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“Dress Codes” is the third triennial mounted by the International Center of Photography. It is also the third and final phase of the center’s Year of Fashion, hence the theme. Perhaps predictably, this show isn’t as good as the previous Year of Fashion exhibitions: exhaustive surveys of the fashion work of Edward Steichen and Richard Avedon; the extraordinary “Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now”; and a display of works from the center’s collection called “This Is Not a Fashion Photograph.”

But triennials and biennials, being dedicated to new art, are harder to do well. “Dress Codes” is better than most shows of this kind; the good work outweighs the weaker. (via Art Review - ‘Dress Codes’ - Beyond a Simple Fashion Statement at the International Center of Photography - NYTimes.com)

Tags: /clothing /exhibition /garments /photography /video /Dress Codes /International Center of Photography /Year of Fashion

September22009

fromme-toyou:

Vintage Cafe au Lait Bowls from France

Austin, Texas

Tags: /austin /photography /france /bowls /red /green /cafe au lait

Reblogged from From Me To You.

— Alcatraz unlocks First Fridays | thecalifornian.com | The Salinas Californian

January32009

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Carrillo, who says she has snapped photos all her life, was first turned on to the medium-format, 120 film Holga camera by Richard Green, her photography professor at Hartnell College and a staff photographer for The Salinas Californian. Holgas, first released in China in the early 1980s, have caught on in recent years with photographers in the West for their unique aesthetics."

Tags: /alcatraz /holga /photography /bernadette carrillo

December82008

Adapter Puts Leica Lenses on Micro Four Thirds Cameras | Gadget Lab from Wired.com

It could successfully be argued that the whole point of owning a Leica is that you are then able to use the (deservedly) legendary Leica M lenses. The cameras themselves are, like any other camera, just boxes. Exquisitely engineered, wonderful to use boxes, but boxes nonetheless.

So, Novoflex’s new lens adapter, which will let you put a Leica lens onto a Micro Four Thirds camera, has us rather excited.

Tags: /leica /four-thirds /adapter /camera /photography /nikon /contax/yashica /olympus /pentax /minolta /lenses

November292008

theimpossiblecool:

Hemmings.

David Hemmings. Blow Up (1966) Dir. Antonioni

Love without meaning; murder without guilt

Tags: /60s /antonioni /blow up /david hemmings /impossible cool /london /photography /fashion /mods

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November212008

James Jowers - a set on Flickr by George Eastman House »

James Jowers
American (b. 1938)

James Jowers interest in photography began while serving in the United States Army where he was trained in darkroom procedures. In 1965 he became a student at the New School and studied under Lisette Model, who later became a close friend and mentor. At this time he was living on the Lower East Side and worked as a night porter at St. Luke’s Hospital; leaving him free to explore the City during the day and photograph life as he encountered it on the streets. Model later introduced Jowers to the Nancy Palmer Photo Agency where he was represented for several years.

The photography collection at George Eastman House holds approx. 400 James Jowers prints. The majority of the images were shot in New York City in the 1960s and early 1970s, an important and interesting time in US history. The photographs are of the New York City street photography genre. There are some remarkable images in this collection, including portraits of New Yorkers in various settings and anti-war protests in Central Park and elsewhere. There are also approximately 25 photographs of New Orleans in the 1970s.

Tags: /james jowers /george eastman house /flickr /Black and White /photography /street photography /lower east side /new york city /1960s

Rituals - The Slide Show - A Lost Artifact of Vacation Showing and Telling - NYTimes.com »

Bernard Hoffman/Time Life Pictures—Getty Images

The annual slide show of my childhood was my family’s victory lap: a validation of our somewhat unusual vacation choices. The slide projector’s light bulb would often burn out, a slide would be upside down or jam the carousel or dust would flit across the lens. But our friends loyally and dependably showed up, tolerating our idiosyncrasies and not snoring too loudly. I miss the communal feel of those parties.

