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Tabitha Soren myFIVE
Tabitha Soren explores the expansive power of photography by pushing its material limits and embracing its unreliable nature. She probes the surface of the photograph to unlock the rich history of the medium and experiments with sculptural and painterly interventions to further complicate the inherent uncertainty of the source. This layered approach underscores not only the bounds of the viewer’s perception but also makes visible the psychological states of Soren’s subject matter, creating a tension between what is seen and what lies underneath.
A visual artist in different domains for over twenty-five years, Soren has long explored the intersection of psychology, culture, politics, and the body. Her mediated images examine the vulnerabilities we all carry and provide the outline for a narrative still endlessly unfolding. Whether capturing solitary individuals running through empty streets, harnessing the sublime power of the natural world, or obscuring violent scenes with a dense application of ink and resin, Soren calls forth the underlying and pervasive energy that propels a twist of fate, upends a story, and challenges a belief. She never lets the viewer forget that there is something looming just outside of the frame- maybe a threat, a dashed hope, an unfair assumption, or an impending change in fortune- that deserves respect and consideration.
www.tabithasoren.com
Though a palpable sense of pathos connects all her images, Soren begins each new series using the methodical investigative tools she used during her time in journalism. Books, research studies, and statistics lay a necessary analytical foundation for the visual ideas she communicates. These data points then merge with her experiences growing up in a military family, spending her youth moving around the world and adjusting to the cultural differences, social structures, and visual cues that came with each relocation. This constant navigation of environments hinged on threat and survival led to a true understanding of what it means to always live on high alert, giving Soren a level of empathy for internal struggle and a sincere desire to show the myriad ways we reveal ourselves as we move through the world.
Soren was born in 1967 in San Antonio, Texas and lived in 7 U.S. states, Germany and the Philippines during her formative and adolescent years. She received her degree in 1989 from New York University and was awarded a fellowship from Stanford University in 1997. Solo exhibitions of her work have been organized at Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA; Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH; The Davis Museum, Wellesley, MA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN; Oakland Museum of California, and others. Select group exhibitions include SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA. , Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL, Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AK, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA; The Worcester Art Museum, MA; Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Aperture Gallery, New York, NY; Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, CA; The Photographer’s Gallery, London, UK; the New Orleans Museum of Art, LA; and the Ogden Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA.
Soren’s work is in many private and public collections including the National Gallery in Washington DC, the J. Paul Getty Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the DeYoung Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Art, Museum of Fine Art Houston, the Cleveland Museum of Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums, the Oakland Museum of California, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, the George Eastman Museum, and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Her work has been written about in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Hyperallergic, ArtNews, The Boston Globe, British Journal of Photography, Newsweek, and the Guardian among others. Books include Fantasy Life (Aperture), Trace (Yoffy Press) and Surface Tension (RVB Books). She currently lives and works in Berkeley, California.
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W Ralph Eubanks myFIVE
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W. Ralph Eubanks is the author of A Place Like Mississippi, which Timber Press published on March 16, 2021. This book takes readers on a tour of the real and imagined landscapes that have inspired generations of authors. It honors and explores the landscape of Mississippi-and the Magnolia State’s history-and reveals how this landscape has informed the work of some of America’s most treasured au...
Delilah Montoya myFIVE
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Delilah Montoya was born in Texas to a Latina mother and an Anglo father. Her mother raised her in Nebraska until she relocated to New Mexico to attend college. She studied at the University of New Mexico, earning her BA, MA, and MFA in Photography. While continuing to practice as a studio artist, she remained in academia, where she taught at the University of New Mexico, California State Unive...
Alex Harris myFIVE
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Alex Harris was raised in the South and lives in Durham, North Carolina. He has photographed extensively in the American South, New Mexico, Alaska, and Cuba. He has recently completed a “Picturing the South” Commission from the High Museum of Art in Atlanta to photograph independent narrative movie sets across the South. alex-harris.com His work is represented in major collections, including Th...
Christine Wilson myFIVE
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Christine Wilson is a self-taught Australian photographer and nurse based in Melbourne. Her interest in photography was sparked early by her father, who was a photographer and artist. He inspired her during family trips when he would stop to capture scenes like old barns or coastal landscapes. In the 1990s, she began to pursue photography seriously, purchasing a Pentax P30N SLR and learning dar...
