LACMA presents Carolyne Drake
Prospekt photographers in pleased to announce that the Los Angeles County Museum Art has curated an online exhibition of Carolyn Drake’s Paradise Rivers Project on the Women in Photography web site. The exhibition in curated by Sarah Bay Williams.Carolyn Drake’s photos catch the late afternoon light that lingers in piercing clarity before the day goes dark. Her subjects, when not in a state of waiting repose, are seen caught between moments—documented in the midst of action. The photos shown here, part of an ongoing project titled Paradise Rivers, illustrate in light and form the uncertain futures of the former Soviet republics of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, independent nations since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Drake has been photographing this part of Central Asia and its relationship to the land and water with a traveler’s curiosity and a keen eye that expresses how these countries are coping with vibrant histories, economic and ecological distress, and political uncertainty.
Carolyn Drake was born in California, USA in 1971. She studied history and media/culture at Brown University, graduating in 1994, and later learned photography at ICP and Ohio University. Her photo career began at the age of 30, when she decided to leave her multimedia job in New York to learn about the world through personal experience. She currently lives in Istanbul and has been the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Ukraine, a World Press Photo award, the Lange Taylor Prize, and a Santa Fe prize finalist. She joined prospekt in 2008.
WIPNYC was launched in June of 2008 by Amy Elkins and Cara Phillips. As an internet-based project, WIPNYC is an outlet to exhibit work outside of the traditional model of the commercial art world, allowing it to reach a global audience. Mixing emerging photographers with artists that have achieved high levels of success within fine art and commercial worlds, the project is designed to be a resource for photographers, editors, curators, gallery owners, and viewers alike to discover and enjoy the work of female artists. Exhibitions are bi-monthly and include artists both selected from an open submission and those sought out to participate. WIPNYC presents a solo exhibition of work from select photographers every other Tuesday of the month.
LACMA presents Carolyn Drake
Settembre 2009
Il Los Angeles County Museum Art ha curato una esibizione del progetto "Paradise Rivers" di Carolyn Drake sul sito internet Women in Photography.Le fotografie sono parte di un lavoro in corso che documenta il futuro pieno di incertezze delle ex repubbliche sovietiche di Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan e Turkmenistan, divenute indipendenti con il crollo dell'Unione Sovietica nel 1991.
Drake ha raccontato questa parte dell'Asia Centrale con la curiosità della viaggiatrice e uno sguardo attento che ci trasmettono come questi Paesi stiano facendo i conti con processi storici non ancora sopiti, con emergenze ambientali ed economiche e con l'incertezza del proprio sistema politico.
WIPNYC nasce nel Giugno 2008 ad un'idea di Amy Elkins e Cara Phillips. WIPNYC è un canale per veicolare il lavoro dei fotografi verso un pubblico potenzialmente globale e secondo modelli differenti rispetto a quelli tradizionali propri della realtà dell'arte commerciale.
Accostando il lavoro di fotografe emergenti a quello di autrici che abbiano raggiunto considerevoli successi nel mondo fine art e commerciale, WIPNYC vuol essere una risorsa per fotografi, editor, curatori, galleristi e semplici appassionati.