LENS CULTURE: International Exposure Awards

Lens Culture International Exposure Awards

Jim Casper of "Lens Culture" wrote a lovely piece today on his blog about Jessica Hine's book, "My Brother's War" and my design. (Now in LensCulture's Feb 2010 Archive) He wrote:

Photobook: Young Soldiers and Traumatic Stress after War

"Here's another success story that came out the Lens Culture International Exposure Awards 2009. Photographer Jessica Hines won an honorable mention in our global photography competition -- and thus an opportunity to publish a photobook at Blurb.com. She took this as inspiration and teamed up with Elizabeth Avedon (the designer of many of Richard Avedon's stunningly beautiful photography books, and his daughter-in-law) to publish this blockbuster of a book. It's a remarkable photobook that conveys an important political message as well as the compelling story of a personal tragedy that confronts some difficult, universal truths. Brilliant combination of great photography, thoughtful text, and excellent book design. Highly recommended!" Thank you, Jim!

LensCulture WebLog / Feb 2010 Archive

LensCulture Blurb Book
Jessica Hines Blurb Book

ALINE SMITHSON: Lenscratch Favorites

Shadows and Stains series
Hand painted silver gelatin print (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

Shadows and Stains series
Hand painted silver gelatin print (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

from "My favorites from the yearly vacation at the lake..."
Lenscratch (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

from "My favorites from the yearly vacation at the lake..."
Lenscratch (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

Henry from "My favorites from the yearly vacation at the lake..."
Lenscratch (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

SHADOWS AND STAINS series: "Shot with a toy camera (Diana), I set out to deconstruct images, overlap or cut my negatives, add thoughts that never get said out loud, add text and texture through traditional methods in the darkroom, add washes of oil paint to the surface, and discard the idea of making the perfect print. I want the shadows and stains of my photographic fingerprints as evidence that I was there, in a dark room." –Aline Smithson

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In December, Photographer Aline Smithson posted the following message on her blog LENSCRATCH: "Send me your favorite photograph of 2009 (that you have taken) and I will post it on New Year's Day." Readers sent images from as far away as India, Burma, Ireland, and Hungary, as well as many from here at home. The following are only a few of the almost 100 images posted:

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Finokalia (Φινοκαλιά), Crete
Photograph (c) Phil Bebbinton /All Rights Reserved

Los Angeles, CA
Photograph (c) Maura Brennan /All Rights Reserved

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JOCHEN BRENNECKE: really new york

hop on, hop off / New York Sightseeing
(c) 2009 Jochen Brennecke-HyperArt.com /All Rights Reserved

break / the lunch
(c) 2009 Jochen Brennecke-HyperArt.com /All Rights Reserved

hang on sloopy / Sloopy Hang On
(c) 2009 Jochen Brennecke-HyperArt.com /All Rights Reserved

step / pink
(c) 2009 Jochen Brennecke-HyperArt.com /All Rights Reserved

NEW YORK / PHOTO BLOG / JOCHEN BRENNECKE

AMY STEIN: Halloween In Harlem

Untitled (Hulk) (c) Amy Stein /All Rights Reserved

Untitled (Witch and Cowboy) (c) Amy Stein /All Rights Reserved

Untitled (Ghoul) (c) Amy Stein /All Rights Reserved

Untitled (Spiderman) (c) Amy Stein /All Rights Reserved

I lived in the neighborhood for two years so I know the best street corners

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AMY STEIN was raised in Washington, DC and Karachi, Pakistan. She holds a BS in Political Science from James Madison University, an MS in Political Science from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and an MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts, NYC. Stein teaches photography at Parsons School of Design and the School of Visual Arts, NYC.

Amy's first book, Domesticated, reviewed by The New Yorker, won best book award at the 2008 New York Photo Festival and was featured at this year's LOOK3 photo festival. In 2006, Stein was a winner of the Saatchi Gallery-Guardian Prize for her Domesticated series. In 2007, she was named one of the top fifteen emerging photographers in the world by American Photo magazine and she won the Critical Mass Book Award.

Current Exhibition Through October 31st
Amy Stein: Domesticated
CLAMPART
521 West 25th St, NYC

Upcoming 2010 Solo Exhibitions:
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Domesticated, Cambridge, MA
Perth Centre for Photography, Stranded, Perth, Australia
Australian Center for Photography, Domesticated, Sydney, Australia

Amy Stein's Photography Blog

Amy Stein Website

ALINE SMITHSON: Unexpected

Copyright (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

Copyright (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

Copyright (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved

I look to tell stories that are familiar, yet unexpected. The poignancy of childhood, aging, relationships, family, and moments of introspection or contemplation continue to draw my interest.

After a career as a New York Fashion Editor, working along side the greats of fashion photography, including Horst, Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier, Arthur Elgort, and Bert Stern, ALINE SMITHSON discovered the family Rolleiflex and never looked back. She has exhibited widely including solo shows at the Griffin Museum of Photography, the Oswald Gallery, and Wallspace Gallery in Seattle. Aline has been Gallery Editor for Light Leaks Magazine and curated a number of exhibitions for galleries and on-line magazines. She was nominated for the Excellence in Teaching Award in 2008 and 2009 and the Santa Fe Prize for Photography in 2009 by the Santa Fe Center for Photography.

Smithson's series INSIDE/OUT explores the human experience–motherhood, puberty, childhood, work, aging, death, loss–by using masks to create a more universal image and explore what part of a person comes through the mask, what they can and care to project. Plates To Pixels Interview

Aline Smithson WEBSITE
Aline Smithson's Photography blog: LENSCRATCH