November 2006 Archives

College Photographer of the Year Winners

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on November 30, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

College Photographer of the Year Winners

Down at the Barber Shop by Alison Yin

From the website: Lawrence Anthony, age 82, owns The Barber Shop in Drexel, N.C., where he's been cutting hair for almost 60 years. Anthony started as a teen when he and his younger brother Hubert went to the local barber who told the kids that he was too hungover to give a hair cut. Instead, he gave Anthony the clippers and told him to start cutting. Anthony started cutting many other folks' hair, including the men in his company when he joined the service during World War II. When he came back from the war, he enrolled in barber shop school in 1948, received his license and has been cutting hair ever since. Although he's officially retired, he opens the shop for business every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, starting around 8 a.m.

After Arbus Wolfgang Tillmans, seeing and thinking

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on November 30, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

After Arbus Wolfgang Tillmans, seeing and thinking by Holly Myers

From the website: The distinction is more romantic than intellectual, I'll admit — and therein lies the problem. Photography obviously didn't disappear after 1971 (the year of Arbus' death), but, like art generally, went the way of the intellect, exalting concept over impression, thinking over looking. The romantic ideal of the photographer as pure eye gave way to the photographer as typologist, trickster and theorist. With Ruscha's "Every Building on the Sunset Strip," photography became a tool rather than a mode of being, and rarely achieved — or cared to achieve, or even necessarily trusted — the sheer visceral (that is, visual/emotional/psychological) impact that previous generations strove for.

After Katrina

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on November 29, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

After Katrina by John Updike

From the website: The formulation is about as a good as any we will get. It is for our children and our grandchildren—for the historical record—that Meyerowitz and Polidori zealously labored over many months to capture on film (a phrase the digital camera may soon render archaic) the aftermaths of the two most spectacular disasters on American soil in this young century. This is what it looked like; this is what we don't want to happen again. Since the Brady studio photographed the aftermath of Civil War battles, war has worn a new, less acceptable face. Photography, Sontag pointed out, is naturally drawn to misfortune and the unfortunate; in some cases, such as Jacob Riis's photos of New York slums and Lewis Hine's of child laborers, a public reaction effected some reform. The bourgeoisie must be continually discomfited. If the discomfort that After the Flood and Aftermath arouse contains an increment of discomfort at the poshness of the volumes and the aura of glamorous selflessness bestowed upon the photographers and their photographic appropriations, the record is indeed enhanced, for posterity to consult, and to use in ways we cannot imagine.

The Leica Leonardo

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on November 29, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

The Leica Leonardo by John Banville

From the website: 'I don't believe in God,' he once said to me, 'but I do believe in pi,' and then wrote down some numbers on a table napkin which I recognised as the formula for the golden section, the mathematical rule of aesthetic balance which has been used by artists since antiquity.

From the website: These were inspired by the one photograph he admitted to having been influenced by, a shot of three naked black youths diving into Lake Tanganyika taken by a sports journalist turned photographer, Martin Munkacsi. Of this picture Cartier-Bresson later said, 'I suddenly understood that photography can fix eternity in moment.'

Rotation360° Backpack

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on November 28, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Rotation360° Backpack

From the website: This amazing new backpack lets you access the gear inside of the backpack without taking if off of your back. This allows you the comfort of a backpack with the convenience and accessibility of a beltpack.

How to Buy the Right Digital Camera Using Flickr

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on November 28, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

How to Buy the Right Digital Camera Using Flickr

From the website: Want to buy a new digital camera or a camera phone this holiday season? We will show you a couple of interesting ways in which you can use Flickr to shortlist that perfect camera from those millions of models available in the "very crowded" digital camera market.

Jerry Shore - Street Life

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on November 27, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Jerry Shore - Street Life by Adam Gopnik

From the website: For all his personal disorganization, he was able to handle his work with extraordinary care and methodical purpose: he roved the streets with a 35-mm. camera, "sketching" possible scenes in the least pictured vistas of the city. Then, later in the week, he would return and be ready to make his picture, waiting for the right light—the pregnant, rather than the decisive, moment—to take and keep a city corner that no one else might have thought worth preserving.

