Charles Traub Friday December 27, 2024
Photographer and educator Charles Traub founded the Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography, which became the Museum of Contemporary Photography, served as director of the famed Light Gallery in New York, and is currently president of the Aaron Siskind Foundation. He recently shared his “maxims” for emerging photographers. Leading his “Do” list: Do try something old in a new way. And do try something new in an old way. Among his “Don’ts”: Don’t dare photograph yourself nude.
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Cultured Friday December 27, 2024
When models cantered down the Chanel Cruise 2024/25 runway in Marseille last May, they did so with the gravitas befitting the house's well-heeled clientele and storied legacy. But photographer Isabelle Wenzel recast the Cruise collection by turning the lens on herself and juxtaposing the clothes' delicate silhouettes with her tumbling postures and signature contortions, notes Cultured. Such movement comes naturally to Wenzel, a German acrobat, who has exhibited her self-timed photographs across the world, adds the website.
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DIYPhotography Friday December 27, 2024
Software developer ON1’s latest product, called Lightpanel, could be a workflow game-changer for busy photographers, declares DIY Photography. Designed specifically for portrait and wedding photographers, it uses AI technology to integrate seamlessly with Adobe Lightroom Classic, offering an editing and organizing solution to the time-intensive challenges of post-production. Traditional workflows often require jumping between multiple apps to sort, edit, and finalize images. Lightpanel eliminates these extra steps by streamlining the process.
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Art in America Friday December 27, 2024
For 10 years, the critic and educator Maurice Berger wrote a column for The New York Times titled “Race Stories,” though which, notes Art in America, he wanted to teach visual literacy, and then “racial literacy through visual literacy.” The column championed the work of photographers lincluding Jamel Shabazz, Zanele Muholi, Carrie Mae Weems, Nona Faustine, and Gordon Parks. Now a collection of nearly 70 of those short essays is being published by Aperture, in collaboration with The Times.
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