Our trips were hardly luxury affairs. Even a motel with a pool (“Ten dollars extra — for a pool! Outrageous!”) would be insufficiently “authentic” and unnecessarily indulgent. We spent many summers in a Forest Service camp where early on my mother had to take care of daily chores and two small children without the benefit of running water. But hardships were part of the fun, in my father’s view, bringing us closer to the place we were encountering. And he had bigger issues to deal with, like figuring out the grand puzzle of the physical world. He had the ability to imagine and describe the earth as it had been billions of years ago, creating a journey within a journey for me.

Tags: /slide shows /memory /travel /ritual /photography /vacations /nytimes

November202008

theimpossiblecool:

Camus.

Tags: /camus /the impossible cool /black and white /photography

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November182008

Life magazine photographs online - Kottke »

Wow, Google is hosting millions of photographs from Life magazine from the 1860s to the 1970s. Would have been nice to see these on Flickr instead (so that people could add tags, annotate, etc.), but this is an amazing resource. (via df)

Search millions of historic photos

Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.

1860s
1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s

Search tip

Add “source:life” to any Google image search and search only the LIFE photo archive. For example: computer source:life

Tags: /Life magazine /images /kottke /photography /resource /search

November162008

Jessica Lange Publishes Photography Book, '50 Photographs' -- New York Magazine »

Images from Lange’s new book, 50 Photographs.

Tags: /Jessica Lange /photographer /photography /Leica /black and white /University of Minnesota /King Kong

Deseret News | Photo exhibit starts Friday »

“Defending My Universe” by Adrienne Defendi

Instead of high-tech and costly cameras, the photographers being featured in the latest SAANS Downtown art exhibit were required to use Holga “toy” cameras to produce their photographs for display.

The effect is definitely unique. Because Holga cameras are made with inexpensive plastic and other low-cost materials, the images created with them have a blurry, dream-like quality. Other unique effects include vignetting around the images and light leaks on the film.

Tags: /exhibition /film /holga /medium format /photography /Adrienne Defendi

November152008

greyscalegorilla/blog » Lensbaby Composer

This new lensbaby lens looks like it finally bridges the gap between expensive Tilt-Shift lenses and their old line of plastic. The older versions of the Lensbaby had always been a gimmick to me. It was a nice way to get some selective focus, but the optics weren’t good enough to give you the clean bokeh of a True Tilt-Shift lens and they really didn’t offer any advantage to the DIY Plunger Cam.

Lensbaby looks like it is growing up thanks to the new Lensbaby Composer. From the look of some of the Gallery Photos, the Composer and the double optic lens accessory takes some nice shots.

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From the Desk of David Pogue - Why We Shoot Home Videos - NYTimes.com

November132008

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Maybe it’s just ego. Maybe we record our lives as a hedge against mortality, hoping that some scrap of our lives will live on after us.

And maybe my correspondent is right. Maybe we’re fooling ourselves. Maybe, to some extent, home video and amateur photography are mass delusions on a global scale—a gigantic expenditure of money, time and expertise to create a visual record that, ultimately, nobody will ever see.
"

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But anyway, here are some of the reasons why I shoot video.

1. For our older selves.
2. For our descendants.
3. For pleasure.
4. For historians.
5. For posterity.

Tags: /why we shoot /photography /posterity /memory /movies

November52008

The next President of the United States - The Big Picture - Boston.com

In a vote of historic proportions yesterday, Senator Barack Obama became President-Elect of the United States of America with a 52% majority in the popular vote, and more than 349 electoral votes. Over two years of campaigning was resolved with a record voter turnout, as the Republican candidate John McCain conceded graciously at 11:20 pm eastern last night. With such a high level of interest and attention, there have been millions of words written and photographs taken of the candidates over the past year. Here is a collection of some of the best photos of President-Elect Barack Obama over the past several months. (35 photos total)

Tags: /obama /photography /boston.com /44th president of the united states of america