Mark Feeney myFIVE
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Mark Feeney, an arts writer, has been at the Globe since 1979. He writes mostly about photography and film. www.bostonglobe.com/about/staff-list/staff/mark-feeney/ His first job at the paper was in the library, filing photographs. Since then, he has been - pause for a deep breath assistant book editor; book editor; editor of the Globe’s Focus section (the predecessor of the Ideas section); a st...
Andreas Rentsch myFIVE
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Andreas Rentsch teaches photography at the College. Having grown up on a prison compound where his father was the warden, Andreas’ work is an ongoing exploration of the connection of fate, geography and politics in the direction of justice. andreasrentsch.com His work is in many museum collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, in Houston, Texas, the Musée de la Photographie, in Charleroi,...
Sarah Leen myFIVE
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Sarah Leen is a photographer, a photo editor and a teacher. In 2013 she became the first female Director of Photography of National Geographic magazine. In 2020 she founded the Visual Thinking Collective. In 1979, as a student at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, I was awarded a National Geographic internship after being the first female student to win the College Photographer of...
Doy Gorton myFIVE
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Doy Gorton is a photographer from Greenville, Mississippi. He joined SNCC, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, in 1963 while at Ole Miss. He later went on to the Philadelphia Inquirer as Chief Photographer. He joined the New York Times and was transferred to the White House beat, where he photographed the Carter and Reagan administrations. He was a senior editor in "A Day in the Lif...
Arturo Soto myFIVE
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Bio Arturo Soto is a Mexican photographer, writer, and educator. He has published the photobooks In the Heat (2018) and A Certain Logic of Expectations (2021). Soto holds a PhD in Fine Art from the University of Oxford, an MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York, an MA in Art History from University College London, and undergraduate degrees in Film and Photography from the...
Brooks Jensen myFIVE
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Brooks Jensen is a fine art photographer, publisher, workshop teacher, and writer. He and his late wife (Maureen Gallagher) are the owners, co-founders, editors, and publishers of the award-winning LensWork, one of today’s most respected and essential periodicals in fine art photography. With subscribers in 72 countries, Brooks’ impact on fine art photography is worldwide. His long-running podc...
Ashly Stohl myFIVE
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Ashly Stohl is a photographer based in Los Angeles and New York. She is also the co-founder of Peanut Press, an independent photobook publisher. Ashly was born and raised in Los Angeles. She earned a BS in chemistry from UCSB but spent more time with the creative crowd at the Brooks Institute of Photography. After college, she returned to L.A. and used her science education to create award-winn...
Tiina Loite myFIVE
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Tiina Loite spent over 30 years as a photo editor at The New York Times. She was at first focused on being the photo assignment editor and working with news photographers. But instead she moved to the Style department when the Times started its Sunday Styles section in 1992. She remained in Styles for over two decades, then moved on to work on the new Cooking app and revamped Food section. She ...
David Campany MyFIVE
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David Campany is a curator, writer, editor, and educator. He teaches at the University of Westminster London and is a Curator at Large for the International Center of Photography, New York. davidcampany.com David has worked worldwide with institutions including Tate, Whitechapel Gallery London, MoMA New York, Centre Pompidou, Le Bal Paris, ICP New York, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Photograp...
Jeff Curto MyFIVE
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Jeff Curto is a Professor Emeritus of Photography at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, where he taught from 1984 to 2014. jeffcurto.com He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from Illinois Wesleyan University and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from Bennington College in Vermont. Additionally, he attended Ansel Adams’ last photography workshop in Carmel, California, i...
Debbie Fleming Caffery MyFIVE
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Debbie Fleming Caffery MyFIVE
Michael Kirchoff myFIVE
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Fred Conrad myFIVE
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Sharon Brody MyFIVE
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Jeff Larason myFIVE
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Stephen Crowley MYFIVE
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Stephen DiRado myFIVE
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John Paul Caponigro myFIVE
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Harvey Stein MyFIVE
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Aline Smithson MyFIVE Take Two
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Jessica Rinaldi MyFIVE
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Laura Wilson MyFIVE
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Graeme Williams MyFIVE
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Mark Edward Harris MyFIVE
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Fred Ranger MyFIVE
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  • @wcwendychapman
    @wcwendychapman 21 годину тому

