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Despite the rise in photography’s egalitarianism and accessibility, there will always be those few who stand out like the photographers interviewed in Musée Magazine No. 3.
Musée presents a new, stellar issue, Breaking Tradition, showcasing trends in non-traditional methods of photography including smart phone photography, chemigrams, camera-less photography, and more. Notable artists for the issue include Cindy Sherman, Joel Grey, Rob Pruitt, Vik Muniz, Hank Willis Thomas, Matthew Brandt, and the inventor of the chemigram, Pierre Cordier. Breaking Tradition is honored to be debuting new work from Vik Muniz and Hank Willis Thomas who have used their iPhones to create new images specifically for Musée No. 3. Fifty emerging photographers also embraced the Breaking Tradition theme and created truly amazing imagery, with an unconventional scope.
Musée also interviews renowned New York-based collector Beth Rudin DeWoody and the illustrious Director of the Whitney Museum, Adam Weinberg. Further articles and interviews will also be available on Musée Online.
Interviews
Artist, actor, and photographer Joel Grey, who embraced the 1.3 megapixel camera phone early on and published his book 1.3 in 2009, is looking forward to his newest book The Billboard Papers, using the iPhone 4S. Grey has always taken photographs but he credits the camera phone for broadening his photographic vision.
Rob Pruitt, the photographer behind iPruitt, from Gavin Brown’s enterprise in 2008 speaks of the theme of accessibility. Pruitt describes his work as “in dialogue with daily culture, or the culture of the day.”
L.A. based photographer Matthew Brandt explains his photographic process with images from eBay and Google Maps as well as his unique silk-screening techniques with bubblegum, paint pigments, and more. Brandt gives encouraging advice to emerging photographers in addition to detailing his educational path.
Featuring
Musée is thrilled to be profiling the Director of the Whitney Museum, Adam Weinberg, formerly of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Weinberg discusses his professional history of curating photographic shows. When asked what “breaking tradition” means to him, Weinberg says, “Anybody can put a monkey in a computer and it will eventually make a sound. Anybody can take good pictures, but getting a picture or a series that gives a new twist to the language of what photography is, that’s the challenge.”
Renowned collector and curator Beth Rudin DeWoody shares her advice for both the emerging artist and collector. Ross Bleckner attributes her unerring eye and “artistic sensibility” for her spectacular contemporary private art collection.
Contributing writer Kyra Kordoski creates an engaging, in-depth conversation between noted art historians and writers regarding one of the most significant photographic careers on the prolific Cindy Sherman. An excerpt by Susan Sontag reads, ”Recently, photography has become almost as widely practiced an amusement as sex and dancing—which means that, like every mass art form, photography is not practiced by most people as an art—it is mainly a social rite, a defense against anxiety, and a tool of power.”
Musée Online is pleased to be simultaneously launching its new website that will soon be featuring further non-traditional photographers such as Pierre Cordier’s protégé Douglas Collins, and innovative camera creator, Liz Sales. As always, we will continue the coverage of important art events, further interviews, videos, and more.
The issue will be available through Musée Online and the online publisher Issuu. To view the most recent issue of Musée Magazine No. 3 Breaking Tradition please click here.
About Musée
Begun as a visually-driven, online photography magazine, Musée is dedicated to displaying the work of international emerging photographers. Musée Magazine and Musée Online seek to provide a venue and resource for new photographers, with the necessary exposure and guidance to launch their future careers. Musée is the brainchild of noted fashion and art photographer Andrea Blanch.
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Cover: Cindy Sherman, detail of Untitled, 1975. 9 hand-colored, black and white photographs. Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures. 2012 Musée Magazine. Reproduction without permission is prohibited.