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 [...]
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Robert Adams Wins the Hasselblad
April 18, 2009 – 2:23 pm
No region of the world has been photographed more than the American Southwest. This is probably because the setting is so odd and otherworldly—orange desert punctured by jutting rock. The irony, of course, is that the SW’s unlikely geological formations have been photographed so much that they no longer appear strange. Most of us have [...]
