In the Studio with Rebecca Norris Webb

by admin on May 3, 2012

in Artist News, Artist's Books, Contemporary, In the Press, New Images, Robert Klein Gallery, Studio

This is the fourth post in an ongoing series exploring the studios and creative lives of our gallery’s photographers. The last time we saw Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb, it was in September 2011 at the opening of our Violet Isle exhibition, a selection of photographs the couple took in Cuba. Next on the agenda for Rebecca, between lectures in Singapore and Milan with Alex, is the release of her much anticipated monograph My Dakota by Radius Books.

We caught up with Rebecca by email last week and asked her to tell us about life as a photographer.

On press for "My Dakota" in Singapore, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Tripod Blog: You’re an artist. Do you collect art?

Rebecca Norris Webb: Although Alex Webb, my husband and creative partner, and I have a few photographs we’ve collected over the years –– including a Disfarmer and an Atget –- for the most part we’re more photography book collectors than photography print collectors.  Together, we must have close to 1000 photography books, and [click to continue…]

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In the Studio with Roger Ballen

by admin on April 18, 2012

in Artist News, Contemporary, Robert Klein Gallery, Studio

You may be familiar with Roger Ballen’s grungy black and white photographs. Eerie and dark, they are filled with a disturbing loneliness. Ballen, who first held a Kodak Brownie camera in 1955, sat down with us to discuss his photographs and the objects that inspire him.

Roger Ballen, Factory Worker Holding Portrait of Grandfather, 1996

Tripod Blog: Tell us about your studio space and your current projects.

Roger Ballen: A few years ago, I found an old house in Johannesburg, South Africa. This place has become the focus of my photography for the past few years since the completion of my book Boarding House in 2008. Inside this house live a motley bunch of people from various spectrums of South African society. Living along with these people [click to continue…]

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You Look At Me Like An Emergency

April 12, 2012

Thoughts Like Five Fingers Spread. 350 Main Street. An Archaeology of Distraction. Eyes Like Disappointed Lemons. You Look At Me Like An Emergency. There are many ways to describe photographs by Cig Harvey, but sometimes it’s best to use her words. Here is a video preview of You Look At Me Like An Emergency, Harvey’s visual autobiography, narrated by the [...]

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In the Studio with Carol Golemboski

April 11, 2012

When we started The Tripod Blog in 2011, our aim was to provide readers with a behind the scenes peek at all things photography. To complement artist and gallery news, we sought to shed light on our photographers at work, offering insight on their processes and habits. All puns aside, here is the second in [...]

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In the Studio with Lajos Geenen

February 24, 2012

Dutch-born photographer Lajos Geenen lives and works in Long Island City, New York, but his connections to Boston, MA, are innumerable. An artist-in-residence at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the late 1990s, Lajos was first represented by the Robert Klein Gallery in [...]

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Robert Klein to Host “A Celebration of Francesca Woodman”

February 10, 2012

At this year’s AIPAD Photography Show New York, Robert Klein will be moderating A Celebration of Francesca Woodman. The panel discussion will honor the work of a woman photographer whose imprint on the medium has developed steadily since her death in 1981. AIPAD offers this description of A Celebration of Francesca Woodman: “To commemorate the [...]

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Counter-culture band in search of fine art photographer

February 2, 2012

Die Antwoord and Roger Ballen are a match made in MTV heaven. The South African music group recently collaborated with the fine art photographer on a music video for its latest song, “I Fink U Freeky.” The result is a creepy, “freeky” montage of black and white film that earned over half a million hits [...]

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Jeff Brouws in the News: Phaidon and Huffington Post

January 12, 2012

As a working photographer, Jeff Brouws interprets contemporary American culture by examining the cycle of construction, destruction and regeneration that is inherent to the lifestyle of the country. With Inside the Live Reptile Tent, a series of images from the early 1990s, Brouws records the visual and non-visual stimuli that define carnivals and street fairs. The [...]

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Averaging Time with David Fokos

December 17, 2011

We’ve recently been in touch with David Fokos, our California-based photographer whose work will be on exhibit at Houston’s John Cleary Gallery in January 2012. Fokos is a perfectionist, and we mean that in the best possible way: he averages 100 hours of work for every image he produces. The result is a streamlined portfolio [...]

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Alex Webb Celebrates New Book of Photographs

November 29, 2011

                                            The Robert Klein Gallery will display Webb’s work in Booth #A13 at Art Miami, November 30 – December 4. Visit Aperture.org to learn more about Webb’s book and upcoming exhibition. For updates directly [...]

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