December 2009
23 posts
“This is the photoblog equivalent of your local underground college radio...”
– B: 2009 Recap: Prime Photoblogs
Blake Andrews’ description of the excellent La Pura Vida is one I think Mr. Formhals will be happy with.
“A photographer’s best pictures are from deep inside him, and also some of...”
– Burk Uzzle
La Pura Vida | November 2009 →
This is probably my favourite LPV show so far. Olivier McGuinness did a wonderful curation job, splitting the show into three distinct parts that each take on a unique identity within the wider theme. There are some really strong images here, but it is interesting to note that, according to McGuinness himself, only five of the final thirty shots were submissions to the group pool, whilst the rest...
“Larry Sultan, a highly influential California photographer whose 1977...”
– Larry Sultan, California Photographer, Dies at 63 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com (via lapuravidagallery)
“The photography world is now filled with scores, if not hundreds, of...”
– The Future of Photography Books (discussion) « DARIUS HIMES (via lapuravidagallery) (via curdiogenes)
“To be able to see in concrete terms what was created in a fraction of a second...”
– Ralph Gibson
Albany For The Next Four Days
I’m going to be in Albany for work until Friday, so posting will be light, if not entirely non-existent. I’ll be trying to fit in some shooting time, of course. Usually, when I’m on these work trips, I take my D90 and shoot whatever/whenever I can, This time I’m going to shoot entirely with film; the Bessa R2 will be coming along for the ride, and I have a few rolls of...
RIP William Winterbottom
Uncle Bill wasn’t even a real uncle, at least not by blood. He was the best friend of my mother’s father, from their army days back in the 40’s and 50’s. I say ‘my mother’s father’ because I never knew the man. He disappeared one night when I was a baby, leaving his wife - my Nan - and my mother behind. For a while they didn’t even know if he was...
“Sometimes we work so fast that we don’t really understand what’s...”
– Minor White
