The intimate work of American photographer Ward Long.







Today I went to the Gemeentemuseum for the second time to see Erwin Olaf's retrospective. In honour of his sixtieth birthday, the Fotomuseum Den Haag and the Gemeentemuseum have organised a combined retrospective.
Last time, we started in the Fotomuseum. Olaf's early photos are on display here. This is generally the rawer work, mostly black and white. In the Gemeentemuseum, the more stylised work of the older Erwin Olaf is exhibited. Top work, related to Jeff Wall and Gregory Crewdson.



I listened to Stanley Greenberg in the Real Photo Show podcast. Greenberg is an interesting man living totally for his photography. Recently he made a typography of Ney York in his book CODEX New York.
His work follows the tradition of the Bechers and their pupils, I would say. His style is a bit looser, less strict. More towards Joel Sternfeld but than again a bit more raw.





