Category Archives: photographers & exhibitions

Is It Art: Followup

Posted on December 12, 2014 by webdev

Friend John tracks down Jones’ previous rather contradictory assertion to which I had alluded in the previous post: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2013/jan/10/photography-art-of-our-time

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Is It Art?

Posted on December 11, 2014 by webdev

Art critic Jonathan Jones, writing this week  in The Guardian, cites the $6.5 million sale of Peter Lik’s photograph of an Arizona canyon as proof that photography is not art. Perhaps we should recall that the controversial Mr. Jones once … Continue reading →

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Reviving The Old Ones

Posted on October 24, 2014 by webdev

The other day I was approached with a small World War II black & white portrait of a military officer and his then-wife.  For obituary purposes, the daughter of the now-deceased military officer wanted me to photoshop out the wife who … Continue reading →

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Richard Tuschman and Hopper Meditations

Posted on October 9, 2014 by webdev

Some of the most engaging paintings that have stuck with me from childhood have been those by Edward Hopper.  His “Nighthawks” was the first that I saw at about ten years of age, and is surely his most widely known. Photographer … Continue reading →

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William Gedney Homage

Posted on July 11, 2014 by webdev

Woodkid (aka Yoann Lemoine) just released this video homage to the work of William Gedney, with a remix of a Max Richter track (as Max Richter is one of my very favorite composers, I will be talking more about this on … Continue reading →

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Aerial Warfare Photography – World War One

Posted on May 27, 2014 by webdev

My old photog sidekick Bill turns me on to this collection of photographs presented by The Atlantic.

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Bunny Yeager, R.I.P.

Posted on May 26, 2014 by webdev

More on this story and some pics  — also see recent (March 14) posting on Yeager

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Remember Exakta?

Posted on April 30, 2014 by webdev

Just came upon some fine photographs made by Theodore Lewis OF that legendary German camera.  These photographs can be seen here.  And spend some time with his Tumblr site to see more of Lewis’ fine work. Learn more about Exakta here.

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Cranked

Posted on April 30, 2014 by lawrence hathaway

From Bill:

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Bunny

Posted on March 14, 2014 by webdev

Once, “back in the day”, I was visiting with my old photography partner in his studio, and he trotted out his latest find.   Bill was forever prowling garage sales, swap meets and classifieds for photographic deals, mostly looking for … Continue reading →

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