Monthly Archives: June 2010

New work: Jeff Lipsky shoots “Twilight” stars for July/Aug covers of Men’s Health and Women’s Health

Eclipse, the latest movie in the Twilight saga of vein drainers who love chastely, opens today, but even if you aren’t planning to join the tween throngs at the theater, you can still get an eyeful of Eclipse‘s stars. Jeff photographed Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz for the July/August issues of Women’s Health and Men’s [...]

Last day for Cartier-Bresson at the Museum of Modern Art

If you live in New York and haven’t seen the brilliant “Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century” at the Museum of Modern Art, get yourself over there today before 5:30 pm—it’s the last day of the show. Bill and Maureen and I went to see the exhibition last month. Here’s a little iPhone snap I took [...]

An interview with the curator of the Getty’s “Engaged Observers” exhibition

A major exhibition featuring work by some of America’s most important photojournalists is opening on June 29 at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. “Engaged Observers: Documentary Photography Since the Sixties” explores projects “that delve deeply into humanistic topics and present distinct personal visions of the world,” according to the press release, and [...]

Michael Muller’s “Trauma” photos win a Gold at Promax/BDA Design Awards

Congratulations to Michael Muller and NBC! They won a Gold award in the Print: Photography for Print category at the Promax/BDA Design Awards this week for their Trauma campaign. . . For a complete list of winners, go here. . .

Nadav Kander’s St John Ambulance campaign wins a Gold at Cannes Lions fest

. BBH London’s campaign for St John Ambulance has been awarded a Gold at Cannes Lions 57th International Advertising Festival, which continues through Saturday. The campaign was photographed by Nadav Kander (see my previous post “New work: Nadav Kander’s St John Ambulance campaign is a matter of life and death”), and the images’ impact when [...]

New work: Walter Iooss photographs Sports Illustrated’s first iPad cover

A couple of months ago in Oklahoma City, Walter shot Kobe Bryant for the cover of the June 28 issue of Sports Illustrated, though it’s far from being the first time he’s photographed the Los Angeles Lakers star. “I have shot him since he came into the league 14 years ago,” Walter told me. “He [...]

A rum with a view: creative director Dave Damman on Nadav Kander and the making of their Cruzan campaign

Here in New York, the thermometer is flirting with 90, so it seems like the perfect time to talk about this Cruzan Rum campaign featuring people enjoying a breezy tropical island and good rum. Nadav Kander shot the images for Fallon in Minneapolis, working with Dave Damman, who at the time was group creative director. [...]

John Midgley on the merits of taking lonely journeys, and how fine art shaped his photography and cinematography

John Midgley shoots a really wide variety of work—from impeccable car campaigns to mysterious fashion stories, plus celebrity portraits—and he works with his wife, the director Eva Midgley, as DP on her films. But no matter what the project, his affinity for fine art always seems to shine through. It’s just part of who he [...]

Photo gallery: What a Concept!

I was looking at this photo by Hans Gissinger, in the Conceptual section of the Stockland Martel website… . . …and that got me exploring the conceptual work by some of SM’s other photographers. And that inspired me to create the following mini-gallery—titled “What a Concept!—which features photos by Fulvio Bonavia, Matthias Clamer, Craig Cutler, [...]

Photo gallery: Redheads by Matthias Clamer

Redheads are the focus of this personal project by Matthias, who is generally drawn to subjects that are unusual in a subtle way. . . For more redheads, and other personal work by Matthias, go here. . .

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