I have just realised that eyecurious turned 1… about 3 weeks ago. I have never been good at remembering birthdays (thank you Facebook for stepping in to fill that breach), but to forget your own offspring’s birthday is a little unforgiveable. I thought I would use this momentous occasion to ask you readers if there is anything you would like more or less of on eyecurious. More book or exhibition reviews? Less random musings on the state/future of photography? More info on lesser known photographers? Please put your ideas in the comments… all suggestions are welcome!
I will be picking one commenter at random to give away a little package of Japanese photographic goodness. This won’t be anything too fancy but it will include a few publications on different photographers. I will pick a winner on Monday 26th April (please provide your email address when commenting so I can get in touch).
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Congratulations on the anniversary.
I’d love to see more book info, especially on lesser-known (to the West) photographers. For example, I periodically visit ‘A Japanese Book’ and there found myself interested in the landscape photos of Midorikawa Yoichi, someone who I’d never heard of but who I’ve since learned had several books of photos published.
Hi Marc,
Congratulations on the anniversary! It’s a big step. Hope you continue with many more on the blog.
At any rate, the thing that I’d like to see more of is, actually, just more japanese photography.
I’m not suggesting you focus exclusively on this, but I do feel that due to the relatively few english language resources on the internet for japanese photographers, you could do a real service to the photo community at large by not only highlighting these photographers but also tracking down web galleries where we might all see some of their work, something which is not easy to do in English…
I enjoy seeing portfolios of unknown but interesting work. It often serves as inspiration for me. Interviews are also nice.
I enjoy reading the exhibition reviews, but I especially like the book reviews (if only because there’s more of a chance that I’ll get to see them myself as well). And the chance to learn about photographers I wouldn’t otherwise encounter is the thing I especially like about eyecurious.
Bonne Anniversaire Eye Curious! Personally I enjoy reading about Japanese photographers as people, in context of what things were like when they were coming up. The book reviews are nice but frustrating as I’m not able to afford any of them. Not to suggest you should stop that practice.
I’m inspired by Japanese photography and find value in following you via Twitter. You are a great resource. Thanks! -py
It as good as it gets.. Keep it up. Maybe more exhibits from you here in Stockholm
/Alex
Ah, so *that’s* how you get people to comment on your posts!!
I am interested to learn about the way that the “art world” functions with respect to Japanese photography. At a very basic level, I’m curious to hear more about the way that Japanese photography is received abroad, whether by the (rich and) powerful or by normal people going to shows, if it’s possible to measure these things. Beyond that, though, I would also like to hear about where Japanese photography fits in to the business of the art world. This topic repels me in a way, but I think it’s a mistake to turn a blind eye to it, and I would like to know how Japanese photographers are integrated into this apparatus.
i’ve always felt that i don’t need to work on what i’m already good at, i don’t need to exercise what i’m already doing all the time. so in that spirit i’d recommend: no worries about japanese photography (which you are likely to post about anyway), and more conscious wondermeant about everything else. as in, more connections, regardless of plausibility or adherence to master narratives, between things. one anemic example re photography in japan: how is photography in japan NOT different from everywhere else. the discourse surrounding it can be a tad secluded, tediously specialized and, dare i say, unnecessarily nationalized, even fetishised (i’ve no fingers to point, and those stubs are all pointing directly at me; just a general observation of the state of things and how horizons might expand)(and note: the same could be said as [s]well about the course of american photographic telling). just that life is more and more global everyday. connections, even speculative, off the wall and wild, have the potential to find us that somewhere else we strive to inhabit. which is less and less about the particulars of place and more and more about the elastic particulars of framing. so, please more of that, by which i mean from everyone (particularly myself!).
carry on marc. you know you’re already doing all that i’ve stated above, and i’m looking forward to the more of more of more. congratulations on a wonder filled first year. nice work.
Me gustaria ver mas portfolios e imagenes de exposiciones de fotografia contemporanea japonesa.
Soy un asiduos visitante de http://www.eyecurious.com
Gracias y saludos desde Galicia (España)
Marc, THANK YOU. You’re doing just fine.
A Map of the East is great.
congrats!
i hope to see more photography from Japan and more books (i love the two items…).
keep on going
Thanks to everyone who commented on the post, your thoughts were all much appreciated and I intend to try and follow all of your excellent advice in some way. A special thanks to James for the reminder to keep trying to look at things from a different angle.
Thanks to the joys of the interweb, I used a random number generator to pick the winner of the Japanese giveaway. And the winner is… Chip! I’ll be in touch via email to get your postal address so I can send you the spoils of victory.