    Great interview. I would be happy to see her again and have her talk about more images that she finds important in her artistic process. I like all of her choices.

  • @johnyoung1606
    @johnyoung1606 День тому

    Great !! Great !! Great!! :) :) :)

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 16 годин тому

      We appreciate your enthusiasm! Thank you

  • @richardnugent7035
    @richardnugent7035 День тому

    One of your better interviews so far. A great artist and a very articulate one….good decision to allow her more time and latitude to speak. Well done!

  • @BachezDoesArt
    @BachezDoesArt День тому

    Stephen is awesome! Great interview!

  • @majakeech3088
    @majakeech3088 3 дні тому

    Ella Watson is the name of the cleaning lady.

  • @RobA-M-d9b
    @RobA-M-d9b 5 днів тому

    Good episode. Very interesting guest. I enjoyed hearing his perspective and seeing the photographs that he selected. Thank you!

  • @bizpixvegas7651
    @bizpixvegas7651 6 днів тому

    What a joy to meet Mr. Eubanks. I knew about Gordon Parks and his work but did not know about the other photographers. Thank you for this episode. After 40+ years of photography, I learn everyday that I have so much more to learn. The presented images are sublime. Reminds me of going through B&W images from my parent's life in the 50's and 60's. Images had so much more meaning.

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 6 днів тому

      I'm glad you enjoyed it.

    • @bizpixvegas7651
      @bizpixvegas7651 6 днів тому

      @@TheCritHouse Rock on my friend. You are on to something big here. I have told many of my friends to subscribe. Your channel and content is very unique and inspirational.

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 6 днів тому

      Thanks so much.

  • @qnetx
    @qnetx 6 днів тому

    That was interesting. Thank you for including guests that may not directly be photographers but rather have viewpoints about photographs.

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 6 днів тому

      You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @judydyer
    @judydyer 7 днів тому

    photos are Not posed. I was in NYC during that time and around those characters but never thought of taking pictures, She did, thank you, Nan. her life with that crazy family....lucky she took another road out.

  • @melodieebner5562
    @melodieebner5562 7 днів тому

    Berlin, Germany exhibition, This will not end well , Nan Goldin, 2024 - a must see at Neues national gallery

  • @lamisalbyati8379
    @lamisalbyati8379 9 днів тому

    I had the opportunity to attend one of Christen exhibitions and I loved her black and white pictures it’s an eye catching piece of art ❤

  • @stephencrowley7789
    @stephencrowley7789 12 днів тому

    Thank you, Delilah and Jeff, for this brilliant and inspiring episode.

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 12 днів тому

      Thank you, Mr. Crowley. High praise.

  • @dovidiamond7147
    @dovidiamond7147 13 днів тому

    An especially inspiring episode. Thank you Delilah for the images and the great educational lesson. Thanks Jeff for keepin em coming.

  • @OorDonald
    @OorDonald 13 днів тому

    Another inspiring video. photographers from the past had so much creativity and style with the limited tools that they had back then. I appreciate your channel as it Iintroduces me to photographers that I would never come across in my lifetime and is clear we have so much we can learn and implement in 2024. thank you 👍. From Edinburgh. Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 13 днів тому

      Couldn't agree more! Thank you. Love Edinburgh. I have relatives in Dundee.

  • @DanScott1
    @DanScott1 13 днів тому

    I agree with you there Delilah re documentary as it tends to look at, not within the subject. Thank you Jeff and Delilah.

  • @MarieC44
    @MarieC44 19 днів тому

    Awesome personality, such a great interview!

