Yearly Archives: 2009

Olivier Laban-Mattei

Posted on June 15, 2009 by webdev

Friend and fellow photographer John just helped me discover a great photojournalist in AFP’s prize-winning Olivier Laban-Mattei of France. See a sample of his work at http://portfolios.afp.com/photographer/olivier-laban-mattei.html. Also, his images from Iran following the recent election are appearing almost everywhere, including here.

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D-Day, Another View

Posted on June 13, 2009 by webdev

This week we commemorated the 65th anniversary of D-Day in Europe. Most of us are familiar with the Omaha Beach landing photographs of Robert Capa, regarded as perhaps the greatest war photographer of the era.  One of my very favorite … Continue reading →

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Besting Hemingway

Posted on June 11, 2009 by webdev

Friend John sends along a link — passed to him, I gather, by a participant in the photo shoot — of Felice Arenas’ portraits, coupled with appropo Ernest Hemingway quotes, that try to go beyond Hemingway’s challenge of avoiding big words to … Continue reading →

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Driftless

Posted on May 19, 2009 by webdev

This one hit home. Literally. As a native rural Iowan and decades-long fan of Robert Frank (who wrote an introduction for this project, and whose The Americans book of mid-fifties photographs seems to be a definite spiritual predecessor), I was immediately taken away with … Continue reading →

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Synecdoche

Posted on May 10, 2009 by webdev

Veering off-topic a bit here. I had to look this one up: Synecdoche (pronounced “si-NEK-də-kee”, IPA: /sɪˈnɛkdəˌki/; from Greek synekdoche (συνεκδοχή), meaning “simultaneous understanding”) is a figure of speech in which: * a term denoting a part of something is … Continue reading →

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Damon Winter and the Pulitzer

Posted on April 21, 2009 by webdev

This year’s Pultizer Prize in feature photography was won by Damon Winter of the New York TImes for his work covering the Obama campaign. Read about Winter and see a gallery of his work.

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Cassini Exposed

Posted on April 20, 2009 by webdev

The Boston Globe’s Big Picture today is publishing the most gorgeous images I have seen yet from NASA. These document the Cassini spacecraft visit to Saturn. Also see NASA’s Cassini pages.

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WWII and LIFE.com

Posted on April 17, 2009 by webdev

Getting lost looking at photos on life.com again. Here is the famous Alfred Eisenstaedt photograph of the sailor and nurse at Times Square, celebrating the end of World War II in August 1945. This image, and some others from that … Continue reading →

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Brubeck Meets Adams

Posted on April 4, 2009 by webdev

While visiting NPR’s music site in connection with a previous post on my music blog, I came upon an unexpected connection. In earlier posts, we mentioned how Ivi was turned on to Dave Brubeck’s classic Take Five and the “Time Out” recording from … Continue reading →

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Life in Beta

Posted on April 2, 2009 by webdev

Life.com is now in beta, I have discovered. Guess it’s okay, but it somehow doesn’t have the impact for me that opening a paper issue did when I was a child. UPDATE 4/4/09 – There is an incredible wealth of images here … Continue reading →

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