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July 26, 2011 0

Филипп Халсман (1906-1979)

By in Photography, Video

Philippe Halsman (born Filips Halsmans) was a famed Latvian photographer who took pictures for magazines like Vogue and Life. In 1931 he came to France with the help from Nobel Prize receiver Albert Einstein after having served 3 years in Austrian prison for killing his father on a hiking trip. When World War II broke [...]

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July 22, 2011 0

Photography & Jazz

By in Graphic design, Music, Photography, Video

What could be better? The other day I saw a book on Blue Note album covers and it made me wonder who took these iconic photographs. So I did what you do in these situations; I looked to Google, then Vimeo and YouTube, and so, here’s the guy: German born Francis Wolff (1907/08–1971). After a [...]

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July 7, 2011 0

Phantom Shanghai Gloaming

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In Shanghai–-the fastest developing city in China–Canadian photographer Greg Girard (b. 1955) is documenting the old neighborhoods. As a result he has put out the book Phantom Shanghai. Attention: Check out that super hot Mamiya 7 II!

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March 5, 2011 0

Camera hunting in Korea (Pt. I + II)

By in Photography, Video

Is this what Heaven looks like? Check out The Mijonju Show for more fun stuff.

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March 2, 2011 0

Les Sapeurs de Bacongo

By in Fashion, Photography, Video

I just came across Daniele Tamagni in The New Yorker’s Photo Booth. Appearantly he’s touring with a series called “Gentlemen of Bacongo” plus a book to back it up. If you’re well into the languages of the world, you can check out this clip from his show in Amsterdam last year:

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March 1, 2011 0

Morton Subotnick

By in Music, Video

A favorite of mine, though, is Raymond Scott and his “Lightworks” (thanks to J Dilla and his interpretation from 2006).

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February 28, 2011 0

Jacob Riis – An Energetic Gentleman

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Jacob August Riis emigrated from Denmark to America in 1870, when he was 21, seeking employment as a carpenter. He died in 1914 a personal friend of the president, Theodore Roosevelt. Prof. Hasia Diner and Dr. Robert Cohen discuss ways for teachers to contextualize Jacob Riis’ photographs when teaching American immigration history.

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February 25, 2011 0

Stiffs are easy

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A favorite of mine, Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee, was a New York city freelance news photographer from the 1930s to the 1950s. Here he talks about his career and gives advice to those wanting to become news photographers.

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February 16, 2011 0

Chernobyl Legacy

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11 years after the Chernobyl disaster Magnum photographer Paul Fusco went to Ukraine to document the consequences.

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