This Week In Photography Books: Sara Terry

by Jonathan Blaustein I am blessed. We all are, actually. If you’re reading this, I feel confident stating that you have a good life. Or good enough. The fact that you have Internet access, the proper device, and an interest in photography means you’re doing OK. You most certainly have challenges in your life. We […]

This Week In Photography Books: Emma Phillips

by Jonathan Blaustein My kids love yogurt pretzels. I do too. For some reason, they seem better-for-you than other kinds of dessert. Maybe it’s the word yogurt in the title? Makes them seem like a health food, rather than sugar-covered-salty-snacks. Maybe if their official name was “sugar-covered-salty-snacks,” I wouldn’t buy them. I’d stick with 80% […]

Penelope Umbrico Interview

Penelope Umbrico is one of the most forward-thinking, successful photographic artists working today. I heard her speak at the Filter Festival in Chicago last year, and she was kind enough to agree to an extensive interview earlier this year. You can see her work on the wall at the Mark Moore Gallery in LA, April […]

This Week In Photography Books: Colin Delfosse

by Jonathan Blaustein I quit my job last month. No, not this job. (Obviously.) I resigned as the Chair of the Art Dept at UNM-Taos, as of the end of this semester. Administrative work, it turns out, is not for me. As you might have gathered, from the random comment here or there, the experience […]

Mary Virginia Swanson, Executive Director of the LOOK3 Festival

  Jonathan Blaustein: Full disclosure. I’ve known you for years, as a client and a friend. I am on the record in multiple places as being a huge fan of you as a person, and the work that you do. Mary Virginia Swanson: Yes. Thank you. JB: You’re welcome. I’m may not be impartial here, […]