• Reader Brian wrote that Eric Etheridge will speak about his book, Eric Etheridge - Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Freedom Riders, at Symphony Space on May 28th.
• New York Photo Festival May 15th - 18th
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• Reader Brian wrote that Eric Etheridge will speak about his book, Eric Etheridge - Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Freedom Riders, at Symphony Space on May 28th.
• New York Photo Festival May 15th - 18th
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Also go to Jamel Shabazz's exhibit at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.
Jim
Jamel Shabazz - On View, a Chronicle of Four Decades of Urban Life by Sewell Chan
In 1969, a 9-year-old boy living in the Red Hook Houses in Brooklyn picked up an autographed copy of Leonard Freed's "Black in White America," a book of black-and-white photographs, which his parents had placed on the coffee room table.
"I remember looking at this book, like, constantly, to the point where I tore it apart because I was looking at it every day," the photographer Jamel Shabazz recalled. "I was just compelled by these images."
Sewell Chan
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1.3 Megapixel Spy Camera Sunglasses
These camera sunglasses certainly aren't x-ray specs, but they do capture 1.3 megapixel still images (at a resolution of 1280x1024).
The included RF remote-control is ideal for easy, stealth-style photo shooting.These camera sunglasses certainly aren't x-ray specs, but they do capture 1.3 megapixel still images (at a resolution of 1280x1024).
The included RF remote-control is ideal for easy, stealth-style photo shooting.
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Eminent Domain: Contemporary Photography and the City
The exhibition Eminent Domain: Contemporary Photography and the City features the work of five contemporary New York based photographers drawn primarily from new acquisitions in the Photography Collection.
NYPL
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Catching Superman by Harry Nowell
In my pursuit of motion I have attached cameras to skateboards, skis, bikes, cars and even my head.
My camera rigs became more complex as I experimented with the exhileration of motion.
Capturing the speeding subject can be quite simple and can lead to very, very fun photos!
Harry Nowell
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Also go to Film is not dead it just smells funny.
Jim
Can't buy the film you want any more?
Just make the stuff!
In this set you will find random photos and information on a project a friend has undertaken - a machine to make his own camera film.
Plastic and goop go in one end, and camera film comes out the other end.
This is not a trivial undertaking.
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For more, go to Wet-plate Collodian.
Via gmtPlus9 (-15)
Jim
...working with a large-format camera and historic process (wet-plate collodion), I have concentrated on locations that are close to or directly on the water.
At this juncture between land and sea, I explore subject matter in a constant state of transition.
Joni Sternbach
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Also go to What's wrong with this picture? by Kate Betts.
Jim
Pixel Perfect, Pascal Dangin's virtual reality by Lauren Collins
In the March issue of Vogue Dangin tweaked a hundred and forty-four images: a hundred and seven advertisements (Estée Lauder, Gucci, Dior, etc.), thirty-six fashion pictures, and the cover, featuring Drew Barrymore.
To keep track of his clients, he assigns three-letter rubrics, like airport codes.
Click on the current-jobs menu on his computer: AFR (Air France), AMX (American Express), BAL (Balenciaga), DSN (Disney), LUV (Louis Vuitton), TFY (Tiffany & Co.), VIC (Victoria's Secret).
Lauren Collins
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For more, go to Color Relationships & the Color Wheel.
Jim
History of the Color Wheel by evad
The first color wheel has been attributed to Sir Isaac Newton, who in 1706 arranged red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet into a natural progression on a rotating disk.
As the disk spins, the colors blur together so rapidly that the human eye sees white. From there the organization of color has taken many forms, from tables and charts, to triangles and and wheels the history.
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Sarah Vaughan, Pearl Bailey, and Ella Fitzgerald by Milt Hinton |
For more, go to Milt Hinton and Playing the Changes: Milt Hinton's Life in Stories and Photographs.
Jim
Playing the Changes: Milt Hinton's Life in Stories and Photographs
'Playing the Changes' Chronicles Jazz Great Hinton Host Liane Hansen talks to author David Berger about the photography of the late jazz bassist Milt Hinton.
Berger has co-authored the book Playing the Changes: Milt Hinton's Life in Stories and Photographs.
NPR