The International Center of Photography's new exhibit, "Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art," features Tacita Dean's "found" photos. I'm not sure how they are exhibited in the show, but this image featuring two kids (one is holding a bottle of baby lotion) is titled: "Floh: Baby Lotion, 2000" by Tacita Dean. The New York Times writes: "The casual snapshots that make up Tacita Dean’s salon-style ‘Floh’ may look like a natural grouping. In fact they are all found pictures that the artist, acting as a curator, has sorted into a semblance of order." You can see another image HERE.
Read the entire New York Times review of the exhibit HERE.
A few other articles online:
Article about Tacita Dean from Artforum
I am searching for the proverbial "needle in a haystack". This is what I know of the story....My husband's father owned a Land Cruiser in Colorado. When their dad passed away, they sold off a bunch of things, to make ends meet, and the Land Cruiser was one of them. Nobody bothered to look in it and see if everything was taken out, it just went as is. (One of the brothers had the vehicle, and sold it, one of the other brothers knew what was in it) Anyway, in the Land Cruiser was a box of old 8mm home movies, and possibly some still pictures. I would appreciate it anyone has any info (tips or ideas) on how to find these pictures...it would surely be a miracle if we could get them as we now have only one 3 minute piece of home movie of their dad, and mom would really appreciate it too.
Posted by: Martha DiLullo | August 10, 2008 at 11:11 AM