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Anders Petersen

Jess Porse Clemmensen — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 09:58:13 +0000

Interview with the Swedish photographer Anders Petersen.

Portfolio critique:

See more pictures on Anders Petersens homepage.

Ragne Kristine Sigmond – Light Painting

Jess Porse Clemmensen — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:08:12 +0000

In this video Ragne Kristine Sigmond, Photographer, talks about her latest project, “Light Painting”
Follow Ragne behind the scenes of her work.

Models:
Sarah Lyng Hogart
Sara Bach Henriksen

This video was made by
Kristian Regel Poulsen
Søren Bech
Simon Erdmann

See more images here: Ragne Kristine Sigmond

Cameras in music videos … Konica × Aloe Blacc

Hypnotheis — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 20:17:04 +0000

The fact that I’m both a father as well as an analog enthusiast is part of the reason that this video for “You Make Me Smile” actually makes me smile.
In it Aloe Blacc plays the part of a struggling photographer surrounding himself with cameras and sporting both the Speed Graphic (Remember Sir Mix-a-Lot?) as well as a Konica S.

Photo by David Broglin

The Konica S, introduced in 1959, was the first semi-automatic rangefinder by Konica.
It had an exposure meter and––in Blacc’s case––an 45/2.8 Hexar lens. Other variants had the 48/2 or 48/1.8 Hexanon.

Photo by Thomas

Also, in the back of the kitchen scene is a bunch of Kodak Portra sheet film. I’m still a little bummed out over the fact that they dropped the NC and VC, but I guess the new ones will do.

Photo by Matt Nuzzaco

By the way, the video is directed by photographer Eric Coleman, but that’s a whole different story.

An oldschool memory card

Jess Porse Clemmensen — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:50:31 +0000

Homs, Syria

Jess Porse Clemmensen — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:02:26 +0000

French photo journalist “Mani” filming in Homs, Syria.

Speaking of the Congo …

Hypnotheis — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:50:31 +0000

A year previous to the Dear Obama project, Marcus Bleasdale had a book published about the situation in DRC called ‘Rape of a Nation’ (2009).
The amazing pictures tell a grim story of dictatorship, enslavement, rape, and murder.

The Democratic Republic of Congo sits atop one of the world’s most vast deposits of diamonds and gold; yet it is also home to the world’s most deadly war. In Rape of a Nation, photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale explores the connection. See the project at http://mediastorm.com/publication/rape-of-a-nation

A different way of raising awareness about the crisis in DRC saw the light of day in July last year, when a bunch of producers led by Damon Albarn travelled to Congo. The purpose was to make an album in 5 days working with local artists.
‘Kinshasa One Two’ was released in October and all profits go to Oxfam‘s work in DRC. Among other things, the campaign to increase phone coverage in the most isolated regions, in order for people there to warn each other of attacks or call for help.

Marcus Bleasdale in Congo

Jess Porse Clemmensen — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:41:25 +0000

The Making of Dear Obama from marcus bleasdale on Vimeo.

MARCUS BLEASDALE: AVOIDING PHOTOGRAPHIC DANGERS from danilo Parra on Vimeo.

Dear Obama:

Dear Obama from marcus bleasdale on Vimeo.

More here: Marcus Bleasdale

Willy Ronis le bellevillois

Hypnotheis — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:13:32 +0000

You know how one thing leads to another on the internet. A Google search takes you to a site that links to something else, and bada-boom bada-bing you’ve spent hours on YouTube or Camerapedia.
Well, yesterday a Todd Hido podcast led me to the name Willy Ronis, and I wondered, “why have I never heard of this guy before?”

It turns out that Ronis (1910–2009) was a French photographer, born to Ukranian/Lithuanian refugees, who grew up in Paris and later became the first French photographer to work for Life Magazine.

The following is a six-piece selfportrait (according to the title) followed by what has to be one of the last interviews of Ronis.
The last clip unfortunately doesn’t have English subtitles, but is still worth a watch. Profitez!

Willy Ronis – Autoportrait d’un photographe (A Photographer’s Selfportrait)

Interview by Peter Burchett (ca. 2009).

2005 AFP interview. Ronis speaks of his pictures, Le nu provençal (Provençal Nude) and La péniche aux enfants (The Children’s Barge).

Martin Parr In The American South

Jess Porse Clemmensen — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:36:37 +0000

Hot Spots: Martin Parr in the American South (Trailer) from One Production Place on Vimeo.

Cameras in music videos … Leica × Sol

Hypnotheis — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:02:33 +0000

Unlike previous episodes of Cameras in Music Videos, the Leica M7 in this video looks more like product placement than just a prop.

Photo by Adam Bronkhorst

Anyway, Sol does his thing, and the M7 definitely is ‘This Sh#t’.

Free download of DEAR FRIENDS, VOL. 3 (2011).