Monthly Archives: December 2009

Voyeuristic art photography

December 10, 2009 – 11:13 am

… In her story “Voyeurism or Art?,” my friend Jackie Tobin at PDN questions whether the subjects of Yasmine Chatila‘s new images are, in fact, fair photographic game. Yasmine’s conceit is to take pictures of people in their apartments, without their knowledge, from some outside vantage point. ..   .. It’s very Rear Window. Or [...]

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Are bios important?

December 9, 2009 – 10:36 am

… Liz Von Hoene’s Big Studio Rental in Atlanta is hosting one of its Push Pin shows on Friday. This one will feature two local talents: Andrea Fremiotti and Pat Molnar. I wasn’t familiar with their work, so I looked them up so that I could tell you a little about them. Both Andrea’s and [...]

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The view from Walter Iooss’ window, part 3

December 9, 2009 – 9:41 am

… Montauk, 3:00 p.m., 12/8/09: … .. ..

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Dior-arama!

December 8, 2009 – 1:16 pm

.. Roxanne Lowit’s new book, Backstage Dior, is such a hit, it’s garnered more glowing mentions than Lagerfeld has handheld fans. Candy Pratts Price of Style.com featured it as a must-buy for the holidays: … GoSee, the “PR Office for the Creative Community,” profiled the book in a lively story: … Here she is at [...]

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Ryan Seacrest, we hardly know ye

December 7, 2009 – 10:24 am

… Did you see Michael Muller’s portrait of Ryan Seacrest in T, The New York Times‘ style  magazine? … … The article, by Amanda Fortini, was called “The Invisible Man” and asserts the notion that Seacrest is everywhere—all over TV, also radio, even Twitter—yet he somehow isn’t famous. “With almost any other public figure, such [...]

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Woody Harrelson wears Crocs

December 4, 2009 – 4:12 pm

.. Okay, it’s not exactly surprising that Woody, who is a certified yoga instructor, vegetarian, and raw-foods enthusiast (according to this article), is a Crocs man. But I was still amused when I saw this candid photo by Kwaku Alston of the 48-year-old actor wearing a mocha-colored pair of the love-them-or-hate-them shoes. Guess if you [...]

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New art book takes aim at your bare walls

December 4, 2009 – 10:51 am

…   .. U.K.-based home-furnishings retailer Habitat—which is sort of like a Design Within Reach/Bo Concept/Room and Board, and I wish we had one here—is venturing into the art market with a new book of prints specifically designed for displaying on your wall. Titled 50×70, after the standard (in the U.K.) frame size of 50 [...]

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Lewis Blackwell’s “Photowisdom”

December 3, 2009 – 10:03 am

.. Photographers usually prefer to let their images speak for them, but I think strong images make you curious not just about the subject matter but also about the photographers themselves. You want to know more—more of what the photographer was thinking, what motivated them, what they were after. The new book Photowisdom: Master Photographers [...]

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Oregon Journal: Wieden+Kennedy’s John Jay

December 2, 2009 – 11:38 am

Bruce Wolf’s “Oregon Journal” debuted here a couple of weeks ago with a slew of his mysterious landscape photos. For his second installment, he’s focusing on someone else’s work: Wieden+Kennedy’s John Jay… … John Jay is the executive creative director of Wieden+Kennedy. A former New Yorker, he truly does have his finger on the pulse [...]

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Today’s NYT Lens blog: Lauren Greenfield’s “Dubai”

December 1, 2009 – 9:35 am

… I first wrote about Lauren’s photo essay on Dubai back in August, when the images appeared in Fast Company, Das, and Zeit magazines. If you’ve been following the news, you know the story has continued to build to a potentially devastating ending: There have been reports that the government of Dubai might default on [...]

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