LensCulture – Contemporary Photography
Discover and share the best in contemporary photography
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Discover and share the best in contemporary photography
via LensCulture: http://www.lensculture.com/webloglc/mt_files/archives/2009/10/conversations-1.html
Wildlife photographer Michael Nichols wanted to photograph a 300-foot-tall redwood in a dense forest with no clear lines of sight. So he built a custom camera rig to take tons of close-ups to stitch together.
via Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/5372201/custom-camera-rig-allows-for-a-stunning-vertical-panorama-of-a-giant-redwood
Link: For Only $5 Per Month, You Can Help Continue Photographing This Child | America’s Finest News Source
Link: Business Reply Mail:
This small, sixteen-page pamphlet is produced to put inside the postage-paid, business-reply envelopes that come with junk mail offers. Every envelope collected is stuffed with the pamphlet and mailed back to its original company.
via BoingBoing
Russell Brown showed off some new “from the labs” painting and warping technology during today’s Photoshop World keynote address, and now he’s posted a recording of the demo…
via John Nack on Adobe: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2009/10/video_sneak_peek_of_new_photoshop_tech.html
The work of a pioneering Kenyan photojournalist is rediscovered by a relative with hopes of finding a broader audience.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/showcase-finding-priya-ramrakha/
Link: +KN | Kitsune Noir » Juan Molinet:
Juan Molinet is an illustrator and designer living in Buenos Aires, Argentina and making some sweet art.
China formally kicked off its mass celebrations of 60 years of communist rule with a 60-gun salute that rung out across Beijing’s historic Tiananmen Square earlier today. Hundreds of thousands of participants marched past Tiananmen Square in costume or un
via Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/10/china_celebrates_60_years.html
Link: Commercial & Editorial Photographer | Southern California | Matt Mallams:
new essays, two new journals, and much much more
Link: Welcome to the World Press Photo Contest Archive:
For over fifty years the World Press Photo contest has captured images of our times. Our archive of winning photos is not only a record of more than half a century of human history, but a showcase of successive styles in photography and reportage.
The archive gallery comprises some 10,000 images. It includes photos that have become icons, by some of the leading names in the profession. World Press Photo has put them online with the aim of sharing our knowledge, resources and experience with the widest possible network.
This site was made possible with the support of the Mondriaan Foundation and VSB Foundation.
Alexandra Avakian has led a fearless life, covering uprisings, civil war, famine and genocide. What she discovered in the shower one day, however, chilled her.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/behind-18/
Link: An M9 In Paris – A Field Review – Luminous Landscape:
Choosing a Canon over a Nikon, an Olympus over a Pentax, or any other combination, comes down to matters of brand preference, feature comparisons, and personal whim. They all pretty much do the same thing, but of course with some differences in user interface, control placement and specific features, which may or may not appeal to any one individual. In addition there are a wide range of models (with new ones introduced every few months) to satisfy just about any budget. That’s fine. That’s the nature of the mass market and it means that we have some amazing cameras available to us at ever decreasing prices.
But for some the camera that they use is about more than being a tool for getting a certain task done – whether its a feature magazine assignment or simply recording a family vacation. For these photographers the camera becomes an extension of their ability to see and record, a tool for actualizing that process. The tool and the process become inseparable. It is for photographers that approach their work in this manner, and who have developed an appreciation for a minimalist esthetic that the M Leica appeals.
MW What inspired you to start taking photographs, and what is the primary inspiration for you to keep working in this field? DH My father…
Link: http://2waylens.blogspot.com/2009/09/david-hilliard.html
Link: A Conversation with Christopher Anderson – Conscientious:
After publishing my review of Christopher Anderson’s Capitolio, I ended up exchanging emails with him about the work and its purpose and reception. Things got so interesting that I thought this would be a great opportunity to take things public and to have a conversation with him on this blog.
Link: PDNPulse: MoMA’s “New Photography 2009” Showcases Artists That Push The Boundaries of Photography:
In her introductory wall text, Respini writes that “most of the artists actively work in other disciplines, and their photographs relate to drawing, sculpture, video, and installation.” Though the show is called “New Photography,” it seems sure to inspire some debate as to how far photography can be pushed before it becomes another medium.
Link: Q&A: Sebrina Fassbender, New York – Feature Shoot:
Sebrina Fassbender was born in Harvard, Illinois, and the U.W. Madison Art program for painting and drawing. While there she was introduced to Diane Arbus’s Photography in an Art History class, a moment that inspired her to pick up a camera. After obtaining a photography degree in Minneapolis, Fassbender eventually moved to New York in 2004 and started work on her photo series of Women on the Streets, which lasted five years.
DB speaking at Barnes & Noble in Bethesda, about 44 Day from David Burnett on Vimeo.
David Burnett speaking (the first 35 minutes) at Barnes & Noble in Bethesda, on occasion of the publication of “44 Days: IRAN and the Remaking of the World.”
About a week ago, Typhoon Ketsana (known in the Phillippines as “Ondoy”) made landfall, and according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Ketsana dropped 455 mm (17.9 in) of rain on Metro Manila in a sp
via Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/09/typhoon_ketsana_ondoy.html
Link: Showcase: Sisyphean Days in Cuba – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
The words came to Ernesto Bazan as he stirred awake one morning in Palermo.
“You need become a photographer.”
Guided by that revelation, the 17-year-old boy decided his future.