December 2008
30 posts
A Great Essay →
by Bruce Sterling. Read it all the way through.
Revamped my portfolio. →
Added projects, collaborations, and updated works on my website. Ready to create more in 2009.
Interview with Chris Buck →
I had to chance to review hundreds of Chris Buck photoshoots while working at Corbis several years ago and getting a box of his contacts truly was a “christmas morning” experience. He submitted tight edits with notes on the frame — composition, light, hopes for what it was achieving, etc, was impeccably organized, and constantly handed in inpiring work.
noahkalina:
The only...
Advice to Young Photographers
Compiled by Alec Soth for the Magnum Blog.
He asks two questions of 35 photographers,
1. When did you first get excited about photography?
2. What advice would you give to a young photographer?
His own answers:
When did you first get excited about photography? I spent most of my childhood playing with pretend friends in the forest. It wasn’t called art, but it was awfully creative....
Foodies Make a Pitch to Obama →
“…nearly 90 notable figures in the world of sustainable agriculture and food sent a letter to the Obama transition team earlier this week offering their six top picks for what they called “the sustainable choice for the next U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
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It was signed by 88 people, among them: Michael Pollan, Judy Wicks, Alice Waters, Rick Bayless, Wendell Berry, Eric...
Stranded in Canton
William Eggleston’s video work, Stranded in Canton, is now available for purchase almost 40 years after it was first made in collaboration with film-maker Robert Gordon. Excerpts from the film are available at the Eggleston Trust. The film along with a book of enlargements from the film’s digital remaster are available at Twin Palms Publishers for $40.00. Definitely on my wishlist.
