Category Archives: photographers & exhibitions

Route 66 Remembered With Gabriela Campos

Posted on December 14, 2016 by webdev

Just as we are about to retire our 2016 National Geographic calendar with its Route 66 theme, old friend Herman happens to send along this reminiscence of iconic, historic Route 66 as published by Al Jezeera, with great photography by … Continue reading →

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Dennis Stock and James Dean

Posted on December 9, 2016 by webdev

Last night, I watched “Life” on Netflix, a biopic about photographer Dennis Stock and his relationship to actor James Dean.  Knowing a bit about the real-life story, I eagerly plunged into the somewhat disappointing, as it turns out, film.  However, … Continue reading →

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Time’s 100 Most Influential

Posted on November 20, 2016 by webdev

Time Magazine show us its pick of “The Most Influential Images of All Time” on its special website (where you can, unsurprisingly, order books and prints).   A tall order; see if you agree.  

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Isabelle Mege, The Subject

Posted on October 30, 2016 by webdev

Read this remarkable story from the New Yorker of a woman who pursued photographers for years to be included in their work.

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Fred Lyon: San Francisco’s Brassai

Posted on October 11, 2016 by webdev

Friend John turns my attention to a recent showing of some 1940s and 1950s work of San Francisco legend Fred Lyon, documenting his home town in the 1940s and 1950s.   And here is one of my favorites from Lyon: … Continue reading →

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The Photography of Protest

Posted on July 11, 2016 by webdev

Compare this photo (more details here) with … … the photos here.

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The Diane Arbus You’ve Never Seen

Posted on May 26, 2016 by webdev

That’s the title of this New York Times piece about a forthcoming show of Diane Arbus’ early work, previously unpublished or not exhibited.

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Wetplate Collodion Photography by Andreas Reh

Posted on April 21, 2016 by webdev
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The Art Brewer Re-Connection

Posted on April 15, 2016 by webdev

Back in the days — the pre-outback, pre-Internet days — when I was regularly interacting with other photographers and artists it was somewhat customary to exchange pieces of work with others that one admired. So it was with Art Brewer. … Continue reading →

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Fan Ho: Hong Kong in the 1950s

Posted on March 1, 2016 by webdev

See Design You Trust’s story here.

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