Monthly Archives: July 2009

Rinko Kawauchi

Posted on by David Campany

 © Rinko Kawauchi        Releasing the Shutter and Drinking Tea It is tempting in these narcissistic times to assume that ‘the personal’ is a realm of experience entirely distinct from social or collective life. But the boundaries are … Continue reading

War and the Medical Gaze

Posted on by David Campany

In 1924 the German pacifist-anarchist Ernst Friedrich published an illustrated polemic titled War Against War. It was a picture book that gathered together images of war and its effects that had been censored, suppressed or were never intended for public … Continue reading

‘Eugène Atget’s Intelligent Documents’

Posted on by David Campany

The first of the Errata Editions reissues of classic photography books is Atget: Photographe de Paris, first published in 1930. The reissue includes an early version of the essay ‘Eugène Atget’s Intelligent Documents’, by David Campany.  Let us begin with some facts. Eugène … Continue reading

Doug Aitken & Philip Hays

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I co-founded and co-edit PA magazine with Cristina Bechtler. For each issue we invite an artist to select and sequence their own work over as many spreads as they need. They then choose a second artist who is invited to do the … Continue reading