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December 2, 2011
Shutterclank! is a self-published magazine featuring traditional photographers that is published twice a year. Traditional means film based. In this post Kate says:
at Shutterclank! we celebrate traditional photography, which can be arduous, tedious, and time consuming. and we love it. its so tangible and tactile, and worth the wait for the beauty. but we also use every social media possible to share our photography. we blog, tweet, tumble, do somersaults, facebook, etcetera, ad nauseam
Shutterclank!'s goal is a worthy one: it is to preserve and promote traditional photography in a digital world.
The latest issue is entitled Innocence Lost, a six artist show that explores images of US culture confronted by contemporary America, presented in conjunction with the Brooklyn Artists Gym. Included are Jesse Untracht-Oakner, Joseph Gerhard and Melitte Buchman
Joseph Gerhard, federal parking (2 of 4), from the Providence series
I know the work of Joseph Gerhard from his Flick stream, his photoblog and his Mill River book.
Gerhard’s series in Shutterclank! is based around ‘Providence’, an area in Rhode Island in America, that is his hometown. He says that:
No family left there, but my wife and I still go three or four times a year, get a hotel room, roam the streets, check out the museums and eat in the incredible restaurants.
Sounds like a nice thing to do. Gerhard roams the streets early in the morning with his Hasselbald SWC looking for the awkward sections of the town, namely those parts that nobody gives any thought to. It's a sombre series with a dark tonal quality that highlights the minimal life in the town. The shops are empty---as the new downtown mall has taken all the people away.
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