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Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Photographing Conflict for the First Time - NYT
When scores of young and inexperienced photographers descended on Libya this year to cover the uprising against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s government, many seasoned conflict photographers were shocked.
“There are an unbelievable number of young kids running around Libya with cameras,” Tim Hetherington, the conflict photographer, said upon his return to the United States from Benghazi in March. (Mr. Hetherington returned the next month to Misurata, where he and Chris Hondros of Getty Images were killed.)
“A lot of young photographers showed up without assignments,” said Ben Lowy, a 32-year-old photographer, of his time in Libya this year. “I would say there were at least 20 young, fresh photographers there with me.”
By MICHAEL KAMBER“A lot of young photographers showed up without assignments,” said Ben Lowy, a 32-year-old photographer, of his time in Libya this year. “I would say there were at least 20 young, fresh photographers there with me.”
The Photofile Book Series - dpreview review
Current titles in the series:
- Peter Beard
- Berenice Abbott
- Guy Bourdin
- Bill Brandt
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Robert Capa
- Elliott Erwitt
- Walker Evans
- Ernst Haas
- André Kertész
- Josef Koudelka
- Jacques-Henri Lartigue
- Saul Leiter
- Duane Michals
- Magnum Photos
- Man Ray
- Don McCullin
- Helmut Newton
- Sebastião Salgado
- Edward Steichen
- Surrealist Photography
- Joel-Peter Witkin
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Joe Steed - Shuttered Illuminations
Joe Steed is an avid photographer and has been one of my students attending photo workshops in Monument Valley and Santa Barbara.
I always enjoy seeing my students improve their visual skills and technical ability.
Here is one of Joe Steed's photos that I especially like. He shot this in the White Mountains near Death Valley, CA.
I always enjoy seeing my students improve their visual skills and technical ability.
Here is one of Joe Steed's photos that I especially like. He shot this in the White Mountains near Death Valley, CA.
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| Photo by Joe Steed |
How To Miss Your Flight...And Other Important Photo Tips - Assignment Chicago
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/assignment-chicago/2011/10/photography-tips.html
1. Learn to use the mute button on your phone so that you can step into a restroom or confirm a fast food order while your editor is on the line.
2. Make sure you go to the right airport when sent out of town for an urgent news assignment.
3. It’s not a good idea to eat garlic before arriving to a noisy ballroom where you have to shout in people’s faces to get their names.
4. If your cell phone is hooked on your belt, it will slide off right into the toilet bowl.
5. The microphone needs to be turned on to actually record audio.
6. Go ahead and shoot those raindrops on the window for a weather feature. Don’t worry - your editor has never seen that before.
7. Before you enter a high society fundraiser, wipe off the big glob of refried beans you spilled on the sleeve of your coat after jamming down that burrito from Taco Bell.
8. If your remote camera crashes down onto a basketball court during the middle of the game, don’t duck so another photographer takes the blame.
9. You know that parking spot with the faded red paint on the curb and the ambiguous sign? Bad idea to park there.
10. If you have a pocketknife in your camera bag, the TSA security guard who finds it will get bug-eyed and refer to it as “your weapon.”
11. If you find your caption notebook has disintegrated into a thousand white specks in the clothes dryer, you might need to make a lot of phone calls.
12. Never think you can win an argument with someone wearing a badge.
13. If you’re young and opinionated, refrain from telling your boss, “I don’t think you have the temperament to be an editor” no matter how helpful you think you are being.
14. Most people’s reactions to “a fly on the wall” are to swat it or shoo it away.
15. Telephoto lenses tend to get caught in revolving doors.
16. Check the mirror before your first assignment to wipe the toothpaste from your chin – especially if you will be introduced to dozens of dignitaries.
17. Wear socks that don’t have holes, for those unexpected assignments at a mosque or Buddhist temple.
18. If you’re on deadline, don’t forget where you car is parked in a 16-story structure or a 5-acre lot.
19. If you read about a newspaper’s photo department taking credit for their power at a newspaper, you’ll see in the fine print, “…our managing editor is a strong advocate for visuals.”
20. If you trip backward over the measuring chains on the sidelines of a football game, your feet will go straight up in the air.
21. Don’t absentmindedly put anything on the top of your car while loading your vehicle with equipment. That includes your laptop, camera, cell phone or even that deposit envelope with several $20 bills, which will scatter to the wind.
22. Make sure your coffee thermos fits in the beverage holder of your car, or your drink will do a somersault when you turn a corner.
23. If you win a Pulitzer Prize for having risked your life in a war zone, you’ll still need to pick up that “Pet-of-the-Week” assignment on your way home.
1. Learn to use the mute button on your phone so that you can step into a restroom or confirm a fast food order while your editor is on the line.
2. Make sure you go to the right airport when sent out of town for an urgent news assignment.
3. It’s not a good idea to eat garlic before arriving to a noisy ballroom where you have to shout in people’s faces to get their names.
4. If your cell phone is hooked on your belt, it will slide off right into the toilet bowl.
5. The microphone needs to be turned on to actually record audio.
6. Go ahead and shoot those raindrops on the window for a weather feature. Don’t worry - your editor has never seen that before.
