Posted in Photoblogs, Photographers, Photography on February 27, 2007 | No Comments »
© Andrew Hofter
I have been a regular of the photoblog published by Andrew Hefter, a very young photographer, only 17, and making really excellent work. You will see in his bio that just after two years taking pictures he has made large inroads winning many awards… including being nominated for the Photobloggies 2007 awards under [...]
Posted in Books, Photographers, Photography on February 24, 2007 | No Comments »
© Alberto Korda [Alberto Diaz Gutierrez, 1928-2001]
“[During a memorial in 1960] at the foot of the podium draped in black crepe, my eye pressed to my old leica, I was focusing on Fidel and the people around him. Suddenly, through the 90 mm lens el Che loomed above me. I was surprised by his [...]
Posted in Photography on February 22, 2007 | No Comments »
© Morton Schamberg /CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD
As reported by pdn online the auction market for photography is really hot. The prices that some images command today are spectacular and much higher than even market appraised valued. Interestingly, this image from Morton Schamberg is the picture of an sculpture attributed to Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, [...]
Posted in Books, Photographers, Photography on February 21, 2007 | No Comments »
© Melanie Pullen
Self-taught artist, Melanie Pullen (born 1975) began her “High Fashion Crime Scenes” project after seeing a copy of Luc Sante’s 1992 book Evidence (1914-1919) about crime scen photos from the New York City Police Department. While the disturbing stories behind the pictures intrigued Pullen, she was more interested in the minute details: the [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on February 19, 2007 | No Comments »
© Rachel Papo
The life of an eighteen-year-old girl in Israel is interrupted when she is plucked out of her environment at an age when sexual, educational, and family values are at their highest exploration point. She is then placed in a rigorous institution, where individuality becomes a secondary matter, making room for nationalism. “I [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on February 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
© Pete Turner
Pete Turner is one of the most influential photographers of the last decades. He defined new ways to use color in photography, he mixed color with art and photographic images like nobody else had done before.
“Color takes my work into another dimension. It’s the way I see. I’ve always been drawn to the [...]
Posted in Humanitarian Causes, Photography on February 14, 2007 | No Comments »
This image is one of the most powerful pictures from the last World Press Photo 2006 awards. Illegal immigrants, hiding in the shadows, with fear in their eyes, after risking their life for a better future wait for an uncertain future. The picture was taken by spanish photographer, Arturo Rodriguez from the Associated Press, who [...]
Posted in Exhibits, Humanitarian Causes, Photographers, Photography on February 12, 2007 | No Comments »
© Spencer Platt /Getty Images
This year the winning image of the World Press Photo of the Year Award is different from the past. Yes, it is about war, but rather than just showing a tragic scene of human suffering it conveys the contradiction and stupidity of war conflicts. The conflict between Israel and [...]
Posted in Books, Photographers, Photography on February 11, 2007 | No Comments »
© Doug Menuez
If you know Dough Menuez’s work you will enjoy this fabulous series “Heaven, Earth, Tequila: Un viaje al corazon de Mexico” published in a book. If you have never seen his work, get ready for a pleasant surprise. See the images in MediStorm and with a audio commentary by the [...]
Posted in Photography on February 9, 2007 | No Comments »
© David Sacks
For the first time ever, PDN has teamed up with National Geographic Traveler in order to unearth the most unique and unseen imagery from photographers around the world. See the images here. Worth the time. Enjoy.
Posted in Books, Photographers, Photography on February 7, 2007 | No Comments »
Kelly Slater, a six-time surf world champion, from The Originals
by Robert Maxwell (New york Times).
Robert Maxwell is one of the few fashion and celebrity photographers that is also a unique artist capable of doing remarkable fine art photography as he showed with his first monogram published by Arena Editions (book, images) . You will see [...]
Posted in Books, Photographers, Photography on February 5, 2007 | No Comments »
“Odd Jobs” by Nancy Rica Schiff
If you have never seen this small and inexpensive book, you are missing great photography and surprisingly interesting people with odd professions. Each page is a surprise and the quality of the printed images very good indeed. For a bit more than $12 it is very worthwhile the price. [...]
Posted in Books, Photographers, Photography on February 2, 2007 | No Comments »
from the book “Zone” @ Carl de Keyzer/Magnum Photos
“I want to question the images that are in our memory. There is always a double level in my work; what you see is true and at the same time not true.”- Carl de Keyzer/Magnum Photos
The amazing photography of legendary Magnum photographer Carl de Keyzer. Get lost [...]