For more about Shore:

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ICP Slide Fest - New Directions

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on November 27, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

ICP Slide Fest - New Directions

Friday, Dec. 1, 7:00 P.M., $5

From the website: This evening event, moderated by ICP instructor Pradeep Dalal, will showcase new work by emerging and established photographers and artists. A fast-paced slide presentation and lively discussion format will offer fresh perspectives on the fluid boundaries of photographic practice. This will be held in the School of the International Center of Photography, 1114 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street.

Loretta Lux's best shot

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on November 25, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Loretta Lux's best shot

From the website: I trained as a painter, and I still love painting, but eventually I became aware that the physical aspect of painting didn't really suit me. I didn't enjoy working in the medium. It's very messy. I prefer to have it clean, with a nice computer.

From the website: The model is a girl called Dorothea, the daughter of friends of mine. I have worked with her many times, starting when she was only two years old. She has this kind of aristocratic look, like you find in the paintings of Velázquez.

More Lux

Shiho Fukada - The Wee Hours at Penn Station

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on November 24, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Shiho Fukada - The Wee Hours at Penn Station

Nicole Bengiveno - Atmosphere

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on November 24, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Nicole Bengiveno - Atmosphere

Still Life with - A Food Photography Blog

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on November 23, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Still Life with - A Food Photography Blog

From the website: As I started doing more and more research into food photography I found that there is a ton of great and not so great work going on... some in blogs, magazines, cookbooks, etc. However, what I didn't find was much on how to make my food photography better. As my skills have improved (I'm just starting to do some work professionally), I started to realize that with all the other food blogs and would-be food photographer pros and hobbyists out there, it would be great to create a site focused solely on food photography. Thus, Still Life With... was born.

Sheen in food photography

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on November 23, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Sheen in food photography by Michael Ray

From the website: Sheen in photos is what tells your subconscious valuable information about the texture of the objects in every photograph. Too many photographers work way to hard to eliminate reflections. Reflections are a photographer's friend.

Inge Morath - A wide-eyed view of a crazy country

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on November 22, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Inge Morath - A wide-eyed view of a crazy country by Arthur Miller

From the website: Henri [Cartier-Bresson] and Inge decided to do a motor trip across the country. Both were Europeans, of course, and they thought that, driving across the country, they would run into all kinds of wonderful, different cooking experiences, as they would in Europe. When confronted with the inevitable hamburger everywhere, they were driven back to eating carrots and apples and tea.

The Road to Reno by Inge Morath

Amy Arbus - On The Street

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on November 22, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Amy Arbus - On The Street by Rosecrans Baldwin

From the website: Now that Manhattan is only habitable for the rich, New Yorkers love to look back to the mad '80s, when the Bowery was dangerous and apartments were affordable. Nostalgia stalks the five boroughs (via American Apparel outlets—the Starbucks of style), whether for acid-washed rap fashion, Mudd Club art parties, or coke in cheap bars. But it's not all so glitzy. Between 1980 and 1990, The Village Voice ran photographer Amy Arbus's "On The Street" photo-column, a page documenting downtown's most vibrant, creative dressers and personalities, and now the greatest hits have been published by Welcome Books. We caught up with Arbus to find out how it all started, and whether or not she's packing shoulder pads.

Explore Color with Adobe kuler

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on November 21, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Explore Color with Adobe kuler

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Photographic Perspectives on Architecture and Industrial Design

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on November 21, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Photographic Perspectives on Architecture and Industrial Design

From the website: Over 50 photos taken during the last five decades will be featured in Photographic Perspectives on Architecture and Industrial Design, on display at the New York Hall of Science from November 18, 2006 - January 15, 2007. The exhibition explores industrial and architectural sites created by corporate entities that document historic and modern achievements. The show is composed of work by three Renaissance men: Robert LeBeau, Walter LeCroy and Joseph Siegel.

Nan Goldin's work is a 'family' affair

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on November 20, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Nan Goldin's work is a 'family' affair by Bill Van Siclen

From the website: In scenes like this and the equally affecting Greer and Robert on the bed, NYC, Goldin's work approaches that of another master of bruised feelings and emotional anomie: Edward Hopper.

Fantastic Tales: Photography of Nan Goldin

The Streets of San Francisco, From the Taxi Driver's Seat

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on November 20, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

The Streets of San Francisco, From the Taxi Driver's Seat, Special Edition: The Black and White City

From the website: I believe the following images work best in black and white. Some of them were shot early this year. Instead of using them on one of the color pages, I waited until I had enough black and white images to use them on this page.

