Aline smithson photographs for sale at obscura gallery. In 2012, aline received the rising star award through the griffin museum of photography for her contributions to the photographic community. Embracing a more analog approach, aline still shoots only on film and is completely devoted to the process it demands. The gallery looks beyond traditional gelatin silver process and looks toward the future of expression meshing. Read more about smithson and her work, and the magenta foundations publication, here. Not only is she a brilliant artist in her own right, she is also the editor of one of the top photo blogs in the world, lenscratch, where she posts new material every single day. Portrait as autobiography photographs by aline smithson magenta foundation aline smithson s first monograph includes photographs spanning over twenty years. Portrait as autobiography by aline smithson magenta foundation can you leaf through a photographers book filled with portraits of other people and feel as if it. Hardcover book, sewn binding, fourcolor lithography, printed. Honorable mentions receive free exhibition catalogs and free entry in a future exhibition. On top of that, she teaches workshops around the country, gives lectures at photo festivals. Feb 04, 2015 the book continues with her hand painted photographs featuring her defining series, arrangement in green and black. Portrait as autobiography is a neartwenty year culmination of portrait photographs captured by awardwinning photographer, writer, and educator aline smithson.
Aline smithson discovered the family rolleiflex after a career as a new york fashion editor and has never looked back. Created in 2007, aline smithson set a goal of writing about a different photographer each day, presenting work in a way that allows for a deeper understanding of a photographers intent and vision. Best known for her conceptual portraiture and a practice that uses humor and pathos to explore the performative potential of photography. Congratulations on your kickstarter success, your teaching award, and your book being published this year. With the exception of her cell phone, she only shoots film. Rayko photo center is proud to feature the latest exhibition of aline smithsons work from her recent monograph, opening on january 21st in san francisco. Portrait as autobiography is an almost twentyyear culmination of portrait photographs. All of the images in the book and the exhibit were shot on film, many of them made using a 50yearold twin lens rolleiflex camera. Portrait as autobiography will be out october 1st from the magenta foundation. In the fall of 2015, the magenta foundation released a retrospective monograph of alines photographs. Portrait as autobiography by aline smithson sarah hadley.
Beginning with her early forays into black and white work, produced as darkroom silver gelatin prints, she photographed the. In the fall of 2015, the magenta foundation released a retrospective monograph of aline s photographs. Created over an almost 20year span and drawing from 18 bodies of work, this is the first published monograph of aline smithsons work and features her defining series arrangement in green and black. It is the perfect book for escape, for teachingwhat a portrait can do, for daydreams.
Listen to keep the channel open episodes free, on demand. Portrait as autobiography is an almost 20 year culmination of portrait photographs, beginning with my early forays into black and white, produced as darkroom silver gelatin prints, continuing with my hand painted photographs including my series, arrangement in green and black. Needless to say, i am humbled by having a book that will. A gorgeous musthave photography book, with a foreword by paula tognarelli, executive director and curator at the griffin museum of photography. This will be the first published monograph of aline smithsons portrait photographs spanning over twenty years. Interview with photographer aline smithson fstop magazine. Limbs are swapped and pants are dropped in albert and the others, a collection of wordless strips that expose the pleasures, pitfalls, and perversities of masculinity.
Jun 19, 2017 aline smithson discovered the family rolleiflex after a career as a new york fashion editor and has never looked back. A rapture of zesty, ebullient color floods the senses as you enter aline smithsons expansive 20year retrospective show, self and others. Aline smithson is a photographic artist, educator, and the founder and editor in chief of lenscratch. It is the perfect book for escape, for teaching what a portrait can do, for daydreams. Paula tognarelli this title is an almost twentyyear culmination of portrait photographs captured by awardwinning photographer aline smithson. In 2014, alines work was selected for the critical mass top 50. Aline brings a background in painting and fashion to her. Published on the heels of his first book, the divided self, self and others represents a continuation leading into sanity, madness and the family, the most important of the three works. Beginning with her early forays into black and white work, produced as darkroom silver gelatin prints, she photographed the world around her. Portrait as autobiography is an almost 20 year culmination of portrait photographs captured by awardwinning photographer aline smithson beginning with her early forays into black and white work, produced as darkroom silver gelatin prints, she photographed the world around her considering the poignancy of childhood and the pathos of aging and relationships. Self and others, aline smithson rfotofolio has this beautiful book.
