Edward Weston: Life Work
Every once in a while something unexpectedly wonderful happens, and just such a thing has happened to photographic art enthusiasts living along the Front Range. Through 22 July, 2012, the…
The Photographs That Will Be Remembered
Years ago, when my infatuation with photography was still in its infancy, there was a guy I knew, call him Arnie, who was an outstanding photographer. Arnie was a co-worker…
Atmosphere
In his essay Making Art New, Robert Adams considers the difficult and awkward topic of ‘newness’ in photography. Can there be anything new in photography when its genres have been…
Art in the Contact Sheet: The Garry Winogrand – Women Are Beautiful exhibit at the Denver Art Museum
When photography art historians create a short list of the great street photographers of the 20th century you can be certain that right there along with the renowned European masters,…
Thoughts on the UCD Faculty Art Exhibit
Those who can, do; many also teach Remember, those who can, do; those who can’t, teach. (From George Bernard Shaw’s Man and Superman) As I crossed the threshold into the…
It’s an iWorld After All
It’s official – technological innovations like the iPhone have revolutionized visual communications, spurred uprisings, and sustained occupations in a new world inundated with instruments of invention, intrusion, and instant gratification.…
Three Influential Photographs of the Western Landscape
Introduction The landscape of America’s West has long been the subject of American photographers. Samuel Morse scarcely had introduced the daguerreotype to America when explorer John C. Fremont decided to…
Robert Adams Retrospective: Almost too much of a Good Thing
Through January 1, 2012, the Denver Art Museum is exhibiting a wonderful retrospective of master photographer Robert Adams. The exhibit is entitled: "Robert Adams: The Place We Live, A Retrospective…
Stella Obscura
The current photo exhibit, Masterworks of Photography from the Collection of Hal Gould, at the Byers-Evans House displays a few of the finest, most recognizable images of the 20th century.…
It’s Complicated: Essays on Photography
Unintentional Art In painting, the Art medium to which photography is most often compared, the painter’s hand, not the painter’s tool, plays the primary role in the creation of an…