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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Wide Asleep / Half Awake
“The dark images [of Josef Koudelka] stand in a stark contract to the dream-like pictures produced by Czech-American photographer Michael Borek … Although some of Borek’s images are described as playful, such as a balloon flying over Prague, many of …
The Bridges of Montgomery County
The bridges of Montgomery County, Maryland, are not as traditionally photogenic as their more famous cousins in Madison County. While few of these bridges are rustic and poetically simple, most of them are functional and utilitarian (at times, eerily so). …
Words left over
When a business heads south, one of the first things to go is the name of the establishment. Often, the removal of what previously was a dull sign with a generic lettering reveals a completely new sign or the imprint …
Urbania
urbania: state of mind, the state of questioning the built environment
Scranton Lace
“Michael Borek’s Laceworks photographs were shot in a ghost-like atmosphere of a decommissioned factory in Pennsylvania. With laces still in the looms, chairs on the stage of the company’s theater, the images capture dissonance between quiet beauty and troubling reality.” …