While reading the New York Times Magazine‘s remembrance of notable people departed during 2016, one of its accompanying photographs was this by Gordon Parks, probably my favorite portrait of Muhammad Ali.
The magazine also asked photographer Mitch Epstein to make a photographic record of the places where some of these people lived before their deaths.
From the forgotten archives. Converted to black & white from faded, discolored Kodachrome slides. Featuring Bill, my old photog partner, with his 8×10 view camera. Encountered both snowfall and sandstorm on that expedition.
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 Gabriela Campos.
Marina (remember her?) takes a brief break from her national dance tour and drops by for some conversation.
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, I later tracked down this 2009 New York Times article and video on the subject:
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.
Walking around the house, then walking around the neighborhood …
Read this remarkable story from the New Yorker of a woman who pursued photographers for years to be included in their work.
