Yesterday, Dutch-born New York-based photographed made a note-worthy announcement on his LinkedIn profile: “The ministry of foreign affairs of The Netherlands have assigned me to follow The Dutch King and Queen on their recent trip to Grand Rapids and Chicago. I have learned a lot and am very grateful for this trust in my work.” […]
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Homa Taj in Conversation with Brooklyn Art Dealers Robert Henry Contemporary
Henry Chung is a Brooklyn based artist working in photography and mixed-media. Henry attended Columbia University and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and currently maintains a studio in Red Hook where he builds his pinhole cameras and programs obsolete computer equipment. Robert Walden attended the Atlanta College of Art (BFA, 1994) and received […]
Homa Taj in Conversation with Peter Kjeldgaard of Bruun Rasmussen Auction House (Denmark)
Homa Taj in conversation with Peter Kjelgaard, Head of Design at Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, Scandinavia’s leading auction house. Rasmussen recently exhibited their stunning Le Corbusier tapestry from the collection of famed architect Jørn Oberg Utzon (1918-2008), at Collective Design Fair, in New York City. Homa Taj – For those who may not be familiar with Bruun Rasmussen, can you […]
Homa Taj in Conversation with Photography Curator François Hebel
François Hebel is one of the most influential figures in the world of photography. He has led such powerful organizations as Les Rencontres de la photographie Arles (1985-87 and 2001-2014) and Magnum Photos (1987-2000). Since leaving his position at Rencontres in Arles, Hebel continues to curate exhibitions at various museums, cultural organizations and festivals from New York to Paris, to Bologna and Changjiang (China). […]
Homa Taj in Conversation with French Filmmaker Agnès Varda Who’s to Be Honored at #Cannes2015
This conversation between Homa Taj and Agnès Varda was recorded in person at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, on November 10, 2013. The marvelously talented French filmmaker, artist, producer and screenwriter Agnès Varda will (finally!) receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the 68th Cannes Film Festival, which start today. Varda’s predecessors who have received honorary […]
Homa Taj in Conversation with Legendary French Photographer JEAN-DANIEL LORIEUX
Jean Daniel Lorieux : Seducing the Lens is on view through Saturday, December 6 at French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) Gallery, 22 East 60th Street, New York. Homa Taj – Your new show Seducing the Lens opened at French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) Gallery, late in October. What is it like to be back in […]
[VIDEO] Homa Taj In Conversation with Nicholas Wrathall, Director of GORE VIDAL
I saw GORE VIDAL: The United States of Amnesia the new film by Australian-born filmmaker, Nicholas Wrathall, late last week, shortly after it had premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The documentary is one of the most engaging biographical portrayals of a great American author & thinker whom we all – well, at least most of us […]
[VIDEO] Homa Taj In Conversation with Sebastian Junger on HBO’s Tim Hetherton Documentary
Last month, I met Sebastian Junger, the renowned American author, journalist and documentary filmmaker who is best known for his international best-seller The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against The Sea (1997). On his last major work Restrepo (2010), Junger worked with – co-wrote/directed/shot Restrepo – the late British-American photojournalist Tim Hetherington (December 1970–April 2011). Hetherington […]
[VIDEO] Homa Taj In Conversation with Filmmakers of Day of the Flowers @HFFNY
Scottish sisters Rosa and Ailie’s estranged father has just died. When their stepmother chooses to store his ashes in a golf trophy, the social rebel Rosa takes the ashes and heads for Cuba where she is sure her father would have wanted his final resting place. (Never mind that her father shed his socialist ideals […]
[VIDEO] Homa Taj In Conversation with Jaie Laplante, Exec Dir of MIAMI Film Fest
I met Canadian-born Jaie Laplante, the Executive Director of the Miami International Film Festival, earlier this week during the #MiamiFF XXX, at The Standard Hotel and Spa. Laplante had worked as a producer, a programmer at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and an associate director at Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Laplante joined […]
The Life of the House: How Rooms Evolve, Lady Henrietta Churchill
Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill is not your average European aristocrat whose mere presence entices people to open up their pockets to make charitable contributions. She is one of the leading, and exceptionally talented, interior designers in the world. In a field that is populated with individuals whose primary professional pedigree is their ability to hold entertaining […]
Homa Taj In Conversation with Dutch Artist Jeroen Evertz
NAME: Jeroen Evertz (1973)Born: Trintelen (NL)Lives in: Maastricht (NL) Artist’s statement – ‘I like to remember things my way, not necessarily the way they happened’ – Fred Madison Because of often contradictory interests, it is hard to decide what is real and who decides what is real nowadays: advertisements, politics, technology, nature or we? I […]