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“A History of Women Photographers” Book Review

A Great Book About Women Photographers

by Lorette C. Luzajic

Photography is a way of seeing with a third eye, of looking at that which is not before you. Who has not spent a part of their youth, chopping and gluing with stubby fingers images from National Geographic? Reassembling these strange pictures, we created panoramas in dreamtime. These photos showed us beaches and deserts and strange dances and colourful streets that nourished our imaginations. Even now that we are used to a proliferation of photography, images still have the power to transport us to another time and place.

It is difficult for anyone living today to imagine a world without photography. It is so ubiquitous that we take it for granted. Magazines of every possible interest arena are liberally illustrated with their subjects, from baking to kayaking to haute couture bridal to pets. The news is not the news without photographic documentation. The weekend is not the weekend without movies.  It is inconceivable that we have a birthday, get married, bury a loved one, or go through a holiday without snapping souvenir memories of every event. And coffee table books are simply a curated collection of photographs about a particular theme, from trains to Princess Di, that invite browsing with a cup of coffee or a glass of red wine.

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• Tags: book review, Naomi Rosenblum, Photography, women photographers

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Lorette C. Luzajic’s New Collage Series

Writer and artist Lorette C. Luzajic has designed a minimalistic yet striking new collage series. Her goal was to focus on composition, utilizing less imagery and concentrate on form. Here are some sample pieces…

P blue and purple composition

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• Tags: Art, collages, composition, lorette c. luzajic

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Design: Manfred Kielnhofer’s Glowing Light Ball Bench

Present at the Light Art Biennial Austria (Biennale für Lichtkunst Austria) was an installation created by Manfred Kielnhofer titled “Glowing Light Ball Bench” . The simply designed bench consists of three light balls and two wooden board perforates that lay over the light balls.

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• Tags: art installation, Biennale für Lichtkunst, Design, Furniture, glowing light ball bench, Manfred Keilnhofer

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Frank Lloyd Wright Architectural Drawings

Architecture buffs rejoice. Frank Lloyd Wright drawings are now available at 1000museums.com which showcases prints from museums across the globe. Here are some samples…

Frank Lloyd Wright, Edgar J. Kaufmann House, “Fallingwater”

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