pictures to prove it™

Lots of people show their photo love by inking it on their skin. HERE is Dave Shepherd’s version and at the moment one of my favorites.

i dont know him, but he is from (Toledo) Ohio, so what’s not to like? hi fives to this guy.

also of note, because of this i just realized that you can put videos in flickr. im sure i’ll be surfing a ton of flickr galleries over the next couple weeks.

Daidō Moriyama (born October 10, 1938) is a Japanese photographer noted for his images depicting the breakdown of traditional values in post-war Japan.

i think this interview (from the fabulous blog Conscientious) with chris anderson speaks honestly and deeply and i think we will all be better off if we read it, think about it and discuss it.
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he says “The death of journalism is bad for society, but we’ll be better off with less photojournalism. I won’t miss the self-important, self-congratulatory, hypocritical part of photojournalism at all. The industry has been a fraud for some time. We created an industry where photography is like big-game hunting. We created an industry of contests that reinforce a hyper-dramatic view of the world. Hyperbole is what makes the double spread (sells) and is also the picture that wins the contest. We end up with cartoons and concerned photographer myths (disclaimer: yes, there are photographers doing meaningful work)

Of course I am worried about how I will make my living now, and I worry for my friends and colleagues too, but I don’t really care about the future of photojournalism. The soul of it has been rotten for a while.”

read the entire interview here.

The poor man’s steadicam has been around for awhile. the first one someone had shown me was a monopod with a small weight at the bottom. Johnny Chung Lee posts his plans here in a nicer version of the same concept. you can order it from Johnny, or you can use his free plans to make your own. if you do, be sure to send him a cupcake or email reminding him that he is awesome.

here is a video of Johnny’s version from the fine folks at MAKE magazine.

you can learn more about steadicams here. look how much $$$ he is saving you.

http://lenscratch.blogspot.com/2009/10/women-are-heroes_07.html

seriously.
thanks JR.

Irving Penn, one of the 20th century’s most prolific and influential photographers of fashion and the famous, whose signature blend of classical elegance and cool minimalism was recognizable to magazine readers and museumgoers worldwide, died Wednesday morning at his home in Manhattan. He was 92… (continued here)

(from the NYT)

i think my first experience with learning about Irving Penn was different than most. I stumbled into an article in the Democrat-Gazette about Fernand Fonssagrives, a photographer who spent the last 30 years of his life in Little Rock, Arkansas, which happened to be near where i was going to college. Fonssagrives first wife was Lisa Fonssagrives, who after their divorce became Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn by marrying Irving Penn.

peep these and get it straight from the mouths of Brent Stirton, Spencer Platt, John Moore, Paula Bronstein and Adam Pretty. Listen and get stoked.

Lowy sent me a link to this little gem by Phillip Toledano. Pretty good stuff Mr. Toledano, pretty good stuff.

On his blog Dallas based shooter Jensen Walker has posted a video showing how he gets things done. you can peep it here. it’s almost enough to make me wish i photographed pretty girls.