Tuesday, September 7, 2010






I've invited a few of my favorite tumblrs to share their favorite links. First to share is jennilee marigomen:


[All from jennilee's tumblr: image by mary pollack; image from jansport heritage series; image by clemence seiles; video summer nothing - wild holiday.]


Monday, September 6, 2010

Bea Nettles




Originally published in 1975, Bea Nettles' Mountain Dream Tarot was the first tarot deck composed of photographs. See more info here.

[All scans from the Mountain Dream Tarot, from the top left: II of Swords, XVI Tower, XVIII Moon, XVII Star, III of Swords, and World.]

Stephen Eichhorn








Work by Stephen Eichhorn, see more here.


[All Stephen Eichhorn from Plants & Animals: Mystic, 2009; Floral Burst I, 2010; Houseplant, 2009.]


I have spent the summer avoiding the Internet. To get back into my own rhythm of looking, I solicited a few friends to send me a word that I could search. First up is snow from Jarrod.

[Clockwise from top left: from E.T.'s Arctic Cousins?, Unusual Organisms, Discover Magazine; Orient and Flume Teal Snow Storm Vase; Success with Snow Dyeing from Suzi Soderlund's blog, tutorial here.]

Eden Veaudry







Work by Eden Veaudry, see more on her website, flickr or youtube channel.

[All Eden Veaudry. From film stills, and video excerpt from rosy (diadem).]

guest blogger • alana celii


welcome i heart photograph's guest blogger this week: alana celii. and have a look at more of alana's work here.

[alana celii. from the series untitled notes.]

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Ross Sawyers




Work by Ross Sawyers. See more here.

Barbara Kasten






Work by Barbara Kasten. See more here.

The Last Men on the Moon

I lived in Karachi, Pakistan from 1972-1977. I have many memories of that time, but very few artifacts. In 1973, the Apollo 17 astronauts visited the newly stabilized Pakistan. They had walked on the moon and now they walked on Pakistani soil. It was a great moment in the hopeful new history of the country and the US State Department commemorated the event with a photobook that is among my more prized possessions from that time.

Four years after the astronauts' visit we left Pakistan as a military coup deposed and executed president Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and ushered in a decade of Sharia law.










- Amy Stein

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Noting the space









Anonymous (flea market find)










I have been thinking about the landscape and the way it is understood for many years now. The images above have helped along the way.
-John Mann

ps. thanks IHP from all of us at POC

Friday, September 3, 2010

Spirit Surfers

My day of featuring fellow artists who go that extra mile by incorporating a third part to their name is coming to a close. This last post, while diverging from the theme, is nonetheless about a collective effort. Being part of POC has helped me to further appreciate the group mind and the profound impact it can have on its participants. Which brings me to Spirit Surfers.

It is hard to sum up an effort like Spirit Surfers but one word that comes instantly to mind is brilliant. The digital work of these "INFOmonks" is nothing short of cutting edge. While remaining anonymous, a very web-savvy thing to do indeed, much of the work featured here appears to be generated by the web, re-appropriated, only to be featured solely on the web once more, or as they put it, "Let the boon be the made, for the wake to unmake." I am tempted to call them modern day Dadaists, though I wonder if they would take kindly to my rear view perspective. With the site being progressive to the utmost I imagine they are always forward leaning.

Thank you for the opportunity to share some of my current and past favorites with you all. Onward.
- Justin James Reed



Work by Spirit Surfers. See more here.

[All Spirit Surfers. Top to bottom: INFOpruner; Ace; sounder2]

Paul Outerbridge Jr.


Work by Paul Outerbridge Jr.. See more here.

[All Paul Outerbridge Jr.. Top to bottom: Woman with Claws, 1937; Desk with Blueprint, 1937; The Shower, 1937]

Misha de Ridder

Work by Misha de Ridder. See more here.

[All Misha de Ridder. Top to bottom: Matouwacs, 2009; Calluna Vulgaris (Gold Haze), 2007; Logan Canyon, 2008]

Erin Jane Nelson

Work by Erin Jane Nelson. See more here.

[All Erin Jane Nelson. Top to bottom: from the series, Psychic Blindness; from the series, Psychic Blindness; from the series Qualm]