THE HOME AND THE WORLD
Five different perspectives on street photography
by five Argentinian artists
Patricia Ackerman, Ivan Komin, Jose de Rocco, Sofia Ungar, Diego Wisniacki
Exhibition curators: Judith Rodriguez and Christian Diaz
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© Jose de Rocco
English
VASA Exhibitions introduces five perspectives by Argentina artists that photograph in the streets and at home. In some cases homes are turned into streets and the street becomes a home. In this sense the "street" becomes a performance platform for expressive gestures.
Street photography is a growing genera in the photography world. Its roots go back to Eugene Atget time in Paris, from 1890 to 1920, then Cartier Bresson in the fifties, and the early days of the small hand held camera coming of age in the 1960s and 1970s when photographers, like Garry Winogrand, Lee Friedlander and Joel Meyerowitz, among many others, in a sense, worked the streets. In many cases their work grew out of the 1955 Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA) exhibition "The Family of Man". Curated by Edward Steichen. The exhibition showed the work of over 250 photographers focusing on the human condition.
Street photography at that time (in the USA) focused social and political issues, using the camera as a tool to reveal, it was a text. In both cases the small hand held camera (along with the existence of personal darkrooms for processing and printmaking) promoted a voice, a voice that spoke through the image(s).
The last few decades have shown a growing interest in "street photography" as exampled by festivals, publications, social media like instagram and Facebook and YouTube channels and programs. According to the promoters, "Street photography" defies a clear and fixed definition. As this exhibition notes the "home" could be treated as a street. As VASA begins to consider the nature and paradigm of "street photography" it may become clearer as to what it is and why people do it.
The exhibition, besides exhibiting the work of each photographer, includes video interviews (in Spanish with sub-titles) providing a grounding to the thinking and behavior of each photographer.
As noted in the exhibition menu (to your left) the VASA exhibition, curated by Judith Rodriguez and Christian Diaz, brings together the work of Argentinian street photographers Jose de Rocco, Ivan Komin, Patricia Ackerman, Sofia Ungar and Diego Wisniacki.
Spanish
VASA Exhibitions presenta cinco perspectivas de artistas argentinos que fotografían en la calle y en sus hogares. En algunos casos, las casas se convierten en calles y la calle se convierte en un hogar. En este sentido, la "calle" deviene una plataforma de realización de gestos expresivos.
La fotografía callejera es un género que ha ido en crecimiento en el mundo de la fotografía. Sus raíces se remontan a la época de Eugene Atget en París, de 1890 a 1920, luego a Cartier Bresson en los años cincuenta, y a los primeros días de los años sesenta y setenta, cuando fotógrafos como Garry Winogrand, Lee Friedlander y Joel Meyerowitz, entre muchos otros trabajaban en las calle con pequeñas cámaras de mano. En muchos casos, su trabajo surgió de la exposición de 1955 del Museo de Arte Moderno (Nueva York, EE. UU.) "La familia del hombre”, curada por Edward Steichen. La exposición mostró el trabajo de más de 250 fotógrafos centrados en la condición humana.
La fotografía callejera en ese momento (en USA) enfocaba temas sociales y políticos, usando la cámara como herramienta para revelar un texto. En ambos casos, la pequeña cámara de mano (junto con la existencia de cuartos oscuros personales para el procesamiento y la impresión) promovieron una voz, una voz que hablaba a través de la(s) imagen(es).
Las últimas décadas han mostrado un creciente interés en la "fotografía callejera", como lo demuestran los festivales, las publicaciones, las redes sociales como Instagram y Facebook y los canales y programas de YouTube. Según sus promotores, la "fotografía callejera" pone en jaque una definición clara y fija. Como señala esta exposición, el "hogar" podría tratarse como una calle. A medida que VASA comienza a considerar la naturaleza y el paradigma de la "fotografía callejera", puede quedar más claro qué es y por qué los artistas lo realizan.
La exposición, además de exhibir el trabajo de cada fotógrafo, incluye entrevistas en video (en español con subtítulos) que fundamentan el pensamiento y el comportamiento de cada fotógrafo.
Como se indica en el menú de la exposición (a su izquierda), la exposición VASA, curada por Judith Rodriguez y Christian Diaz, reúne el trabajo de los fotógrafos callejeros argentinos Jose de Rocco, Ivan Komin, Patricia Ackerman, Sofia Ungar and Diego Wisniacki.
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VASA, since 2008, has provided an international platform for individual and group exhibitions, collaborative exhibitions with various organizations and galleries and exhibitions that follow a particular theme or inquiry such as “Where Do We Go Now” curated by Rui Cepeda and the “Kharkiv School of Photography: Soviet Censorship to New Aesthetics” curated by Igor Manko.
VASA Exhibitions are international and multicultural. The curatorial team has strived to present work that not only represents the photographers but also the social, historical and cultural. As an online international project, VASA works to engage various digital tools. Video, as an example, not only offers the potential for the presentation of works, it provides the opportunity and framework for the voice of the author to be seen and heard. Through image, text, sound and animation, VASA works to expand the exhibition paradigm and provide a rich experience for the viewer (as well as the author).
VASA Exhibitions provides a viewing and research environment by archiving all of the exhibitions in their entirety. For example, the viewer may view a 2009 exhibition as it was presented and not just traces of its existence.
VASA Exhibitions (a program in VASA) includes images, videos and sound works.
© Patricia Ackerman
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