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Jim Colton Tuesday February 13, 2018
“In light of another
prominent figure in the photography industry being accused of sexual misconduct, I feel compelled to pen my feelings about it all, specifically what it has done to MY profession of choice;
photojournalism,” writes acclaimed photography editor James Colton, who is currently editor at large at ZUMA Press and editor-in-chief of zPhotoJournal.com. Colton writes that he is saddened by
revelations of sexual misconduct in the photo industry. “And I am angry that more men have not made their voices of outrage and support heard publicly,” he states. “Speak up! Show
your support!” Read the full Story >>
TIME LightBox Wednesday December 18, 2013
Time magazine’s LightBox photo blog looks back at the lives and work of notable photographers who died in 2013, including Bert Stern, Bill Eppridge, Wayne Miller, Saul Leiter, Abigail Heyman,
Enrique Meneses, Helen Brush Jenkins, Allan Arbus, Editta Sherman, Balthazar Korab, Ozzie Sweet, Deborah Turbeville, Sarah Charlesworth, Jack Mitchell, Fred Waters, Lee Tanner, Benoit Gysembergh,
Willy Rizzo, Piero Cristaldi, Allan Sekula, and Murhaf al-Modahi, aka Abu Shuja, one or more than a dozen photojournalists who perished while covering the world’s conflicts in 2013.
Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday June 16, 2022
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the pen, the brush or the tablet?
David Cruz: I started with the pen during my school days, constantly scribbling in my notebooks. I was interested in exploring human anatomy, insects and animals. Currently I like to alternate between these three tools, since I have always liked the effects I can get quickly sketching with a pen and with … Read the full Story >>
RANGEFINDER Monday December 3, 2012
You can tell a lot about a photographer’s personality by looking … inside her or his camera bag. Or so says Rangefinder, which asked a number of pros to open up their kits for
inspection. New York Times food photographer Rachel Barrett has the standard backup memory cards, plus Band-Aids. Boston Herald photog Faith Ninivaggi keeps a snack bar, debit card, paper and pen, and
Chapstick handy. And rock-band photog Paris Visone says simply, “My camera bag is like my baby. It’s heavy, full of crap, and I’m constantly giving it piggy back rides.” Read the full Story >>
The Huffington Post Monday July 16, 2012
Speaking of pop culture, it seems the market for celeb-baby pix has collapsed. Photos of Penelope Scotland Disick, new daughter of Kourtney Kardashian, are expected to sell for as little as $20K,
reports the Huffington Post. People mag recently paid Jessica Simpson $800K for pix her new baby—a poor investment, it seems. Also in the celeb-photo news: France's far-right National Front says it will sue Madonna
after she showed a video at a Paris concert showing an image of the party's leader, Marine Le Pen, with a swastika on her forehead. Scénario catastrophe. Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Monday June 17, 2019
A new “Certified
Professional Photographer” certification process announced by the Professional Photographers of America group was recently greeted with some online head-scratching. (“[N]ever in my wildest
dreams…did I think that one could achieve ‘Certified Professional Photographer’ without being a professional photographer,” wrote Missy Mwac in her viral blast.) More
recently, PPA President Audrey Wancket took pen in hand to explain the certification process. “[C]hanges in certification are rooted in years of
difficulty with judging the image submission,” she writes. Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday June 13, 2019
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the pen or the brush? Chemin Hsiao: The brush. In Taiwan, where I grew up, it was customary for children to learn how to use the brush
to write calligraphy in elementary school. It was considered an honor back then if you could write beautiful characters. I was among the kids who had to practice diligently and followed the … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday May 15, 2019
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the brush or the pen? CS: I
guess it would be the brush. When I was a freshman, I had an instructor who had us keep a sketchbook for painting watercolors only – under no circumstances was drawing allowed! That class
started my life-long interest in painting the world around me. PR: Where do you live and … Read the full Story >>
ADWEEK Tuesday August 6, 2013
“Forget about casting calls. Booty calls may have been the order of the day for this five-minute film,” says Adweek, describing the scintillating new piece written and directed by
Oscar-winning actress Penélope Cruz for L'Agent—the lingerie line she and her sister Mónica designed for Agent Provocateur. Adweek calls the film both a “sleazefest”
and a “soft-core mini-masterpiece of derivatively trashy not-quite-art” filled with clichés—the decadent party, nonstop nonsex, X-ray specs—that actually work in its
favor. Your opinion? Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday October 4, 2018
The depth and reach of the Harry Potter novels is inestimable. Facts like: more than 400 million copies sold translated into more than 60 languages only scratches the surface. The seven novels by
JK Rowling, first launched with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, 20 years ago, changed the face of publishing. The story, and the characters who told it, changed the reading … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday February 1, 2016
Q: Originally from Maryland what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Brooklyn? A: All of my neighbors are cartoonists and it’s easy to do a
