Posted in Photography on December 31, 2007 | 4 Comments »
A workers spreads salt on a snowy a parking lot in the Bronx (New York).
©Librado Romero (NYT)
The year end brings some selections of pictures of the year. The selected images are very much geared towards the impact in the news than the artistic merit of the picture, but certainly there is some interesting photography there.
Both [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 30, 2007 | No Comments »
2007 has been the first full year for Exposure Compensation.
For me this blog has become a mechanism to connect with you and share my passion for the art and craft of photography. You, as the reader, provide the real meaning and value of this blog and for that I convey my sincere appreciation.
I have multiple [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I have not used this service… but it is an interesting idea I thought I would pass around … this could be a useful way to assemble a personal database of images that are found in the net to keep for later evaluation and reference.
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vi.sualize.us is a social bookmarking website for visual contents — vi.sualize.us [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on December 28, 2007 | No Comments »
©Fredrik Marsh [The Inhabitants]
Interesting work by Fredrik Marsh.
Marsh’s title for this most recent series of Dresden, The Inhabitants, references American writer & photographer Wright Morris’s classic 1946 publication of the same name. Much like Morris, Marsh focused not on people directly, but their artifacts, on objects bearing their imprint. Empty places, remaining since the end [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on December 27, 2007 | No Comments »
© Brica Wilcox [self-portrait]
Interesting work by Brica Wilcox. I find intriguing when the photographers become their own subject in the story and the purpose of message they want to share. Brica Wilcox surely does a nice job from the aesthetic point of view, but I am not sure if I feel the message she [...]
Posted in Books, Photographers, Photography on December 24, 2007 | No Comments »
©Justin Guariglia
During a long period of 8 years, photographer Justin Guariglia (National Geographic Traveler, PDN’s best under 30 in the year 2000), was able to build trust from one of the most reserved Budist communities, the monks at the Shaolin Temple in China. Usually, tourists don’t see the real monks, they only see [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on December 23, 2007 | No Comments »
© Beth Herzhaft
Interesting work by young photographer Beth Herzhaft. Although she does commercial work, I find more interesting her personal series, in particular “area photography”. You can see some images of this series at her website (in the art section) or at TOPIC magazine [you will need to sign for free account user name [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on December 21, 2007 | No Comments »
© Jonathan Harris
The Whale Hunt … take a look if you are not sensitive to whale hunting … the website is quite an experience by itself, the images beautiful and the story, … you decide; I found it quite amazing.
Artist Jonathan Harris created, The Whale Hunt. In this documentary work, Harris joins a family [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on December 20, 2007 | No Comments »
© Brad Moore
I like a lot the work of photographer Brad Moore. Less is more in photography, and the elimination of unnecessary elements in the frame is a skill that Brad Moore perfects in his work to create very compelling images. Brad has self-published this series using the online on-demand publishing service from Blurb, in [...]
Posted in Books, Photography on December 18, 2007 | No Comments »
A couple of months ago I found a book that got my attention. In the cover, Pablo Picasso with a dog. The author and photographer not less than the great David Douglas Duncan, the last of the selected group that changed photojournalism shooting for LIFE magazine, at the time the “mecca” of photography. I should [...]
Posted in Photography on December 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
“The 36 Exposures Challenge“
I once had a student at Bard College, where I teach, who was taking portraits. The results kept disappointing him, so each week he took more and more pictures. Still he was disappointed. Finally, I assigned him to make only one exposure the next week. The picture was excellent. His problem was [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on December 16, 2007 | No Comments »
©Michael Reisch
I keep coming back to the work of German photographer, Michael Reisch. I find fascinating the simplicity of his landscapes.
Posted in Photoblogs, Photography on December 15, 2007 | No Comments »
©Amalia Ulman
This is a very interesting site I discovered reading the blog of Daniel Shea.
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The Ones We Love is a project highlighting young and talented photographers from around the world. each artist contributed six photographs of the person who is most important to them, taken outdoors in a natural setting. The goal of the site [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on December 14, 2007 | No Comments »
© Juliane Eirich
Both the personal projects and the commercial work of Juliane Eirich have beautiful images. Don’t miss the projects Nightwatch and Schools.
© Juliane Eirich
© Juliane Eirich
Posted in Photography on December 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I paraphrase the extravagant title of the recent article published in Newsweek online to highlight a trend in fine art photography that is quite relevant for the photography business, and clearly shows the vibrant market of fine art photography today.
The entire market is soaring. Photographs selling for $1 million are not uncommon. Students leaving art [...]
