Posts Tagged ‘Barbara Confino’

Times Square WalkAbout: the Adoration of the Faithful

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Text and photos by Barbara Confino – in New York; Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012

Artist and writer Barbara Confino’s new series, Walkabout: The City As Image, explores urban life as a visual experience. Functioning as both cameraman and editor, the walker sees the physical and human environment as if it were a film…[read on…]

Brooklyn WalkAbout: The Back Yards of Bay Ridge

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Text and photos by Barbara Confino – in New York; Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012

The backyards of Bay Ridge are like housewives who never get dressed. Slovenly, overweight, gone soft in all the important spots, yet not altogether lacking allure, they somehow remain endearing. Unlike their fastidiously pruned counterparts in more upscale neighborhoods, these gardens have reverted to the wild and wild life loves…[read on…]

Paris Walkabout: The Painter Assadour

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Text and photos by Barbara Confino – in New York; Wednesday, Oct. 03, 2012

Delta Airlines does not exist. They have imaginary planes that are always late. When at last they arrive you are told you have an imaginary seat. It seems the only thing that is not a figment of my imagination is the money I paid for the ticket. And when I want to change that ticket in Paris… [read on…]

Coney Island Walkabout

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Text and photos by Barbara Confino – in New York; Friday, Sep. 21, 2012

For the first half of the 20th century in New York, Coney Island was the people’s paradise. The beach, the rides, the cheap food and cool air… [read on…]

The Good Life in Berlin

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Blog post by Barbara Confino – in New York; Saturday, Aug. 04, 2012.

From the beginning Berlin confounds me. My first impression of this city built on a swamp is dreary. I find most of its famous old buildings disproportionally massive, its wide avenues tacky and commercial, and am thinking this is an ugly city when I discover something else. Having gone to the Museum of Natural History to pay my respects to the dinosaurs, I chance upon a photography exhibit detailing the variety of wildlife… [read on…]


Barbara Confino’s “The Genetic Wars”

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Blog post by Anna Purcell – in Berlin; Saturday, July 21, 2012.

In her graphic history The Genetic Wars, Barbara Confino, a New York City-based artist and writer, explores the repurcussions of a society in which cloning is the primary form of human reproduction.
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