http://www.gwynnejohnson.com photographs and news from gwynne johnson Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:41:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am very pleased to announced that three photographs from my Restore series have been selected for the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts upcoming exhibition Dis.place.ment. "The collection of work considers emotional or physical displacement in a broader spatial, social, economic, or political context." The show opens on April 2nd and ... http://www.gwynnejohnson.com/2010/02/urban-institute-for-contemporary-arts/ I'm pleased to announce that two of my photographs have been selected to be shown at Project Basho's Onward '10 show, opening February 1st, 2010, Philadelphia. http://onward.projectbasho.org/selected-photographers/ [caption id="attachment_434" align="alignnone" width="400" caption=""Don't Treat Me Like A Mushroom" 2009"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_437" align="alignnone" width="400" caption=""Fair Is A Four Letter Word" 2009"][/caption] http://www.gwynnejohnson.com/2010/01/onward-10-exhibition/ http://www.gwynnejohnson.com/2009/05/410/ http://www.gwynnejohnson.com/2009/05/403/ http://www.gwynnejohnson.com/2009/04/400/ http://www.gwynnejohnson.com/2009/04/off-i-88/ Debbie Fleming Caffery, my former instructor (and on-going inspiration) has just published a stunning book of her work in Mexico. Her photographs are simultaneously unearthly and heartbreakingly real. From the publishers website, Radius Books: "The Spirit & The Flesh balances the themes of grace and redemption, sin and forgiveness that Caffery encountered ... http://www.gwynnejohnson.com/2009/04/debbie-fleming-caffery-the-spirit-the-flesh/ http://www.gwynnejohnson.com/2009/04/roller-rink/ In February I was hired to travel to Guyana to document the craft-making of indigenous Amerindian communities. The project was organized by the Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development which hopes to offer an alternative to forestry by promoting the country's craft industry. I travelled to three ... http://www.gwynnejohnson.com/2009/04/guyana/ http://www.gwynnejohnson.com/2009/04/triangle-2009/