Gallery Beaugeste is considered by the Shanghai photographers and gallerists I met on my trip to be perhaps the most “pure” and traditional of the venues exhibiting photography in Shanghai. Curator Jean Loh tends to show work by the quiet masters who have been pursuing their craft and story-telling for years with little regard to what is fashionable. I had several enjoyable conversations with Jean about photography, and wanted to share the work of three of his artists with a wider audience.
Luminous yet ephemeral, the performances and exhibitions of the last year may already be fading in memory. So Lens presents one more retrospective gallery: the people and places of the 2009 cultural scene — from Lady Gaga to Brünnhilde, from Jay-Z to Gustavo Dudamel — as recorded by Times staff photographers and freelancers.
Link: Showcase: Cultural Kaleidoscope – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com
Jasper Schuringa, who helped thwart an attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight to Detroit, has drawn questions and criticism after selling photographs.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/business/media/29cnn.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
But Mr. Schuringa’s work with the news media outlets raised questions: Was he inappropriately profiting from a national-security incident? And should broadcast networks and newspapers be paying for photo rights from sources they interviewed? Given the changing tone in the coverage, Mr. Schuringa appeared to rethink his approach.
When clients call for photography, they don’t always know what they want, or what their budget is, and figuring it out can pose a challenge. Sacramento photographer Bill Foster recently encountered one such client he’d never worked with before. He used a combination of problem solving and negotiating skills that not only won him the job, but earned him a steady client, too.
Link: The Estimate Doctor: Improvising from a Vague Brief and Unspecified Budget
Instead of interacting with my children today, I went through my extensive archive system (a box of dusty discs in the basement) and pulled out my favorite sports photos from the 2000s. I am one o…
via shooting from the hip: http://strazz.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/a-decade-of-sports/
Instead of interacting with my children today, I went through my extensive archive system (a box of dusty discs in the basement) and pulled out my favorite sports photos from the 2000s.
The celebrity news site published an image that it said showed John F. Kennedy on a boat with naked women.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/business/media/29hoax.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
It was, as TMZ said dramatically in a headline on Monday morning, “The J.F.K. Photo That Could Have Changed History.” Could have — if it had been a real photo.
We posted earlier in the month on how England’s Royal Family is trying to prohibit photographs taken of them on their estates. The problem in recent months has been that the Royals felt their…
Link: http://discarted.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/police-quash-fan-photos-of-royals/
fans’ cameras were seized by police as the Queen Elizabeth and other family members made their way to church on Sunday
Leica M lens prices will be going up on January 1st. 2010. You still have few days left to get the old prices (check availability @ Adorama, B&H or Amazon): Lens Current Price New Price Super-Elmar-M 18mm f/3.8 ASPH 2,895 2,995 Summilux-M 21mm f/1.4 ASPH
Leica M lens prices will be going up on January 1st. 2010
Today, DHS's Napolitano's response to the crotchbomber: "We're looking to make sure that this sort of incident cannot recur." But the TSA's response to Abdulmutalib's attempt makes one thing clear: We must stop pretendin
via Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/5435675/president-obama-its-time-to-fire-the-tsa
So what has the TSA done in response to the attempted attack? They’ve told airlines to make passengers stay in their seats during the last hour of flight. They’ve made it verboten for passengers to hold anything in their laps, again only during the last hour of flight. Perhaps most hilariously telling, they’ve forbidden pilots from announcing when a plane is flying over certain cities and landmarks.
There is no other way to interpret it: The TSA is saying clearly that they can’t prevent terrorists from getting explosives on airplanes, but by god, they’ll make sure those planes only explode when the TSA says it’s okay.
(Click for large. Two versions of W Magazine cover featuring Demi Moore, one for the US edition, one for Korea. Note the apparent difference in the area around the hip. Comparison here.) Lawyers re…
Lawyers representing Demi Moore sent a threatening letter to Boing Boing over the holidays which demanded that we remove a post I published in November, or face legal consequences. In the referenced Boing Boing post, I published photographer Anthony Citrano’s speculation that a recent W Magazine cover image of the actress may have been crudely manipulated by magazine staff to alter her hip, and appear thinner.
The images at Victoria’s Secret are fairly low quality — JPEGs at 85%. However, just because they are low quality does not mean we cannot see what was modified. For example, the Error Level Analysis (ELA) should have all objects at roughtly the same coloring. If anything stands out as bright white, then it was the last thing modified since it is at a higher potential error level than the rest of the image.
Link: Body By Victoria – Secure Computing: Sec-C
via: Odd Victoria’s Secret image analyzed with Photoshop forensics Boing Boing
From the Library: Riley and His Story from Little Brown Mushroom on Vimeo.
via: Book of the Year: ‘Riley & His Story’ by Monica Haller « LITTLE BROWN MUSHROOM BLOG
It’s very, very important for us to realize what we have to lose when we treat chance bystanders as journalists, while, at the same time, refusing to fund actual journalists – and it’s important to realize that these two issues are actually connected: They’re the two sides of the same coin.
Link: We’re all Zapruders now (but that doesn’t make us journalists) – Conscientious
Sean O’Hagan picks his favourite photography books– from reissues of classic editions to a stunning collection of mobile-phone snaps
via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/dec/28/photography-books-2009
From reissues of classic editions to an eye-opening collection of mobile-phone snaps, photography books in 2009 captured a medium in flux. Sean O’Hagan picks his favourites
The latest on the next 1Ds I’ve received spots of info about the 1Ds over the last month or so. Some good stuff and some silly stuff (square sensor). Releas
via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2009/12/1ds-mark-iv-cr2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+canonrumors%2Frss+%28Canon+Rumors%29
One of the Loop’s first “pop-up galleries” occupies a storefront at 29 E. Madison St. and features 50 works by members of the new Chicago Photography Collective.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/us/27cncpulse2.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
One of the Loop’s first “pop-up galleries” occupies a storefront at 29 E. Madison St. and features 50 works by members of the new Chicago Photography Collective.
Alex Prager harnesses solar energy. Face her smile and feel it — sunshine at point blank range. Your eyes will continue working though, and for the better too, as it happens with her photography. That luminosity is inescapable. You’re not avoiding it anyway. You’re called to the siren song, despite the silence, for even the nocturnal pieces of Week-end kindle.
Link: Juxtapoz Magazine – Alex Prager enjoys a month-long Week-end | Features
Part two of The Visual Student’s roundup of photos of the year and photos of the decade galleries from around the world. Highly recommended.
Link: The Visual Student » Photos of the Year/Decade: Part 2
