About altfotonet.org
Welcome to altfotonet.org, we feel a unique idea, possibly the net's first, peer based art review magazine, focusing on lens based practices. A kind of artist's run cyber-gallery for image makers, using lenses in conjunction with light sensitive materials.
This site sits somewhere between the democratic cacophony of sites like flickr and corporate styles of many commercial galleries, without the formality of state run institutions.
We intend on showcasing new and innovative work made using still cameras of all shapes and sizes.
Our aim is best described by José Luis Brea
Perhaps one of the programmatic dreams of the avant-garde -which has been on hold for the longest period of time over the course of this century- was that of generating true 'communities of media producers', to use Bertolt Brecht's well-known expression. His experiments with radio, those of Soviet artists with film, or of the soixante-huitard neo-avant-garde with video activism, guerrilla television, or cinéma-vérité were all part of a dream that never came true (but has never been given up, either): that of developing -through artistic practice itself, thus conceived as activism that is simultaneously politically and media oriented- autonomous public spheres, social interaction devices able to induce in the citizenry ways of direct communication, not media state.
Twice are year our intrepid band of artist-reviewers choose the best from a series of submissions received earlier during the year. The results are published, in July and February.
If you have a body of work or an idea for a series of images you wish to display here, pop over to the submit page for the guidelines, on how to submit a proposal.
Who chooses the work?
Our volunteer reviewers are:-
- Chris, an Artist residing in Greece, is a retired photography teacher who continues to make images and share them on flickr.
- Tim, is an experimental artist in California America.
- Sue, a performance artist, lectures in the Visual Arts at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
Stuart, artist, teacher, photographer, has been exploring photography and what a photograph means since 1987. During this journey, he has watched major shifts in technology and practices in cameras and light sensitive materials. The internet has been a major contributing factor behind much of his work and he still remains excited about the publishing opportunities that this medium offers.