Isabelle Pateer

I was sent this link to a Beligian photographers site http://www.isabellepateer.com/projects/ This image is from a series called Unsettled which focusus on whats left after industry has moved on. In this case it's in the Belgian village of Doel. Collectively the photographs tell a story of loss, waste and I think a sense of betrayal. They convey a feeling of people that are abandoned, let down by what big business has to offer. They also show how in a global market business looks at costs first and communities after. I suppose what I really like about them is the fact that the focus is on the human waste, this to me makes the massage more tangible.

Deutsche Borse Photography prize

The Deutsche Borse photography prize is the annual Turner Prize for photography, in other words it is an annual prize (£30,00) which is given to the artist who has used photography in the most meaningful way in that year. Like the Turner the short-list is chosen through exhibition rather than reputation. This years prize winner is John Stezaker. For artists of my age he is something of a legend particularly if you were at college in the seventies and  interested in Conceptual art. Stezaker came after and embraced the Art and Language group and for a while enjoyed a deserved reputation as someone who produced interesting and thought provoking work. Despite his lack of notoriety over the  intervening years he has obviously kept working and now seems to be having a small but significant renaissance. You can find his work on numerous website but I can't seem to find his own. One last thought; it seems interesting that the photography prize should be given not to someone who has taken photographs but to someone who has manipulated them; perhaps this is a sign of the times.

Mustafah Abdulaziz

This is a great crowd shot by Mustafah Abdulaziz, an American photographer, this is from a series of images called Memory Loss which you can find at http://www.mustafahabdulaziz.com/memory-loss . It's not always clear to me what the photographs are saying overall, maybe about displacement, or perhaps they are just good observation; sometimes we neglect the obvious in favour of the conceptual. It's worthwhile looking at the rest of his work, especially New York Fashion Week, which has equally as astute observation.

Lens Culture

If you wake early and can't get back to sleep internet searching is a great way to pass the time; it also means that you come across little gems like this online photography magazine called Lens Culture http://www.lensculture.com/index.html It has a whole range of links to different photographers and different types of photography. If nothing else it's worthwhile going there just to see the eclectic imagery that Bertrand Fleuret has put together in his online book Landmasses and Railways http://www.bertrandfleuret.com/ Happy hunting!

Alison Brady

I know that more often than not we are told to be specific in our internet searches; but sometimes being less specific can be beneficial. I'm not sure I would have got to see the above images by Alison Brady http://alisonbrady.com/contents.html by trying to search unless of course I had known her name, However by looking at Blogs by other people you can open a new string of ideas. I found these images on a Blog by Amy Stein http://amysteinphoto.blogspot.co.uk/ . I've looked at some of the other posts on this Blog and it looks pretty good but I took a chance and chose a name and luckily came up with these images. By chance they have a look of Thorsten Brinkmann and share some of the same aesthetic; but these seem to occupy a more surreal space, perhaps they are more personal in content and on the surface at least they look more American or at least less European. Both these sites are worth visiting and it's worthwhile just taking a chance when internet  searching.

Lorna Simpson

Posting work by Thorsten Brinkmann reminded me of another artist who was in the exhibition and had stand out work, Lorna Simpson. I've been aware of her work from sometime around the eighties and have always enjoyed seeing it. This particular piece is called Please remind me of who I am and this idea of who we are and what we represent is a strong part of her working ethos, equally as strong is the desire to place herself and her work within the context of a black woman in America. You can see her work at http://lsimpsonstudio.com/ .

Thorsten Brinkmann

I find it hard to believe that I haven't posted any work by Thorsten Brinkmann before now. I first saw his work a few years ago at ICP in New York in an exhibition called Dress Codes.The work was based around images of style and personal presentation and Brinkmann's work was a small part of a group show. For me it stood out as being work that significance beyond the immediacy, yes it's striking to look at and arresting but it seems to me that it has a deeper more lasting impression based on a more historically concious thought process. If nothing else you can go to his website at  http://thorstenbrinkmann.com/ and see some knock-out work. This image is from a series called Portraits of a serial collector this particular one is called Bertha von Schwarzflug. According to Google translate Schwarzflug means black flight.

