Hey, you should check out the new “the space in between“, a great blog that’s been on a long hiatus. Interesting to see how various photography blogs come and go. Not sure why we should expect it to work any differently from anything else in life.
I can probably trace my interest in visual art directly from comic books to movies then, after a long gap, still photography. In my attempts at self-education as a comic book artist in high school and college, I ran across an interview with Carl Potts, an editor at Marvel Comics, who suggested studying cinematography [...]
I am so glad I had the opportunity to meet Amy Stein in person before I left New York. If you’re not aware, Amy is a thoughtful and talented photographer doing interesting projects like “Stranded” and “Women With Guns“. I’ve been reading her blog for a while now and always find something interesting there, like [...]
The Getty has acquired all 252 images in Irving Penn’s series “The Small Trades”. The series was started in the 1950s on assignment for Vogue, but Penn continued the work after the assignment ended, cataloging working class people in their professional clothes against a blank studio background using natural light. Penn’s composition (all the portraits [...]
Jörg of Conscientious and Miguel from Exposure Compensation have put together an great list of commentary from photographers, dealers, bloggers, etc. on the question “what makes a great portrait?” Some participants are Timothy Archibald (whose portrait of Smith and Wesson CEO Micheal Golden I’ve commented on previously), dealer Bill Hunt, photographers Amy Stein, Brian Ulrich, [...]
