© M.A.M08 / the unforgettable fogging memory
Photographer Silke Seybold - 11 years ago…
…I packed my suitcase, some personal belongings and left Germany to move to the US.I remember, the beginning was very tough, but you fight, you survive and you get stronger. Moving to Detroit made me who I am today - Silke Seybold
Shift (detail), Collage: photography, found objects, paper, canvas, tea, ink, acrylic, January 2012
Sculptural photography by Szymon Roginski
Kirsty Mitchell’s Wonderland series, 2009-2012.
Following the death of her mother from a brain tumour in 2008, Mitchell channelled her grief into her passion for photography.
‘Real life became a difficult place to deal with, and I found myself retreating further into an alternative existence through the portal of my camera,’ said the artist. (Daily Mail, 17 May 2012)
Lauren E. Simonutti
“The idea of a house built so that people could become lost in it is perhaps more unusual than that of a man with a bull’s head, but both ideas go well together and the image of the labyrinth fits with the image of the Minotaur. It is equally fitting that in the center of a monstrous house there be a monstrous inhabitant.” –Borges
A house, to which one expects to return but does not, becomes a relic.
I stepped out of the door one day for what I expected would be a moment and did not return for weeks. Never did return intact. The impetus for this absence is a fascinating, devastating, poignant and decidedly tragic story, which I will not relate here.
You can, however, see it in the walls…
Lauren Simonutti, photographer, book artist, writer, died recently.
Read more at her blog, The Madness is the Method.
“Lauren E. Simonutti, 1968, USA, passed away last week due to complications from her illness. On March 28th, 2006 she started hearing voices and was diagnosed with “rapid cycling, mixed state bipolar with schizoaffective disorder”. She felt she was going mad and spent her last years almost in isolation. She turned the camera on herself and the space she was living in. She has left us with an impressive, honest and strong body of work. With her photographs she gave a voice to those that suffer in isolation.” *
(Image: ‘Resumé’)
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I love Simonutti’s work. Sad to hear that she has passed.
beautiful solar plate etchings on handmade paper
by Kelly Tankersley on Etsy
I must say I’m not too big on collages and photo montages but here’s something that is not only a beautifully raw attempt at it, but also a clever way of showcasing familiar places throughout times.
Just imagine it as a still time-lapse.
“Ultimately, a good photograph is one that brings us face to face with our own existence. It pulls the stranger standing next to us into the intimate radius of our life.”
How’s this for a live Photoshop content aware feature?
I love the visible ripped edges of the images, showing how they’ve been layered together. Makes me want to start ripping up paper right now. Even if it’s been done in Photoshop, I’m letting this one through for inspiration-factor alone.
