Postcard from Robert Polidori: Yemen, 1996
Link: Photo Booth: Postcard from Robert Polidori: Yemen, 1996 : The New YorkerIn 1996, the photographer Robert Polidori travelled to Yemen on assignment from French Geo, photographing hydrological systems, dams, and canals in the area between Sanaa and the coastal city of Al Mukallah. This trip left a lasting imprint on Robert, who has a remarkable eye for architecture. I visited Robert’s studio the other day to comb through his vast archive of photographs from these travels. Here’s a selection, with some words from the photographer.
A Few Thoughts on Black & White Conversion… Past and Present
Link: A Few Thoughts on Black & White Conversion… Past and PresentAs I was working through scripting for the Black & White segment of my new Adobe Camera Raw series, it just kept getting longer, and longer and longer. Which, uhhhh…. might be a problem. But as I dug into it, it also just kept getting more and more interesting! So I decided to spin it out, and turn it into a separate, and completely free tutorial.
Mule Design Studio’s Blog: Getting Comfortable With Contracts
Link: Mule Design Studio’s Blog: Getting Comfortable With ContractsWhen Erika Hall and I started Mule 10 years ago, we were excited to be able to take on our own clients, make our own decisions, and most of all, to do what we loved to do. One task that didn’t break our top ten was negotiating contracts. And while it still isn’t our favorite part of the job, it is the part that makes everything else possible.
Conversations about Photobooks: Lesley Martin
Link: Conscientious Extended | Conversations about Photobooks: Lesley MartinAperture has long been a - maybe the - beacon of American photobook publishing. It’s pretty much impossible to talk about photobooks without at some stage running into a book that was done by Aperture. Lesley Martin, Publisher of the Aperture Book Program, has worked on a huge number of those books, often pushing the envelope in unexpected directions. A few weeks ago, I sat down with Lesley to talk about Aperture and about the history and future of photobooks
Joao Silva Doing Exceptional Following Major Reconstructive Surgery
Link: Joao Silva Doing Exceptional Following Major Reconstructive SurgeryPhotojournalist Joao Silva is doing exceptionally well this morning following extensive reconstructive surgery at the hands of three teams of specialized surgeons yesterday at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, his boss New York Times assistant managing editor Michele McNally told News Photographer magazine this morning
Gary Copeland: SXSW Music Festival and Rock Photography
Link: Gary Copeland: SXSW Music Festival and Rock Photography « The Leica CameraGary Copeland, a commercial photographer based in Los Angeles, specializes in shooting the contemporary music scene, covering on-stage performances and the backstage life of bands and individual performers. Gary recently returned from the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas where he shot live performances of bands on the Volcom Entertainment record label. He has used a variety of cameras over the years including Leica M6s, but now shoots almost exclusively with Leica M9s. Here’s a first-person account of his work and the personal motivations that drive him to pursue his mission.
Libya Expected to Release Four More Captured Journalists
Link: PDN Pulse » Blog Archive » Libya Expected to Release Four More Captured JournalistsThose detained included freelance photographers Manu Brabo of Spain and Anton Hammerl of South Africa; and reporters James Foley of the online news site GlobalPost and Clare Morgana Gillis, an American freelancer.
Theater of War: Photographs by Christopher Morris
Link: Theater of War: Photographs by Christopher Morris - LightBoxTIME contract photographer Christopher Morris, on assignment in Libya for nearly a month, has been documenting what Libyan government minders have orchestrated, and beyond. Working quickly, often times shooting from inside the tour bus and under the radar of government minders, Morris’s photographs transcend the intent of his guides, capturing the subtleties of a closely watched society at war with itself.
finally…the finals
Link: finally...the finals - Shooting from the HipAfter photographing the Chicago Golden Gloves for what seems like months, the first of three nights of finals finally arrived Thursday night.
Be creative, be on time… and don’t give headaches
Link: Be creative, be on time... and don't give headaches - A Picture's Worth | PhotoShelterSo we thought we'd spend some time talking with photographers to compile a series of profiles that illustrate the blood, sweat, and savvy that goes into building a strong photography career. Along the way our gracious narrators have shared personal anecdotes, insider equipment tips, and some secrets to finding photography success that even surprised us.
“Tych,” a free diptych-maker for Photoshop
Link: John Nack on Adobe : “Tych,” a free diptych-maker for PhotoshopTych Panel is an extension to Adobe Photoshop that automates diptychs and triptychs creation. It supports an arbitrary number of layouts using the compositing feature making it the perfect tool for your photo blog… Tych Panel is released as open source and can be used, modified and redistributed in any way you want.
D*Face Comes to L.A.: British Street Artist Talks Advertising, Skating and Punk Rock
Link: D*Face Comes to L.A.: British Street Artist Talks Advertising, Skating and Punk Rock - Los Angeles Art - Style CouncilIt's not so much important that you don't know who I am. I don't find that it's necessarily relevant that you know who I am regarding my work. The work speaks for itself and if it doesn't speak for itself, then I like people to reinterpret it for their own views. I don't know that knowing what I look like is relevant to what I do. I think people can be a little hung up on what the artist looks like. What are you doing? Are you looking at what they are doing or are you looking at them? Since I play that out in my work, it seems a little pointless to be like, "Hey, here I am. Am I cool? Do you think I'm cool? I'm not?"
Anti-Zombie Fortress
Link: Anti-Zombie Fortress | Know Your MemeAnti-Zombie Fortress is the nickname given to an abandoned coal mine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, mainly due to its unique structural design that can be seen as highly impervious to zombie raids. While the mine shaft has become a popular destination in Japan for haiyakos (廃虚) or “urban excursion of abandoned buildings” since the mid-2000s, photographs of the tower became a subject of “anti-zombie” parodies and online discussions via social news hubsite Reddit in early April 2011.
But is it photography?
Link: Conscientious | But is it photography?Would it make sense to rebrand the Deutsche Börse Prize as a conceptual photography prize given the variety of photographers shortlisted over the past years? You decide
Competition: The photographs of the year
Link: Competition: The photographs of the year | La Lettre de la PhotographieThe APPPF (Agency for the Promotion of Professional Photography in France) has organized the third edition of the photographic prize called “Photographs of the Year”. A competition reserved for European professional photographers meant to promote their know-how.
Photographer #264: Paul D’Amato
Link: 500 Photographers: Photographer #264: Paul D'AmatoPaul D'Amato, 1956, USA, could be called a "creative non-fiction" photographer. His photographic practice has always inhabited a space between two contradictory truths.
