SHOOT: Photography of the moment
SHOOT: Photography of the moment presentation talk by Ken Miller
Celebrated with events at the New Museum in New York, Tate Modern in London, FOAM Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, Parco in Tokyo and YAUTEPEC in Mexico City.
SHOOT is a collection of ‘photography of the moment’ by Stephen Shore, Nan Goldin, Walter Pfeiffer, Boris Mikhailov, Wolfgang Tillmans, Juergen Teller, Mark Borthwick, Ari Marcopoulos, Hiromix, Glynnis McDaris, Linus Bill, Jason Nocito, Yurie Nagashima, Tim Barber, Peter Sutherland, JH Engstrom, Dash Snow, Kenneth Cappello, Louise Enhorning, Michael Schmelling, Nacho Alegre, Ola Rindal, Paul Schiek, Madi Ju, Jaimie Warren and Thomas Jeppe.
“From SLRs to disposables to digital cameras to PDAs, the photographic image is more prolific than at any point since the medium’s inception. Whether working in personal documentary, editorial, fine art or fashion, the photographers in SHOOT share a democratic, emotionally intuitive approach to picture-taking that reflects an era in which we increasingly use ephemeral images to define our own lives.”
SHOOT includes a foreword by legendary photographer Stephen Shore, in addition to a critical essay by professor Penny Martin (of pioneering fashion site SHOWstudio.com, The Gentlewoman and the London College of Fashion) with a historical overview by editor Ken Miller (Revisionaries; A Decade of Art in Tokion).
“SHOOT straddles the divide, alternatively offering visions mundane and majestic, grotesque and gorgeous.” ~Nylon Magazine
“SHOOT, brings together two generations of photographers who have stripped down the art of image-making and focused their lens on the spontaneous rather than the controlled.” ~V Magazine
About Ken Miller
Ken recently completed SHOOT, a compilation of contemporary photography that will be published in 2009 by Rizzoli International. The publication of SHOOT is being supported with exhibitions and related events in museums in the United States, Asia and Europe. Following the publication of SHOOT, Ken has also curated a series of photographs for Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo.
In 2007, Ken edited Revisionaries; A Decade of Art in Tokion, a book published by Abrams Image. Revisionaries showcases work by nearly 100 of the most intriguing young visual artists of the past decade. In Spring, 2009 he was a consultant for an auction of contemporary art and design at Phillips de Pury that included many of the artists in Revisionaries.
Ken was Editor in Chief of Tokion magazine, a bimonthly arts and culture publication, from 2002 to 2007. Under his guidance, Tokion became widely recognized as a trend leader in design, arts, and style editorial. As Editor in Chief, Ken assigned and edited all written content and acted as photo editor. During his tenure, Tokion expanded to include a Japanese-language edition of the magazine and European distribution for the English-language edition.
In 2003, Tokion founded Creativity Now, an innovative multidisciplinary conference taking place in New York and Tokyo. In 2007, Ken acted as a curator for The Creators Series, organized by Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal’s Tribeca Enterprises. In 2008, he curated speakers for the MINI Rooftop NYC.
Ken is currently a member of the editorial board of City magazine. He is a contributing writer for V, V Man and Interview magazines. He is publisher of Anathema, an arts journal that was featured in Rizzoli‘s The Last Magazine, a compilation of innovative arts and fashion magazines.
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