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W. Eugene Smith on Breaking the Rules in Photography
The American Society of Media Photographers recently discovered the transcript of an interview of W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978), conducted by the portraitist Philippe Halsmann and the society’s first...
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Zack Arias on Signal, Noise, and Social Media
Zack Arias, an Atlanta-based photographer, pens a guest post on Scott Kelby’s blog about signal and the noise, social media hiatus, and finding inspiration. It’s worth reading in entirety, but here...
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Thierry Cohen’s Stunning Series on Darkened Cities
What would New York City, San Francisco, or Shanghai look like with a full sky of brilliant stars? Thierry Cohen, a French photographer, thinks he can show us by blending city scenes — shot and altered...
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The People You Meet at McDonald’s
Vance Evans, a 66-year-old retiree from Bakersfield, California, “has been eating double cheeseburgers at McDonald’s since he flipped them himself as a teenager.” In a photo essay titled “The People...
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Interview with Photographer Peter Belanger on Shooting for Apple
Great interview at The Verge with photographer Peter Belanger, who’s shot some of the most iconic products for Apple. What camera is nearest to you at the moment? Canon 5D Mark III, this is my go-to...
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“Apple has quietly become a leading camera company.”
That’s the quote of the day, courtesy of John Gruber, who runs Daring Fireball: Apple has quietly become a leading camera company. Huge amount of demo time for 5S camera. — John Gruber (@gruber)...
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Experiencing Self, Remembering Self, and Photography
Dave Pell contemplates in a post titled “This Is You on Smiles” on what the proliferation of cameras in our devices is doing to our collective memories: During a presentation on happiness at the Ted...
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Errol Morris on the Abraham Lincoln Portraits
I spent the better half of the afternoon reading Errol Morris’s fascinating series “The interminable, Everlasting Lincolns” in The New York Times, in which he sets to establish how the last known...
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The Photography of Adam Magyar
In a long piece titled “Einstein’s Camera,” Joshua Hammer profiles the photography of Adam Magyar: In a growing body of photographic and video art done over the past decade, Magyar bends conventional...
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Why Photography Matters: an Airbnb Case Study
This is a superb read on one of my favorite start-ups, Airbnb, and how the company was able to double its revenues after a critical decision was made: get professional-looking photos of the listings....
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