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CEBK Exhibit of the Month #2*
Wow, a giant! Not quite. Don’t be misled, those are actually very small houses…
Like doll’s houses? Exactly like doll’s houses… Collected by the British artist Rachel Whiteread over two decades and kept in her basement ever since, the doll’s houses now get their chance to be centre stage.
Oh, right. Why? Well, they form the most atmospheric of exhibits [...]
Art Gallery Etiquette 101: smash ‘n’ bump things
This is the second in an occasional series on the right and proper way to behave in an art gallery. But I really made a terrible error before. Because this is Art Gallery Etiquette 101, lesson 1. Really, this is it…
Because you can get away with a lot in a modern art gallery. Not least in [...]
Street & Studio: an abridged history of photographic consent (or the lack of…)
Read the papers: modern life is symbolised by the recalcitrant mosquito swarm of the paparazzi; the beleaguered celebrity constant prey to the hordes of vicious fucks with the telephoto lenses. And well, yeah, they are. But then they also have their bodyguards, expensive lawyers, millions of pounds in their back pockets from selling the non-pap photos [...]
CEBK Picture of the Week #5
I’m a little embarrassed by how few female artists this blog has featured in recent weeks, so here’s a Picture of the Week by arguably Britain’s greatest living artist. No tokenism here though, this is stunning…
Who? Bridget Riley
What? Arrest 1, 1965
Where? Strangely enough, I don’t know, despite spending some time trying to find out (I shall [...]
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I was going over my Artreview contacts and ralised that you live in Hove! I lived there for over 3 years, I miss it so much. Then I remembered, this very famous guy, Nicolas Sinclair, he used to be my neighbourgh... Have you ever seen his work (photographer)? It is worth checking.
Brighton & Hove is very artistic place, I love it!
http://www.doodle.ch/6brc5k5xn7ipi8f5
Txs
I find your review very interesting, I enjoyed reading it. One particular thing intrigued me: "...On the other hand, the intrusion into the personal misery (or even just mundanity) of those whom are otherwise nameless, penniless and occasionally also oblivious to their role as subject, raises some weighty ethical concerns" (second paragraph). I spoke about this aspect with many artists, and have ambivalent attitude: on one side, photography makes these people visible - but then, many photographers feel like being intruders/weird parasites/thirsty voyeurs... in other people's lives. It is a double-edged sword indeed...
jul.
Although I'd love to shoot my mouth off about street photography, I'm no expert. Here's a book (see below) that would tell you quite a bit, and no doubt there are some web sites (which I couldn't find for you in a very quick google).
Thanks for inviting my comment. I was just thinking about all this anyway. My real answer to the privacy issue is personal and selfish. I get an idea for a picture and I need to do it. That's about it for rationale for me!
Pelle
Bystander: A History Of Street Photography (Hardcover)
by Joel Meyerowitz (Author), Colin Westerbeck
I read your blog on photos and consent. I guess since I'm a photographer, I'm a bit of a fundamentalist on the subject of freedom of expression. I think you give up your privacy when you go out on the street, at which point a person's freedom to take pictures in public takes precedence. Obviously, it doesn't give a photographer license to harass or stalk, as in van der Elsken's case, which should not be confused with issues of privacy and consent.
In general, I liked your post, but perhaps you give the impression that Evans's case was a special one. But many well known photographers have been taking pictures in public without consent at a furious pace since Many Are Called, from P.L. di Corsia to Martin Paar. With that said, off and on over the years, I have photographed people in public without consent myself. I always feel uncomfortable somehow. And sometimes I wonder what is the moral difference between public surveillance and art photography, without coming up with any convincing rationale. It comes back to what I said in the beginning, I guess. You give up your right to privacy when you step out on the street.
C arla
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