Monthly Archives: September 2010

New work: Michael Muller shoots Michael Douglas for Parade

Actor Michael Douglas, who announced last month on The Late Show With David Letterman that he is battling stage-4 throat cancer, was the subject of Parade‘s cover story last Sunday. (His new movie, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, opens September 24.) And our own Michael Muller was the photographer for the feature. Here are a [...]

Cameraless photography tonight in New York

The commercial photo industry is naturally predisposed to discussions of gear and technique, so it’s nice to step back from that for a minute and look at something completely different—such as cameraless photography. Tonight, at Danziger Projects in New York, is the opening for a solo show of Christopher Bucklow’s photographs, which he makes without [...]

The 5-minute celebrity portrait: one photog’s sweaty story

Photojournalist Alex Garcia of The Chicago Tribune writes an excellent blog called Assignment Chicago, encompassing everything from street photography (like this stripey hot-pink one of an evening commuter ascending stairs) to photo tips (such as “How to Take Candid Pictures of Strangers”). Looking through his archive today, I found a post in which he chronicles [...]

Nadav Kander’s Tony Blair portrait on cover of Time mag’s U.K. edition

With “Tony Blair on Clinton, Bush and the American Character,” Time scored a major coup—Britain’s former prime minister wrote the essay exclusively for the magazine, adapting it from his new memoir, A Journey. To illustrate the piece, Time‘s photo team chose a portrait of Blair by Nadav Kander. It appears on the cover of the magazine’s [...]

New work: David Drebin and “The High Life”

Modern Luxury commissioned David to photograph this fashion story in Miami, which they titled “The High Life: As Luxury Returns, the Drama Unfolds…” The setting for the feature, now on view in the September issue, was the W Hotel. . . . .

Industry news: Matthew Rolston on ANTM, the SPD’s “iPad evening,” Men’s Journal adds an issue, the value of being nice, and more

Matthew Rolston will be appearing as a guest judge on the new season of America’s Next Top Model, which premieres tomorrow. Italian Vogue has partnered with the CW reality program this year, with the winner receiving a coveted multi-page spread in the magazine. Diane Von Furstenberg, Zac Posen, and Patricia Field are also among the [...]

New work: Matthias Clamer shoots “Raising Hope” posters for FOX

Matthias shot these posters for FOX’s new comedy Raising Hope, which premieres September 21, over a two-day period in L.A. this past June. “The creatives from FOX had about 15 fantastic ideas for the shoot,” recalls Matthias. “When it came to editing it down, I suggested to leave them all on the table and try [...]

DigitalFusion on the making of Wired’s first motion cover

For the third and final installment of my series of interviews looking at the making of Wired’s September 2010 motion cover, I talked with Hugh Milstein and Tim Wilcox of the LA-based postproduction company DigitalFusion, who worked with Scott Dadich, Wired’s creative director, and Carolyn Rauch, Wired’s photo editor, on translating Scott’s design into motion. [...]

Cast your vote in ASME’s 2010 “Best Cover Contest”

Voting began yesterday in the 2010 “Best Cover Contest,” sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) and hosted by Amazon.com. “Magazine covers were eligible if they appeared on issues dated from June 1, 2009, to May 31, 2010. Beginning September 1, the 72 finalists will be posted on Amazon.com for 30 days. Customers [...]

Desperate Housewives go Western for Matthew Rolston shoot

To promote Season 7 of Desperate Housewives, ABC commissioned Matthew to photograph the women of Wisteria Lane in a full-on Western-themed setting. The images have not yet been released, but Entertainment Weekly has posted a sneak preview. “As much as I miss Nicollette [sic] Sheridan’s Edie, this is the most inspired quintet yet. Teri = [...]

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