The myth of maximum megapixels

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on November 18, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

The myth of maximum megapixels by Mike Elgan

From the website: Each amateur photographer has a pixel count "sweet spot" that best suits his photography style and abilities. For most people, that's somewhere in the 4-to-6-megapixel range. Above that, however, increasing the number of pixels generally reduces the quality of pictures.

PBase Magazine - October

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on November 17, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

PBase Magazine (PDF)

Astrophotography, Pantone huey, Netherlands, Creative Women in Digital Photography, macro photography, and more

Where Do We Go from Here? The Photo League and Its Legacy (1936-2006)

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on November 17, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Where Do We Go from Here? The Photo League and Its Legacy (1936-2006)

From the website: The Photo League was a cooperative of amateur and professional photographers whose activities formed an important backdrop for American photography in the 1930s-40s. The group resulted from a split among film and still photographers in the Film and Photo League, an offshoot of Workers International Relief, which was an organization that supplied the left-wing press with images of working-class life. The filmmakers, under Paul Strand, eventually formed the production company Frontier Films. The photographers, led by Sid Grossman and Sol Libsohn, founded the Photo League in 1936.

Thanks, Tanya!

Scott Kelby's Gonzo Holiday Gadget Guide

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on November 16, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Scott Kelby's Gonzo Holiday Gadget Guide (PDF)

From the website: "Instead of just listing a bunch of items I have no real attachment to, I only included gear that I'm totally hooked on. These are things that I use every day, and that within the past year or so I've fallen so deeply and hopelessly in love with, that I can't live without them," says Scott Kelby

Investors zoom in on photography

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on November 16, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Investors zoom in on photography by Stephen Milioti

From the website: Had you decided to sell that 1979 (Helmut Newton) photograph at Christie's for $38,400 (as its owner did last month), you would have enjoyed better price appreciation than a comparable investment in an S&P 500 index fund, General Electric stock, or ten-year Treasury bonds. And Newton isn't the only photographer whose prices are on the rise.

Time Will Tell; Harvey Stein's Long-Term Investments

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on November 15, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Time Will Tell; Harvey Stein's Long-Term Investments

From the website: His body language and demeanor help a lot. "I'm a noticeable person," he says. "I'm 6 feet tall, carrying a camera, but I'm soft spoken, not threatening, and I don't direct people. There's always a comfort level for them. But, still, it's always a challenge, and that's what I like about street photography. You never know what's going to happen."

Soviet Photomontage - 1917-1953

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on November 15, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Soviet Photomontage - 1917-1953

Adi Da Samraj - Collage

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on November 14, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Adi Da Samraj - Collage

From the website: The artwork of Adi Da Samraj engages subjects exotic and mundane, beautiful and homely, elegant and rough. Through the often-manifold repetition of images arranged in patterns, Adi Da devises myriad visual mantras, as expansive in their rhythms as they are in their colors and contours – patterns that at first seem symmetric but subtly reveal their dissonances and metamorphoses. These apparent slippages are sources of revelation here, pathways in their very imperfection to the divine.

A Lighter Touch

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on November 14, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

A Lighter Touch by Joan Khalaf

From the website: "I was taking a picture of two boys in a river with a jar, and I told them to hold still because I was looking for sharpness," Carter said. "Of course they ignored me and didn't listen to me. It took me a week to open my eyes to the idea that it's what you don't see that becomes interesting."

Slideluck Potshow VIII

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on November 13, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Slideluck Potshow VIII

Saturday, November 18
7 P.M. - Midnight
Neo Studios, 628 Broadway @ Houston, Suite 401
Please Bring Food & Drink
7:00 Potluck, 9:00 Slideshow
Theme: Energy

The First Photo From Space

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on November 13, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

The First Photo From Space by Tony Reichhardt

From the website: On October 24, 1946, not long after the end of World War II and years before the Sputnik satellite opened the space age, a group of soldiers and scientists in the New Mexico desert saw something new and wonderful—the first pictures of Earth as seen from space.

Color Theory Tutorial

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on November 11, 2006 6:00 AM | Permalink

Color Theory Tutorial

This tutorial uses a pigment color wheel. The color wheel for transmitted light is different.

Go to Color Wheel

More about light and color