Monthly Archives: September 2011

Steven Lippman shoots “Icons of Aloha” campaign for surf fashion brand Reef

Reef, maker of surfing-inspired footwear and apparel with a history that stretches back more than 25 years, is paying tribute to contemporary surfing greats who’ve triumphed on the North Shore of Oahu with a new campaign called “Icons of Aloha.” Specifically, Mikala Jones, Alana Blanchard, Stephen Koehne, Ross Williams, Sean Moody, and Shane Dorian, as [...]

Something wild: 6 by Roxanne Lowit

Have you checked out Roxanne Lowit‘s tumblr? It’s a visual chronicle of her social life, a.k.a. one incredible party and event after another. Lots of fame, fabulosity, and exotic wildlife captured in its natural habitat… .

Art Streiber on the value of growing older

Michal Fanta of the Czech photo blog odcloneno.com regularly asks photographers, “What is the best ‘thing’ you have ever done that made you a better photographer?” And he recently posed the question to Art Streiber. Here’s an excerpt from his reply: Honestly, the best “thing” I have done that has made me a better photographer [...]

Lauren Greenfield’s child beauty queens featured in People

I have my own opinions on the practice of giving little girls fake tans, dolling them up in makeup, and teaching them to believe that beauty (if you can call it that) is a worthy quality to be ranked by. So I was especially gratified to see that a mainstream magazine like People is questioning [...]

See Kwaku Alston at the Annenberg next Thursday

. Kwaku Alston will be speaking on “Unique Beauty” next Thursday, September 22, at the Annenberg Space for Photography. Here’s the official description of his talk, which is part of the Annenberg’s IRIS Nights Lecture Series: “As an award-winning celebrity photographer, Kwaku Alston has made a career of working with beautiful people. As a humanist, [...]

CC52, Week 24: “Beauty School”

. Week 24 of the new series CC52: A Year of Personal Work by Craig Cutler… Title: “Beauty School.” Concept: From an ongoing series of portraits of beauty school students around the United States. Film: Color negative. Camera: Rollei 2 1/4 x 2 1/4. Producer: Adrienne Hardman. Follow CC52 here. .

Communication Arts releases its 2011 Photography Annual

The competition was intense for Communication Arts‘ 2011 Photography Annual, with more than 5,000 entries vying for the approbation of the five-member jury. Among the 166 winners were three of our photographers: Nadav Kander, Art Streiber, and Liz Von Hoene, whose winning images are posted below. (Full gallery here.) We congratulate them and all of [...]

Outside mag presents “Michael Muller’s Great White Sharks”

Michael Muller—celebrity and entertainment photographer, adventurer, and cofounder of Kids Clicking Kids—has a new personal project: photographing great white sharks. Outside magazine, for whom Michael most recently shot climber/skier/photographer Jimmy Chin, is currently featuring an interview with Michael and a shark gallery at its website. “With so many famous faces and remote places in his [...]

Steven Lippman’s Malibu: Big swell

When he’s not shooting for a client, Steven Lippman is usually out surfing or skating in Malibu, where he and his family live, and documenting the scene while he’s at it. Which presents an excellent opportunity to view this exclusive Southern California enclave through the eyes of an insider who also happens to be a [...]

Jeff Lipsky shoots Rachel Bilson for cover of Women’s Health

The October issue of Women’s Health, which hits newsstands today, features a cover story on actress Rachel Bilson, who’s starring in a new series called Hart of Dixie. In the show, which premieres this fall on The CW, the onetime O.C. star plays a big-city doctor who loses both her job and her boyfriend and [...]

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