Portrait as autobiography by aline smithson hardcover, the magenta foundation, 2015 available at and excerpted foreword below acrostic interview. Nov 06, 2015 all of the images in the book and the exhibit were shot on film, many of them made using a 50yearold twin lens rolleiflex camera. Self and others, an exhibition featuring the work of aline smithson, will showcase in the main gallery of the griffin museum of photography in winchester, ma from april 7th through may 1, 2016. Portrait as autobiography is a neartwenty year culmination of portrait photographs captured by awardwinning photographer, writer, and educator aline smithson beginning with her earliest black and white silver gelatin prints, she photographs the world. After looking through the book a couple times, i realized that your subjects faces are often either. Dec 10, 2015 seeing oneself through pictures of others. Aline smithson may well be the busiest person in photography. Aline smithson started out as a painter and held a number of jobs. Lenscratch is a daily journal that explores contemporary photography and offers opportunities for exposure and community. The 10 best photography books of 2015 slate magazine. The book continues with her hand painted photographs featuring her defining series, arrangement in green and black. Portrait as autobiography, published by the magenta foundation will be released october 1st.
Created over an almost 20year span and drawing from 18 bodies of work, this is the first published monograph of aline smithson s work and features her defining series arrangement in green and black. Smithson, aline taking the next step in fine art photography september 2224, 2017 pacific northwest art school it is critical to the growth of a fine art photographer to understand what comes next after creating an image and that today, photographers make work in projectsa series of images that tell a story or explore a subject in. Beginning with her early forays into black and white work, produced as. Created over an almost 20year span and drawing from 18 bodies of work, this i. In this companion volume to aline and the others 2006,guy delisle delves deep into the male psyche and emerges with twentysix alphabetically arranged strips, named after the men who tumble through the. Portrait as autobiography by aline smithson magenta foundation can you leaf through a photographers book filled. Seeing oneself through pictures of others vantage medium. Alines roots in traditional painting and portraiture is the background for her latest body of work, revisiting beauty. Though the photograph took only seconds to capture,i spend hours, days and even years feeling connected to the person on the other side of the. Having read them, one after the other, i think of them together. Aline smithson photography is with aline smithson and 6 others. Portrait as autobiography at the griffin museum of photography, on exhibit through may 1, 2016. A reception and book signing will take place on may 1st from 11 a.
Beginning with her early forays into black and white work, produced as darkroom silver gelatin prints, she photographed the world around her considering the poignancy of childhood and the pathos of. Portrait as autobiography is an almost 20 year culmination of portrait photographs captured by awardwinning photographer aline smithson. This will be the first published monograph of aline smithson s portrait photographs spanning over twenty years. You have also been producing lenscratch every day for more than eight years, which is an incredible accomplishment. Portrait as autobiography, a look back at two decades worth of portraiture. This will be the first published monograph of aline. Growing up in the shadow of hollywood, her work is influenced by the elevated unreal. Jan 15, 2016 rayko photo center is proud to feature the latest exhibition of aline smithson s work from her recent monograph, opening on january 21st in san francisco. The book finishes with color portraits that i have captured over the last decade. And having lived here for many, many years i am still getting to know this enigma of southern california and thus this petite book really resonates with me. Even if you are not a big fan of photography this is a book that should find a place on the coffee table of anyone who considers themselves a creative sort. Aline is also a founding member of the six shooters collective.
As an editor, she has spotlighted the work of thousands of photographers over the last ten years. Jun 07, 2019 and having lived here for many, many years i am still getting to know this enigma of southern california and thus this petite book really resonates with me. In 2016, the smithsonian air and space museum commissioned aline to a series of portraits for the upcoming faces of our planet exhibition and in 2018 and 2019, aline was a finalist in the taylor wessing photographic portrait prize and is exhibiting at the national portrait gallery, london. Portrait of the photographers mother, where she combines humor and family to. Beginning with her early forays into black and white work, produced as darkroom silver gelatin prints, she photographed the world around her considering the poignancy of childhood and the pathos of aging and relationships.
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