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This is the same problem I have with digital photography. The potential is always remarkable. But the medium never settles. Each year there is a better camera to buy and new software to download. The user never has time to become comfortable with the tool. Consequently too much of the work is merely about the technology. The HDR and QTVR fads are good examples. Instead of focusing on the subject, users obsess over RAW conversion, Photoshop plug-ins, and on and on. For good work to develop the technology needs to become as stable and functional as a typewriter.
Can we take a second to admire the perfection of Stephen Shore’s Uncommon Places? Shore’s journey across the lesser seen parts of the United States is an example of Americana at its finest.
A Photographic Trip Through America’s Lesser Seen Parts
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“Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people.”
- Henry Miller
Paul Newman and a Ricoh Singlex. No idea of the photographer I’m afraid.
Fantastic article in the Times on Winogrand’s prescience.
Every time I look back to this photo, I feel uncomfortable — it haunts me. It’s as if they are saying to me, we are not a number — not only cheap labor and cheap lives. We are human beings like you. Our life is precious like yours, and our dreams are precious too.
They are witnesses in this cruel history of workers being killed. The death toll is now more than 750. What a harsh situation we are in, where human beings are treated only as numbers.
This photo is haunting me all the time. If the people responsible don’t receive the highest level of punishment, we will see this type of tragedy again. There will be no relief from these horrific feelings. I’ve felt a tremendous pressure and pain over the past two weeks surrounded by dead bodies. As a witness to this cruelty, I feel the urge to share this pain with everyone. That’s why I want this photo to be seen.
Edwin Land, the president and co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation, demonstrates his company’s “60-second film” in 1963. By allowing photographers to see (almost) immediately what they had shot, Polaroid revolutionized photography and foreshadowed, in a way, the advent of digital photography and its unspoken creed of instant gratification.
Consistently thoughtful blogger David Campbell gives an insightful overview of this much-discussed (in certain circles, at least) issue.
It’s thrilling to hear one of the most fascinating and diverse collections of the 20th century finally has a good, permanent home.
Way before Photoshop, Jerry Uelsmann was crafting surreal photographs by hand in the dark room. Some of his stunning work is on tour at the National Gallery of Art through May 5.
Manipulating Photography Before Photoshop
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via Reblog for iPadDon’t worry, we were drooling when we first saw it too. It’s a new print from Pop Chart Lab titled “A Visual Compendium of Cameras,” and it features 100 of the most important cameras in history.
This May Be The Coolest Camera Print There Is
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via Reblog for iPadVintage Camera Ads Part VI: Take Your Camera Wherever You Go
It’s part of a Lomographer’s life to always have a camera in the bag, ready for those spontaneous photo ops the days may bring. But, apparently, Kodak has been advocating this way of life since its earliest days. In this installment of Vintage Camera Ads, we’ll take you down the memory lane once more, into perhaps the very first times photographers were advised to take their cameras wherever they go.