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 16 днів тому

      Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much.

  • @zoltanpuskas4722
    @zoltanpuskas4722 19 днів тому

    Wow. What a exciting episode. Now I know who Alex Harris is as a photographer. Good one, Jeff, thanks.

  • @wilcohen1505
    @wilcohen1505 19 днів тому

    Great video. I discovered his work a couple years ago.

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 16 днів тому

      Glad you were able to discover him.

  • @judithsteiner6647
    @judithsteiner6647 19 днів тому

    Thanks for another thought provoking episode .

  • @NirSharon
    @NirSharon 19 днів тому

    I must say that this is one of the best youtube channels these days. I am looking fwd for the next chapter about 2sec after watching the current one. every time. Thank you .

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 19 днів тому

      Thank you, I'm looking forward to it too.

  • @rrs-heyx2rr
    @rrs-heyx2rr 19 днів тому

    Thanks, Jeff, for your work in putting together this wonderful series. I appreciate the vantage point from which you approach these interviews, helping your audience not only learn about the influences that each photographer has identified, but also to learn about their photography journey. It’s been a joy for me to listen to these conversations, and it’s exciting to be made aware of so many amazing photographers of whom I previously was not aware. There are many good UA-cam channels which focus on “how to” and techniques, but, for me, the content on your channel is more fundamental and makes me think about why I want to take photographs as well as what subjects I am drawn to most. These interviews certainly inspire me to get out and take pictures, and to think about my own photography journey more in the context of putting together a creative and meaningful story, rather than worrying about taking a single “perfect” image. Although, if a few fabulous images occur along the way, I won’t complain, ha! Thanks again, I look forward to new episodes in this series, as well as whatever you might decide to do next. Cheers….

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 19 днів тому

      That is a really thoughtful response! I'm glad that you've been enjoying the series.

  • @DanScott1
    @DanScott1 19 днів тому

    Enjoyed this immensely, thank you both. Alex, if you read this, can you leave some more information on your choice of 'narrative artist' and the first person experience, loved this take.

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 19 днів тому

      I don't know if he'll read the UA-cam comments, or if he has an account.

    • @DanScott1
      @DanScott1 18 днів тому

      @@TheCritHouse I see, found that part interesting. I can email him, thanks Jeff.

  • @DREES56_TRR-qw2vr
    @DREES56_TRR-qw2vr 20 днів тому

    Eloquent, beautifully articulate, inspiring...................and the superlatives could just keep on coming.....................Alex Harris is the latest in the line of guests that have opened up in such a personal (and personable) way about their influences and the reasons for their creativity via the myFIVE series, and why your series should be on everyone's watch list. Thanks Jeff and keep these coming!

  • @OorDonald
    @OorDonald 20 днів тому

    very informative with genuine passion in abundance from you both. So Enjoyable 👍👍

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 20 днів тому

      I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.

  • @jdiciaccio
    @jdiciaccio 20 днів тому

    I could listen to Alex Harris all day! Great, inspirational episode, Jeff.

  • @RobA-M-d9b
    @RobA-M-d9b 20 днів тому

    Loved this episode! I recently did a deep dive into Alex's work and read River of Traps. Wonderful to see him and listen to him talk about his work. How exciting it would to be in one of his classes. I found his warm, kind voice very comforting and reassuring as he talked about his photos and his selection. Thank you both. This podcast episode was uplifing and inspiring in so many ways.

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 20 днів тому

      We agree! We love his work as well. Thank you.

  • @ChristineWilsonPhotography
    @ChristineWilsonPhotography 20 днів тому

    Loved this, and the idea of working in a series like the shopping mall, and then start on something else, he has so much experience 😊

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 20 днів тому

      He does have a wealth of knowledge. .

  • @kimanderson5273
    @kimanderson5273 20 днів тому

    Best episode yet! This is what photography is all about (IMO). Thanks.

  • @dodahlberg
    @dodahlberg 20 днів тому

    Good one. d

  • @almostgreen9498
    @almostgreen9498 20 днів тому

    This was a masterclass in photography! A++++

  • @davidwade9209
    @davidwade9209 20 днів тому

    Wonderful episode!

