Pleased for the opportunity to talk about my new book at the Galeri Soemardja at the Bandung Institute of Technology as part of the Bandung Photography Triennale.
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Pleased for the opportunity to share my newest book, A History of Photography in Indonesia: From the Colonial Era to the Digital Age, at JIP Fest in Jakarta, followed by a book signing.
Luigi Ghirri (1943-1992) was an influential Italian photographer. With a unique eye for photographic composition and color, his work examines the nature of photography and the landscapes of his homeland. My review of Puglia, published by MACK Books, was published by Photo Eye and is available here.
Based in Sweden, Gerry Johannson is a prolific photographer who explores landscapes and architecture around the world. His book Spanish Summer explores regions in central Spain. My review of the book is available on the Photo Eye website.
Italian photographer Guido Guidi has a career that spans four decades, and helped develop new approaches to landscape photography in Europe. His new book published by MACK, Cinque viaggi, all photographed in and around Milan, documents Italy during important cultural transitions. My review of this book is available as part of Afterimage, Volume 49, Issue 1, or as a PDF download here.
As part of my ongoing collaboration with Catfish Books, I recently published an interview with Sumatran writer and photographer Fatris M.F. Together with photographer Muhammad Fadli, Fatris co-authored the award winning photobook The Banda Journal. The complete interview is available here.
Human rights photographer and MacArthur recipient Fazal Sheikh recently released a collaborative book with writer and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams. Published by Steidl, The Moon is Behind Us collects a series of correspondence the two developed during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. A thoughtful and intimate correspondence, the book solicits important questions about justice, art, beauty, and politics. My complete review is available on the Photo Eye blog.
On Friday December 10, 2021, I participated in an online forum with the Indonesian Embassy in Washington DC. The purpose of the forum was to showcase work and research projects by Americans working in Indonesia. The forum included dozens of researchers and artists, and I presented information about my coming book on the history of photography in Indonesia.
In collaboration with the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, I helped to curate their World Biennial of Student Photography. The exhibition opened in Novi Sad on December 17, 2021. More information on the participating students and award winners is available here, or the catalog is available for download here.
Photographer Ahndraya Parlato's third book, Who is Changed and Who is Dead functions as a photographic memoir published by MACK Books, addressing her family life as both a daughter and a mother, all complicated by her own a traumatic childhood. My review of the book is available on C4 Journal, published here.
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AuthorBrian Arnold is a photographer, educator, writer, and musician living in Ithaca, NY. For more information, please visit my other blog, A Photographer's Journal. Archives
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