Category: Photography

Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters

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Occupying five rooms and crafted into a 773-page book that should come with its own lectern; the work is a systematic record of 18 bloodlines or Chapters and their related stories. As with An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar (2007), Simon has unearthed an arbitrary selection of curious or nightmarish scenarios and invites us to analyse each as meticulously as she has brought them to our attention.

January 10, 2020
How the Power of Open can benefit photographers – Telegraph

How the Power of Open can benefit photographers

Can giving your work away help you to make more money? Photographer Jonathan Worth says that it can and he’s done it.

via The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8623680/How-the-Power-of-Open-can-benefit-photographers.html

Can giving your work away help you to make more money? Photographer Jonathan Worth says that it can and he’s done it.

January 10, 2020
Jenny Odell

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“In all of my prints, I collect things that I’ve cut out from Google Satellite View— parking lots, silos, landflls, waste ponds.”

January 10, 2020
The Freelancer's Online Marketing Blueprint

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Freelancers are constantly challenged to balance self promotion with the demands of client projects in order to keep growing their businesses. Usually, when one priority needs attention, the other falls to the wayside. That’s no way to run a sustainable business. So, we decided to write this e-book to teach freelancers how to use the latest online marketing tactics to create a constant pipeline of new client opportunities. It’s packed full of “how to” research, lots of tools, and actionable strategies that freelancers can implement immediately.

January 10, 2020
ED RUSCHA: "One-Way Street" (2005)

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Edward Ruscha arrived in Los Angeles in 1956, delivered by the car trip he and high school friend Mason Williams took in Ruscha’s black 1950 Ford from Oklahoma to the suburban-like stretch of a rapidly developing L.A. Over the next seven years, Ruscha drove the distance between L.A. and Oklahoma City several times, often documenting it by taking snapshots of gas stations along U.S. Route 66 that record the experience of the drive. Although many of the photographs were shot from across the road, several of the images are framed by the visual parameters set by a car window. They appear to be taken from the spatial perspective of the dashboard.1

January 10, 2020
After 46 Years, Bob McCandless Shutters His Urbana Studio

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McCandless, who was chief photographer for The Courier newspaper in Champaign-Urbana before opening his studio, said he hopes to vacate the space by the end of the month

January 10, 2020
The Surreal Dioramic World of Photographer Lori Nix

The Surreal Dioramic World of Photographer Lori Nix

Lori Nix spends weeks, even months, hand-fashioning elaborate tabletop dioramas specifically to capture in just the right light with her camera.

via Laughing Squid: https://laughingsquid.com/the-surreal-dioramic-world-of-photographer-lori-nix/

She spends weeks, even months, hand-fashioning elaborate tabletop dioramas specifically to capture in just the right light with her camera. Without the aid of digital manipulations, Nix goes one step further and uses an old-fashioned 8 X 10 large format camera

January 10, 2020
ANDREAS GURSKY: "From a World's Spirit's Eye View" (2007)

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Let us remark that an increase in perspective, even one that goes hand in hand with a zooming in on the details, need not necessarily lead to a dramatic increase in size. The question remains what may have been the reason for Gursky’s predilection of giant size. Before answering this question, let us first have a look at the other characteristics of Gursky’ photos.

January 10, 2020
Stay Hungary

Stay Hungary

What is it with Hungarians and photography? For a country with a relatively small population base (roughly 10 million), Hungary has produced…

Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2011/09/stay-hungary.html

What is it with Hungarians and photography? For a country with a relatively small population base (roughly 10 million), Hungary has produced a startling number of first-rank shooters.

January 10, 2020
How much should I charge for photography?

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Pricing creative work is a dark art, so here’s another helpful video to get you in the mindset of fair fees for your work

January 10, 2020
Discussing the dark art of pricing creative work

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Jessica Hische, creator of the excellent Should I Work For Free?, has just published a post on her blog called The Dark Art of Pricing, which is a no-nonsense guide for young creative types to start thinking about effective pricing of their work

January 10, 2020
Teabonics

Teabonics

Teabonics refers to spelling and grammatical errors associated with members of the Tea Party movement, particularly the picket signs displayed during various Tea Party demonstrations.

via Know Your Meme: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/teabonics#.Tpgx7d0zJM4

Teabonics refers to spelling and grammatical errors associated with members of the Tea Party movement, particularly the picket signs displayed during various Tea Party demonstrations.

January 10, 2020
JEAN-CHRISTIAN BOURCART: “Camden” (2008)

Jean-Christian Bourcart: “Camden” (2008)

This is absurd. I just searched the Web for the most dangerous city in the United States.
By Jean-Christian Bourcart

This is absurd. I just searched the Web for the most dangerous city in the United States. I wanted to rediscover that strange energy you feel in places where social rules and cons

via AMERICAN SUBURB X: https://americansuburbx.com/2011/11/jean-christian-bourcart-camden-2008.html

This is absurd. I just searched the Web for the most dangerous city in the United States. I wanted to rediscover that strange energy you feel in places where social rules and constraints have been weakened or abolished. A feeling of freedom mixed with danger.

January 10, 2020
Photo Business Plan Workbook Videos: #4 Fix Your Finances

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If your photography is your occupation, then you need to treat it like a job, not a hobby. This means maintaining a level of professionalism and accountability in your photo business. There are several things that every business needs, and we address those in #4 Fix Your Finances.

January 10, 2020
Photo Industry “Fails of The Year”

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without further ado, here are the First Annual “Fails of the Year”…

January 10, 2020
A Century on Film: How Kodak Succumbed to the Digital Age

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The most important moments of the 20th century were captured on Kodak film. But the once-dominant American company could not compete in the digital age. Eastman Kodak’s bankruptcy has left the company’s remaining employees with uncertain futures.

January 10, 2020
Photography and Place

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In that sense, no photographic treatment of any place will ever be truthful. Too much will be excluded, and our brains would never be able to even process the infinity of images and information a truthful portrayal would provide.

January 10, 2020
50,000 new visitors to cartoonist’s site results in an extra 23 books sold

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Cartoonist Lars Martinson submitted the first installment of the Kameoka Diaries to Reddit. As a result, his website, which gets about 100 visitors a day, had 48,342 visitors in a single day. He thought he might sell a couple hundred more ebooks than usual because of the new influx of visitors. That was a gross overestimate.

January 10, 2020
Favorite Sources for New Photography

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With so many venues and platforms displaying new photography every day, how do clients choose where to look at new work? We asked several editors, art buyers and judges of the PDN Photo Annual to name some of their favorite places to find new photo projects and discover new talent

January 10, 2020
Live Webinar with National Geographic: Electrifying Photography From Around the World

Live Webinar with National Geographic: Electrifying Photography From Around the World – PhotoShelter Blog

What Photo Buyers Want: National Geographic’s Senior Photo Editor, Elizabeth Krist Tuesday June 5th, 2012 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT Simply put, National Geographic has the kind of photography that makes your jaw drop. This award-winning magazine is revered for its striking images from all corners of the world, and for that reason photographers dream…

via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2012/05/live-webinar-with-national-geographic-electrifying-photography-from-around-the-world/

In this live webinar with National Geographic, Senior Photo Editor Elizabeth Krist will share why she considers photographers to be “gods”, what kind of photography grabs her attention, and a behind-the-scenes look at how she and her colleagues closely work with photographers to take the issue’s photos from inception to completion.

January 10, 2020