Scott London Photography

Time 2021-01-17 05:03:17

Web Name: Scott London Photography

WebSite: http://www.scottlondon.com

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Smoke and MirrorsSmoke and Mirrors, a new photography book published by Hoxton Mini Press and Penguin Books, explores the connection between the car and the camera through the lens of two dozen photographers. One of the chapters showcases my “Mutant Vehicles” series, featuring a selection of images from the project along with an incisive write-up by journalist Adam Hay-Nicholls. As he writes in the introduction, “the images in this book, by some of the world’s best photographers, show cars at their most wild, playful and inventive. Read More →Bombay Beach BiennaleInstallation artists have taken over Bombay Beach, a derelict town on the eastern shore of the Salton Sea, turning the place into a canvas for visionary art and free expression. Each spring, the place is transformed into a fully immersive art venue. But there are no tickets sold and attendence is capped at just 500. The renegade art festival has generated buzz throughout the art world. I spent a couple of weeks covering the event last year, my photos appearing in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times and elsewhere.Read More →Burning Man 2019For all the complaints about Burning Man going mainstream, about it being taken over by the rich and famous, and about it being ruined by Instagram and pesky influencers, 2019 turned out to be another banner year. I ve posted a write-up about the event along with 100 of my best images. Some of my photos also appear in other places. See for example: The Mutant Vehicles of Burning Man 2019 (San Francisco Chronicle), The Battle for Burning Man (Fast Company), and The Most Extravagant Costumes Seen at Burning Man (Buzzworthy).See photos →Painted DesertThe Painted Desert series grew out of a conceptual art project combining photography, costume design and interactive performance. Working with the Phoenix-based Vessel Project, I created a series of 48 photographs of costumed figures set against the backdrop of Arizona’s otherworldly Painted Desert. The photographs were then presented as part of an interactive performance piece at several venues throughout Arizona, including the Spark Festival in Mesa, the Public Art Program in Glendale, and the Phoenix Art Museum.Read more →Solstice 2019It s not the edgy and raucous event it used to be back in the 1970s. But the Solstice festival still represents one of southern California s best street parties. Each year on the weekend of the summer solstice, Santa Barbara is overtaken by carnivalesque floats, Brazilian drummers, stilt walkers, performance artists, kids in costume and makeup, and fabulous samba dancers wearing feathers and sequins (and not much else). After 15 years of covering the event, I’m convinced there’s no better place to celebrate the longest day of the year.See images →The Ephemeral CityIn February 2019, Stanford University invited me to speak at the ArtsWest symposium, “Burning Man: Art and Technology.” The event was held at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. In my presentation, I showed over one hundred photographs and reflected on what I’ve learned from a decade and a half of attending Burning Man as a photographer, journalist and cultural observer. Click through for the text of my talk—titled “The Ephemeral City”—as well as a handful of the images that were presented on the big screen.Read More →A Shoot with Byron KatieByron Katie’s books and workshops have helped tens of thousands of people understand how their lives are shaped—and often misshaped—by the stories they tell about themselves. I discovered her work more than a decade ago and it opened up a new world of insight and understanding. Given the influence Katie has had on me, I was thrilled to be asked to photograph her at her ranch house in Ojai, California. We spent an enchanting afternoon making pictures together.Read more →No Spectators No Spectators, the landmark exhibition at the Smithsonian s Renwick Gallery, brought the spirit of Burning Man to the nation s capital and into the heart of the East Coast s buttoned-up art establishment. Before it opened, some of us wondered whether mainstream exposure might compromise the qualities that make Burning Man a uniquely radical event. The verdict is still out. But what a great exhibition! And what a special honor to have some of my photographs featured in the show.See more →Oregon EclipseIn August 2017, tens of thousands gathered in Oregon to witness the total eclipse of the sun. The morning all of us gathered in a big field to watch the eclipse was the culmination of a weeklong celebration of art, music, and ideas—a coming together of artists, visionaries and social innovators to collaborate and inspire. As a member of the Symbiosis crew—the team that organized the gathering—I spent five days documenting the event.See photos →Live at the Press ClubWe had a good turnout for the opening of my photography exhibit “Fire and Dust” at the Press Club in Monterey, California. The eight-week show featured a decade of my Burning Man photography. The opening reception included a live interview with Bradley Zeve, publisher of the Monterey County Weekly, and some great questions from the audience. The Q A was also taped for broadcast on local access television and aired throughout March and April 2017. You can view an edited 51-minute clip of it and read more about the exhibition here.See more →AfrikaBurnAfrikaBurn is sometimes described as a festival or party in the desert. But it would be truer to call it an experiment in creative self-expression. Each year at the end of April, thousands come together in South Africa s Tankwa Karoo desert to create large-scale art installations, build outlandish vehicles, organize theme camps, make music, put on performances, dress up in wild outfits, and—as the name suggests—burn stuff to the ground. The comparisons to Burning Man are inevitable, but I found that AfrikaBurn has its own unique character and sensibility.See more →

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