Andreas Gursky is a German visual artist drawn to large, anonymous, man-made spaces—high-rise facades at night, office lobbies, stock exchanges, the interiors of big box retailers. He makes large-scale, colour photographs distinctive for their incisive and critical look at the effect of capitalism and globalization on contemporary life.
This weekend, inspired by the snow falling over New York, I decided to visit Michael’s website to browse again some of his older images and I was surprised to find out that the website has been recently completely redone. Even more surprising was to find on the interviews page a beautiful video in which Michael goes to Kussharo Lake, in Hokkaido, to pay a visit and photograph one of his favorite trees.
The editors of Resolve, the blog of LiveBooks, posted this week an interesting open question for everyone to attempt to answer: “What do you think photobooks will look like in 10 years? Will they be digital or physical? Open-source or proprietary? Will they be read on a Kindle or an iPhone? And what aesthetic innovations will have transformed them?”
Brad is a fine art photographer who features in his photography the modest, well-worn, suburban cities in central and inland Southern California.
When I first stumbled upon Matt Stuart’s photography work it was by discovering the picture above. It blew my mind. I still have to find another photographs that seizes the moment in a similar way and, at the same time, features such an amazing composition. Searching for more information about his work I found a post on “B” in which Matt reveals the story behind this image.
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- Happy Holidays ◊ Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year we leave you to your family traditions, to the Christmas trees and the nativity scenes. See you all next year!
- Looking for Editors ◊ If you are interested in helping us to produce, in parallel with this website, the first printed issue of the Green Tea Gallery Magazine, please send us an email at gtgmagazine {at} gmail.com
- The 2009 Photoblog Awards ◊ We have submitted the Green Tea Gallery Magazine photoblog to the 2009 Photoblog Awards! If you want to see this photoblog win, please follow this link to vote (registration is required)!
- The Logo ◊ Michel D'Anastasio is the author of the Green Tea Gallery logo. He is an artist like no other and his relationship with inks and colors is so intense that every stroke is like a poem. Visit his website at www.script-sign.com.
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From the Photoblog
Interviews
“The stories. That’s one of the most important thing that I need in my photos. I need to know the story behind the photo. I need to feel the stories that brought me to the idea. Many people tell me that they have found themselves in these pictures. They say that my pictures feel strangely familiar. Photographs as mirrors? Yes, they should be a mirror of our souls. We all are living these stories. But we only keep them hidden in our mind, in our inner world.” – Martin Stranka
Photo Essays
Rachel Wolfe’s pictures are an investigative look at contemporary life, looking intimately at perceived ideals of happiness.
When my daughter Alison was born, in the tradition of a new parent, I began to photograph her, initially in a separate and private body of work. However, in the process of documenting Alison’s growth, I developed a passionate interest in human relationships and capturing intimate moments in the lives of family and friends. This affected my photography in a profound way. Rather than the isolated subjects of my earlier work, I became interested in the strength of relationships, oftentimes using personal environments to amplify those conditions.
This photo essay wants to pay tribute to the unknown beauty of Long Island in the winter, when the temperatures fall below the freezing point and the frigid winds coming from the north leave only the seagulls on the empty beaches.
About the GTG magazine
The Green Tea Gallery was born on a hot summer night in 2007. After spending far too many evenings browsing through myriad beautiful art images on Flickr—works created by talented artists from all over the world, I decided to give back to the community by creating a virtual space to collect some of my favorite pieces.
Unlike many other Flickr groups, the Green Tea Gallery focuses neither on a particular photographic style nor on a particular theme. It doesn’t require members to comment on other people’s pictures or try to involve them in useless contests. From the day the gallery opened its virtual doors to the world, the focus was on the aesthetic value of the images and, for this reason, we paid great attention to screening the images introduced into the group pool.
About a year later, in the late spring of 2008, this companion website opened to collect some of the best artwork from the pool and to publish interviews with a few talented members of the Green Tea Gallery. The final goal was to publish an actual magazine, printed on demand. By fall 2008, already months into the editing process of the first issue of the magazine, with nearly half of the pages ready to be printed, I realized that, unfortunately, the administrative side of the project was interfering with my private and work life and I had to pull the plug on the entire project.
Today, about a year later, inspired by many encouraging messages and having learned from my mistakes during the first Green Tea Gallery Magazine project, I am re-launching this website with a completely new model: less words and more images. A simpler and more streamlined workflow should allow me to be able to make this project a success without imperiling other aspects de la dolce vita.
Written by Francesco Gallarotti, founder and photo editor of the GTG Magazine. Edited by Stacy Ericson, chief editor of the GTG Magazine.
