BOMB 118/Winter 2012
David Goodman reflects, in this photo essay, on the playground that was Miami Art Basel.
Photographer Amy Elkins peers through the lens of masculine identity into the eye of a high-contact sport with a new show at Yancey Richardson.
Billy Name speaks with photographer David Shankbone about hacktavism, Wikileaks, and the cultural revolution of new media.
Kevin Kinsella discusses the photography exhibition, Boris Mikhailov: Case Study.
Alyssa Kilzer speaks with Cole Rise, a photographer whose work achieves both surreal and cinematic qualities.
Photographer David LaChapelle touches on his diverse origins, what makes a subject natural, and his complex relationship with Christianity. His work is showing at Lever House in New York City.
Jennifer Rodriguez speaks to photographer Beowulf Sheehan, the man behind the camera for the New York Public Library’s beautiful book Know the Past, Find the Future.
It’s been two years since the last odd numbered year, and you know what that means—it’s almost time for the Venice Biennalle! Check out our handy BOMB guide to exhibition’s offerings.
Industry muted, architecture diminished—Daisy Atterbury dips into the quietly dreamlike world of Brazilian Photographer Tuca Vieira’s nocturnal Berlin.
In their ongoing column, poets Rebecca and Leah discuss the meaning of “wild” in response to both a photography exhibit of the horses of a remote Canadian island and a reading given by Jonathan Franzen and Jhumpa Lahiri.
In a new ongoing BOMB column, two poets head out on the town on a mission to map—and mine—the creative arts community of New York City, for inspiration, celebration, and collaboration, through parties, openings, readings, and more.
Creativity in the wake of violence—Nilu Izadi utilizes the bullet holes on Beirut’s historic landmark Yellow House as apertures for an actual camera obscura. She speaks to Christina Eberhart about growing up in England with ties to Iran.
LaToya Ruby Frazier and Greg Lindquist discuss the aesthetics of decay. Their Planet of Slums exhibition opened December 17th at Third Streaming in NYC.
Aric Mayer discusses the problems and possibilities in photographing New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in this audio slideshow. Aric was the lead photographer covering the storm for The Wall Street Journal.
As part of Creative Time Tweets, artist David Horvitz will traverse the USA on train, from SF to DC, to deliver a collection of hand-transcribed tweets to the National Archive. Participate with the hashtag #VadeMecum.
On the last weekend of January, the Art Los Angeles Contemporary fair (ALAC) stamped an impressive footprint on the second floor of the Pacific Design Center (PDC).
In a photograph my image exists outside of my physical body but does my body still live in a photograph? When applied to the photography of dead bodies, specifically crime scene photography, these questions take an interesting turn.
In his latest show at Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, photographer Barney Kulok leaves his camera behind to picture how we are constructing an invisible territory in the wireless domain.
Tina Schula and Nicola Kast are both artists who deal with the lingering presence of Nazism in their work.
There’s a frustration I face with modern photography—glossy spreads in magazines and head shots and landscapes. With the advent of Photoshop, everything just looks too perfect.
I am wrapped in a universe of temporal distortion when looking at Mark Borthwick’s photography.
In this edition of BOMB On the Inside, Gilles D’Amecourt interviews photographer Matthew Scott.
Alec Quig and Will Steacy discuss Steacy’s work and what it means to photograph “the rough side of town.”
Ben discovers a disturbing winter wonderland inside a painted over window and snaps a picture. He encourages others to submit their camera phone art to the blog.
Ben Handzo ruminates on the nature of documentary, in the context of the videos Carlos Motta and the photos of Mikhael Subotzky.
Watch a BOMBLive! This video features an interview of photographer Tina Barney by writer Michele Gerber-Klein, filmed at 192 Books in March 2011.
Read a BOMBLive! unedited transcript of the video interview: Tina Barney interviewed by Michele Gerber-Klein at 192 Books in March 2011.
WEB EXCLUSIVE From big-box stores, thrift shops to dead malls, photographer Brian Ulrich has captured the US landscape of consumption for a decade—unflatteringly but never without empathy. Lynn Saville prompts him to elaborate on his vision and travels.
This is an unedited transcript of the BOMB on the Scene video interview: Gregory Crewdson interviewed by Richard Goldstein in September 2010.
