Monthly Archives: April 2010

Oprah on her all-time favorite Oprah Magazine cover

O: The Oprah Magazine marks its 10th anniversary this year, an occasion that inspired the entertainment juggernaut to reflect on the many variety of ways in which she has been photographed for the cover. “Winfrey herself has been on the cover of every issue in the magazine’s history,” notes msnbc.com’s The Scoop. “What did it [...]

Beware of content-aware fill: Stella Kramer on Photoshop CS5

Adobe Photoshop CS5 officially debuts today, and according to PC World, which tested a beta version of the software, “what sets Photoshop CS5 apart isn’t any one killer app but dozens of refinements that will make users’ lives easier, more efficient, and, potentially, more creative.” One of those refinements is “content-aware fill.” “One of the [...]

NYTimes.com design director on the iPad and publication designers

There’s been lots and lots of press about the iPad and what it will or won’t do for the publishing industry. But in the first installment of his new “Interaction” column for Print, debuting in the magazine’s June issue, NYTimes.com design director Khoi Vinh looks at Apple’s highly hyped tablet from a different angle: what [...]

New work: Matthias Clamer shoots Tina Fey and Steve Carell for Parade

Date Night opens tomorrow. It’s an action comedy starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell in what I hope will be the first in a series of movies starring these two—I think they make a great screen pair. It’s a big movie, much anticipated, and no doubt you’ve already seen lots of press on it. Parade [...]

MPA names Best Magazine Advertising Campaigns of the Year

This week, the Magazine Publishers of America announced the finalists for the 2010 Kelly Awards, which honor “agency creative teams and advertising clients whose magazine ad campaigns demonstrate both creative excellence and effectiveness in meeting campaign objectives.” The selections were made by a panel of 30-plus judges from the big ad agencies. “Judges remarked on [...]

Magazines tout “the power of print” in new campaign

. As announced in the Wall Street Journal last month, a pro-print campaign spearheaded by five major magazine publishers launched this month. “Magazines: The Power of Print” will deploy ads in close to 100 magazines this year, including People, Vogue, and Ladies’ Home Journal, according to the Journal. The first in the series, which appears [...]

New work: Jorg Badura shoots mind & body fitness story for Self magazine

The April 2010 issue of Self, which features Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo on the cover, offers a workout plan designed to make your mind brighter and your body tighter. “Research shows that sculpting sexy curves may go hand in hand with making you a cleaner, better thinker,” writes Beth Janes in “Get the Body [...]

Is Mark Seliger paying homage to himself?

Josh Klenert over at the Grids blog wonders whether it’s just him, or do these two Rolling Stone covers by Mark Seliger look similar? . . . .

U.K. newspaper The Observer picks this month’s top 20 photo exhibitions and books

The Observer‘s site is offering a “monthly guide to the 20 best photographic exhibitions and books” in the form of a slide show. In the span of just 2 minutes and 20 seconds, you can update yourself on the photo world’s latest and greatest, and they’ve included detailed captions, so you don’t even have to [...]

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders on “Dancing Across Borders” star’s dramatic story

Timothy’s latest column for The Huffington Post is on the new documentary Dancing Across Borders, which tells the story of Cambodian dancer Sokvannaara Sar’s progress as he leaves his dance troupe in Angkor Wat to try his luck in New York City. “From the bucolic Cambodian countryside to the competitive New York dance world, Sar’s [...]

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