  • @thomasclark631
    @thomasclark631 20 днів тому

    Synergy.

  • @qnetx
    @qnetx 20 днів тому

    A very insightful and informative interview. After photographing for over 50 years, it amazes me how much there is still for me to learn. There are some nuggets of wisdom both about photography and life in this conversation. Thank you for sharing.

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 20 днів тому

      We agree. Alex is a great resource.

  • @RichardSilvius
    @RichardSilvius 24 дні тому

    I’ve been saving this for when I had time to sit down and dedicate my full attention, and it did not disappoint. Thank you for bringing us this great convo with such a legend 🙏

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse 22 дні тому

      We really appreciate that. It was a long time coming for us as well.

  • @zoltanpuskas4722
    @zoltanpuskas4722 25 днів тому

    I enjoyed this episode very much. No pretension , just images she liked. Well done.

  • @firesong75
    @firesong75 Місяць тому

    Thoughtful and opens horizons. Wonder what my five images are.

  • @DREES56_TRR-qw2vr
    @DREES56_TRR-qw2vr Місяць тому

    Another really interesting perspective on photographers and specific photographs.............and I loved the little "asides".....................as always, looking forward to the next instalment Jeff

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse Місяць тому

      I'm looking forward to it as well. Thanks.

  • @candidsol
    @candidsol Місяць тому

    Another great episode. Great and different insight.

  • @judithsteiner6647
    @judithsteiner6647 Місяць тому

    Very good, thanks for the conversation.

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse Місяць тому

      Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you

  • @SlavaVeres
    @SlavaVeres Місяць тому

    One of the most interesting conversations in #myFIVE Really enjoyed it. THANK YOU!

  • @filipearruda3
    @filipearruda3 Місяць тому

    These "myFIVE" series are one of the best things that happen in UA-cam about photography, seriously.

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse Місяць тому

      What a nice thing to say. Thank you.

    • @jdiciaccio
      @jdiciaccio Місяць тому

      I couldn’t agree more. Jeff allows the conversation to breathe, but keeps it moving as well.

  • @tadwolujewicz3923
    @tadwolujewicz3923 Місяць тому

    You and your guests are always good value, Jeff. Informative, educational and also entertaining!

  • @DREES56_TRR-qw2vr
    @DREES56_TRR-qw2vr Місяць тому

    came back to look at this early video with Sam Abell, after watching the recent Sarah Leen MyFive.........................really interesting, and look forward to Sam's new book being published

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse Місяць тому

      What a cool way of watching it. I'm goin to go back and look at it as well.

  • @DREES56_TRR-qw2vr
    @DREES56_TRR-qw2vr Місяць тому

    inspirational and moving, whaat an amazing conversation, thank you

  • @candidsol
    @candidsol Місяць тому

    Such a great episode. Loved her explanations and education of each photo.

  • @EileenNovack
    @EileenNovack Місяць тому

    Just noticed that the image that Andreas selected for the fotofoto gallery's Phoneography competition won the grand prize in the New York Center for Photographic Art's "Wandering Curves" show. Terrific, congrats. Didn't know you had a UA-cam channel, I've subscribed and will continue looking at the great content.

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse Місяць тому

      Hi Eileen, yep. Everyone gets lucky once in a while. Thank you for the subscription and for the nice comment.

  • @NirSharon
    @NirSharon Місяць тому

    Very interesting! thanks

  • @zoltanpuskas4722
    @zoltanpuskas4722 Місяць тому

    Again, another fine episode full l of insight and inspiration! Thanks.

    • @TheCritHouse
      @TheCritHouse Місяць тому

      Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

  • @RobA-M-d9b
    @RobA-M-d9b Місяць тому

    Really great episode, once again. Such an interesting guest and conversation. I like the deeper inquiry into photography and exploring different approaches in the medium. Thanks

  • @elimajewski3384
    @elimajewski3384 Місяць тому

    Fascinating! I am shaken internally for a few coming minutes.