DIS Image Studio at Suzanne Geiss Company (Installation View), via Daniel Creahan for ArtObserved

The stock photo library has a long and complex history in the world of photography.  Pioneered as a money-saving convenience for commercial advertisements and small publications, the stock photograph has had countless ups and downs as both financial godsend and ironic fetish object as its demand in the world of commercial photography fluctuates.  Examining this intriguing commercial industry and its artistic implications, DIS Magazine is currently hosting the DIS Image Studio at Suzanne Geiss Company in New York.

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Frieze Projects promises to showcase the more colorful side of the fair’s various components this year, with the chef of Moro cooking Canada Goose and hairy bittercress. DIS, billed as a “post-internet lifestyle magazine”, will host nighttime photo shoots including 20 breast-feeding women, African street sellers selling real Chanel bags and a faked scene in which a gallery owner has a heart attack. (more…)