Monthly Archives: August 2010

PhotoPlus seminars we’re looking forward to

. PDN has just announced the complete schedule of seminars for this year’s PhotoPlus Expo, scheduled for October 28–30 at the Javits Center in New York. They’ve got lots of good stuff lined up for this year, but I’m especially looking forward to the following… . Creating My Own Path: My Journey as a Commercial [...]

New work: Matthew Rolston shoots racy “True Blood” cover for Rolling Stone

For the new issue of Rolling Stone, on stands today, the three principal stars of the HBO vampire series True Blood posed for Matthew Rolston wearing not a stitch and looking like they’d just come from quite a feeding… . . The magazine has also posted an online gallery of naked (or close to it) [...]

Action hero: Jorg Badura on shooting sports, adventure, and “intense moments”

One of the qualities that Bill and Maureen prize in their photographers is their passion for their genre. Would the photographer be shooting a certain subject even if it weren’t their job? Do they have a personal connection to the material? In the case of Jorg Badura, who shoots sports and adventure—often in a way [...]

Walter Iooss’ Montauk: Friday-night “moonset”

German publisher to issue monograph of Nadav Kander’s “Yangtze” series

The German book publisher Hatje Cantz has produced a monograph of Nadav’s Prix Pictet–winning series “Yangtze, The Long River,” designed by Tappin Gofton Ltd. The 166-page clothbound book—featuring 75 color images, an introduction by Kofi Annan, and text by Jean Paul Tchang—will be available in September. . . From the publisher: . Nadav Kander (born [...]

What’s the best advertising city in America?

The San Francisco Egotist, which covers design and advertising in the Bay Area, is challenging readers to determine which is “the best advertising city in America.” The decision will be made via votes from people like you, and they’ve sparked the debate by posting an editorial in favor of SF and one touting New York [...]

Sea paddlers to storm Manhattan, Jorg Badura to photograph them

There are lots of ways to get around New York City, but sea paddling has got to be one of the most unusual—and most fun. And, in this case, most purposeful. On Friday at 9 AM, an estimated 200 people will be donning swimwear, hopping aboard their surfboard, and picking up their paddles to make [...]

New work: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders photographs indie musicians for HuffPo

Sebastian Blanck is a founding member of the critically acclaimed art-noise outfit Black Dice, and Caroline Polachek is the silky-voiced singer and synth maven of the critically acclaimed electronic-pop band Chairlift. And here’s a portrait of them together, taken by Timothy for The Huffington Post: . . The portrait appears in Timothy’s HuffPo column, posted [...]

New work: Liz Von Hoene’s playful Rebecca Moses campaign flirts with shadows

The star of the new Rebecca Moses “Heart Soul Style” campaign is a happy inhabitant of a rather luxe shadow world. All around her are signifying silhouettes—of Paris, her handsome home, even her well-groomed poodle. It’s an artful lark. And the photographer who brought this playful world to light? It’s Liz Von Hoene, who has [...]

Moving out of NYC? Take the Artist Exit Interview first.

I’ve lived in New York City for just over 17 years now, and there was probably not a single year that I didn’t think about leaving. I adore the city, but it’s really hard to live here—to afford it, to find a reasonable space to live that is also in a neighborhood I’d actually want [...]

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