Happy New Year to all my readers. As a recap of 2012, allow me to self-indulgently list the ten most visited posts on the Visual Culture Blog. Breaking the Image of Mother and Child By far the most visited post was my article on the controversial TIME Magazine cover photograph, depicting Jamie Lynne Grumet breastfeeding…
Marco Bohr, Commonwealth Ave and Parkes Way, 2011 My new photographic project Right of Way addresses the failures of a modern project and the clash between urbanity and nature. Photographed in Canberra – an early example of a completely planned city – the series focuses on pedestrians attempting to cross, or in the process of…
Thomas Struth, National Gallery 1, London, 1985 Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present is currently on display at the National Gallery in London. The lack of natural lighting and the dark walls in the basement of the Sainsbury Wing evoke the solemn atmosphere of a crypt. In complete contrast to the liveliness of Trafalgar…