Left: Cindy Crawford, Ferre 3, Malibu, 1993. Right: Greg Louganis, Hollywood, 1985. Copyright © Herb Ritts Foundation Herb Ritts: L.A. Style has been extended to September 2nd at the J. Paul Getty Museum, in Los Angeles, after which it will open at the Cincinnati Art Museum in October. Ritts, whose career bridged the gap between art and commerce, made Los Angeles the site, and the inspiration, for his photography. He often … Read the full Story >>
When I first paged through Paul Fusco's RFK Funeral Train - the trade edition published by Umbrage in 2000 - I felt a dreadful sense of deja vu for how wrong things had gone in 1968. The optimism of an age in which so many were committed to making the world a better place had been wiped out by the assassination of yet another … Read the full Story >>
Why Ikea Photoshopped women out of its Saudi Arabia catalog ... VII agency cofounder Gary Knight to chair the 2013 World Press Photo Jury ... Kodak discontinues T-Max P3200 film as the company rolls ahead with its reorganization ... British artist Sam Taylor-Wood gets commercial by shooting an ad campaign for H&M ... Eye-Fi unveils its new 16GB Pro X2 Wireless Memory Card ... … Read the full Story >>
A French exhibition of cell-phone photography ... digital magazine readership climbs by more than 50 percent ... 65 years of revolution from Magnum Photos ... Alison Zavos reveals where she finds the photographers she spotlights at her Feature Shoot blog ... National Geo photographer Tim Laman spends eight years in the New Guinea rain forest documenting all 39 Bird of Paradise species ... photog … Read the full Story >>
The world is going crazy for artificial Intelligence right now, but what will we think about it in 10 years? Recently, Jimmy Kimmel celebrated the 20th anniversary of his late-night talk show by interviewing his past self, courtesy of deepfake technology. The amusing segment underscored the ever-improving quality of deepfakes--and how they may soon became mainstreamed in our culture. Meanwhile, New York Times columnist … Read the full Story >>
Miami’s new modern and contemporary art museum, renamed the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), opens today with exhibitions that reflect its growing strengths as a collecting institution. Contemporary art, in the form of a 20-year survey of works by Ai Wei Wei and new monumental sculptures by Jedd Novatt, are surrounded by smaller shows of art, video, sculpture and installations by Yael Bartana, Bouchra Kahlil, Hew Locke, and Monika Sosnowska. The modernist … Read the full Story >>
The 2013 Beijing International Photography Week opens today at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing's Xicheng District. With the theme "Photography: World in Focus," the photo week will present a series of exhibitions, lectures, forums and themed activities at the main venue, as well as at the 798 Art Zone, Caochangdi Art Zone, Wangfujing Pedestrian Street and Cable 8 Creative Culture Zone. The centerpiece of the program is the First … Read the full Story >>
Not only can a blog increase your online presence, it's also the perfect opportunity to give your audience more background on you as a professional photographer and a person. Behind-the-scenes shots and fun stories help clients get a better sense of who you are and what it would be like to work with you. To some photographers, blogging comes naturally: The content flows like … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the pen or the brush? Daniel Baxter: I've always gravitated towards working with lines, and still do today. When painting, I am in currently in love with dry-brush technique. PR: How did you decide on art as your métier? DB: As a teenager, I was a dreamer by nature, and felt comfortable with the idea of being an artist. But this was a … Read the full Story >>
If you’re a fan of TV superseries Parks & Recreation, Silver Linings Playbook or Boardwalk Empire—and one with a discerning eye for period detail—you probably have an appreciation for set property. Elements like old newspapers, books, a lottery ticket from Havana, and even a wallet or passport case can create an aura of authenticity that makes you a believer in the characters and … Read the full Story >>
Time lapse has come a long way. The filmmaking technique has become a central piece of the visual universe online, and the availability of ever-more-sophisticated gear - from cameras and sliders to gimbal and drones - has made it possible to more and more people to create cinematic-quality work. In today's roundup of filmmaking tutorials from around the web we feature videos about creating … Read the full Story >>
It wasn't as easy as he thought. We now know that during his first 100 days as president, Donald Trump learned that the job was even tougher than being a real-estate mogul and reality-TV star. The president also told interviewers that he felt it was unfair for the media to judge his performance using the arbitrary 100-day measure. But the media, which Trump has … Read the full Story >>
While many around the globe were losing loved ones as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the people of Milwaukee were burying young men due to a rise in gun violence. Residents of the city's north side have seen a 93-percent increase in the rate of violent crimes over the last year. Milwaukee-based photographer Sara Stathas joined Los Angeles Times reporter Kurtis Lee for … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the brush or the pen? Giovanni Alberti: First of all, the pen. That’s how I instinctively give shape to my first thoughts or feelings. Drawing with the pen allows me to highlight the most important aspects of the image, then I can use a brush to give greater depth, or to better convey the idea of substance. PR: How did … Read the full Story >>
They were pictures that shook the world - photos of a young Syrian boy who lay drowned on a Turkish beach. Three-year-old Aylan Kurdi died when the rubber dinghy that was to carry him and his Syrian family to safety in Greece capsized. As we noted in September, the pictures, printed in newspapers around the world, "drove home the terrible human cost of Europe's … Read the full Story >>
Clifford Coffin has been called Vogue's "lost photographer." Though not as widely known as some of the fashion magazine's other photographers, Coffin's 1949 image "Models Sitting on Sand Dunes" has since become a popular classic (critic Vince Aletti has compared it to the surrealist paintings of Rene Magritte and cast it as a precursor to the soon-to-be Pop Art movement). Now Australian aerial photographer … Read the full Story >>
ICON, the biannual conference that brings media people and artists together to discuss signal issues and trends in publishing, launches in just a month, in sunny LA. One of the keynote speakers who will be talking about the future of publishing, on a panel moderated by the legendary Roger Black, is Kelly Doe, Art Director at the New York Times. I … Read the full Story >>
Friday, November 30 Artist talk, reception, and film screening, 6:30 pm: Kumi Korf | Red Paper from Tosa. The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27th Street, Third Floor, NY, NY. In New Orleans Through Sunday, December 2Photonola 2012 | The 7th Annual Festival of Photography in New Orleans. Information. Today is the deadline for early registration and 10% discount: Texas Photo Roundup | Austin. The … Read the full Story >>
"Depression is sneaky and sometimes we only really see its depths once we climb out," writes climber and photographer Cory Richards in his new memoir, "The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within." Richards has experienced highs as few others ever will- He has climbed the world's tallest mountains and had his photos published in important adventure magazines. But he's also … Read the full Story >>
A number of years ago, Toronto-based photographer and PPD reader Dermot Cleary was assigned to travel to Detroit to shoot a portrait of Elmore Leonard, the acclaimed writer of crime novels including "Get Shorty," "Rum Punch," and "Out of Sight." The two struck up a relationship -- Leonard named a character in his book Mr. Paradise after Cleary -- that lasted until Leonard's death … Read the full Story >>