Further link

You can see more work by Tabitha Soren at the Klompching Gallery website along with work by other young photographers including these images by Monika Merva. The Klompching is one of the newer galleries in New York that is specifically for photography work. They have a regular stable of photographers but the current exhibition which is called Fresh is showcasing work by younger photographers.You can find the work at 

http://www.klompching.com/FRESH2012/exhibition/monikamerva03.htm 

Running Tabitha Soren

I came across this image on the Flak website, it's by a photographer called Tabitha Soren. This is from a series of images called Running one of the other sets of images that's worth looking at is Uprooted. I'm not so keen on the other work but these two sets of images are very good.
The  Running series images are so filmic like a small scene from an epic film, very evocative, especially this one which looks like it comes from a David Lynch film. You can find her work at http://www.tabithasoren.com/#/running/3

Instagram

I may be the last person in the world to say this but I think I'm coming round to Instagram. For a long time I've resisted it, mainly due to people who post 'mucking' about with their images too much. However I think I'm getting the point, it's about the immediacy of it, see the above, the ability to have a visual thought, take it and post it. It also seems a great way of developing ideas and testing them out with peer groups. I still haven't tried it yet but I'm getting there.. I think.

I came across these photographs by Chad Moore http://chad-moore.com/index.html in an article in Dazed & Confused. Technically there seems to be a whole lot wrong with them but conceptually and aesthetically the're spot  on. In a digital age we expect our images to perfect these aren't; however they are uninhibited, playful, touching, humane and funny. Most of all they remind me of why we take photographs - to see what we can find.

I came across these images on Flak and I couldn't believe how good they are. They are from a recently published book by Shelly Lee Adams called Salt and Truth, you can find a small section of them here http://flakphoto.com They have a fantastically still quality about them it's almost like they have forgotten there picture faces and relaxed into being themselves. I think they are taken with a 5x4 camera, but I can't be sure.
Either way and which ever way they are taken there really worth a look

I came across this lovely photo on a recommended Blog called Minimal Exposition  http://minimalexposition.blogspot.co.uk It's by a photographer called Yuu Sakai; so simple but really beautiful. I can also recommend the blog which is full of great imagery; well worth while bookmarking.

Public Assembly

There is always something interesting about looking at other people, especially when they are unaware and absorbed in their own thoughts. I'm not sure why it should be other than it s a representation of ourselves I think we have all thought of ourselves like this thinking these thoughts or something similar. These are a really good example of  group shots by Mike Sinclair you'll find them at the Time Lightbox http://lightbox.time.com/2012/06/21/public-assembly-the-photographs-of-mike-sinclair/#4 which is a pretty good site to look at for all kinds of photography.

Michael lammler

I saw these images by Michael Lammler on Conscientious you should check them out at http://michaellaemmler.com/ Also have a look at the other work; yes it looks a bit odd but I think it's really fascinating, funny, bizarre but worthwhile and really interesting.

Work by Jessica Eaton

My daugter sent me this link to another blog which has some really interesting work on it not least this really lovely work by Jessica Eaton. You can read it on the blog but it seems the work is made by multiple exposure using coloured gels. The resuts are really wonderful. Blog address is
http://lightbox.time.com/2012/05/16/jessica-eaton/#1

Latest Subjects

These are some of my latest offerings from my paper negatives. It's always difficult to know where I'm going with this; Iv'e been doing them for so long that I'm beginning to wonder if they are going anywhere. However my latest thoughts revolve around the idea of just looking not commenting. I think of the people I photograph as subjects . I want to see is them, unadorned not ready to be photographed, unconscious of themselves as pictures.

Sarah Sze

We went to London yesterday not for anything in particular other than the trip. However we take the opportunity to go to Victoria Miro and see the Grayson Perry  tapestries from his recent T.V programme on taste and just as importantly Sarah Sze which was terrific. 

This short film is of one of the pieces of work from upstairs in the gallery.

I came across this really interesting photographer called Paola de Grenet on Conscientious. There are a fair number of different kinds of images on the site but I just picked these two as good examples. You acn find the work at http://paoladegrenet.com/

New Mobile images

 I looked over some mobile images that I had taken fairly recently on a trip to Norfolk. What surprised me was how they had this connection or rather a connection. Perhaps it's just me but I have a tendency to think of each image at the time and not to connect them, but reflecting on what I had taken made me see this fascination with the internal spaces of images. How the composition is divided, and an interest in things that are within a room and things that are outside.

In the case of the window images taken in Newark it was the ability to be able to see behind and in front at the same time. The Sainsbury gallery images are about how  a flat composition can still show the real space that exists; equally as interesting is the way that the internal space that they are walking into doesn't really exist as far as the image goes