Taken from the window of 821 Sixth Ave, New York, NY, by W. Eugene Smith From 2002-2012 Sam Stephenson directed The Jazz Loft Project (JLP) at The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. In 2009 Alfred A. Knopf published his book, The Jazz Loft Project: The Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith […]
Metamorphoses (book)
Photographs by Kate Joyce (1998-1999 C.E.) Translation by Andrew Berns (2020 C.E.) Excerpts from The Latin Library Metamorphoses by Ovid (c 8 C.E.) Designed by Kate Joyce Published by Kate Joyce/Special Problems Press Softcover 7.44 x 9.69 in. 18.9 x 24.61 cm. 250 b&w photographs 672 pages Copies of Metamorphoses are available here Recent press […]
Big Ears Knoxville (book)
Photographs by Kate Joyce Preface by Ben Ratliff Essays by Rachel Grimes and Joe Henry Music by Sam Amidon, Laurie Anderson, Bryce Dessner, Mats Eilersten, Diamanda Galás, Kronos Quartet, Wu Man, The Necks, Meshell Ndegeocello, Nils Okland, Yuki Numata Resnick, Marc Ribot, Terry Riley, and Jenny Scheinman. Hardcover, 136 pages 8 x 12 in. […]
Jem Cohen’s film “Chuck-will’s-widow” (multi-media)
There’s not much that could make me feel better about Gene Smith’s Sink than Jem Cohen’s short film based on it, “Chuck-will’s-widow,” and his words to introduce the film’s online premiere at The Paris Review Daily. The film premiered on screen at National Sawdust in Brooklyn in October. Jem’s work has influenced me for almost as long as […]
Big, Bent Ears (multi-media)
Rock Fish Stew is proud to introduce a new 10-part series for The Paris Review called Big, Bent Ears: A Serial in Documentary Uncertainty — the famed literary magazine’s first foray into multi-media storytelling. Launching March 4, 2015, the bi-weekly series explores the theme of careful listening, in all its various incarnations. The name Big, Bent […]
Bull City Summer (multi-media)
Bull City Summer (BCS) documented the 2013 season at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, home of the legendary minor league baseball team. Ten nationally and internationally acclaimed artists—photographers Alec Soth, Hank Willis Thomas, Hiroshi Watanabe, Alex Harris, Frank Hunter, Kate Joyce, Elizabeth Matheson, Leah Sobsey, and Jeff Whetstone, and video artist Ivan Weiss—converged on the […]