Picturing Power #6 is part of a digital photomontage series made with images sourced from a Dutch colonial archive.
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How do we picture a shifting urban landscape constantly on the verge of disappearing?
Stan Douglas, Every Building on 100 West ...
Sally Mann’s iconic series “Immediate Family” features intimate black-and-white photographs of the artist's children, who eat, sleep, and play in an idyllic Southern landscape.
Sally Mann, Blowing Bubbles
This picture was taken to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s official state visit to the United States in 2007.
Annie Leibovitz, Queen Elizabeth II
An interview with Will Wilson about how his photographs engage with the work of Edward Curtis
Will Wilson interview about The Critical Indigenous ...
Kruger’s art is characterized by a visual wit sharpened in the trenches of the advertising world.
Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Your gaze hits the ...
Weems sets her series around the kitchen table, a metaphor for the intimate spaces of home.
Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Woman Feeding Bird), ...
Through manipulation of media, these artists questioned the possibility and the significance of “originality.”
The Pictures Generation
Artists don’t just imitate the world around them—they copy each other, reworking old images and revising history.
The Case for Copying
Using the language of advertising, Jaar conveys a political message about who “Americans” really are.
Alfredo Jaar, A Logo for America
Sherman creates a series of film stills starring herself—but there is no film.
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #21
At first glance this may seem to be an uncomposed snapshot of modern life. Think again.
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