Category Archives: photographers & exhibitions

A while back, we caught interviews on Charlie Rose, Fresh Air, the PBS NewsHour and elsewhere of Lynsey Addario, a “conflict” (i.e., war zone, etc.) photographer who has covered situations in almost every global trouble spot, from Africa to Afghanistan and … Continue reading →

Old phototog sidekick Bill, himself a former pro surfing photographer, sends along this link to an article on the work of Doug Falter.  Just one example ….

The other evening we streamed from Netflix the 2013 film, “A Thousand Times Good Night”.  Juliette Binoche played the lead as a conflict-zone photojournalist who could not stay away from the action.  The director, Erik Poppe, was a photojournalist himself … Continue reading →

This is just one example of several famous photographs painstakingly recreated in miniature by Swiss photographers Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger.    

Writing recently in the New York Times Magazine, Teju Cole in his “A True Picture of Black Skin”, explores how Roy DeCarava in his lifetime captured something very special about black subjects and their lives in his photographs.  DeCarava, who … Continue reading →

Here’s a time-lapse piece by Joe Capra, done with 80 megapixel images, each at 10328×7760 pixels. Please don’t do this one at less than fullscreen.  See the backstory here. 10328×7760 – A 10K Timelapse Demo from SCIENTIFANTASTIC on Vimeo.

If, like me, you follow the world of music and rely on websites such as NPR’s All Songs Considered (among many others) to find new artists, albums and sounds, you may know of Bob Boilen, the show/site’s host.  Now we … Continue reading →

Here’s a documentary to add to your list of best movies of 2014.  This is the Finding Vivian Maier trailer:

Hit this link to see Tumblr’s 2014 Photographers to Watch from its 2014 Tumblr Year in Review.  I’m still trying to work out my favorites.  Some good stuff to be seen.