Monthly Archives: October 2011

Michael Muller captures Common’s “dark side” for Ebony

October 24, 2011 – 12:09 pm

. Common, whose name is inevitably accompanied by the label “conscious rapper” whenever you read or hear about him in the press, has written an autobiography that looks back at the rocky road he had to navigate in order to reach higher ground. Stuff like being kidnapped by his dad when he was a kid. [...]

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National Portrait Gallery to host “The Black List: Photographs 
by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders”

October 24, 2011 – 9:41 am

We’re extremely proud to announce that the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., will be presenting “The Black List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders” from October 28 to April 22. In honor of the show, AT&T—sponsor of both this exhibition and Timothy’s “The Latino List” at the Brooklyn Museum—underwrote a limited-edition “Black List” book, the foreword [...]

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“Solitary Refinement”

October 21, 2011 – 2:19 pm

Environmental portraiture is one of Rolph Gobits specialties, and his style tends to be quite elegant. Maybe it’s because he’s often photographing people in wonderfully old and ornate European settings and because his lighting has something of the Old Masters to it. Whatever the reason, his portraits—despite occasional humorous twists or traces of melancholy—often seem [...]

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New service offers expert portfolio reviews online

October 21, 2011 – 9:07 am

You know how the portfolio-review experience can be invaluable for improving your work but it’s sometimes hard to schedule the time and save the funds to attend a review? Creative consultant Allegra Wilde has joined forces with photographers Jesse Diamond and Micah Diamond to create Eyeist, a service that provides portfolio reviews online, making it [...]

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CC52, Week 29: “Mascots”

October 20, 2011 – 7:47 am

. Week 29 of the new series CC52: A Year of Personal Work by Craig Cutler… Title: “Mascots.” Format: Rollei 6008; 180mm Schneider Tele-Xenar, 120mm Zeiss Makro-Planar. Film: Tri-X. Styling: Cindy Sandman. Makeup: Carolina Dali. Follow CC52 here. .

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“Princess Bride” and “Romy and Michele” reunion photos by Art Streiber. Plus: Kwaku Alston’s “227″ reunion photo.

October 19, 2011 – 11:47 am

As part of its special double “Reunions Issue,” Entertainment Weekly reunited the cast of the cultishly adored 1987 fantasy flick The Princess Bride, and senior associate photo editor Rachael Lieberman commissioned Art Streiber to shoot the accompanying photos. Art shot portraits of the film’s stars—Billy Crystal, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Wallace [...]

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Matthew Rolston shoots plastic surgery story for Oprah mag

October 18, 2011 – 12:47 pm

Matthew Rolston shot photos for a set of features in the November issue of O, The Oprah Magazine that’s been getting a lot of attention. Called “Better Than Beautiful?,” the package is about how the “unlimited options” for cosmetically altering oneself have created a new standard of beauty. Christina Weber, deputy photo editor at O, [...]

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Jan Steinhilber’s birds

October 18, 2011 – 7:47 am

For the past two and a half years, Jan Steinhilber has been working on a personal project comprising portraits of birds—an ongoing series that was recently honored by the AOP. To me, the bird photos seemed like a departure from his commercial work, which is primarily automotive, conceptual still lifes, and crisp interiors and landscapes. [...]

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Kwaku Alston shoots Seth MacFarlane for The Hollywood Reporter (video)

October 17, 2011 – 2:02 pm

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is the subject of the cover story in the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter, which features the magazine’s fourth annual list of Top 50 Showrunners: “the 50 most influential—and valuable—creative chiefs writing, producing and redefining television.” The magazine commissioned Kwaku Alston to photograph MacFarlane, who’s on the list. Here’s [...]

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Video: Behind the scenes of David Drebin’s Lise Watier commercial

October 17, 2011 – 12:08 pm

Fashion Television was on set with David Drebin as he directed the latest Lise Watier commercial. Click here or on the image below to view their video report. . . .

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