lot of walking in Brooklyn. Q: Do you keep a sketchbook? What is the balance between the art you create on paper versus in the computer? A: I keep a sketchbook
but it’s mostly just … Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Wednesday January 11, 2017
At CES last week Dell made
news with the introduction of an 8K display … and the new Dell
Canvas — a 27-inch touch-sensitive ‘horizontal smart workspace’ that PetaPixel compares to Wacom’s Cintiq 27QHD and Microsoft’s Surface Studio: “Like the Surface
Studio, the Dell Canvas works with a pen and dial (in this case, Dell’s ‘totems’); like the Cintiq 27QUD, it’s meant to be used as a peripheral, a 27-inch QHD touchscreen
‘workspace’ that connects to your existing Windows 10 computer and makes it a whole lot more creatively useful.” Read the full Story >>
CNN Tuesday March 1, 2016
Photographer Christopher Morris said a Secret Service agent choked him and slammed him to the ground Monday as he tried to leave a media pen while covering Donald Trump rally in Virginia on Monday. A
video of the incident shot by an attendee at the rally and later posted on social media shows the agent putting two hands on the photographer's neck and slamming him to the ground, notes CNN. Time
magazine later issued a response. “Unlike other presidential campaigns, which generally
allow reporters and photographers to move around at events, Trump has a strict policy requiring reporters and cameramen to stay inside a gated area,” the magazine noted. Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday January 27, 2022
As we approach year two of this pandemic, many people are reflecting on how they got through it. Subscriber Matt Hebermehl is no exception: he sent a copy of his self-published book, Covid Calls, and joined me for an email conversation this week about the book and about art in general.
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the pen or the brush?
Matt … Read the full Story >>
FILMMAKER Friday April 5, 2013
One of the big areas of discussion in filmmaking these days is the so-called second screen—the idea of using a viewing device like an iPad or iPhone alongside a television set. For
filmmakers, the notion of multi-platform viewing presents opportunities for experimenting with cinematic form, notes Filmmaker’s Scott Macaulay, who recently talked about the second-screen
future with Jason Brush of UCLA’s Department of Film, Television and Visual Media, and Michel Reilhac, an independent transmedia director. “I think there’s a lot of potential, but
people have encountered a lot of challenges,” notes Bush. Filmmaker also looks into new second-screen technology. Meanwhile, Adweek reports
on results from a Time Warner Media Lab study on how viewers engage with second screens. Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday January 17, 2019
Several years ago, Riccardo Vecchio, whose studio practice combines multiple disciplines, from illustration and painting to sculpture and photography, began a series of paintings on location in the mountains near his family home east of Milan. A selection of these works were first shown at the Institute of Fine Arts in 2016. Photos above and below: courtesy Riccardo Vecchio Studio
The sites Riccardo visited … Read the full Story >>
FILMMAKER IQ Monday March 16, 2015
The word “auteur” is tossed around by cinefiles, but what, exactly, is auteur theory? A new Filmmaker IQ course looks back to the tumultuous adolescence of French Cinema to trace the
origins of the idea of the film auteur. “Simply put, the auteur theory holds that a film is a reflection of the personal creative vision of a director,” notes host John Hess. The concept,
conceived in France, where filmmaking was an artisanal business, didn’t catch on in the US, where big studios ruled, until critic Andrew Sarris wrote his landmark essay “Notes on The
Auteur Theory in 1962.” Another critic, Pauline Kael, objected to the notion, saying movies should be judged on their own merit, not the director’s entire oeuvre, sparking a culture war.
Brush up on your mise-en-scène! Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday September 12, 2018
The last week of Summer brings the last featured sketchbook, as Pimp Yours also draws to a
close. Today enjoy pages from John A. Parks, whose next exhibition opens in November, in Chelsea. I regard my sketchbooks as a kind of private playground, somewhere I can go to explore an
idea, try out an image, or simply spend time looking at something. Sometimes I use … Read the full Story >>
The Wall Street Journal Wednesday September 26, 2012
With the death last month of Martine Franke, widow of Henri Cartier-Bresson, the Magnum photo agency lost the last direct link to its founding members, and photography scholar Mary Panzer takes the
occasion to pen a provocative Wall Street Journal essay questioning the modern relevance of the legendary agency—and the profession of photojournalism in general. Magnum photographers showed us
the importance of picturing the human condition alongside reporting the news, writes Panzer. But what does photojournalism mean when everybody with a cell phone can upload pictures for the world to
see, or when surveillance cameras provide the most reliable way to document a crime? “What form of photojournalist will emerge from these conditions?” she asks. “Who can make images
for the digital world that will show us something we can't see without them?” Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday June 20, 2019
Peggy Roalf: Which came
first, the brush or the pen? Anthony Freda: For me, the pen is the essential tool. It is a sixth finger that leaves a mark. PR: Please describe your work process—is most
of your work done directly, or do you also use digital media? AF: Usually I start by working traditionally, then scan the piece and proceed to save the good … Read the full Story >>
