Joerg M. Colberg worked for years as an astronomer before ditching stars and supernovas to devote his energies to writing about fine-art photography full-time. Since 2002, the German-born critic and curator has been the voice behind Conscientious, a blog dedicated to contemporary photography that serves as a depot for pictures, stories, interviews, and exhibition reviews. The idea for Conscientious came during a stretch Colberg spent in Pittsburgh, where options for seeing photography were limited. Undaunted, he began trawling the web for interesting images and compiling his finds. In 2006, American Photo included Colberg in its list of the year’s “photography innovators.” His writing has appeared in Foam Magazine, Creative Review, theBritish Journal of Photography and The Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy blog, among others. Colburg is currently working on book projects.
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