March 14, 2009

PHOTOCHAINING. Now, this is an inspired idea: a chain-letter-style photo blog, called Photochaining.com, in which a stranger leaves a photo memory card in a public place so that a passerby finds it, adds his or her pictures, uploads images to the card and blog and, in turn, leaves the card in yet another (preferably distant) place for someone else to discover.

It’s the digital-age equivalent of the old message-in-a-bottle tossed into the ocean.

PHOTO SYNTHESIS. And if you’re looking for a perceptive, random, personal, acutely attuned visual survey of current art photography, books, exhibitions, projects, check out Doug McGoldrick’s smart site, Adjustment Layer. Always eye-opening.