First of all, Society6 -
Society6 is a site where you can post artwork in digital form - such as photography or graphic design.
You can then make you art available for people to buy as a print, or canvas or a multitude of other forms.
To me, this seems like just the opening new artists need - a space to watch.
So go forth, check out sb-a on society6!
Now, on to Hiroshi Sugimoto.
What a man. What. A. Man.
The renowned Japanese photographer has a major exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art featuring works from his most recent series - "Lightning Fields" and "Photogenic Drawings" - but it started the day I left! So here's the confession - I haven't actually seen this exhibition!
But HS is just too good to not talk about - here's why - a selection from his "Lightning Fields"
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To create these beauties, HS exposed photographic dry plates to violent electrical discharges. HS's approach to photography is very scientific, exploring the very nature of it's being and pushing the limits that no one else thought of. Here is a self portrait of the man at work -
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Now I feel just like The Jealous Curator...
-sb
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