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In Conversation: Amy Friend

29 Nov, 2023

In Conversation: Amy Friend

In mid-November Amy Friend and I sat down together to talk about her art practice and the evocative photo-based compositions that are found in her series Vestiges, Dare Alla Luce, and Multi-Verse. These three projects reveal themes that can be found across the entirety of Friend’s artistic career, featuring her ongoing explorations of human relationships, her deep respect for ancestral ties, her fascination with the act of making photographs, along with observations about how we process and experience memory, and the interconnectedness of all things. The resulting artworks ask us to consider how we look at and live with collections of photographs, as well as reminding us of how time is fleeting. Viewers will notice that bodies of water feature prominently in Friend’s practice; a motif that intentionally recurs again and again. 
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In Conversation: Gun Roze on his series MANHATTAN 1982

16 Oct, 2023

In Conversation: Gun Roze on his series MANHATTAN 1982

In 1980, Gun Roze began regularly visiting a close friend who had moved to New York City. During these trips, he plunged headfirst into a vibrant culture that felt radically different from his experiences in Toronto. Fascinated by all that he saw, in 1982 Roze started making photographs of life at street level in Manhattan, creating an engrossing visual history which captures the daily (and nightly) rhythms of New Yorkers. Those photographs became the series MANHATTAN 1982.
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In Conversation: Janice Reid and Stéphane Alexis

08 May, 2023

In Conversation: Janice Reid and Stéphane Alexis

To welcome Stéphane Alexis to the FFOTO roster, we invited fellow FFOTO artist Janice Reid to lead a conversation with him via Zoom. Both of these artists make work that explores aspects of their Caribbean diaspora backgrounds, producing photographs that suggest the resiliency and histories - and futures - of the Black experience. The resulting conversation is a fascinating exchange of ideas about the approaches and inspirations that drive these talented emerging artists’ photo-based practices. Reid and Alexis offer insight into how their experiences and communities inform the themes they explore through their work, and where they see their practices heading in the future.

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Irene Fay: The Diamonds are in the Enlarger

12 Oct, 2021

Irene Fay: The Diamonds are in the Enlarger

In her lifetime, photographer Irene Fay (1914-1986) survived some of the most convulsive events in recent European history. Just before she died, she wrote letters to her children and grandchildren. One of the handwritten messages left in her art studio read, “The diamonds are in the enlarger.” This was a clue for the family inheritance: literally inside Irene’s photo enlarger were the diamonds she and her husband had smuggled out of Poland in August 1939. 
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Irene Fay: A Conversation with Vance Stevens

12 Oct, 2021

Irene Fay: A Conversation with Vance Stevens

Vance Stevens was a college student when he first met Irene Fay. In time, he would become instrumental in helping her secure dealer representation, continuing to offer support and advice from behind the scenes for the rest of Irene’s life.

As Vance’s career transitioned from teaching to freelance graphic and interior design, his relationship with Irene and her family gradually intertwined. With residences in New York City and the Catskills, Vance gained insight into Irene the artist, and Irene the person. I talked to Vance about his friendship with Irene. The admiration and affection he holds for Irene, whose art practice is now being reintroduced to the world via FFOTO, is evident throughout our conversation.

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Irene Fay: In Her Own Words

12 Oct, 2021

Irene Fay: In Her Own Words

The photographic practice of Irene Fay spanned nearly half a century, amassing a body of work that gives viewers a chance to see the world through her eyes. She photographed the things and people that surrounded her, often while cooking and raising her children. Though she had a keen photographic eye, she was also a master in the darkroom, using her skills to transform her images into photographic objects that evoke a sense of mystery.

To introduce collectors to Irene’s captivating body of work, available exclusively via FFOTO, we have collected some of her own thoughts on her practice to share with you here.

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