Jul - 19th
Miroslav Tichy, redux
Posted at 12:03 am | Filed Under art, film
Miroslav Tichy is a reclusive artist who has resided in his hometown of Kyjov, Czech Republic, for most of his life. Born in 1926, he was a painter until the late 1960s, when he started taking photos, mostly of local women sunbathing, using equipment that he built himself. The cameras are made of cardboard, bottle […]
Sep - 29th
Blogs Kurt is reading
Posted at 2:22 pm | Filed Under journal
Nic Nichol’s blog: Four Corners Dark: Holga, Lomo, and low-fi photography. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think I’m reading my own mind. He’s loving the Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim camera (my own reviews forthcoming), ranting on the ranters who claim you can duplicate low-fi with photoshop, so why bother with plastic, and […]
Aug - 26th
Miroslav Tichy
Posted at 12:02 am | Filed Under art, film
Am so enthralled with the photographic work of Czech artist Miroslav Tichy, who made cameras out of cardboard tubes, thread spools, rubber bands, and other similar things, and then photographed public scenes in his small hometown. He developed the negatives in a bucket at night, because he didn’t have a darkroom. Later, he said that […]