As we've noted previously at PPD, this year marks what would have been Richard Avedon's 100th birthday. In January the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened an exhibition of his monumental murals, and this month, New York City's Gagosian gallery is opening the exhibition "Avedon 100," for which 150 cultural figures -- from Elton John and Khloe Kardashian to Spike Lee and Kate Moss -- … Read the full Story >>
What does it mean to be a documentary photographer today? What defines the profession? How has this branch of photography evolved? The recent edition of the Parisian Photo Doc fair (through Sunday) offers an opportunity to explore those questions, notes Blind magazine. Gone, adds the magazine, is the type of neutral reportage that defined documentary work in the 20th century, replaced by deliberate subjectiveness. An erosion of boundaries between photographic genres and other mediums, has also opened access to new ways of reporting on the world. Read the full Story >>
Making mistakes is part of becoming competent in your field—any photographer who has been around long enough will, of course, have some embarrassing or challenging stories to share, notes The Phoblographer, which features some cringe-worthy stories illustrating that point. “I don’t know if you’ve ever had to give workshops with a blazing sinus infection and head cold, but it was brutal,” says photographer Dixie Dixon. Then there’s Brett Stanley, who unwisely ignored a beeping sound while shooting a story some 20 feet under water in the Bahamas. Read the full Story >>
Online art sales rose a modest 6% last year to $10.8 billion, proving that the internet has become a familiar, trusted part of the market, but also that collectors prefer to buy works of art in real life, according to the 10th edition of a report on the online art trade from insurer Hiscox U.K. and ArtTactic, a London-based data and analysis firm. But, notes Barron's, the report also reveals the the pace of growth notably slowed as the art world returned to its usual pace of in-person auctions, fairs, and gallery visits after the pandemic. Overall, 15.9 percent of all art sales were online in 2022, down slightly from 16 percent a year earlier. Read the full Story >>
