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The Ultimate Photographer’s Jacket

Made me laugh—Hugh Look found this fabulous jacket on eBay. Perfect for the digital black-and-white photographer who has everything. Mike (P.S. Hugh says the jacket really is as pictured, it's not a spoof; he didn't Photoshop the picture.) Send this...

End of Sale Update

I'm happy to report the sale went very well—Peter sold just under 500 prints. Everybody who ordered should have gotten a longish email back from me with payment instructions that included my mailing address. If you didn't get that, please...

Random Excellence: Bobby Neel Adams

I'm fascinated with photographs that show the way things change over time. Bobby Neel Adams creates what he called "AgeMaps": Bobby [the artist] at age 36 and 6 ...which combine pictures of the same person at different ages; and, in...

Last Day!

Just a reminder that our current sale of Paris pictures by Peter Turnley printed by Voja Mitrovic is about to end. We'll take orders up until 6 p.m. U.S. Central Time tonight (Friday). I think that's midnight Fri.-Sat. GST, if...

The Plot Thickens

"There are a lot of people out there who are pissed...." —Robert Mann So you remember that I posted in passing about an Eggleston picture I liked that was being offered for sale for a big chunk of money. Then...

Random Excellence: Michael Poster

Photograph by Michael Poster ...Not so much this single image but the whole set, called circus school, which can be viewed on Michael's new website along with several other sets of work. Not naming any names, but sometimes art museums...

Now It’s Spring

James Friedman, Inside of a Major League Baseball Jim Friedman's tribute to Opening Day. (The Cards beat the Miami Marlins 4-1, in the Marlins' new house.) And don't forget what starts today. (No noise from the Patrons, please.) Mike Send...

Just Ask

By William Schneider I began collecting photographs back in the mid 1980s. My first print purchase was from a Very Big Name art photographer known for pioneering darkroom work in the 1960s. I saw a photo of his on the...

The 2012 iPad, Part II: Bigger Display, Better Camera

By Ctein (Part I is here) This is the second part of my review of new iPad. I strongly recommend the first part and my previous iPad reviews to understand where I'm coming from with this device. I'm reviewing only...

Update #2—And a Fish Tale

9 p.m. Tuesday: I am happy to report I am no longer overwhelmed. In fact I'm completely caught up with the orders, and with all the bookkeeping. Despite not being good at that sort of detail work, I'm being very...

Sticky: Current Sale Ongoing This Week

This post is a sticky—new posts will appear below it. It's a link to our current sale of Paris pictures by Peter Turnley printed by Voja Mitrovic. To order, simply send me an email reserving your prints. I need to...

Fuji X-Pro1 Ships!

Cannot resist mentioning: Amazon opened the Fuji X-Pro1 floodgates this morning. Expect a quick sellout. Mike (Thanks to K.P.) Send this post to a friend Please help support TOP by patronizing our sponsors B&H Photo and Amazon Note: Links in...