Chris Rainier
I had the chance to meet Chris Rainier at one of his lectures five years ago. He was seated next to me, in the audience, waiting for his turn at the podium. We struck-up a brief conversation regarding his time in Papua New Guinea which lead to thoughts on the search to photograph First Earth societies untouched by technology. Continue reading
Sin Titulo – Yolanda Andrade
La Mujer Arana – Yolanda Andrade
La Revelacion – Yolanda Andrade
El y Ellas – Yolanda Andrade
Zachary Copfer and his Bacteriograph
Zachary Copfer, a former microbiologist has now turned his science skills to his new passion: photography. He is pushing the envelope with an amazing photo printing technique that uses controlled bacteria to produce images instead of traditional dark room equimpment like developers and photo-sensitive papers. Copfer calls his technique “Bacteriographs” and he is not alone in the pursuit of transforming proteins and bacteria into art. Continue reading
El proximo 26 de septiembre tengo el orgullo de apoyar a la Fundación México Vivo con una obra en subasta. El dinero de la subasta será utilizado para apoyar las actividades de la Fundación en lo referente a VIH/SIDA en México: promoviendo la prevención, la detección oportuna, la investigación y la atención de mejorar su calidad de vida.
Participan más de doscientos artistas en la subasta, y los compradores pueden pagar con tarjeta de crédito. La subasta será en el Museo de Arte Moderno en D.F., donde los visitantes podrán ver todas las obras expuestas.
26 de septiembre a las 20:00 horas en el Museo de Arte Moderno Donativo $200 pesos / Catálogo de las obras Continue reading
“Captain Dames of the royal Artillery leans against a wall in camp during the Crimean War”, Roger Fenton 1855 – ©Corbis
The Battle of Balaclava is one of the most famous battles of all time, despite being a comparatively minor engagement in the Crimean War. The futile heroics of the soldiers who fought there may have gone relatively unnoticed if not for a picture and a poem.
The battle itself is fraught with anecdotes and personalities that combine to make legend. The events of October 25th, 1854 evolve like the episodes of a Greek tragedy, with the fate of the soldiers hinging on the acts of a handful of characters. Continue reading
