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[optikestrav]

Cristian Chironi (b1974) Italy

Drive Tour #1 (2020-21)

composition of 9 photographs: giclee print

collection: MAMbo, Museum of Modern Art, Bologna

[optikes]

Cristian Chironi (b1974) Italy

Drive Tour #1 (2020-21)

composition of 9 photographs: giclee print

collection: MAMbo, Museum of Modern Art, Bologna

[jtownraindancer]

History has shown that it is not whether a disaster will strike a town, but when. If it is not a mine fire, it is living in the shadow of Three Mile Island. Or in a community with a tainted water supply. Or the ghastly horror of Bhopal.

Slow Burn: A Photodocument of Centralia, Pennsylvania by Renée Jacobs, 1986.

[i-r-i-n-a-a]

It feels like his every move in the army was photodocumented🙂

[tomaschlapec]

TUSCANY - MEMORIES 2018 by TOMAS CHLAPECKA

[andressavrm]

Fotografía tomada el 26 de Junio del 2017! Trabajador retira pétalos marchitos de las rosas para luego ser empaquetadas para la venta. #retrato #photo #igersvenezuela #photography #serie #rosas #photodocument #canonphoto #canon #merida #venezuela #fotografía #fotografoaprendiz

[meghna-m]

Plenty Room for Shadows

[phillipabloom]

Still sorting through images from Chinese New Year, these ones on the eve of the big day when everyone stays indoors celebrating over a family meal, the quiet lull before the main celebrations begin #hongkong #tradition #yearofthepig #rurallife #photodocument #narrativelandscape #storytelling https://www.instagram.com/p/BuBnFy6Ah99/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f7i3mq63jgsg

[optikes]

1   artist unknown, Statuette of a Snake Goddess  about 1600–1500 BCE

2    artist unkown,  Minoan Goddess, Female Figurine from the Gazi Sanctuary, 1400–1300 BCE

3   Judy Chicago (b. 1939) USA  The Dinner Party (Snake Goddess place setting) (1974–79) Mixed media: ceramic, porcelain, textile.

text: Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete

4    Judy Chicago (b.1939) USA Snake Goddess plate (1974–79) Porcelain with overglaze enamel rainbow overglaze, gold metallic glaze  38.1 × 35.6 × 2.5cm

5  Ana Mendieta  Tree of Life (1976) photo-document of a performance

A      A     www.brooklynmuseum.org     In 1903, Sir Arthur Evans, excavating at the palace of Knossos on the island of Crete, discovered fragments of faience statuettes depicting female figures holding snakes. Two of these statuettes were extensively restored and identified by Evans as a “Mother Goddess” and a “Priestess.” These figures became iconic images of Minoan civilization as soon as they were published, and ever since archaeologists, art historians, and feminist scholars have worked to determine their role and significance in Minoan culture.Because written evidence is scarce, scholars have been forced to rely on ancient Minoan material and visual remains in order to understand the nature of Minoan religion. The goddess is thought to have been worshipped in Crete from circa 3000–1100 B.C.E. Early interpretations of her worship, endorsed by Evans, focused on a domestic cult practiced in houses and palaces. Subsequent excavations have revealed shrines with goddess figures located in towns or certain areas of palaces, suggesting that the sphere of the Minoan goddess extended to the official public arena.There is still confusion as to whether images of Minoan goddesses represent a single goddess with varying aspects or multiple goddesses with different functions. The term “Minoan goddess” is often used to identify the visual evidence of an ancient religious concept that is not yet fully understood. It also remains uncertain whether some female figures are priestesses or worshippers rather than divinities, which complicates the question of identity.Numerous clay figurines of goddesses and clay ritual equipment found in shrines outside the palace of Knossos suggest that Minoan goddess figures are primarily associated with snakes and birds, although this distinction is not exact and evidence exists for other possible associations. Bared breasts, and the bell shapes of some clay goddess figures, suggest a connection with fertility; the association with snakes evokes a chthonic or underworld aspect as well.The “Snake Goddess” figurines that Evans excavated were manufactured from faience. Goddess figurines excavated later at other sites are clay and have simplified forms; they are often known as the “Goddess with upraised arms.” After Evans’s discovery, unexcavated figures of Minoan goddesses similar to those from Knossos appeared on the antiquities market and some were purchased by museums. Made of ivory, stone, and in one case, of terracotta, their authenticity has been challenged by a scholar in the field, Kenneth Lapatin. Of interest are the ivory examples, particularly those embellished with gold. This technique is known as “chryselephantine,” taken from the ancient Greek words for gold and ivory. A specialist in objects of this type, Lapatin has questioned these examples. At the time of their appearance and for many years thereafter, however, they were hailed as exquisite examples of Minoan sculpture and their colors of ivory and gold are used in the runner for the Snake Goddess in The Dinner Party.Snake Goddess at  The Dinner PartyThe runner is decorated in both ivory and gold with brown and yellow accent colors. The snake motif is apparent in the images of gold snakes on the back of the runner and in the snake intertwined in the letter “S” on the runner’s front. The front of the runner echoes the Cretan figure, with a flounce that mimics that of the goddess’ skirt. Inkle-loom woven strips border the runner and are embroidered with patterns similar to those found in Minoan garments.The plate is rooted in vulvar (or central core) imagery found throughout The Dinner Party, and is largely based on the color-scheme of Cretan Snake Goddesses statues. Echoing their gold and ivory tones, the plate contains four pale yellow arms growing out from a center form, “whose egg-like shapes represent the generative force of the goddess” (Chicago, A Symbol of Our Heritage, 60).

