Abigail
Cole
Alaina
Ryan
Ashley
Sherry
Daniel and Courtney
Steve
Angie
Ginger, the dog
Thursday November 26th 2009, 9:58 pm |
Filed under: Documentary, Food
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Thanksgiving, By The Plateful
Finally, Friday
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| A weekly report from Gary Gardiner of Gardiner NewMedia | |
Where’s the Inspiration?The Insanity of Inspiration.“I’ve been thinking a lot about the most important skill a photographer can possess in order to have a successful career. After crunching the numbers and analyzing the empirical data the evidence is clear; success doesn’t rely on skill as much as it relies on inspiration; the paranormal event that fuels the creation of brilliant images that is totally unreliable in its visitations to your career.” [ APA National ] A Different Way To Think About Creative GeniusAll creatives dream. Photographers, writers, designers, musicians, dancers, chefs… dream of doing something so phenomenal that the whole world suddenly knows about it. We dream. We practice. We work. We think. When we’re lucky, we truly create. What is the nature of creativity? Where does it comes from? Where does it go? [ Pixsylated ] Eds Note: My apologies to Pixsylated who I failed to properly credit for this posting. Invasion of the ShutterbugsAt a time when people in all kinds of careers are looking for a Plan B, there’s one that’s already teeming with dabblers: photography. Amateurs with digital cameras are hanging out shingles, offering to shoot portraits of people, pets and, even more challenging, weddings — skimming business from professionals while, some say, knocking off their style at lower quality. [ Crains - Chicago ] Playboy Plans ‘Radical Changes’ to Print Model
Obama Girls Used With Murdered Kids StoryOn Wednesday, a story featured on the Washington Times website about murdered Chicago schoolchildren was inexplicably paired with a photo of President Obama’s daughters. The two girls are not mentioned in the story, and aside from having at one point been schoolchildren in Chicago have no connection to it. [ Huffington Post ] Copyright Critics Rationalize TheftImagine a city of many millions of people who support themselves and their families solely by arranging words, images and sounds, or in the industries that make this work available to others. They neither farm, fish, mine, manufacture, manage, heal, teach, build nor defend. But what they do influences most everything, shapes politics and governance, provides a conception of our time, forges the culture such as it is, and stamps the imprint of the present for history to judge. Though builders may build, in the main they follow the plans of architects. Teachers teach, but they must have a text. Politicians govern, but only upon the flow of commentary that raises them up or casts them down. [ WSJ ] This Week In NewspapersAmerican Press On Suicide Watch [ New York Times ] Bad Day For Newsrooms And Democracy [ TruthOut ] David Simon On The Downfall Of American Newspapers [ MediaBistro ] |
Photo NewsA conversastion with Amy Stein CBSNews.com – Redesigned with More Photos Linsey Addario Injured in Pakistan Flight 1549 Photos Published With Airlines Logos Removed What will become of photojournalism in an age of bytes and amateurs? Twitter News & TweetsFacebook NewsADL urges Facebook block Holocaust-deniers Viral Videos |
During its quarterly earnings call Monday, Jerome Kern, Playboy Enterprises’ interim chairman and CEO, said the company is considering “radical changes” to its print business model. The publisher reported a $13.7 million net loss during the first quarter of 2009, compared to a $4.2 million loss during the same period in 2008. Revenues for the period were $61.8 million, down more than 20 percent from $78.5 million during the same period last year. [ | The Friday Photo |
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(Published Friday, May 15, 2009) |
Friday May 15th 2009, 6:00 am |
Filed under: Documentary, Finally, Friday, Humor, Newspapers, Obituary, Photo Editing, Photoblogs, Politics, Video, Westerville Life
Fourth Friday Friends
One of the pleasures of the Uptown Fourth Friday party is the opportunity to meet new people who don’t mind stopping for just a moment during their evening for a quick photo. Among the best moments is this young couple who strolled around the four-block event hand in hand taking in all the celebration provided. Including a nice street portrait.
Nikon D300, ISO 200, 14-24mm f2.8 @ 16mm f5.6, 1/100, RAW.
Saturday January 17th 2009, 12:01 am |
Filed under: Documentary, Friends
Peppered
I’m not sure there is a great explanation for emotional and psychological space this photo originated. There’s nothing quite as strange as looking in your driveway to see someone holding a mannequin’s head peppered with bird shot.
Nikon D300, ISO320, 24-70mm f2.8 @ 24mm f6.3
Photographer Dorothea Lange is honored for her innovative spirit
‘You put your camera around your neck along with putting on your shoes, and there it is, an appendage of the body that shares your life with you. The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.’
– Dorothea Lange
Three-quarters of a century has passed since Dorothea Lange looked into the eyes of a migrant mother and captured the despair and determination of a depressed nation.
Today, Lange will become the second photographer inducted into the California Hall of Fame at the California Museum for History, Women and the Arts in Sacramento.
Lange will join contemporaries Ansel Adams and writer John Steinbeck in the hall established in 2006 to honor legendary people who embody California’s innovative spirit and have made their mark on history — inductees as diverse as Ronald Reagan, César Chávez, Jonas Salk, Amelia Earhart, Walt Disney and Willie Mays.
Modesto Bee Story by Ted Benson
Tuesday December 16th 2008, 11:45 am |
Filed under: Documentary, Newspapers
Maxim Solomon Exhibit in Israel
Perhaps one of the most surprising aspects of Maxim Salomon’s photojournalism is the shortness of the period this fantastically creative – and difficult – man produced his most important body of work.
The lion’s share of the journalistic work on display at the Eretz Israel Museum exhibit “Maxim Salomon: Reportage, 1947-1957″ was shot for Uri Avnery’s sensationalist tabloid Ha’olam Hazeh, where Salomon worked for only one year, and the Israel Defense Forces weekly Bamahaneh, where he worked for the next five.
Even if you grew up in the decades when magazines like Life or the British Picture Post brought the world into your home each week by way of powerful photo essays, you may have long since forgotten the sweet anticipation that accompanied the moment when you opened up an issue and began to page through it to see what surprises it contained. Walking through the small Dekel Pavilion at the museum, where the Salomon show will be up until the end of the year, you may feel a similar feeling of excitement, and also participation, as still photographs – especially when they come without the texts that originally accompanied them – often demand the active use of the viewers’ imagination, if they want to understand the story being told.
GA Magazine | Eretz Israel Museum | Haaretz.com
