“‘My Body Is a Clock’: The Private Life of Chronic Care,” a moving and arresting photo series + essay by Sara J. Winston:
Every 28 days, I point the camera toward myself to document my illness and care. I have used my time as a patient in the infusion suite, a place where I sometimes feel powerless, to reclaim my autonomy as an artist and photographer.
“A Korean American connects her past and future through photography”: A lovely first-person piece by Arin Yoon, published by NPR. Beautiful work.
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
In the mid–2000s, I was completely taken by the book “Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences,” written by Lawrence Weschler and beautifully published by McSweeney’s. Weschler surfaced “strange connections” between images and wrote about them intriguingly. I still think of the book when I come across an image — a photograph, a painting, a movie moment — that brings to mind another one. I spent part of this evening with Julie Blackmon’s absorbing book of photographs, “Midwest Materials.Friday, August 19, 2022
I’d been told I’d be wow’d by Venice, and I was. The light, the water — everyone was right. The textures, the weathered colors. Everything snug. The dimensions of every view. Already, just two weeks home, I’m thinking of how and when we can return.Our house suddenly feels warmer with the recent arrival of this 1963 Wurlitzer Spinet. Props to the kind folks at [http://www.jacksonpianos.com](Jackson Pianos).
Wearing Mama’s black jacket for warmth, Leo turned curator, leading the way.
Connected
Mona Hatoum’s “Hair Necklace,” shown in a slide from her packed-house talk today @pulitzerarts.
SLAM’s impressive German collection has this effect on a lot of visitors
Family fun in KC. Thanks for joining us, @fourletter — and for the 📷!
Sunday, August 6, 2017
I loved every minute I spent with this beautiful, poetic, searching, confident book.Sunday, June 25, 2017
I can still remember encountering Crewdson’s work for the first time in The New York Times Magazine more than a decade ago. Original, absorbing and haunting. Today’s “Monocle Weekly” interview with him had me heading to his website, which alerted me to this documentary.Saturday, January 28, 2017
I have endless gratitude for and pride in the America that welcomed refugees I would be lucky enough to get to know and love, with my wife and her parents at the top of the list.Monday, May 19, 2014
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"> <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " style="max-width:550px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:99.454544067383%;" class=" image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio "> <img src="http://sschenkenberg.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/02ca4-image-asset.jpeg" alt="" /><img class="thumb-image" alt="" /> </div> </figure> </div> Meet Leo Huremovic Schenkenberg — born Saturday May 18, 2013. Tamara was amazing. And Leo’s a little gem. Onward, sleepily and smiling.Saturday, January 12, 2013
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A recent work from my father-in-law, whose sculptures can be purchased here.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
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Reblogging myself from a new microsite for Abstractions Arrive:
On a Saturday morning in July 2012, the esteemed writer and internationally collected artist spoke about the release of Abstractions Arrive: Having Been There All the Time. The video was made by Stephen Schenkenberg and recorded in Gass’ St. Louis home (which holds 15,000 books).
Thursday, May 31, 2012
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