7. Before you enter a high society fundraiser, wipe off the big glob of refried beans you spilled on the sleeve of your coat after jamming down that burrito from Taco Bell.
8. If your remote camera crashes down onto a basketball court during the middle of the game, don’t duck so another photographer takes the blame.
9. You know that parking spot with the faded red paint on the curb and the ambiguous sign? Bad idea to park there.
10. If you have a pocketknife in your camera bag, the TSA security guard who finds it will get bug-eyed and refer to it as “your weapon.”
11. If you find your caption notebook has disintegrated into a thousand white specks in the clothes dryer, you might need to make a lot of phone calls.
12. Never think you can win an argument with someone wearing a badge.
13. If you’re young and opinionated, refrain from telling your boss, “I don’t think you have the temperament to be an editor” no matter how helpful you think you are being.
14. Most people’s reactions to “a fly on the wall” are to swat it or shoo it away.
15. Telephoto lenses tend to get caught in revolving doors.
16. Check the mirror before your first assignment to wipe the toothpaste from your chin – especially if you will be introduced to dozens of dignitaries.
17. Wear socks that don’t have holes, for those unexpected assignments at a mosque or Buddhist temple.
18. If you’re on deadline, don’t forget where you car is parked in a 16-story structure or a 5-acre lot.
19. If you read about a newspaper’s photo department taking credit for their power at a newspaper, you’ll see in the fine print, “…our managing editor is a strong advocate for visuals.”
20. If you trip backward over the measuring chains on the sidelines of a football game, your feet will go straight up in the air.
21. Don’t absentmindedly put anything on the top of your car while loading your vehicle with equipment. That includes your laptop, camera, cell phone or even that deposit envelope with several $20 bills, which will scatter to the wind.
22. Make sure your coffee thermos fits in the beverage holder of your car, or your drink will do a somersault when you turn a corner.
23. If you win a Pulitzer Prize for having risked your life in a war zone, you’ll still need to pick up that “Pet-of-the-Week” assignment on your way home.
Monday, October 24, 2011
The Liminal Camera Tour
Lauren Bon and her team at the Metabolic Studio invite you to visit liminal.metabolicstudio.org to learn more about Metabolic Studio's Liminal Camera Tour.
The Liminal Camera captures an image without drawing attention to itself as most cameras and camera equipment do. The camera body is a shipping container which makes it hard to recognize as an image-making machine. Its size means that camera operators are able to be inside the camera. From the operators’ vantage point the subject appears upside down. The Liminal Camera is both an image capturing tool and perceptual tool.
This Liminal Camera Tour is crossing America with the American flag as a subject. From Flag Day 6/14/11 until Veterans Day 11/11/11, the Liminal Camera is shooting locations that have suffered devastation. Each of these challenged places is in transition that involves the coordination of complex forces and entities. In each location, a large-scale American flag will be present.
The camera is presently in Rochester, New York photographing the former site of the First National Bank of Rochester. On October 25, 2011, from 7-9pm, at the aforementioned site, the Metabolic Studio Optics team will present images taken at the location as well as previous stops on the tour, such as those taken in New York City on 9/11/11.
Upcoming stops on the Liminal Camera Tour include a showing on 11/12 and 11/13/11 at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC. Learn more about the tour by visiting the official website, where you can watch a live photo feed and also track the camera in real time as it makes its way across the United States.
The Liminal Camera captures an image without drawing attention to itself as most cameras and camera equipment do. The camera body is a shipping container which makes it hard to recognize as an image-making machine. Its size means that camera operators are able to be inside the camera. From the operators’ vantage point the subject appears upside down. The Liminal Camera is both an image capturing tool and perceptual tool.
This Liminal Camera Tour is crossing America with the American flag as a subject. From Flag Day 6/14/11 until Veterans Day 11/11/11, the Liminal Camera is shooting locations that have suffered devastation. Each of these challenged places is in transition that involves the coordination of complex forces and entities. In each location, a large-scale American flag will be present.
The camera is presently in Rochester, New York photographing the former site of the First National Bank of Rochester. On October 25, 2011, from 7-9pm, at the aforementioned site, the Metabolic Studio Optics team will present images taken at the location as well as previous stops on the tour, such as those taken in New York City on 9/11/11.
Upcoming stops on the Liminal Camera Tour include a showing on 11/12 and 11/13/11 at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC. Learn more about the tour by visiting the official website, where you can watch a live photo feed and also track the camera in real time as it makes its way across the United States.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
How to Revisit an Iconic Photograph - Alec Soth - NYT
For a little while I was exhausted. Tumblr, Facebook, Flickr and so on. … I felt like I was drowning in images. As a consequence, even work outside of that digital stream – the work I was seeing in books and exhibitions – started looking all of the same. More important, my own pictures started feeling the same. I was burned out. So I started experimenting. I made little videos and used disposable cameras. I played. I stopped making big, formal, large-format pictures.
Recently I’ve returned to a version of that more formal kind of photography, but I have a whole new energy behind it. I’m making pictures that surprise me. I’m feeling some of that same thrill when I was 20 and falling in love with the medium. - Alec Soth
Grilled Chicken, That Temperamental Star - NYTDamon Winter/The New York Times
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| Damon Winter/The New York Times |
Saturday, October 8, 2011
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