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News
I Must Behave was awarded third prize, Book - Fine Art category, in PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS ... see NEWS
I Must Behave is included in Deidra Sullivan's review of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery's Photo HiStories 2009 exhibition, curated by Mercedes Vicente ... see NEWS
Bruce Connew is now represented in New Zealand by SUITE.
VAPOUR MOMENTA BOOKS, the publishing arm of photographer and artist Bruce Connew and designer, typographer and artist Catherine Griffiths. |
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Thoughts
When Paul Graham says, "I’m a great admirer of the best of Jeff Wall …", what does he really mean? To give context to this statement, I’ve taken out of context from an Aaron Schuman interview with Paul Graham in Aperture magazine (Aperture 199, Summer 2010).
PG: "It's very frustrating sometimes. Often, when someone approaches photography from a fine–art, theoretical, or post–modern perspective, they see Winogrand as simple snapshot luck, whereas if Jeff Wall recreates a similar scene with ten models, a massive team behind the scenes, and lots of postproduction, everyone accepts it as legitimate because the artistic and creative process is clear. The synthetic is acceptable, whereas the analytic – pulling something revelatory from the flow of life rather than staging it – is just "lucky observation." That said, I'm a great admirer of the best of Jeff Wall, and don’t have any problems with what he does. What I do have a problem with is that Wall is obviously very influenced by Winogrand, but many of the same people who love, admire and promote Wall in the art world have never even heard of Winogrand."
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