Category Archives: photographers & exhibitions

Photogrammar is a Yale online project site for organizing, searching, and visualizing the 170,000 photographs from 1935 to 1945 created by the United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information (FSA-OWI).  In just a quick search in my region, I … Continue reading →

Hawkeye is the 5-year-old son of National Geographic photographer Aaron Huey.  Accompanying his father on photographic trips throughout the American West, Hawkeye shot over 1,000 photograph, assembled into a remarkable Instagram account and now a book.   Read and see … Continue reading →

Thanks to an anonymous wedding photographer from Portland, we have a splendid satirization of Pacific Northwest lifestyles, selfies, Instagram itself and more in Socality Barbie.  Designated targets include That PNW Life | Adventurer | Coffee Drinker | Jesus | Authentic Living … Continue reading →

From the PBS NewsHour:  “South African photographer and activist Zanele Muholi is on a mission to bring the experience of black lesbians in her home country to the forefront, as many members of the community face high rates of violence, … Continue reading →

Top photographer is Australian Luke Austin.  A sample of his incredible work, below:For more photographs and photographers in the competition, follow this link.

Finally … Eadweard Trailer V2 (7.14.15) from The Industry & Co on Vimeo. And, while we’re at it, let’s listen to Muybridge-inspired music.  One of my favorite albums from Philip Glass, “The Photographer”:

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 →

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

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