Tag Archives: JH Engström

Some things I bought this year

By eyecurious | Published: 17 December 2009
I’ve seen quite a few end of year lists popping up over the last week. There are the best books of 2009 lists, the more eclectic lists of “stuff I liked this year“, the lists of books acquired in 2009 and many more. I think you need to be a breakfast-lunch-and-dinner kind of consumer of [...]
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Review: From Back Home (book and exhibition)

By eyecurious | Published: 15 September 2009
“The land between Klarälven River and the chestnut tree at Ekallén is full of little hard memories of sad and lonely times, but there is also a streak of warm confidence that runs all the way up to Älgsjövallen, a place of fairy tales and inquisitive moose.” Anders Petersen From Back Home is a collaboration [...]
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“La rentrée” in Paris: upcoming exhibitions

By eyecurious | Published: 26 August 2009
As Paris slowly drags itself out of its long summer slumber, I thought this would be a good time to draw up a list of a few of the forthcoming photography exhibitions to look out for when the city switches itself back on in the next couple of weeks. The Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in the [...]
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Arles 2009: 40 years and Nan Goldin

By eyecurious | Published: 17 July 2009
I have finally managed to sit down and collect my thoughts about this year’s Rencontres d’Arles festival. For Arles’ 40th anniversary, I decided to try and cover the festival in some detail. In this post I will be giving my overall impressions and in the next few days I will follow up with reviews of [...]
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