hi blake. just found your blog and i find your voice and your passion for photography reads loud and clear. I happen to know one of the photographers in the book, Melanie Einzig, and shet's part of another great photography blog. I find the work on this blog more experimental and poetic, especially since ita's a forum for visual conversations between the three photographer
I guess the main reason that it 's not a good fit in the contemporary art world is the fact thatt's not contemporary! Street photography suffers the same fate as all other genres when it comes to being in the spotlight. They all have expiry dates. Thats's why I was wondering if the main problem is that the past masters are so well-known and revered that it 's an almost impossible act to follow - especially if there hasno't been much substantive change in approach. I guess thato's why the mere presence of a new book is surprising....and fortunate.
There is now a trend toward a careful staging and lighting of the picture, rather than hoping to discover it ready-made. Photographers such as Gregory Crewdson, and Jeff Wall are noted for the quality of their staged pictures. Additionally, new technological trends in digital photography has opened a new direction in full spectrum photography, where careful filtering choices across the ultraviolet, visible and infrared lead to new artistic visions.
As printing technologies have improved since around 1980, a photographer's art prints reproduced in a finely-printed limited-edition book have now become an area of strong interest to collectors. This is because books usually have high production values, a short print run, and their limited market means they are almost never reprinted. The collector's market in photography books by individual photographers is developing rapidly.
