Kim Joon’s Symbolic Compositions Bridge East and West
NEW YORK—Fragile porcelain with delicate flower motifs is composed with images from “Love Story” and “Taxi Driver,” a salute to Pink Floyd’s “Off the Wall,” and “fragments of idealized nudes.” The images are…
From National Geographic Archives, Scenes from Washington
WASHINGTON, DC—Since it was established nearly 125 years ago, the National Geographic Society has been known for its photography—telling stories, documenting the world’s events and transporting viewers with remarkable images—first in its magazine,…
GO Brooklyn: Exploring Identity Using a Computer Program
NEW YORK—If you look closely, the silhouetted portraits are actually composed of thin computer tape strips with holes punched in them, creating the negative and positive space that essentially “draws” the works. A…
Manabu Yamanaka Reveres His Subjects by Revealing Them
NEW YORK—Manabu Yamanaka takes his time. His approach is contemplative. The Japanese photographer researches, studies, plots, plans and scouts before committing to a project and moving forward. Over a period of more than…
Anthropologie’s Keith Johnson Shares Images of ‘Past Ports’
NEW YORK—Keith Johnson has an enviable job. For the past 19 years he has been shopping the globe scouting for antiques and artisans and scouring the world’s markets for the unique finds sold…
