berni searle

work by berni searle. see more here.

[all berni searle. top to bottom: free fall. 2006. once removed (head) I, II, III. 2008. conversing with pane 2. from the 'discoloured' series. 2000. room with a view. 2008.]

stuart o'sullivan

work by stuart o'sullivan. see more here.

[all stuart o'sullivan. top to bottom: dionicia in blossoms. 2006. relief plate of grandma as a child. 2005. great, great grandfather sloane. 2006.]

dawit l. petros

dawit l. petros photographs the newly settled african diaspora in canada and the united states. see more here.

[all dawit l. petros. from the series reinscriptions. top to bottom: elias and amal. 2004. prairie. 2005.]

stefan abrams

stefan abrams's 'after cinema' project. see more of his work right here.

[all stefan abrams. from the series untitled (after cinema).]

dawit l. petros

work by new york-based eritrean photographer dawit l. petros. take a peek at more here.

[all dawit l. petros. from the series passages. 2005. top to bottom: some go weeping and some rejoicing (1A). (4B). (3B).]

philip kwame apagya

ghanaian photographer philip kwame apagya engages with a long standing african tradition of taking formal photographic portraits in front of painted backgrounds. these particular backdrops were commissioned and have symbolic importance for philip, addressing both cultural identity and consumer society. "the subject stands in front of a painted backdrop that portrays everything people dream of having: fake new england country houses showing off some porcelain, VCRs and TVs in bar closets, modern kitchens with well-stocked refrigerators with coke and cheetos..." see more of philip's work here.

[both philip kwame apagya. portrait. 1996.]

stefan abrams

these are from a pretty incredible series by south african-born, philadelphia-based photographer stefan abrams called auto show. they seem to sum up the alienation of american consumer culture rather poignantly. you can take a peek at more of stefan's work here.

[all stefan abrams. from the series auto show. ]

joel tettamanti

an interesting look at the industrial world by swiss photographer joel tettamanti. see more of joel's work here.

[all joel tettamanti. from the series pigments. 2006-7.]

elspeth diederix

i really like a certain quality about elspeth diederix's work that is hard for me to put into words. these pictures of flowers caught my attention, but she's go so much other great stuff too. see a previous post of some of her portraits here and her great website here.

[both elspeth diederix. 2006. top to bottom: white hydrangea. dahlia's.]

5 things • lien botha

south african photographer lien botha has made so many great projects...i'm a huge admirer of her work. learn all about five of her favorite things by reading on below. make sure you spend some time poking around her website here. and don't miss the previous posts about her here. also, for those of you in nyc, she currently has some work up at spanierman modern, so go check it out.

1/ arvo pärt



just discovered the music of this contemporary estonian composer.


2/ the karoo

visit this semi-desert region which forms the vast, silent, geographic heart of south africa at least twice a year in search of solitude.


3/ cinema

the taviani brothers, wayne wang (smoke), wim wenders...


4/ w.g. sebald's last interview

one of my favorite authors, interview with maya jaggi. read it here.


5/ an exquisite garden

visit one, such as villa gamberaia (settignano, outside florence), in late summer.

lien botha

i was looking back at the website of south african photographer lien botha this morning and woah she has so many projects that i really like. this one is called after thunberg. carl peter thunberg being a swedish naturalist who studied under carl linnaeus and eventually became known as the "father of south african botany." see an earlier post of lien's safari project here. and even more of her work right here.

[all lien botha. from the project after thunberg. 2005.]

elspeth diederix

some nice portraits by elspeth diederix. she is represented by solar photography in amsterdam. and you can see more of her work here.

[all elspeth diederix. top to bottom: bubble man. 2004. jeroen. 2002. dingen. 2003.]

lien botha • safari

some really lovely work by south african photographer lien botha. these are all from a project called safari. see more of her stuff right here.

[all lien botha. from the project safari. 2003. top to bottom: swerms helderkleurige voëls teen die blou lug. bekendes word onbekendes. die huis met alles daarin waai weg.]