Daybook is an ongoing visual diary made entirely of notable photographs, a cascade of images seen here and there and deserving of further attention.
January 16, 2025
A quilt-like photo-weaving of floral photographs draped over a hospital bed, made in mourning for those lost. Hunter Reynolds (from 1990/2018) at PPOW Gallery.
January 15, 2025
Documenting the Islamic tombs (qubbas) of Old Dongola in Sudan. Ali Cherri (from 2019) in the Living Fragments Dreaming Totality group show at Bienvenu Steinberg & C.
January 14, 2025
Annotating archival photographs of Crow leaders attending an 1880 negotiation in Washington, adding cultural context and personal connection. Wendy Red Star (from 2014) in the What it Becomes group show at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
January 14, 2025
Using long exposures to make motion-based “drawings” with the artist’s face. Blythe Bohnen (from 1974) in the What it Becomes group show at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
January 10, 2025
Carrying the weight of an imitation totem. Nicholas Galanin (from 2024) at Peter Blum Gallery.
December 20, 2024
Catching Brice Marden drifting past the window of his studio. Annie Leibovitz (from 2013/2024) at Hauser & Wirth.
December 19, 2024
The muted sadness of dead hummingbirds near an opening created by a flower. Sheida Soleimani (from 2021) in a two person show with Samantha Box at Baxter St at CCNY.
December 18, 2024
An illusionistic version of a western rockscape. Matt Calarco in the High Low Buffalo University of Hartford MFA graduate show at Baxter St at CCNY.
December 18, 2024
The nubby tactile geometries of couch cushions. Anastasia Davis in the High Low Buffalo University of Hartford MFA graduate show at Baxter St at CCNY.
December 18, 2024
Cigarette butts in a broken glass block. Andrew McClees in the High Low Buffalo University of Hartford MFA graduate show at Baxter St at CCNY.
December 18, 2024
A shadowy scene of precisely arranged objects. Peggy Anderson in the High Low Buffalo University of Hartford MFA graduate show at Baxter St at CCNY.
December 17, 2024
Organizing the landscape with a large wooden frame. Robert Frank (from 1979) at Pace Gallery.
December 13, 2024
The overlapped players of the “Train Whistle Blues”. Romare Bearden (from 1964) at DC Moore Gallery.
December 12, 2024
Posing male nudes in every letter of the alphabet (this is Y). Peter McGough at Karma.
December 11, 2024
Isolating jungle scenes from famous Vietnam war movies (Platoon/Apocalypse Now/Hamburger Hill), all actually filmed in the Philippines. Stephanie Syjuco (from 2007) in the Fugitive Land group show at Silverlens.
December 10, 2024
An incident in a crosswalk, as seen in forged steel crosshairs. Y. Malik Jalal at March Gallery.
December 6, 2024
Hank Willis Thomas finding visual “kinship” between images by Irving Penn at Pace Gallery, like tangled wrestlers and shrimp in a bouillabaisse (both from 1948).
December 5, 2024
The brick-like patterns of a grain barge from above, as published in the first edition of Hart Crane’s The Bridge. Walker Evans (from 1929) in the second floor hallway at the Met.
December 5, 2024
A slumped figure along the quay. Lisette Model (from 1933-1938) in the second floor hallway at the Met.
December 5, 2024
Delicate sprigs of flower amid cyanotype leaves. Anna Atkins (from 1851-1854, the earliest photograph by a woman in the museum’s collection) in the second floor hallway at the Met.