Conscientious Review: Laia Abril - The Epilogue

Conscientious Photography Magazine is a weblog with a general interest in current fine-art photography, and a common article is a photobook review, like The Epilogue.

The Epilogue is not a photobook of some collection of pictures, it tells the story of the life of a woman, "Cammy," and her struggle with and eventual death at age 26 from anorexia. Along with family photos, it reproduces a number of documents and features text from people who knew her.

While the article itself is just a review, it still presents an interesting idea, using pictures and words together to complete a story, using each medium to do what the other can't.

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Glasstire Review - Sights Unseen: Cleburne Cafeteria

Glasstire is a blog that - despite sounding like a microbrew beer - addresses what its banner declares: Texas visual art. More than just current art exhibitions and the like, however, they also frequently deal with things outside the usual box.

For example, the article "Sights Unseen: Cleburne Cafeteria" deals with Houston restaurant that bridges into the realm of a private art exhibition. The cafeteria was founded in 1952 by a Greek immigrant who lived art and painting, and decorated the walls of his restaurant with his paintings that waxed nostalgic about his old country. Really a fascinating article about the intersections between function and art.

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A DSLR Scavenger Hunt

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Daily Shot: Day One

A Scavenger Hunt

A neon sign, a bench, a fence, a warning sign,

a list, a coffee, a lightbulb, a building plan,

something purple, a fruit, a friend, a crack,

a light across the floor, an eye, a picture out of a window, teeth

shoes, picture of a dog, $0.37, an old book.

Found Treasure

A lightbulb.

A Brief Photographic History

I've taken a few pictures over the years, mostly of things I find visual interesting, or with a particular irony I appreciate. Here's a selection of those.

July 2007. They never came back as full, and I only got the one good picture. Used it as a desktop forever.

All the following are shot with an iPhone 4.

Action shot! 

I love interesting lighting effects. 

Galveston.

This type of thing is usually more pristine. This is interestingly organic.

The juxtaposition here is fascinating.

Cleared for takeoff!

This thing was genuinely gigantic. 

A pea-souper.

I also love clouds. Clouds with lighting effects are better.

I'm basically Eric Sloan, yeah.

Profound.

Irony?

"Art"

Segregation.