Posted in Books, Photography on October 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
What would happen if you take pictures of people walking in the street, exhibit the prints at a gallery and then sell them for prices ranging $20-30K each? Do the people portrayed have any rights to claim for financial compensation? Do they have the legal rights to preclude of exhibiting and selling the prints at [...]
Posted in Books, Photographers, Photography on October 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
© Hiroshi Watanabe
Sometimes you find photographers who’s work takes your breath away. Hiroshi Watanabe is one of these artists.
His black and white and color images are exquisite in tonality, composition and depth of field but more important they have density of emotions, they captivate. Working with a medium format camera and doing his own [...]
Posted in Photography on October 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
“Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy. The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, learn about [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on October 24, 2007 | 9 Comments »
by George Kavanagh
George Kavanagh is a British commercial photographer that mixes his work with fine art photography. I have browsed through his portfolios and found some interesting images like the examples in this post. In particular I like quite a bit some images in his “New Work” gallery (like the examples on the top of [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on October 23, 2007 | No Comments »
© Subhankar Banerjee
Indian photographer Subhankar Banerjee uses photography to communicate about issues that harm our planet. Five years ago, Banerjee spent two years in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, photographing this remote region in northeastern Alaska in all four seasons (see images here). His work there coincided with the intent of oil companies and [...]
Posted in Books, Photography on October 22, 2007 | No Comments »
I just arrived back home from a trip and my next post is to recommend you a book I purchased few weeks ago and I find fascinating. The book is “Image makers, Image Takers“.
The book, published in 2007, is a collection of interviews with leading photographers, curators and editors -with 218 images inserted to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 18, 2007 | No Comments »
I am travelling now and have no time and access to the web is difficult so no updates until early next week when get I get back home. Meanwhile, I may suggest you take some time to read older posts here or to visit the blogs listed in the blogroll … if they are not part [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on October 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
from the “Rear Window” series by Ori Gersht
Ori Gersht is a photographer and film maker that was born in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1967, and now lives and works in London. He has an extensive and quite diverse series of beautiful projects going from panoramic images of European football stadiums, images of buildings scared by [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on October 12, 2007 | No Comments »
by Ken Gehle
I quite like the work of Ken Gehle, and my favorite is the series Gas Stations that you can find in the link to his projects at his website.
This is a personal project that has sort of become a collection hobby for me. Although in the beginning I only shot in Georgia, [...]
Posted in Books, Photographers, Photography on October 9, 2007 | No Comments »
by Jesse Marlow
Reading the interesting blog 5b4 I discovered the work of Australian photographer Jesse Marlow.
“Street photography is my main passion. The solitary experience of walking the streets seeking out ‘that’ moment – a rare emotion, a chance sight. And yet, it is often the most everyday things that I keep coming back to, [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on October 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
by Tom O Scott
I have the fortune to live in San Diego [California], a place with near perfect weather and beautiful beaches where the ocean paints the sand with surreal patterns that make for very interesting photographic motives. A local photographer, Ton O Scott, have embraced the art found on the beaches to create [...]
Posted in Books, Photographers, Photography on October 4, 2007 | 7 Comments »
from Desert Realty by Ed Freeman
I saw the images of Desert Realty by Ed Freeman a while ago and I found them very striking. Images that appear to show real buildings in the deserts of south California in a context that looks out of this world. After learning that most of the images were indeed [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on October 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
by Marc Yankus
I find the work of Marc Yankus quite impressive. He is a master of the use of selective focus as well as digital and traditional photographic techniques and creates a very personal mood in the images. Although he does extensive commercial work I like more his fine art series. Originally trained [...]
