Tag: Kirk Crippens

  • The Point by Kirk Crippens and Michael Jang

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    Link: Somewhere in the virtual world, I came across The Point, a new Blurb book that is the collaborative effort of Kirk Crippens and Michael Jang. I’m a big fan of both photographers, and I love the idea of working apart and together to create a significant project.

  • This is Climate Change: Kirk Crippens, Sharon Harper, and Benjamin Dimmitt | LENSCRATCH

    This is Climate Change: Kirk Crippens, Sharon Harper, and Benjamin Dimmitt | LENSCRATCH

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    This is Climate Change: Kirk Crippens, Sharon Harper, and Benjamin Dimmitt – LENSCRATCH Museum Director James Pearson of the  Southeast Museum of Photography has created a significant exhibition focused on the most important issue of our time. This is Climate Change features the projects of three photographers: Kirk Crippens, Sharon Harper, and Benjamin Dimmitt and…

  • The Great Recession: Foreclosure USA | PDN Photo of the Day

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    The Great Recession: Foreclosure USA Kirk Crippens‘s images from his series, “The Great Depression: Foreclosure, USA,” look at the after effects of economic crises in America

  • Kirk Crippens: Portraitlandia

    Kirk Crippens: Portraitlandia

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    Kirk Crippens: Portraitlandia I said a few months ago that I think Kirk Crippens sleeps with a camera, or simply doesn’t sleep at all.  Today I feature his new body of work, Portraitlandia , as evidence that the above statement is true. This year he has enjoyed artist residencies at R via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2013/08/kirk-crippens-portraitlandia.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 On hearing news reports of John…

  • How Do You Photograph A City’s Bankruptcy?

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    How Do You Photograph A City’s Bankruptcy? Before Detroit, there was Stockton, Calif. Kirk Crippens says you can’t photograph bankruptcy, but that hasn’t stopped him from trying. via NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2013/07/18/203381011/how-do-you-photograph-a-citys-bankruptcy?ft=1&f=97635953 Photographer Kirk Crippens says you can’t. But that hasn’t stopped him from trying. Since 2009, he has been documenting the city of Stockton, Calif., which…

  • Kirk Crippens

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    The Dealership Wreck: I never noticed the monolithic deserted auto dealerships alongside the freeway until recently, when I began to notice empty dealerships everywhere I traveled. I researched the phenomenon and discovered that since 2009, over 2,300 auto dealerships in America were shuttered. The closings, which happened largely as a result of the US government’s…