Speaking of Great Color Photography…
...You've got to see this, a Vimeo slideshow retrospective posted by Leica Camera to commemorate Steve McCurry being awarded the 2011 Leica Hall of Fame Award*. Possibly the best short presentation of McCurry's work ever? And a compelling argument for...
Congratulations Jim Davis
Kudos and three attaboys to Boston Globe photographer Jim Davis, left, who says he's been prepared for more than 20 years just in case he ever got a chance to photograph a triple play. His chance finally came in the...
The Urban Prisoner by Matt Weber
After I featured him in "Random Excellence" a few days ago, Matt Weber very kindly sent me a copy of his book, The Urban Prisoner: Photographs by Matt Weber . It's a insider's view of city life by an outsider...
Meet David Peat
David Peat, Your Move, Paris A diagnosis of cancer two years ago inspired Scottish filmmaker David Peat to finally begin making prints from the street photography he's been doing on the side for forty years. This little news item with...
Hand on Fire
After the explosion, he saw "bits" of himself in a tree, and took stock of what was missing (an arm and two legs). Then he took stock of what remained—right hand, eyes. And he thought, "I can work." From the...
Update: Paul Trevor and Don Hunstein
Don Hunstein by Robert Phillips First, Don: You'll remember when I did the brief post about Dylan's 70th birthday I added a P.S. that said, "Extra credit: Name that photographer." The photographer who took the cover of "The Freewheelin' Bob...
Video: Paul Trevor
Photo by Paul Trevor Here's a nice video by the English photographer Paul Trevor about some old work of his that's just been coming into its own within the past couple of years. It's also quite pertinent to the discussion(s)...
Meet Herman
I wish I'd known about this the other day, when I linked to Herman Krieger's work with his new folder. (I forgot to link to the folder itself, too. I notice the price on these has come down nicely since...
Foto Retro and Futuro
Two contrasting yet oddly complementary bodies of work I've come across recently, both of them I think quite excellent, each in its own way: Herman Krieger, Todd Retro: Our friend Herman Krieger has posted a set of documentary pictures that...
The Story Behind the Symbol
First: The late Chris Hondros, who died of wounds received in battle yesterday, was a contributor to the site Bag News Notes, which has a post this morning about him and Tim Hetherington, as well as links to his articles....
Random Excellence: Micha Theiner
Garbage floats on the Paranaque River. Photo by Micha Theiner. Overcrowding in the Philippines: At Foto8, a video slideshow of selected pictures by Micha Theiner entitled "A Megacity to Call Home." Manila is one of the world's most populous cities,...
Random Excellence: Mitch Epstein
Mitch Epstein, Gavin Coal Power Plant, Cheshire, Ohio, 2003 The website is a little tricky, but all the pictures there are well worth viewing. Twice. The backgrounder essay is also interesting. It explains, among other things, the otherwise somewhat incongruous...
