Jonathan Blaustein speaks with Darius Himes and Mary Virginia Swanson about their new book. In my experience, every photographer would like a book of his or her work. It’s a given, like the misery of next month’s tax deadline. Whether we’re talking about
In my experience, every photographer would like a book of his or her work. It’s a given, like the misery of next month’s tax deadline. Whether we’re talking about an artist monograph proffered by an established publisher, or a 21st Century-style photo album of the family trip to Puerto Rico, everyone wants a book. Yet the process is complicated, and often opaque for the average photographer.
Mary Virginia Swanson, who’s had a long and illustrious career in the photography industry, and Darius Himes, a writer and co-founder of Radius Books, have just published Publish Your Photography Book, (Princeton Architectural Press) which I mentioned in my article about the PDN Photo Plus Expo this past fall. They allowed me to preview a pdf of the entire book earlier this winter, and agreed to answer some questions.
For over 60 years, Magnum photographers have traveled around the world with their own agendas carrying their camera of choice, which was more often than not a Leica. These photographers produced iconic images of major world events including wars and revolutions, as well as everyday scenes of the world at work and at play. Magnum has allowed these photographers to share their unique visions and, as Alice George mentions in the video, Leica has become Magnum’s “passport to the world.” Leica and Magnum’s shared history and common mission gave rise to a technological and photographic collaboration which Alfred Schopf, CEO Leica Camera AG, and Magnum photographer Jonas Bendiksen, President of Magnum Photos International Inc., signed into being in December 2010 and was announced in February 2011.
If you ignore power-plugs and adapters, then my posts here on Gadget Lab skew rather heavily to notebooks (the paper kind) and photography. So I am almost contractually obliged to write about this field notes notebook from Etsy maker fabriKate. The book (
The book (which is not from the actual Field Notes company) is a way to record “EXIF” metadata for your film photos. After snapping a frame, you can write down the date and time, the frame number, the exposure and location of the photograph.
Delays? Not hearing a lot of positive things about current products and new products because of the Japanese earthquake. The latest info I’ve received says
Ten photojournalists have been awarded $1,000 each for the Yunghi Kim grant—a grant meant to bring awareness of the importance of copyright registration.
Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington visited Columbia University to discuss their documentary Restrepo, that as you will know, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. For me, the most important part of their discussion was how they don’t define themselves within one box, “I write”, or “I take photos”, or “I shoot video”. Tim and Sebastian are extraordinary for pushing the boundaries of what defines us as journalists… they both use whatever tools necessary to tell the story. Part I of this series is Sebastian’s path to being a journalist and where the comparisons lie between conflict photographers and soldiers.
Adam Dean, a Beijing-based photojournalist represented by Panos Pictures, arrived in Japan roughly 20 hours after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeastern coast of the country. After he returned home to Beijing on March 26, Dean
Adam Dean, a Beijing-based photojournalist represented by Panos Pictures, arrived in Japan roughly 20 hours after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeastern coast of the country. After he returned home to Beijing on March 26, Dean (one of the 2011 PDN 30 emerging photographers) answered our questions about the logistical challenges of covering the catastrophe, and also wrote about the story’s emotional impact.
A few months back Constantin Nimigean was kind enough to include my project “Love In The First Person” in Oitzarisme’s inaugural “Love” issue, along with some wonderful work by folks like Steven Beckly, Felix R. Cid and others
Online crowdfunding has proven to be a popular and viable means of financially supporting creative projects. Sites like Kickstarter.com have enabled individuals to appeal directly to an audience and realize a range of ideas that otherwise would have had limited chances of getting off the ground. But there hadn’t been a site for photojournalism until now.
A month after the launch of the new crowd funding platform for photojournalism, Emphas.is, one of its users reports from the road. Belgian photographer and Emphas.is fundraiser Tomas van Houtryve tells us about the good, the bad and the future of this wor
“Emphas.is isn’t a magic bullet that will solve every problem plaguing visual journalism, but I think it is turning out to be a good model for long-term documentary projects,” says van Houtryve. “I have a crowd of very supportive people behind me, and it is clear that they have a stake in the project’s success. It’s very inspiring.”
Otto Schulze runs a full-time fine art wedding photography studio based out of Denver, Colorado. He gets to travel all over the world to document that special day in the lives of his clients. Otto does not manage to capture all the beautiful emotion, anticipation and expectation of each wedding day on his own, however. He relies on the team of the Leica M9 and new 35mm f/1.4 Summilux ASPH lens, his equipment of choice. Recently, Otto had the opportunity to field-test the Leica X1 and share his thoughts with us.
A few days ago, US District Judge Deborah A. Batts ruled that Richard Prince had violated Patrick Cariou’s copyright when using some of the images from the Yes Rasta book to produce Canal Zone. Much has since been written about this ruling, here are a few of the reactions/takes: Rob Haggart/A Photo Editor, Ed Winkleman, Donn Zaretsky, Paddy Johnson. In a nutshell, photographers for the most parts are giddy that Prince lost, whereas the non-photo art world is appalled by the ruling
Paul Patrick Borhaug, known on his Web site simply as Paul Patrick, is 21 and lives in Oslo. His current project is “The Violence of Silence.” He spoke with Kerri MacDonald for the Turning Point series.
Photojournalist Tomas Van Houtryve has been testing alternative funding methods for his photography projects and I asked if he would give us a report on how it’s working out for him. His latest project is called “21st Century Communism” and he’s using Emp
Photojournalist Tomas Van Houtryve has been testing alternative funding methods for his photography projects and I asked if he would give us a report on how it’s working out for him. His latest project is called “21st Century Communism” and he’s using Emphas.is to fund it (here). Here’s what he had to say:
This thought occurred to me most recently when Matt Eich was in Portland for the opening of a showing of his pictures at Blue Sky Gallery. Matt was carrying his camera, a Canon 5D Mark II with a 35 mm f1.4, as he almost always does. He set it on the table in front of me when we were having drinks. And there it was, a piece of machinery so well used that there’s a lot worn silver around the edges and a ding or two. The lens glass was spotless, however.
The featured images this week are: Eva, La Porge, France 2003 by Jock Sturges, Torn Poster, Road to Villa Real, 1995 and Donkey Grazing, Road to Miranda, 1995 by Mark Klett and August 25th, Spring Bamboo Boat by Don Hong-Oai.
With a very simple bit of workshoppery, and a $5 companion app from the App Store, you can turn you iPhone or iPod Touch into an infrared remote for your Canon SLR camera. It works like this. The DSLR.Bot application sends a signal to the headphone jack o
With a very simple bit of workshoppery, and a $5 companion app from the App Store, you can turn you iPhone or iPod Touch into an infrared remote for your Canon SLR camera.
