Archive for October, 2009
The Kodak Number I had a specific style and aesthetic to its images, as Richard Benson discusses in The Printed Picture: “Because the lens was crude it did not cover the corners adequately so a round mask was placed in front of the film to crop them out, making the earliest Kodak pictures round in [ READ MORE ]
I love finding vintage ads for Kodak – there is something so fun and novel about them. You really get a sense of the marketing that went into the Brownie and why it was such a success. The Brownie would alter the course of photography, and change its role in everyday life and image making[ READ MORE ]
I just came across the work of Philip Cheung while doing some blog surfing of my own. He is this year’s recipient of the 2009 Magenta Flash Forward Book for Emerging Photographers, and I can see why. His images are so beautifully lit and dramatically presented that they seem taken from a movie. They have [ READ MORE ]
http://photography.si.edu/ An insightful website that uses the vast photographic collection of the Smithsonian to create a dialogue with various users and professionals about the many roles photography has played in culture and society. Highly recommended! From the Smithsonian Initiative: “We hope this website will introduce you to Smithsonian’s extraordinary collections of photographs and to an [ READ MORE ]
Julienne Pascoe – Consultation Services on the Preservation and Management of Photography Collections With this website I have consolidated my academic and practical training to offer consultation services on the preservation and management of photographic collections[ READ MORE ]
A former classmate of mine from the PPCM program sent me this jpeg of a tintype. Since I am relatively new to blogging and want to see how you work images into the blog, I thought I would add this cute fella. I would also like to say how amazing these early relics of photography [ READ MORE ]
Photography is a critical visual language that has the capacity to transcend time and space as well as gender, race and political boundaries. It is a powerful form of communication that can bridge differences and spread empathy. The meaning of a photograph is not fixed, but rather changes according to the context in which it [ READ MORE ]
“The ease with which interesting photographs can be made is matched by the likelihood that most will ultimately be discarded.” – Richard Benson (The Printed Picture)[ READ MORE ]
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