"Photography is still a young artform in Iran, but I've seen it evolve hugely over the last twenty years." So writes Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh, founder of the Silk Road Gallery in Tehran--the first Iranian gallery devoted to contemporary photography--in the important new book "Breathing Space." Publisher Thames & Hudson calls the book an "exploration of family, memory and revolution through the lenses of 23 … Read the full Story >>
Helen Marcus, whose black-and-white portraits of literary figures and film and television personalities graced book jackets and magazine covers for decades, died on Oct. 1 at her home in Manhattan. She was 97, reports The New York Times. Marcus founded the New York chapter of the American Society of Magazine Photographers (later the American Society of Media Photographers) in 1982 and served as its national president from 1985 to 1990. From 1998 to 2007, she was president of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund. Read the full Story >>
As part of a 1995 assignment for Entertainment Weekly’s Fall TV preview issue, photographer George Lange created conceptual images for NBC TV shows like Seinfeld, Frasier, ER and Friends, NBC’s hot new sitcom.. For that particular shoot, which took place in Hollywood studio, Lange had a wall built containing five large geometric shapes that showcased the Friends cast members, including Matthew Perry. With the recent passing of the actor, notes People, Lange has unveiled a previously unseen photo from the shoot. Read the full Story >>
Magazine giant Condé Nast will cut about 5 percent of its work force—thereby backtracking, notes The New York Times, on a much-ballyhooed plan to build up an in-house video studio to tap into Hollywood’s demand for film and TV ideas. The layoffs will affect about 270 employees. Roger Lynch, the chief executive of Condé Nast, told workers that the cuts were a response to digital advertising pressures, a decline in social media traffic and shifting audience behaviors, including a move to short-form video. He said the video business would be folded in with the editorial brands. Read the full Story >>
