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On the Ground with War Photographer Lalage Snow

Setsu Uzume — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:51:32 +0000

When disaster strikes, there’s no time to think. Bullets fly, cars burst into flame and the only way to escape is to run. Lalage Snow is one person who runs toward danger, her camera capturing the surreal chaos of conflict – tear gas hovering over Bangladesh streets, and Russian jets screaming across the sky – [&hellip

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Artists Explore the Beauty of Water in SF’s Presidio

Julie Davis — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:50:36 +0000

A rainy day in the Presidio is usually something of a disappointment, but it’s an atmosphere that only adds to the experience of viewing the new exhibit at the China Brotsky Gallery, Ways of Water. Hosted by the Thoreau Center for Sustainability, a green-centric nonprofit named after Henry David Thoreau (the 19th century American writer [&hellip

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Project Photo shoot with Patricia Izzo

Angela Son — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:25:05 +0000

“I’m not interested in matching the colors of your couch with my fine art photography,” said Patricia Izzo, a black-and-white film photographer. Truthful and blunt in her artistic style, Izzo is a firm believer of connecting with people (not people’s couches) through her art. Izzo wants people to have an emotional response when they look [&hellip

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From Manga to Metal: The Fantasy Art of Helcanen

Setsu Uzume — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 03:04:56 +0000

Every kid dreams of being part of the rock star world, but not many are able to actually make their dream into a reality. As the promotional designer for the Metal Female Voices Festival, Belgian artist Helcanen is one of the lucky few. Since childhood, Helcanen has loved to draw. Combining her personal and professional [&hellip

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A Sunny Artscapade with Street Photographer Yana Benjamin

Angela Son — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:57:50 +0000

Last Saturday afternoon, award-winning street photographer Yana Benjamin and Art Animal went on an “artscapade” on the streets of Ann Arbor, Mich. This experimental project was overlaid with the theme, Ubiquity of Urbanity. While walking the streets and stopping to snap pictures here and there, Benjamin and I discussed her childhood hobbies, artistic influences and favorite [&hellip

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Interview with photographer Patricia Izzo

Angela Son — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 03:04:19 +0000

“When you lose almost every work of art that you created over 30 years,” photographer Patricia Izzo said, “including very personal items like the voice of my father telling jokes on a CD and all the artwork of my only daughter during her school years, you can go one way or another.” In 2011, a fire in her [&hellip

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The Devil In The Details – Cindy Sherman at the SF MoMA

Setsu Uzume — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:17:16 +0000

Cindy Sherman is a one-woman show. She is not only a photographer, but also her own model, make-up artist, hair-stylist, wardrobe manager and post-production artist. Currently, her 35-year retrospective is on display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Sherman’s photos each tell their own story through her expression, composition and tiny details you [&hellip

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Review of Judith Turner’s The Flatness of Ambiguity

Angela Son — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 04:11:53 +0000

Think of a time that you’ve been at an exhibition you’ve been meaning to check out for weeks: as you walk into the exhibition you admire the spotless, high ceiling and decide to work your way from the left wall around the room, keeping a regular distance from the artwork on the walls. You [&hellip

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Identity and Sex in Man Up! No Balls About It Exhibit

Angela Son — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:50:25 +0000

The exhibition was put together by the Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA), a national organization that creates community through art, education and social activism. Suzy Lake – a native of Detroit and the first female artist to use performance, video and photographic work to explore gender – acted as the jury for the exhibition, hand-picking [&hellip

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Patti Smith Reveals Hidden Artistic Talent in Camera Solo

Angela Son — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:30:25 +0000

“Each picture is individual and I could tell a little story about every one of them.” – Patti Smith I must admit, I didn’t know much about Patti Smith (perhaps due to a generational gap) until I read news about her exhibition, Patti Smith: Camera Solo, in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Many know her as the [&hellip

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