“In order to exist, man must rebel, but rebellion must respect the limits that it discovers in itself – limits where minds meet, and in meeting, begin to exist.” – Albert Camus    Join the “rebels” Gregory Siff and LouisXXX at 4AM Gallery in the Pacific Design Center space B273 to celebrate the reissue of […]

An installation is greatly influenced by its surrounding environment.  In Issue 29 we first introduced Giuseppe Penone’s installation Ideas of Stone at Madison Square Park.  Now that the seasons have changed, so too has the perspective of Madison Square Park’s senior curator Brooke Kamin Rapaport.  As the installation approaches its conclusion on February 9, Rapaport shares her thoughts regarding Penone’s […]

The seaweed that inhabits the coastline of Maine serves as inspiration for New York photographer Alan Henriksen.  The natural element transforms into mystical shapes and seems as delicate as smoke rings yet other compositions reveal a greater surface tension that give the seaweed a hard edge.  A modest element of the oceanic landscape becomes an artifact […]

In his series of two dozen portraits of turn-of-the century prisoners, Arne Svenson uncovers and restores a small history of criminals.  The photographs are developed from found negatives discovered in an abandoned warehouse.  The diptychs present a mug-shot both full face and profile of criminals guilty running the gamut of petty theft and murder.  Their […]

Albert Watson is the master of transforming sleek celebrity, editorial, and fashion subjects into objects of fine art and beauty.  During a phone interview conducted before the release of 20+20, Watson recalled the tremendous pressure surrounding his photo shoot with cinema legend Alfred Hitchcock.  He recalled that “New York was always demanding perfection.  It just […]

The series of inkjet prints were taken from 2009-2012 investigating the interiors of caves and grottos in North America.  In addition to his photographic practice, Adam Bell is an author and editor of The Education of a Photographer.  His writings have been published in Ahorn Magazine, foam International Photography Magazine, photo-eye, Lay Flat, and the […]