Illustration by Yau Hoong Tang
During the past decade, we’ve written about hundreds of books featuring artists, movements, stories of vibrant creativity, attempts to correct the art historical record, and fascinating dives into science and history. Because of the resounding response to this coverage, we’ve decided to go even deeper this year by launching Colossal Reads, a monthly newsletter.
More than just a recap of all the titles we feature, Colossal Reads will include information about talks with artists, publishers, editors, and curators who help drive some of the most compelling books in contemporary visual culture. As always, you can expect fun surprises like giveaways, signings, and special guests.
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Amy Horn (Courtesy/ Sedona Camera Club)
Join the Sedona Camera Club for a presentation by professional photographer Amy Horn. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 29 at the Mary D. Fisher Theater, 2030 W. State Route 89A, Suite B-2. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Mobile devices are a great solution for on-the-go photographers. This smartphone photography presentation is for mobile phone photographers who want to enhance their camera experience through apps, techniques, and workflow. Using an iPhone, Amy will demonstrate many camera features and apps to improve shooting, editing, and sharing of photos. Although she uses an iPhone the apps and techniques are easily transferred to all mobile phones.
Amy lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, and has enthusiastically shared her knowledge in software and photography-related fields in secondary and post-secondary levels since 1995. With a Master’s Degree in Education, she enjoys demonstrating photographic techniques both in the classroom and out in the field.
She is a teaching professor at Northern Arizona University and taught photo workshops for Arizona Highways PhotoScapes. For her, the joy in photography comes from finding the extraordinary image of the ordinary subject. Her publications include Arizona Highways, Gold Prospectors Association, and her co-authored book, The Art of Macro Photography. She enjoys time with her family, running, and photographing the tiny landscapes around her when she is not teaching.
To see more of Amy’s work, visit HornDesigns.com
Presentations, hosted by the Sedona Camera Club, are free to members. There is a $5 fee for guests. Local photographers are encouraged to join to support bringing high-quality speakers to promote interest in photography and develop photographic skills. Membership costs $35 for the whole year. For more information on the Sedona Camera Club, go to SedonaCamera.Club.
A bus stop in Philadelphia. All images © Unmute Gaza, shared with permission
Dozens of artists have joined the worldwide street art movement known as Unmute Gaza, which is harnessing creativity and community to call attention to Israel’s ongoing war. Supporting photojournalists, the campaign aims to shed necessary light on the devastation unfolding each day. Quite a few artists involved have previously been featured on Colossal, including Eron, Faith XLVII, Ernest Zacharevic, Escif, Stefan Krische, Jofre Oliveras, and Sainer.
For decades, Western mainstream media and institutions have displayed a tremendous lack of coverage detailing humanitarian crises in occupied Palestine, with numerous instances of systemic media bias and censorship. Unmute Gaza explains, “Western countries have all firmly condemned the October 7th attacks, but not Israel’s indiscriminate bombing of Gaza, nor have they acknowledged the root causes of this crisis, including colonialism, apartheid or ethnic cleansing.”
To confront this deafening silence, Unmute Gaza encourages communities all over the world to “print and paste” downloadable artworks. They have appeared in different corners of the world, covering bus shelters, buildings, and storefronts. To create the posters, artists interpreted scenes captured by the last photojournalists on the ground, telling the stories of heartbreak among mothers, fathers, children, and first responders. A striking mute symbol sits in the middle of each composition, compelling the viewer to reflect on the difference between the voices of the oppressed and those of the complicit.
There have been more than 100 days of crippling loss since Hamas’ attack on October 7 that killed more than 1,100 Israeli civilians. Israel’s ensuing campaign has caused an immense death toll primarily among Palestinian civilians, recently surpassing 25,000.
The works included in Unmute Gaza are available to download.
Artwork by Alba Fabre
Artwork by Ernest Zacharevic
Artwork by Raquel Aparicio
Artwork by Faith XLVII
A train stop in Oslo
Artwork by Jaume Montserrat
Artwork by Eron
The Guggenheim in New York
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