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 [...]

Anne Telford of Communication Arts on interviewing Lauren Greenfield

I often do behind-the-scenes stories about photo shoots, but this time I thought it’d be interesting to get the backstory on a magazine article—specifically, the story behind Anne Telford’s feature on Lauren Greenfield in Communication Arts’ May/June issue, which happens to be the Illustration Annual. The feature is titled “Lauren Greenfield: Capturing the Zeitgeist.” (Get [...]

New work: Jason Hindley for Levolor and Super Glue

Two new conceptual shoots by Jason Hindley: One is a campaign for Levolor, shot for Carmichael Lynch, that Communication Arts featured at its website; and the other is a campaign for Super Glue, shot for Grey Warsaw, that won a Bronze at this year’s KTR Festiwal. Here’s a look at both… . . “In a [...]

Spotlight: Jan Steinhilber

Communication Arts published an interview with Jan Steinhilber in December 2009 that describes the German photographer thusly: “Photographer Jan Steinhilber studied graphic design with the ambition to become an art director—and accidentally discovered photography during the studies. He got deeper into it by working as an assistant for different photographers and finally decided to make [...]

Craig Cutler, Jason Hindley, and Nadav Kander among the winners in Communication Arts’ photo annual

Congratulations to Nadav, Jason, and Craig for being chosen for Communication Arts‘ 2010 Photography Annual! For this year’s venerable competition, the magazine selected 147 projects (by 135 photographers) to be featured in its July/August issue. If you’re a subscriber, you can view the winners’ work online. Here are Craig’s, Jason’s, and Nadav’s pages: . . [...]

Jan Steinhilber on the joy of sketches and why he’d like to learn to make a good risotto

.. Communication Arts has just interviewed Jan Steinhilber for its online “Insights” column, a conversation that touched on everything from scuba diving to Steve McQueen to risotto. Here’s a little excerpt: .. CA: Is there anything you would not digitally retouch? Jan: No. I always use every means I have to improve the strength and [...]

Communication Arts 2009 Photography Annual

… Each year, Communication Arts selects the finest photography in the industry for special recognition. This year, we’re pleased to announce that four of our photographers are among the winners: … Vincent Laforet… … .. Craig Cutler… … … Jan Steinhilber… … … And Nadav Kander… … The jurors were Frank Dattalo, group creative director [...]

Jim Fiscus’ “Moment” in Communication Arts

… There’s a big feature on Jim’s recent personal project, “The Unfortunate Moment of Misunderstanding,” in Communication Arts‘ 2009 Photography Annual. “Moment” is a sort of photographic novella, with a fashion twist, about a wood carver who makes the same doll over and over again, and Jim used CGI for various parts of it. (He [...]

Communication Arts asks Craig Cutler for his “Insights”

Communication Arts, the leading trade journal for visual communications, has devoted a section of its website to “Insights,” where it asks photographers, designers, illustrators, art directors, and creative professionals for their perspectives. Craig Cutler was interviewed in a piece titled “A Time Before Instantaneous,” posted March 11. He talks about things like the photographers he [...]

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