotchkes and get ready to show ’em to us starting at 8pm EST.

Please do not post any pictures of your genitalia. Perv.

To our left is not one of my tchotchkes. That’ll come at 8. But this lil ‘guy gives you the general idea.

Gordon Parks

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Gordon Parks: Director, activist, poet, composer, author, musician, and photographer.  While Parks is well know in all of these genres, in my opinion his best work is in photography (okay, I haven’t actually seen Shaft, so I could be wrong).  Moving between different genres of photography, he really came into his own when he was accepted as a photographer for the FSA.  Here he created some of his most famous works and gained great popularity.  He is one of the first photographers to study racism, bringing this subject into the commercial art world. His portfolio includes portraits, fashion, Broadway, and photojournalism, specifically focusing in poverty and segregation.  No matter what the genre has the ability to capture a moment like very few photographers can.

Joyce Tenneson

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Since Friday is PhotoPhriday over at crosstalk, I figure it should also be PhotoPhriday here at Crasstalk.  So every Phriday I’ll introduce one of my favorite photographers.  This week I’ll start with the lovely Joyce Tenneson.

Tenneson is a fine art photographer who works primarily in large format Polaroids, using the human body as a subject.  She states that her upbringing in the convent that her parents worked at, greatly shaped her world view.  This upbringing inspired her to study the stages of life, using photography as her medium.  She currently shows in numerous galleries, and has quite a few books available for sale, all of which I cannot recommend highly enough.  If you’re looking for a new coffee table book, or a present for an art lover this holiday season, definitely think about these. Wise Women Amazing Men Joyce Tenneson: A Life in Photography Intimacy: The Sensual Essence of Flowers Illuminations Light Warriors