Dossier contributor and longtime friend André Wolff is leading a series of fashion photography workshops in Paris, starting in July. The Swedish photographer has been based in Paris for a bit more than a decade, shoots for everyone, teaches at Parsons, and has now launched Paris Creative Workshops, whose inaugural course will be in the [...]
Author Archives: Julie Cirelli
Far Too Close
March 16, 2011 – 7:37 am
I have been a quiet admirer of Martina Hoogland Ivanow’s photography since I came across her portraits of Lou Doillon lounging seductively in a turn-of-the-century Parisian fencing club. So when news arrived that Steidl was finally printing Martina’s long-awaited monograph Far Too Close, it seemed it was time to find her in Berlin or Stockholm [...]
Sophie Calle Wins the 2010 Hasselblad
November 6, 2010 – 9:29 pm
French artist Sophie Calle was presented with the 2010 Hasselblad photography award last Saturday in Gothenburg, Sweden, signaling the Foundation’s willingness to celebrate artists for whom photography is a tool rather than a craft. With typical self-effacement, Calle told Swedish reporters that she was surprised at her nomination. The Hasselblad is one of the most [...]
Dream & Awake
August 13, 2010 – 10:22 am
I met Swedish designer Amanda Ericsson in a dark little bar in Paris. After a few minutes spent exchanging pleasantries, she flashed me a coy smile and removed her coat. There, pinned to the front and dead-center of her pants, was a small, white tassled brooch. A grappe de chatte, she calls it (literally, a [...]
LIFE‘s 30 Dumb Inventions
September 29, 2009 – 5:52 pm
Because who wouldn’t want a pair of artificial Japanese breasts with a built-in heartbeat? Or for that matter, a precarious outdoor cage in which to dangle your infant several stories over the street. LIFE magazine has cataloged its picks for most absurd inventions of all time, most of which are rather amusing. A few of [...]
Pike Loop, a Robot-Built Installation
September 28, 2009 – 6:55 am
This Wednesday, the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York will inaugurate its month-long building project, Pike Loop. A curling brick wall, designed by Swiss architects Gramazio & Kohler, will be built over the course of the month entirely by a robot. The one-armed industrial claw – aptly named R.O.B. – employs the same technology and [...]
Richard Kern at Rental Tonight
June 4, 2009 – 1:03 pm
Richard Kern, Photos 1980 – 1999 JUNE 4 – JULY 5, 2009 @ RENTAL, NEW YORK, NY RECEPTION: THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH, 7-9PM RENTAL | 120 EAST BROADWAY 6TH FL NY NY 10002
