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During my trip to Dallas this past weekend, my good friend told me about a few new photographs that he had purchased from New York based artist Sze Tsung Leong. I took the time this morning to dig into his work and I am really glad that I did. Leong’s series of horizons were easily my favorite.
“Horizons are an international collection of images of natural terrains and urban landscapes that considers the relationships between far and near, foreign and familiar”
I pulled a few of my favorites from the series, but check out the other two series presented on his site. All very complex work presented in a simple fashion.
Friederike Brandenburg is a German photographer that explores the relationship between untouched land and decaying and abandoned civilization. Almost like Robert Adams’ New West her landscapes become artificial, only these abandoned objects now live in unity with their surroundings. My favorites after the jump.
Vivian Maier‘s photographs were discovered and purchased at a furniture and antique auction in 2007. Vivian shot in secret from the 1950s through the 1990′s primarily in Chicago. A good survey of her work can be found on this blog.
Over 100,000 negatives have been acquired and of those over 20,000 negatives were unprocessed. They intend on successfully developing all of these rolls to share with the rest of the world. Sadly, Maier passed away in 2009 and much of her and her work remain a mystery.
Maier’s work shows a lot about what kind of person she might have been. I have selected some of my favorites, but make sure to check out the dedication. This post doesn’t begin to encompass her wonderfully secret collection. Also donate to their Kickstarter, where you can pre-order Maier’s book and the film.
During my photo perusing, I was fortunate enough to come across the absolutely stunning work from Christopher Churchill. His most recent body of work, American Faith, explores the different facets of religious practice in the United States. I can’t find exactly what is so perfect about these pieces but they are truly powerful.
Here we have some really creative graffiti by Sy. I’ve never seen it done quite like this. Via Format. A couple more after the jump.
