Vivian Maier’s Chicago Street Photography
Well in our absence we missed out on quite a few big stories in the photography world, but one of the most amazing was that of the discovery of Chicago nanny Vivian Maier’s amazing collection of street photographs. While researching a book on the history of Chicago, a real estate agent bought at auction a large quantity of negatives that had been sold off by a storage company for missed payments. A large proportion of these were undeveloped but those that were he began... Read More
60′s Photographer Peter Greenhill – A Retrospective
The fabulous Angie Pringle for STC Electrical. The session dates to April '69 and, as was often the case in those days, the 'mists' were achieved with lungs-full of cigarette smoke! 18 April 1969 Having photographed in the Advertising Business from 1966 until the beginning of the 1970′s Peter Greenhill’s photography evokes a classic image of 60′s culture and fashion. Celebrated models that Peter photographed include Joanna Lumley, Marisa Berenson,... Read More
Missing In Action
We’ve not exactly been prolific with the updates these last few months, but there’s good reasoning behind the chaos! Opening on the 10th of March this year is our brand new studio in Waterloo Street, Hove. We took over the lease a few months ago and have been working hard to get things ready since then. The studio is going to be the center of most of our commercial work, but will also feature several exhibitions and events over the coming months. Should these prove... Read More
Leica M9 Titanium: Don’t take pictures, just frame the camera instead
Leica M9 Titanium. A snip at £19,800. Well if you thought that Leicas were expensive already, you probably won’t be among the 500 people worldwide to buy the new special edition titanium M9 priced at a tempting £19,800. Read More Read More
Photography Book Now Competition 2010 – Winners Announced
Spread from Grand Prize winner Judith Stenneken's "Last Call" Whenever I walk around a place which has an important historical past I always find myself trying to imagine it as it once was. Walking through tranquil fields where centuries ago a fierce battle had taken place, or around a long besieged castle that has fallen into disrepair, it’s hard to relate these places we can now visit so freely to the people and events that once occupied them. Read More Read More
How Photography Connects Us – TED 2010
Using some amazing images as examples David Griffin (director of photography at National Geographic) talks about the power of photography and how it connects us to the natural world. Read More
Astronomy Photographer of The Year Exhibition opens today at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Photon Worshippers by Steven Christenson When most photographers think of a telephoto lens they might be imagining something with Canon, Sigma or Nikon written somewhere on it. They’ll be using it to shoot some wildlife perhaps; a twilight landscape or a model in the studio. There is another world of photographers out there though whose chosen glass is far more likely to read Takahashi or Celestron. They’ll be the ones packing their gear away as you get up at... Read More
Eadweard Muybridge exhibition opens at the Tate Britain
Animated sequence of photographs of a horse in motion by Eadward Muybridge Best known for his series of sequential photographs proving that a horse’s legs leave the ground while running, British born photographer Eadward Muybridge accomplished the feat by deploying a bank of trip-wire triggered cameras to capture a number of images in close succession. Aside from the obvious application as an early predecessor of motion photography, the technique is very similar to the... Read More
Free Colour Management Webinar!
A great offer from Blurb if you are likely to be on your computer next Thursday, 2nd September. The print-on-demand book company, who also sponsor the Photography Book Now competition, are offering places on a free colour management webinar. The aim is to guide photographers on how to process images via PDF to a printable Blurb book, but contains information likely to be of interest to anyone with any intention of printing their work at some point. Uploading a book to Blurb... Read More
Win tickets to the Brighton Photo Biennial 2010
The Brighton Photo Biennial, now in it’s 4th edition, is the largest curated photography festival in the UK and draws a huge attendance from around the world. Guest curated this year by Magnum photographer Martin Parr, it promises an array of educational events, talks and exhibitions and even it’s own fringe festival. In conjunction with a host of venues across Brighton including Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Fabrica, Lighthouse, University of Brighton Gallery... Read More
