Monthly Archives: July 2009

Slideluck Potshow comes to Canoe Studios

July 23, 2009 – 10:24 am

I confess I’ve heard of Slideluck Potshow but have never attended one of their events. And it seems I’ve really been missing out. The New York City–based nonprofit stages shows of photography and multimedia (plus DIY catering by those in attendance) all over the world. They’ll mount an exhibition pretty much anywhere, from a bar [...]

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Nadav Kander’s portrait of “the ultimate Obama insider”

July 22, 2009 – 11:31 am

…… This weekend’s New York Times Sunday Magazine features a story by Robert Draper on Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama and Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs. Nadav Kander’s portrait of Jarrett, whom the Times has dubbed “the ultimate Obama insider,” accompanies the article, which you can read in [...]

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Going out of business vs. going for it

July 22, 2009 – 10:29 am

Every day, newspapers and magazines (the ones that are left, anyway) tell the new but familiar tale of a company that is cutting back severely or closing altogether. Just today, PDN relates a story of a wedding and portrait photographer in Pennsylvania who’s filing for bankruptcy after 21 years in the business. If you know [...]

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Liz Von Hoene on her influences, the power of intuition, and why she won’t let the economic downturn get her down

July 21, 2009 – 3:58 pm

Liz Von Hoene, who is as down-to-earth and charming as her fashion photos are flawless and stunning, gave a lecture this month at Portfolio Center in Atlanta, where she’s based. Afterward, a pair of students (Emily Dryden and Nathan Stoan) interviewed her about her work and what drives her. For example: ED: After listening to [...]

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Polaroid and the artists who love it

July 21, 2009 – 12:03 pm

Newsweek‘s website is presenting a slide show on Polaroid film and the fine artists—people like Chuck Close, Mary Ellen Mark, Philip Lorca di Corcia, and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders—who cherish it for reasons that go far beyond its ability to provide instant gratification. Here’s Timothy’s segment, featuring his portrait of Michelle Obama: ……. ……. …….

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Giving stylists their due

July 21, 2009 – 8:42 am

In a post at Creative Review’s blog, Satara Achille highlights an exhibition of fashion images with an uncommon curatorial bent: the show celebrates the stylist rather than the photographer. “When You’re a Boy: Men’s Fashion Styled by Simon Foxton,” at the Photographers’ Gallery in London, surveys the work of this noted British stylist, who got [...]

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Sneak Preview: John Midgley’s Brooklyn Circus portrait project

July 20, 2009 – 7:32 am

…….. In Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill neighborhood, there’s a boutique called the Brooklyn Circus, a purveyor of finely made fashions inspired by the days of bowties, vests,  suspenders, tweed trousers, and tailored jackets, all with a modern street twist. Photographer John Midgley lives near the store and became friends with gregarious Circus ringmaster Ouigi (pronounced “Weegee”), [...]

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Kwaku Alston’s Venice

July 17, 2009 – 8:38 am

  ……. A few years ago, Kwaku Alston relocated from New York City to Venice Beach, California, a move that left him feeling surprisingly unsettled—“not only physically and emotionally, but artistically,” he says. He coped by way of his camera, which accompanied him on long, lonely walks through his Abbott-Kinney neighborhood and along Venice’s legendary [...]

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Design director Alvin Chan on Nike’s ads and Nadav Kander

July 16, 2009 – 1:41 pm

In an interview posted today at The F Stop, Alvin Chan, the design director for Nike Europe, describes his creative process, from idea to execution, for a series of 2008 ads promoting the 10R Ronaldhino boot, named for the Brazilian football star. Ronaldhino has an image as a happy-go-lucky guy with lots of “flair,” but [...]

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Shepard Fairey’s ‘Art for Obama’

July 16, 2009 – 7:53 am

Los Angeles artist Shepard Fairey, who designed the Obama “Hope” and “”Progress” posters that were ubiquitous during the presidential election last fall, is going Barack to the drawing board for his newest project. The book Art for Obama: Designing for Manifest Hope and the Campaign, to be published in October by Abrams Image, will be [...]

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