Look High

A Window Into The Photography Of Gordon Parks

“We want all the younger generations to know who this guy is.” (NPR)

Sputnik Documentary, 2011 © Sasha Rudensky

(via PDN Photo of the Day)

A Lifetime Of Photos : The Picture Show : NPR

“This camera hanging around your neck is sort of like a magic carpet. With a good line and a roll of film, you can get in anywhere.”

keithwj:

Sunday Brunch - Albert Kahn Auto tunes chromes The World!

In The Dawn of the Color Photograph: Albert Kahn’s Archives of the Planet, BBC tells the story of Kahn’s ambitious project and its monumental legacy, exploring how his collection and vision came to shape everything from the visual vocabulary of photojournalism to your favorite Instagram filters.

Attention Young Photographers: Your Assignment : The Picture Show : NPR

artphotocollector:

Ann George is a new and inspiring photographer.  More information about her unique work can be found on NevaresFineArt.com 

From her statement: “I use photography as more than a means to capture a moment in time, but as a voice to capture a movement through time.  I seek to describe a journey, a fairytale, a feeling of progression to—and through—themes that engage my artistic eye.  Such are the images you see in The Three Chapters Of Illumination: God Calling. This series, created during a difficult period of uncertainty and loss, represents a metaphorical journey in three stages: one of burden, to knowledge, and into liberty—with the wolf symbolizing fear, and the young woman overcoming this fear.

Shedding Light On The Moon

In 1962, Mercury astronaut John Glenn bought a cheap 35mm camera at a Cocoa Beach, Fla., drug store, because he alone thought America’s first orbital spaceflight deserved to be documented with still images. Photographer Michael Light shares this bit of information in his project Full Moon. Over time, Light explains, NASA recognized the value of in-flight photography and invested in medium-format Hasselblad cameras for the Gemini program — arguably the best cameras out there. (The Picture Show : NPR, July 19, 2009)

triangletriangle:

Fletcher Chancey

Would it work in reverse?

minusmanhattan:

1. Stare at the red dot for about 20 seconds

2. Look at a white (or near white) wall and blink rapidly

3. Freak out at the awesome power of your brain

You just processed a negative WITH YOUR MIND.

The Dairy Queen, 1988, by Byron A. Baldwin

(NC Cultural Resources Newsroom)

Ernst Haas: Unseen Personal Work | PDN Photo of the Day

© Ernst Haas/Getty Images. Pedestrians crossing a New York street in winter time cast long shadows, 1980.

Breathtaking But Fake

Leading today’s Washington Post print edition (you remember those, don’t you?) is this beautiful photo by Bill O’Leary of the 14th Street bridge, accompanying coverage of the 30th anniversary of the Air Florida disaster. But competing for interest with the image itself is the lengthy explanation in the caption that what you see isn’t entirely real: 

A jetliner flies high over a tranquil scene at the 14th Street bridge, where 30 years ago winter weather and human error conspired to bring down Air Florida Flight 90 in a disaster that claimed 78 lives. This image is a composite created by taking several photos and combining them with computer software to transcend the visual limitations of standard photography.

It’s not exactly moving the pyramids, and the disclosure is front and center, but does it bother you that this is going on in the mainstream press?

timelightbox:

Eve Arnold: April 12, 1912—January 4, 2012.

“If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.”—Eve Arnold. See more here.