Tony Ward: Obsessions

  . OBSESSIONS . Over the past twenty three years Tony Ward has photographed a virtual garden of desire. He’s made it his focus – an obsession – to explore the ever evolving subject of human sexuality. This very large body of work (over 1000 selected photographs)  was inspired by an inner directive. It came … Read more

George Krause: Lunch With a Legend

    Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2018 . GEORGE KRAUSE: LUNCH WITH A LEGEND . I first met my friend and mentor, George Krause in 1975 at Photopia Gallery on South Street. The Philly based gallery was located in the same neighborhood where Man Ray was born and where Ray K. Metzker, also a … Read more

Lilibeth Montero: Looking at Photographs

  Photography and Text by Lilibeth Montero, Copyright 2018 . Book Review . John Szarkowski: Looking at Photographs . The first picture John Szarkowski introduces is a portrait. The portrait created by William Shew, using the daguerreotype process, fascinated me. Szarkowski mentions in the book that daguerreotype was mainly used to capture the faces of … Read more

Hilary Lam: The Organic Form as Sculpture

    Photography and Text by Hilary Lam, Copyright 2018 . Book Review: Looking at Photographs by John Szarkowski . The Organic Form as Sculpture . Szarkowski’s collection of 100 photographs from the Museum of Modern Art is a compilation of historic works from the 20th to early 21st century. The book is seemingly a … Read more

Rongrong Liu: Looking at Photographs

  Photography and Text by Rongrong Liu, Copyright 2018 . Book Review . Looking at Photographs by John Szarkowski . After consuming the 100 photographs, the first question raised in my mind is what the photographers of our generation should try to pursue? Technology nowadays allows us to reduce much effort on things that the … Read more