Category Archives: photographers & exhibitions

Tour de France, Another View

Posted on July 15, 2019 by webdev

Old photo-partner friend and earthquake survivor Bill sends this image he created this morning by altering a photograph he just grabbed from his TV screen.

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Bigger Than Life: Bill & Jim

Posted on May 29, 2019 by lawrence hathaway

Bill sends along this photograph, made by Mr. Utter, of himself and Jim, his silversmith friend in a neighboring studio, together with a vintage movie camera under restoration.  For more on Bill, see this page. And here’s another version, this … Continue reading →

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Enough

Posted on March 24, 2019 by lawrence hathaway

Here is Time photographer Peter Hapak’s portrait for the forthcoming April 2 issue: The accompanying article can be read here.

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Youth and Climate Change

Posted on March 15, 2019 by lawrence hathaway

Today, young people around the world boycotted school classes to protest around climate change.  Here are some photographs assembled by the New York Times.  

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Jerry Uelsmann in Yosemite (1973)

Posted on March 12, 2019 by lawrence hathaway

Taking a break from his teaching at the University of Florida, Jerry Uelsmann came to Yosemite in California in early 1973 to instruct at an Ansel Adams workshop.  Here are a couple of images — from previously unprinted and forgotten … Continue reading →

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A Man Ahead of His Time

Posted on March 12, 2019 by lawrence hathaway

On the occasion of his 73rd birthday, Bill sends along this morning’s self-portrait, noting that some time adjustment may be needed on his device. UPDATE 8/23/21: See Bill and His Watch with No Hands UPDATE 9/6/21: See Bill’s 73rd Birthday, … Continue reading →

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A Minor White Shaggy Dog Tale

Posted on March 10, 2019 by lawrence hathaway

In the course of my renewed communications with Jim Friedman, I happened to recall an incident concerning his mentor, Minor White.  In the summer of 1973, my sidekick, Bill, and another friend, Mike, and I were making the rounds of … Continue reading →

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Page 159, or The Marvelous and Serendipitous Tale of a Photogram

Posted on February 20, 2019 by lawrence hathaway

One of the seventeen volumes in the Life Library of Photography, with a publishing date of 1970, is entitled, “The Art of Photography”.* It has been, by far, my most used volume in the set and always has been since … Continue reading →

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Judy Dater, Redux

Posted on February 18, 2019 by lawrence hathaway

Over the past few weeks, I have been communicating with Jim Friedman, a then-Boston photographer I met in a 1973 workshop with Ansel Adams. We continued to correspond and exchange prints for a year or two following the workshop, but … Continue reading →

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Lee Friedlander: Workers: The Human Clay

Posted on February 11, 2019 by lawrence hathaway

In a followup to last week’s post on the publication of images by Lee Friedlander of his wife and family, a new collection is being published in April of his work throughout the years that celebrates humans and their work. … Continue reading →

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