WWD Monday November 29, 2021
Rodney Smith, best known for his whimsical fashion photography, died on Dec. 5, 2016. Now, five years later, there is a renewed appreciation of his work, notes WWD, which reports that high-end brand Hermès has used several of his images as the centerpiece of its holiday campaign, while the J. Paul Getty Museum is acquiring 10 of his works for its permanent collection. The Rodney Smith Estate will be leading a series of virtual discussions starting Dec. 8 with one titled “What Makes Fashion Photography Art.” Read the full Story >>
The Washington Post Monday November 29, 2021
Photographer Jock Sturges, known for his images of nude adolescents, has pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old student in the mid-1970s while he was a teacher and dorm parent at a private boarding school in Massachusetts, reports The Washington Post. Sturges, who is 74 and now lives in Seattle, was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to undergo sex offender treatment. Sturges’s work, often shot at communes in Northern California and other locations, was featured in galleries around the world, while also stirring controversy. Read the full Story >>
SFMOMA Monday November 29, 2021
The exhibition “Constellations: Photographs in Dialogue,” at SFMOMA through August 21, 2022, “is a mesmerizing reminder that San Francisco’s greatest art form has long been and remains photography,” notes the San Francisco Examiner. The show explores the evolution of photography in San Francisco and underscores the strength of the museum’s 85-year-old photo collection. It features more than 200 images, half by women and two-thirds never previously shown, with attention to the museum’s collection of Japanese photography. Read the full Story >>
DIYPhotography Monday November 29, 2021
Is it time for you to experience the life-changing magic of tidying up? What Netflix’s Marie Kondo does to closets, you can do to your hard drive, notes DIY Photography, which spotlights the desktop version of the Rawsie app. Its developers claim the app can transform 1GB of data into 200MB without losing quality or data. “[Y]ou just open up the program and browse or drag whichever files you want to convert,” notes DIYP. Mac users only, for now. Read the full Story >>
