Monthly Archives: January 2011

Photos: SMart Book 2011 launch party

A big, big thank you to everyone who came out, despite the prodigious snow and slush clogging the city streets, to The Gallery @ Stockland Martel last Thursday for our SMart Book 2011 launch party and exhibition. It was a fabulous night. Here’s a look: .  

Why you should check out the blog La Lettre de la Photographie

. Have you seen the photo blog La Lettre de la Photographie? It presents photo news, interviews, and reviews and has a worldwide focus. You can watch a video portrait of Olga Sviblova, “the mother, the godmother of Russian photography,” who has just opened a photography museum; read a review of Karine Laval‘s exhibition of [...]

Michael Muller’s “I’m Still Here” a top-ranking movie poster for 2010

. A while back, I wrote that the poster for I’m Still Here, featuring a portrait by Michael Muller, had been named one of the five best movie posters of 2010 by New York magazine’s Vulture blog. Since then, we’re proud to report, the poster has been added to a quite a few new best-of [...]

Rolph Gobits’ series “The Entertainers” to be exhibited in England

. Rolph Gobits‘ series “Entertainers” has been more than 20 years in the making, a circus-inspired collection of portraits of middle-aged clowns, knife throwers, ersatz cowboys, riders of tiny bicycles, accordion players, and masters of shadow puppetry. These are photos of people who live to put on a show and, despite their age, will pull [...]

Tonight: Launch party for SMart Book 2011

. We’re hosting a reception tonight to celebrate the publication of our latest limited-edition photo annual, SMart Book 2011. Last year’s volume was a split run, with half of the books featuring a cover by Hans Gissinger and the other half a photo by Craig Cutler. This year, we’re three times a lady, with a [...]

New work: Jeff Lipsky shoots wild-boar hunt for Bon Appetit

. “Tusk-to-Tail Dining in Hawaii”—that’s the name of the feature that Jeff Lipsky shot for the February issue of Bon Appétit, on stands now. Jeff joined writer Hugh Garvey on the big island as Garvey and the locals went hunting for wild boar and then enjoyed the fruits (or rather meats) of their labor at [...]

Resource magazine celebrates “Photographers and Assistants” in new photo essay

“As Alfred is to Bruce Wayne, Ricky to Lucy, or Sancho Panza to Don Quixote, so is the first assistant to the photographer,” writes Spencer Winans in his introduction to “Photographers and Assistants,” an excellent photo essay in the winter issue of Resource magazine. For the feature, Resource asked each photographer/assistant pair to take a [...]

New work: Roxanne Lowit photographs Russian supermodel Irina Shayk

. Roxanne Lowit shot supermodel Irina Shayk for the February issue of Russian Tatler. Here’s a look: .

Bon Appetit’s new ad campaign says, “Bite me.”

. Bon Appétit is launching a half-million-dollar ad campaign a week from today centered on the tagline “Bite me,” reports The New York Times. “The campaign will help herald the arrival…of a new editor in chief, Adam Rapoport; the first issue under his aegis is planned for May,” writes Times‘ advertising-industry guru Stuart Elliott. Rapoport, [...]

John Offenbach and Fallon art buyer Kerri Jamison talk Travelers

. For the past five-plus years, John Offenbach has been shooting the print campaigns for Travelers Insurance, for Fallon in Minneapolis. It’s an ongoing collaboration that has garnered him numerous awards, including a Gold from Campaign magazine at the 2009 Campaign Photo Awards and first prize at the inaugural New York Photo Awards. The work [...]

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