Naraka

One Twelve Publishing - video series “Handcrafted Photography" /  by Claude Peschel Dutombe

Blue Mitchell from One Twelve Publishing put the 1st part of a video series together called  “Handcrafted Photography".
In short interview sections several artists are asked to answer some questions about their personal reasons for using hand crafted methods as well as insight into their creative process. Featured in part 1 are Diana Bloomfield, Jessica Somers, James Wigger & myself.

Number 1. Presentation version. Featuring Diana Bloomfield, Jessica Somers, Claude Peschel Dutombe & James Wigger

"Haunted" - a juried group show at Darkroom Gallery /  by Claude Peschel Dutombe

If you want to explore the dark shadows of mystery, you ask for Russell Joslin!
This time he put an exhibition together for Darkroom Gallery called “Haunted”.

Two pieces from “Naraka, Buddhist Hell” series are included in this show.

You can view the complete selection here.

Juror's Statement:As someone who leans toward skepticism when it involves matters of the supernatural, I often consider that which is “haunted” as being the interior traces of my memories of people, places, and/or experiences that I haven’t let go o…

Juror's Statement:

As someone who leans toward skepticism when it involves matters of the supernatural, I often consider that which is “haunted” as being the interior traces of my memories of people, places, and/or experiences that I haven’t let go of. In other words, for me a “haunting” is interior, psychological, and personal, not exterior (as in ghosts or spirits of unknown others that inhabit an old hotel or house). As Stephen King says, “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” Whatever one believes, it can be said that such matters traditionally makes fertile ground for storytelling. In terms of photography—a medium that is largely dependent upon reality—such concepts are often expressed or symbolically utilized by a variety of effects (motion, blur, manipulation of light, etc.) in an attempt to visually express the suggested or non-visible. For this exhibition, I viewed a compelling variety of interpretations and approaches to the theme Haunted to arrive at the selection you see here. In the end, I hope that viewers will not only consider the photographs before them, but what haunts them personally as well.  

 Russell Joslin, September 13, 2016

The Hand Magazine issue #13 - back cover /  by Claude Peschel Dutombe

"The Number 13 is a karmic number and is the number of upheaval so that new ground can be broken."

The HAND is bringing it's 13th issue and one piece from "Naraka, Buddhist Hell" is featured on the back cover.

"Holding hands" at one of the Naraka hell gardens during a shooting session.

"Holding hands" at one of the Naraka hell gardens during a shooting session.