Yearly Archives: 2015

Saira

Community activist, civic leader and arts advocate …  

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Nikon D750 Shutter Issue Service Advisory

Some 2014 D750 models may be subject to a shutter issue, correctable by Nikon for free.  Use this link to see if your serial number matches the range of affected units:  https://support.nikonusa.com/app/_D750/sn As the D750 is on my list of … Continue reading

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The Man Who Saw America

That’s the title of a fine piece, published today by the New York Times Magazine, and written by Nicholas Dawidoff, about legendary photographer and filmmaker, Robert Frank.  Recently I was showing some of my photography book collection to my daughter … Continue reading

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Berndnaut Smilde

Berndnaut Smilde creates carefully controlled environments that let him produce a quickly-disappearing rain cloud that he captures in a photograph.  Read more here.

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Mary Ellen Mark’s Streets of the Lost

In a followup to an earlier notice of her death, I am linking here to what is said to be Mark’s most memorable LIFE magazine photo essay. http://time.com/3896742/mary-ellen-mark-streetwise/?xid=newsletter-life-weekly

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Mary Ellen Mark, More Memories

Here is a 1967 photo of Mark (recently passed away), taken by one of my early mentors, Ralph Gibson (whose hand also appears with Mark’s in this photograph).  She refers to this photograph as “The Enchanted Hand”.  Mark says that … Continue reading

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More Wired Skies

Up before dawn today to shoot out in the foothills and valley, as I was coming home, I caught these:    

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Mark Ellen Mark, R.I.P.

Mark Ellen Mark died on Monday.  Her documentary work came along early in my photographic career — we were of the same generation — and served as a great influence to me.  This is just one of many images that … Continue reading

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David Douglas Duncan

Herman, an old friend from Kansas City, reminds me, following my posts about Lynsey Addario, that David Douglas Duncan came out of Kansas City and was recently the topic of this very interesting Kansas City Star piece: http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/books/article21602583.html Duncan was one of … Continue reading

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Wired Skies

Just before this afternoon’s thunderstorm …

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