Who Do You Love? (Coda)
Thanks very much for all the comments, private and public. Very helpful indeed—I got several crucial recommendations from the responses that I wouldn't have thought of otherwise. This will enrich the final list, assuming I ever actually get it done....
(OT)(Con’t.)
Re the Beatles discussion: I suppose you might think this is self-serving of me, and I suppose it is, but, FYI, Amazon is fighting back against the iTunes Store by offering silver discs of most of the 2009 remasters of...
Who Do You Love?*
Sorry, I've got song titles on the brain today. What, not who. But a serious question to throw out to the brain trust**: I'm writing an article called "Small Cameras We Love." I've got a number of the slots nailed...
2 Cool
Half-frame view camera: I can't remember if I've mentioned this before, but Chamonix, the bespoke Chinese view-camera maker, makes a five-by-eight inch camera. Why? Well, because 5x7 film is getting scarce around the world. To get a sheet of 5x8...
OT: Beatles on iTunes Deal Expected This Morning
I read the news today, oh boy. It's being widely reported that Apple—the computer maker, that is—will score a coup of sorts this morning (although the iTunes Store teaser still says "tomorrow," so maybe it'll be Wednesday) when the Beatles...
Calcutta
Text and Photographs by Peter Turnley The first foreign trip I ever made as a traveling photojournalist was to India to cover the funeral of Indira Gandhi and the sectarian violence that followed her assassination by two of her Sikh...
Too Much?
Okay, I'm aware of complaints that we've been mentioning Pentax too often lately—this is not a Pentax blog—but just a couple more things: we've just completed an interview with Ned Bunnell, President of Pentax USA, which will run this coming...
Random Excellence: Eric Ogden
Eric Ogden, Cormac McCarthy Found this by way of Andy Adams' 100 Portraits project, which is definitely worth seeing. Eric's picture in 100 Portraits, called Andre Williams, 2008 (image 52 of 100), was one of my favorites. (At the link,...
Lightroom Coolness
Since we've kinda raked Adobe over the coals the last few days, it seems like equal time might be indicated for one of the coolest features in Lightroom 3. Back when we shot our food and drove to town in...
Chick Cameras
Nobody ever mentions this, but c'mon, everybody knows Canons are for women, Nikons are for men, right? Canon always advertised its cameras using hunky sports stars. To appeal to the ladies, of course. This Andre Agassi ad featured beefcake poses...
Surreal Snaps
Garage Sale Masterpieces: Newsweek offers a tiny but tantalizing sampling of 17 images from the 1,500-piece found-photo collection of St. Louis, Missouri, connoisseur John Foster. "When I look for images," says Foster, "I look for something that makes you almost...
Coming on Monday
I'm happy to report that we'll be publishing another extensive portfolio of original photojournalism by Peter Turnley on Monday. Be sure to visit TOP then to check it out. In other friends-of-the-site news, this is cool: remember Gordon Lewis's umbrella...
