December 2010
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The Glint of Armor Caught Her Eye, by Scott Timberg
Photographer E.F. Kitchen found herself drawn to the medieval re-enactors known as the Society for Creative Anachronism. Her pictures of them fill the book ‘Suburban Knights.’
E.F. Kitchen, a Venice-based fine arts photographer who works with platinum prints, spent years fascinated by the glint of light off of handmade armor....
July 28, 2010
ON AND OFF THE WALLS: SUBURBAN KNIGHTS
Posted by Kristina Budelis
At Powerhouse Arena the other night, a lanky hipster girl in a madras-print dress held hands with a man sporting a medieval-style robe and cap. And as photographer E. F. Kitchen spoke about her new book, “Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages,” a man clad in full armor wandered around behind her, his...
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The New Yorker: “The Book Bench: The Middle Ages Meet Suburbia” by Caroline Dworin
“Sometimes, in the wooded distance near my pretty little college on the Hudson, one would see near-grown males, battle-clad in capes and helmets, beating each other with swords. It is likely that such boys had chosen to attend my college because it held a reputation institutionally as a champion...
The Front Row: Dinner-Role Models: The New Yorker
Posted by Richard Brody
Over at Photo Booth, Kristina Budelis presents a selection of photos, by E. F. Kitchen, of members of the Society for Creative Anachronism, “a group devoted to recreating the arts and activities of the Middle Ages.” The story and the pictures remind me of a movie that came out in 2008, …
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powerHouse Books is pleased to announce the release party and photo exhibition for: Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages photographs by E.F. Kitchen To see a video preview of Suburban Knights, click here! Exhibition: July 14–September 6 Opening Reception: Thursday, July 22, 7–9PM The powerHouse Arena 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 For more information, please call 718.666.3049...
NPR: The Picture Show: "Gather Ye Olde Suburban...
Prithee ye willful spectators, verily caste thy gaze hither and looketh uponeth thither … thou … art … Um, hey, look at this! Large-format platinum portraits of re-enactors!
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Knight fever: A battle for the ages
Anachronism: one definition is ‘a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time. Photographer E.F. Kitchen, in ‘Suburban Knights: a Return to the Middle Ages’ explores the world of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a group dedicated to dressing as knights and ladies of the Middle ages, who meet on vast battlefields to do mock battle. ...