Category Archives: photographers & exhibitions

The Greatest War Photographer You’ve Never Heard Of

Read this NY Times piece on Catherine Leroy. And more from The Guardian. Hill Fights from Jacques Menasche on Vimeo.

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Don Hunstein, RIP

Photographer Don Hunstein has passed away.  Read more here.

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Chuck Berry, R.I.P.

A rock ‘n’ roll hero of mine since the 50s when I was a kid, Chuck Berry died yesterday at age 90.  Here is one of my favorite photos of him, courtesy the New York Times:

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Aydın Büyüktaş

This Turkish photographer creates one-of-a-kind composites that combine aerial and earthbound views.  A sample:More: http://www.diyphotography.net/photographer-creates-warped-landscapes-like-youve-never-seen/

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New York Times T Mag 50 Best Fashion Photos

Don’t really follow fashion or fashion photography (but am a fan of Richard Avedon‘s great stuff from mid-20th century to early 2000s).  However, some stuff is too interesting to ignore.  Like many of these slideshow images from “Best Photos From Fashion … Continue reading

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Peter van Agtmael: Decoding of American Violence

From a slideshow in a The New Yorker piece by Sarah Stillman on this photographer’s work.

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Developing Film In The River

Old photography partner comes up a with Library of Congress find, date uncertain — probably late 1800s or early 1900s, photographer unknown, of Native American Indians developing film in an outdoor makeshift “darkroom” using river water:

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Eisenstaedt Photographs The Photographers

Alfred Eisenstaedt, at the 1953 Inauguration of President Dwight Eisenhower (surely you remember that) … More from LIFE

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Goodbye, Obama

Pete Souza’s farewell photograph, today …

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2016 Ocean Art Competition

See the winning entries here.  Here’s one, from the Novice DSLR category:

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