Category Archives: Photography

Clicking at Figment 2008 this Saturday, June 28

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

As with many things for Click!, we’ve made life a little difficult, but for good reason. This Saturday (June 28) we’ve organized a great panel discussion that will be held on Governors Island. Yup, you read that right: Governors Island. … Continue reading…

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Preparing to Click!

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Lance Singletary

With the opening of Click! rapidly approaching, I have been asked to describe my approach in designing and mounting this particular exhibition. It is important to note that although this exhibition is comprised entirely of photographs, it is not foremost … Continue reading…

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Defining Face, Change, and Brooklyn in Click!

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Jerome Krase

As a visual sociologist looking at the images as to how people define “face,” “change,” and “brooklyn,” I was very impressed with the quality and array of images submitted for the Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition. I can see that these … Continue reading…

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Condos and Trolley Cars and Sugar Refinaries, Oh My!

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

As promised, this week we’re writing about the subject matter of the submitted images. If you evaluated all 389 or even a large part of the pool, you know exactly where we are headed with this and may be saying … Continue reading…

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Gaming Click!??!?

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

Yikes! This week I wanted to take a moment and look at some rather amusing things (or scary things, depending on your perspective) that happened during the evaluation process. We stayed mum on this during the eval period to avoid … Continue reading…

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Who Shot Rock will ROCK

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Matthew Yokobosky

On October 23, 2009, we’re launching a major exhibition, Who Shot Rock: Photographers of Rock and Roll. Who Shot Rock will be guest curated by the distinguished photography historian Gail Buckland, who began her career in the early 1970s collaborating … Continue reading…

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Thank you!

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

Wowzer! If you were one of the 3344 visitors who cast 410,089 evaluations for Click!, you know what a commitment it really was. I can’t say this enough: Thank You! This was a very dedicated group of people who gave … Continue reading…

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Click! updates on the way…

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

I’ll be posting a Click! update later today after we crunch some numbers. We won’t be posting any results until the exhibition opens on June 27, but we will be writing about different aspects of the open call and evaluation … Continue reading…

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Last chance to Click!

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

We’ve been watching our little evaluation meter today and we hit 51.3 evaluations a minute this morning! This is a pre-thank you to all of you out there who are active participants in this crowd and, of course, a quick … Continue reading…

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Fireworks! The Brooklyn Bridge’s 125th anniversary

Posted on May 17, 2008 by Deborah Wythe

A recent post on NYC Social alerted us to the Brooklyn Bridge’s upcoming 125th anniversary celebration (May 22nd-26th), featuring fireworks on the 22nd. Fireworks have to be one of my favorite NYC treats, from the 4th of July to the … Continue reading…

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Traffic and lots of it…

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

We are very happy everyone is logging in to evaluate submissions for Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition, but our technical resources are a bit unmatched for this kind of traffic. If you are trying to evaluate and finding that images slow … Continue reading…

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Minimizing Influence

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

We are launching the evaluation interface for Click! today, so I wanted to take this opportunity to write about some of the choices behind the design. In The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki asserts that for a crowd to be … Continue reading…

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Modern Coney

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Patrick Amsellem

Lynn Hyman Butler, American, born 1953. The Girl with a Gun. From the series “Coney Island Kaleidoscope” ca. 1988. Cibachrome color print. sheet: 11 x 13 3/4 in. image: 9 x 13 1/4 in. Gift of Ilford Photo Corporation. 1991.59.6 … Continue reading…

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Click! Get the word out…

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

One of the biggest challenges we face with an exhibition like Click! is getting the word out. Click! depends on two types of participation, initial submissions from the artist community and participation from the online community who will evaluate those … Continue reading…

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A Coney Island Renaissance?

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Patrick Amsellem

As many of the postings on Flickr illustrate, images of Coney Island frequently capture a gritty and often sadly neglected landscape. But this kind of urban exploration, especially of an area like Coney, which has always attracted a broad range … Continue reading…

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