This is a statue of Victor Hasselblad. He invented the first 6x6 single reflex camera, he also left his fortune to a foundation, The Hasselblad Foundation, which gives grants to photographers.The biggest grant is awarded each year to a known photographer, that also gets a big retrospective show at the Hasselblad Center at the Gothenburg Art Museum. Last year it was Nan Goldin,(a great show) this year its the Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide. She has a very good photobook about Oaxaca,its called 'Juchitan'.
On Monday, the last lab that processes big format film in Seattle, Iveys, is closing. Small buisnesses and artists are scrambling.
This statue is of Karin Boye. She was a Swedish poet and an author. As so many poets, she had a hard time with the world and died too soon. We had to read her poems in school, the most famous one being 'it hurts".
This is a statue of Victor Hasselblad. He invented the first 6x6 single reflex camera, he also left his fortune to a foundation, The Hasselblad Foundation, which gives grants to photographers.The biggest grant is awarded each year to a known photographer, that also gets a big retrospective show at the Hasselblad Center at the Gothenburg Art Museum. Last year it was Nan Goldin,(a great show) this year its the Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide. She has a very good photobook about Oaxaca,its called 'Juchitan'.
