Monthly Archives: June 2011

Walter Iooss’ Montauk: June 29, 6:30 p.m.

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Wired.com’s photo department wants to help you

Raw File, the photo blog of Wired magazine, has just launched a series of posts called “Assignment Wired,” in which Wired.com’s photo department will be giving out assignments and posting and critiquing selected submissions at the blog. “You’ll learn firsthand what it’s like to be on assignment for Wired.com,” according to Raw File, which describes [...]

CC52, Week 13: “Galaxy”

. Week 13 of the new series CC52: A Year of Personal Work by Craig Cutler… Title: “Galaxy” Concept: Create images that challenge one’s perception of reality and scale using common cooking ingredients. All sketches and photos © Craig Cutler. Follow CC52 here. .

New work: John Offenbach photographs the latest Serpentine Pavilion

The latest Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, commissioned each year by London’s Serpentine Gallery for summertime installation in Hyde Park, has just made its debut. A review in the U.K.’s Telegraph describes the structure, conceived by Pritzker Prize winner Peter Zumthor, as “a garden within a garden.” “From the outside, Swiss architect Peter Zumthor’s pavilion is a [...]

John Midgley reflects on photographing theoretical physicist Brian Greene

When Men’s Journal commissioned John Midgley to photograph Brian Greene—theoretical physicist and author of The Elegant Universe—for its July issue, John used the opportunity to try an idea that he’d been kicking around for a long time. I’ll let John, who worked with Men’s Journal director of photography Michelle Wolf and creative director Benjamin Purvis, [...]

Michael Muller shoots trio of “True Blood” covers for Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly commissioned Michael Muller to shoot a trio of covers for its June 24 feature on HBO’s True Blood, which had its Season 4 premiere on Sunday. The American Gothic–inspired concept has Sookie Stackhouse (a.k.a. Anna Paquin) posing with each of the toothsome men in her life: Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard), Bill Compton (Stephen [...]

Featured personal project: Luca Zordan and “Sofia’s World”

“Sofia’s World” is a beautiful portfolio of images by Luca Zordan that chronicles the life, so far, of his daughter Sofia, who is now 14 years old. The images speak for themselves, but I know Luca, and he has so much compassion and such an intuitive understanding of children that I really wanted him to [...]

Photographs and paintings by Erik Madigan Heck, inspired by designer Felicity Brown

Erik Madigan Heck has published an online artist book of his work, but it’s not strictly photographic. Felicity Brown and the End of Spring comprises studio and landscape images, along with works on paper that he made by applying oil paint onto his photos. The book is inspired by the spring/summer collection of British designer [...]

Bryan McNulty of Nino Munoz Photography takes our Studio Manager Questionnaire

I recently asked Bryan McNulty, studio manager for fashion and celebrity photographer Nino Muñoz, whose studio is located in the East Village, to take our Studio Manager Questionnaire. Bryan is as friendly and down-to-earth as Nino himself, and his answers reveal that the two have more than photography in common; they both have a healthy [...]

Portfolio: The joys of “Summer”

. Is there any other time of year that feels as uplifting and free-spirited as those splashy, sunshiny months from June to August? Dive into “Summer”—which features photos by Kwaku Alston, David Drebin, Uwe Duettmann, Lauren Greenfield, Ruedi Hofmann, Steven Lippman, Jeff Lipsky, Michael Muller, Tom Rafalovich, and Luca Zordan—and tell us what you think… [...]

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