BP maintains it followed “industry practice that is required by federal law.” I would like to see this federal law challenged in court because I have a feeling taking photos of a public street is a constitutionally protected activity.
Category: Photography
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SUPERFICIALsnapshots: Summer Scenes
The book starts with Sasha, a kleptomaniac, who works for Bennie, a record executive, who is a protégé of Lou who seduced Jocelyn who was loved by Scotty who played guitar for the Flaming Dildos, a San Francisco punk band for which Bennie once played bass guitar (none too well), before marrying Stephanie who is charged with trying to resurrect the career of the bloated rock legend Bosco who grants the sole rights for covering his farewell “suicide tour” to Stephanie’s brother, Jules Jones, a celebrity journalist who attempted to rape the starlet Kitty Jackson, who one day will be forced to take a job from Stephanie’s publicity mentor, La Doll, who is trying to soften the image of a genocidal tyrant because her career collapsed in spectacular fashion
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An Illicit Whole Earth Catalog at J.F.K. – Lens
An Illicit Whole Earth Catalog at J.F.K.
Taryn Simon spent five days photographing the world’s material underbelly as it made its way through a New York airport. Miki Meek explains.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/behind-49/
Passengers, airliners, workers, baggage, cargo, taxis and trains flow ceaselessly through Kennedy International Airport.
Taryn Simon recorded another ceaseless flow — one the public rarely sees: contraband detained and seized from international flights.
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"Perfect Uncertainty – Robert Adams and the American West" (2002)
Robert Adams is preeminent among the many photographers who have concerned themselves with the urban development of the once-wild lands of the American West. He began to photograph on the Colorado high plains in 1965, and the subjects of his broad body of work have included the spreading of tract houses along the Rockies; strip malls, parking lots, freeways, cheap motels and garishly lit discount houses; abused land and brutalized animals; the defunct orange estates of outer Los Angeles; the ruined forests of coastal Oregon, and the adult and child citizens of the new West as he finds them, often enough, marooned in bleak trailer parks or graceless rooms.
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John Loengard on the role of the photo editor
Nothing is more important than the trust of photographers. Since they are not employees, but freelancers, photographers often operate from a disadvantaged position. Remember that:
· You are the photographers’ advocate. No one else will be.
· You are the photographers’ counselor, explaining the magazine to them and them to the magazine.
· You are the final arbiter when disagreements arise with other members of the staff. -
Using Crowds, and GPS, to Chart Roadkill – NYTimes.com
Mapping Traffic’s Toll on Wildlife (Published 2010)
Projects in California and Maine ask people to photograph and locate dead animals to understand the impact of roads on the environment.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/technology/13roadkill.html
To Ron Ringen, a retired veterinarian, roadkill is a calling.
Nearly every week for the last seven months, Mr. Ringen, 69, has driven the roads north of this college town near Sacramento, scanning the pavement for telltale bits of fur and feathers.
Pulling over, Mr. Ringen gets out, snaps photographs and uses his GPS device to record the precise location where creatures met their end.
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Finding Clarity in Ambiguity: Matt Eich on Rich-Joseph Facun – NYTimes.com
Finding Clarity in Ambiguity
So a photographer walks into a bar. And, in the case of Matt Eich, he emerges with a newfound way of looking at the world.
via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/finding-clarity-in-ambiguity/
It was then that I lost the sense of guilt that used to come from making pictures that didn’t have an actual narrative. I started to become more comfortable with ambiguity and with the sort of timelessness.
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Photo shoot becomes lesson in business practices – SportsShooter
Throughout your career as a student photographer people will constantly try and pay you less than you are worth. The truth is, not only are you a photographer, you are a businessperson. I know that as a student you typically don’t have many business-related costs– you don’t rent an office, you don’t have assistants, you don’t encounter the same costs a “typical” photo business would, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t treat yourself as a legitimate business person.
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Shop Talk: Equipment Insurance | Prime Collective
Last month I was robbed along with two colleagues of mine while we were sleeping. No one was hurt – we slept through the whole thing. But… they made off with about 10,000 in photography equipment and laptops. Luckily I was insured. After going through this experience I wanted to take the time to write about equipment insurance, which even if you have renters insurance or home owners insurance is worth getting because often times these policies will not cover you while you are traveling. Plus they often have higher deductibles.
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The Woman in the 'Family of Man' Family: Misha Erwitt on His Mother – NYTimes.com
The Woman in the ‘Family of Man’ Family
A lot has been said about this photograph, but Misha Erwitt (whose mother and sister are shown) says its greatest meaning comes from its place in his family.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/the-woman-in-the-family-of-man-family/
“I make fewer than 50 photographs a year. For every exposure I make, I spend many more days in the field just observing, waiting for that rare moment when season, time, and weather add up to just the right light. My work is about slowing down and noticing beauty in the world, especially that which is in danger of being lost or taken for granted. My work is less about a subject and more about a way of seeing that subject, less about a landscape and more about a feeling of being in that landscape.”