Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Saturday, August 31, 2013
NEUE WELT by Wolfgang Tillmans - book signing
reporter: Miguel Dominguez
Over at Taschen Books on April 29th, Wolfgang Tillmans was present to sign his latest publication of both his book Neue Welt and its accompanying Limited Art Edition portfolio that can be purchased separately. Other of his previously published photo books were also at hand for signing.
MIGUEL DOMINGUEZ: TAROT CARDS - work in progress
ARTIST: Miguel Dominguez
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| Major Arcana #1 - The Wizard |
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| Major Arcana #3 - The Empress |
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| Major Arcana #6 - The Lovers |
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| Major Arcana #7 - The Chariot |
Cuban born Miguel Dominguez majored in photography at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
After graduation, he began to work in the field of commercial photography, first assisting well established advertising photographers who specialized in tabletop still life, fashion and beauty, architectural, and location photography. Throughout the latter part of this period, he developed an interest in the art of photomontage, creating a large body of work in the subject of erotic fantasy.
After several years of this type of on the job training, he started out photographing architectural interiors, then publicity events and celebrity coverage.
In 1992, with the advent of digital graphic technology, Miguel decided to change careers and become a photo illustrator and graphic designer. Within one year, he stablished himself as a successful freelance photo manipulator and graphic designer with a very wide publishing and advertising clientele.
Friday, February 15, 2013
PRETTY MASCULINE APP: A Look Behind The Scenes
reporter: Miguel Dominguez
Celebrity Photographer Mike Ruiz partnered with Echo Interaction Group to transform his coffee table book, Pretty Masculine, into an interactive photographic gallery for the iPad. The Pretty Masculine App will offer access to Mike’s creative process. “As an artist and photographer, I've always been interested in peeling back layers and portraying people out of context,” says Mike. The Pretty Masculine App will introduce an Innovative way for people to enjoy art. It is a photography showcase with interactive functionality, the first of its kind to be published by a photographer.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
DAVID LEDDICK/DAVID VANCE Double Book Signing at Rizzoli
reporter: Miguel Dominguez
June 12th at Rizzoli NY, was the place for art lovers of the Homoerotic genre to be. It was there that two legends in the field of Gay Art, David Leddick and David Vance, gathered with friends to promote and sign their newly published books, Leddick's Gorgeous Gallery and Vance's Jungle Fever.
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| The two Davids, Leddick and Vance, each one holding on to their books |
June 12th at Rizzoli NY, was the place for art lovers of the Homoerotic genre to be. It was there that two legends in the field of Gay Art, David Leddick and David Vance, gathered with friends to promote and sign their newly published books, Leddick's Gorgeous Gallery and Vance's Jungle Fever.
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| Jungle Fever |
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| Gorgeous Gallery - Bruce Sargeant (1880-1938), "Wrestler and Boy in Jacket" |
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
KLAUS ENRIQUE Photo Homage to Renaissance Surreal Portraitist Arcimbaldo
reporter: Miguel Dominguez
Born in 1975, Klaus Enrique grew up in Mexico City. Having studied Genetics at the University of Nottingham, England, and receiving an MBA from Columbia Business School in the City of New York, his working career was spent as a freelance IT consultant before Enrique turned to photography, which he studied at Parsons and at the School of Visual Arts. In 2007 when his portrait of “Mother & Daughter” was short listed for the Photographic Portrait Prize at London’s National Portrait Gallery, he began to receive worldwide attention. Klaus also has been short listed for other works by the Newspace Center for Photography, National Geographic Traveler, the Photography Masters Cup, and the Art of Photography Show among others. In 2011, Klaus Enrique was the winner of the prestigious Curator Award/Emerging Artist of the Year for Still Photography, by Photo District News. His work is collected by a growing number of public institutions and private collections. Enrique is represented here in New York by Robert Burge, Twentieth Century Photographs, LTD. and currently lives in Mexico City.
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| Klaus Enrique with his "Arcimbaldo" photo series |
Born in 1975, Klaus Enrique grew up in Mexico City. Having studied Genetics at the University of Nottingham, England, and receiving an MBA from Columbia Business School in the City of New York, his working career was spent as a freelance IT consultant before Enrique turned to photography, which he studied at Parsons and at the School of Visual Arts. In 2007 when his portrait of “Mother & Daughter” was short listed for the Photographic Portrait Prize at London’s National Portrait Gallery, he began to receive worldwide attention. Klaus also has been short listed for other works by the Newspace Center for Photography, National Geographic Traveler, the Photography Masters Cup, and the Art of Photography Show among others. In 2011, Klaus Enrique was the winner of the prestigious Curator Award/Emerging Artist of the Year for Still Photography, by Photo District News. His work is collected by a growing number of public institutions and private collections. Enrique is represented here in New York by Robert Burge, Twentieth Century Photographs, LTD. and currently lives in Mexico City.
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