Who Shot It Better? Breastfeeding from TIME & Babytalk
There are few things more polarizing than politics, gay marriage and breastfeeding. So in a week where Obama publicly supported gay marriage, we might as well look at breastfeeding, too, with two magazine covers from TIME and Babytalk. Amazing portraitist, Martin Schoeller, shot TIME‘s May 21, 20-12 cover, which is already causing shockwaves through the...
Photography Through the Eyes of Art Directors
I had the pleasure of attending the Art Director’s Club Annual Awards the other night on the invitation of my friend (and Board member) Ann Harakawa from the design firm Two Twelve. In college, I worked at a small design firm in New Haven, so design has always been near and dear to my heart....
Unboxing The New York Times Magazine’s “Photographs”
You know how you sometimes find out about something months or years after it happened? Where were you? That’s how I felt about the band Radiohead, which I “discovered” around, oh, 2009. It’s also how I felt when I found out that Kathy Ryan had edited a whole book of photos that have been featured...
Why Instagram is Terrible for You, and Why You Should Use It
Although everyone has an opinion on Facebook’s purchase of Instagram for $1b, I think we can all agree: Instagram is terrible for photographers (Gotcha). Why? Let’s count the ways. Why Instagram is Terrible for Photographers… The rights grab Let’s look at the Terms of Use: …By displaying or publishing (“posting”) any Content on or through...
The Value of Change, Listening More, and the Road Ahead
When we founded PhotoShelter in 2005, we did so with a commitment to use technology, and specifically the internet, to help photographers achieve success. We built a powerful online photo archive with a robust set of features to help photographers display, sell and deliver their images to clients in hundreds of ways. In some respects,...
Why Instagram is Terrible for Photographers, and Why You Should Use It
Although everyone has an opinion on Facebook’s purchase of Instagram for $1b, I think we can all agree: Instagram is terrible for photographers. (gotcha) Why? Let’s count the ways. Why Instagram is Terrible for Photographers… The rights grab Let’s look at the Terms of Use: …By displaying or publishing (“posting”) any Content on or...
Who Shot It Better? Jon Hamm: Peggy Sirota vs. Yu Tsai
Let’s slow this jam down for the ladies… If you’re one of those people who doesn’t watch AMC’s Mad Men, then you’re probably sick of people talking about it. On the other hand, can I make a suggestion? Watch it. I mean, they [spoiler alert!] tripped on LSD this past week, and it was hilariously...
Who Shot It Better? Nicki Minaj: Howard Huang vs Pari Dukovic
I will admit this much. If you’re not into hip hop, you probably have never heard of Nicki Minaj. But you might have seen this: Ok, so now you know what I’m talkin’ about. Nicki Minaj is a hyper successful hip hop artist who takes “harajuku” cool to another level. Her songs can be admittedly...
Your Moment of Zen
When I was a boy, I had a conversation with my father. He told me that music could make you cry. I didn’t have enough life experience at the time to understand how this could be so. It sounded silly to me. But something happened along the way. I became a music major. I played...
Who Shot It Better? Derek Jeter: Terry Richardson vs. Gregory Heisler
If you hate the New York Yankees, then take solace in the fact they are 1-3 to start the 2012 season, while we focus on Derek Jeter. In this edition of “Who Shot It Better?” we have two very different magazines and two very different portraiture styles. In the past, people have really gotten riled...
Mike Daisey, Truthiness, and Photojournalism
Over the weekend, the popular radio program and podcast This American Life produced an entire show’s worth of material to retract a previous story about Mike Daisey and his sold out, one man show “The Agony and Ectasy of Steve Jobs.” The issue at hand was Mr. Daisey’s fabrication of events in his theatre piece under...
The Beauty of Photo Sequences and Animated GIFs
Photographers spend a lot of time searching for the perfect shot, the decisive moment. In sports photography, you often hear of the perfect shot — ball on bat, the long bomb just an inch away from the fingertips of a wide receiver, the fist bump after sinking a winning shot. If you subscribe to the belief...
