Archive for the 'Photographers' Category

Photographer David LaChapelle on voting

Published October 31st, 2006 in Photographers. 0 Comments

I saw a show on TV the other day about David LaChapelle and I started to take a liking to the kind of photography he is doing. Some digging around on his site turned up a couple of great videos about voting. The timing couldn’t really be better. So, everybody, get out and vote. It’s […]

Weegee photo on cover of Time magazine

Published October 15th, 2006 in Photographers and Short Takes. 0 Comments

Weegee photo on cover of Time magazine. Big rear-end of an elephant. Go Weegee.

Lee Friedlander spottings on the Web

Published October 13th, 2006 in Interviews and Photographers. 0 Comments

Slate ran a small essay on Lee Friedlander last year that I just found. There are 9 photographs along with a short essay regarding each one. On NPR, I found a short talk with Friedlander and record producer Joel Dorn talking about listening to gospel music when they were young, and the collection of gospel recordings […]

Martin Munkácsi retrospective, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin

Published October 12th, 2006 in Exhibitions and Photographers. 0 Comments

Martin Munkácsi, a photographer’s photographer. Berlin is a great city for photography exhibitions, and Martin-Gropius-Bau is the showplace for the biggest. In the past few years they have held retrospectives from photographers like Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and August Sander and an exhibition from the contemporary Robert Polidori. Currently, there is a Martin Munkácsi retrospective at […]

Joel Meyerwitz on street photography (video)

Published October 9th, 2006 in Photographers. 0 Comments

Recently, I’ve been looking around for videos of photographers on the net and I found this video of Joel Meyerowitz explaining how he goes about doing street photography. Meyerowitz, dressed like a cat burglar, black cap and all, black Leica in hand, weaves around pedestrians on a Manhattan sidewalk, clicking away. His snaps are then […]

Alec Soth has a blog

Published October 5th, 2006 in Photographers. 0 Comments

Alec Soth dove into blogging a couple of weeks ago has already addressed topics like parenting and being a photographer, how he finds his subjects, and the controversy brewing around a photograph taken by Thomas Hoepker on 9/11. Alec even reprinted an email he got from Hoepker on that subject. Surprisingly, for someone who already […]

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Mcnamara at PopPhoto sez their lens tests are the best cause they use an optical bench. Consistent objectivity. I’ll keep that in mind next time I read a lens review.

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» PicLens toggles online images to fullscreen. For Mac (Safari only). Click on a picture from Flickr, Photobucket, Facebook, Google, Yahoo, or Ask.com image search, and get a fullscreen image instantly. Can then cycle through images in fullscreen mode.
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» Interesting NYTimes article on Jerome Liebling, photographer and filmmaker. Tribute to him tonight at the Museum of Television and Radio in NYC.
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» flickr and Google Earth mashed up. Wow.
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» Eddie Adams workshop report. That’s 50 photo students, and 50 young photo professionals all together for a workshop. Second year its all digital.
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» Alternative processes site. Argyrotypes, Bromoils, Gum Bichromates, Wetplate Collodions. Back to the roots. Go roots.
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» Wanyne Yang interview with Kitra Cahana on his blog, Eight Diagrams. She won 3rd place Picture of the Year. Go Kitra.
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» Weegee photo on cover of Time magazine. Big rear-end of an elephant. Go Weegee.
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» More sample M8 pictures on a Hong Kong Leica forum.
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» Photoshop LAB black and white conversion Martin Fuchs gives a nice explanation of his PS action (download is free). As good as it gets without buying a plugin.
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» Martin Evening reviews Adobe Lightroom’s develope module Quick update on what’s new in ‘Beta 4′. Go Martin.
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