B   tate.org.uk     Tree of Life (1976–9), featuring her mud-covered body merging with the trunk and roots of trees. Frequently depicted connecting the underworld with the world of the living, the tree of life is a symbol not only of regeneration, but also one of common descent in the evolutionary sense....

....…. From 1973 until 1980 Mendieta created over a hundred Siluetas in Mexico and Iowa, using such natural materials as earth, blood, flowers, leaves, sticks and stones as well as fire, gunpowder, fireworks, candles and cloth. Legs are rarely differentiated in the Siluetas and the figures appear either with their arms raised in the manner of the Minoan snake goddess – as in Tate’s two Silueta images – or with them held close to the body. Where the artist’s body features, it is usually buried, relating to the Mexican preoccupation with death, still visible in its Day of the Dead celebrations and more historically in the traditions of ritual sacrifice belonging to many Mesoamerican cultures. Mendieta documented her earth-body works with 35mm colour slides, from which she made unique prints…

[raul-moya-mula-art]

Alejandro, London lad from East London and behind him one of the council state towers of Bow. London 2006. ©️Raúl Moya-Mula . . . . . . . #londonchav #eastlondonchav #fredperrypolochav #colourblindphotography #photodocu #eastlondonbow #socialphotographydocumentary (at Bow, London E3) https://www.instagram.com/p/CklGmbtI44M/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[beautifulsortaphotography]

”A boy’s story is the best that is ever told.” . . . . . thebeautifulreal #fpja #familyphotojournalists #realmoments #lovingtheordinarymoments #ourcandidlife #dearphotographer #candidchildhood #honestlyparents #shamoftheperfect #artofstorytelling #deeplyauthentic #celebrate_childhood #thehonestlens #thehonestcapture #hellostoryteller #childsplay #lifedocumentary #photodocu #photodocumentary #documentyourdays #childhoodeveryday #childhoodunplugged #letthembelittle #portrait #beautifulsortaphotography #thedocumentarymovement #childhoodmagic #familyphotojournalism (at Rye, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0FCfTQhYWc/?igshid=1p3ljtl7xt5rm

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[tomaschlapec]

EGYPT - SHARM EL SHEIK SUMMER 2019 SHORT PHOTO DOCUMENT by TOMAS CHLAPECKA

[fashionbooksmilano]

Ryuji Miyamoto

Steidl, Göttingen 2000,130 pages, ISBN  978-3882435764

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A collection of Miyamoto's black and white images of Japanese buildings and towns often run down and in some varying state of destruction. Over the years, Ryuji Miyamoto has kept a watchful eye on Japan's cities as they underwent vertiginous changes. His intention has been to photodocument the demolitions and reconstructions of whole quarters of the cities. Although he tries to photograph the architectural qualities of the cities, he often focuses on the aspect of destruction: the pictures of Kobe after the 1995 earthquake are his most renowned series. Miyamoto completes his Japanese photographs with several pictures taken in other countries such as the demolition of the Schauspielhaus theatre in East Berlin. 

01/12/19

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[andressavrm]

Fotografías tomada el 10 de Agosto del 2017/ cultivo de rosas en el estado Mérida! Edición a color. #retrato #photo #igersvenezuela #photography #serie #rosas #photodocument #canonphoto #canon #merida #venezuela #fotografía #fotografiacolor

[rrp-atx]

Swipe Left , behind the scenes with @audicempire during their video shoot for #mesmerized last night at @Tellers with @subcreations videos. . . . . . #RRPatx #photogwithamessage #atx #atxlife #peoplesphotog #supportlocalartists #supportlocalbusiness #bethedifference #liftothers #canon7D #videography #photodocument (at Tellers)