New work: Albert Pujols by Art Streiber for ESPN The Magazine

The cover story of ESPN The Magazine‘s “Recruiting Issue,” which just came out, provides a “pitch-by-pitch account of how one team recruited the best bat and the best arm on the free agent market.” The team in question: the Los Angeles Angels. And the best bat? Slugger Albert Pujols, of course, who was photographed for [...]

Celebrity portraits, ad campaigns, lowriders, pig farmers, and other highlights from Matthias Clamer’s new website

There’s an ongoing debate about what a commercial photographer’s website should be and how it should function. Some people shun Flash, while others embrace it; some insist on literal category names, when others prefer something more personal; some think visitors should be able to pull images right off the site, and others do everything in [...]

New work by Art Streiber: Eva Longoria for Spanish Vanity Fair. Plus: Usain Bolt for ESPN The Magazine.

Spanish Vanity Fair commissioned Art Streiber to shoot its December cover story, which features actress Eva Longoria in a glamorously wintry setting. (Coverjunkie.com is among the cover image’s admirers.) Here’s a look at the story, plus a behind-the-scenes video showing how it all came together in the studio. Art worked with VF art director Paloma [...]

New work: Steven Lippman photographs “Europe’s most controversial soccer player” for ESPN The Magazine

In his profile of Mario Balotelli in the current issue of ESPN The Magazine, writer Sam Alipour dubs Balotelli “Europe’s most controversial soccer player.”Apparently, Balotelli—who plays for England’s Manchester City soccer team—is a gifted athlete but rather mercurial. In his first season with Man City, Alipour explains, Balotelli “was red-carded twice…and was reprimanded for off-field [...]

Congratulations to the photography winners at last night’s National Magazine Awards

Last night was the big ASME ceremony here in New York announcing the winners of the 2011 National Magazine Awards. Some highlights: National Geographic was named Magazine of the Year; in the General Excellence category, Women’s Health won in Fashion, Service and Lifestyle Magazines, while Los Angeles emerged victorious among Special Interest Magazines and New [...]

Michael Muller and Jason Ellis get “Loud” for ESPN The Magazine

ESPN The Magazine commissioned Michael Muller to photograph skateboarder, mixed martial arts fighter, Sirius XM host, and heavily inked powerhouse Jason Ellis for its “Loud Issue,” which just hit stands. “I’m never happier than when my eye is swollen shut,” Jason tells writer Allison Glock in the story, appropriately titled “Shock Waves.” Here’s the opening [...]

Water polo team bares all for Art Streiber and ESPN The Magazine (updated)

Who says you need a wardrobe person on every big shoot? For the cover of ESPN The Magazine’s second annual Body Issue, Art Streiber photographed the USA Women’s Water Polo team, and these gifted athletes were wearing not a stitch of clothing. (Hey, it’s the Body Issue, not the Caftan Issue.) . .. “Catriona Ni [...]

EPSN The Magazine publishes first-ever travel issue

Though the focus in publishing these days is on ways to use technology like the iPad and the Web to keep print alive (here’s a recent article on Newsweek‘s efforts along these lines), some publishers are using low-tech, time-tested strategies to boost their ad pages. Like appealing to nonendemic advertisers. That, at least, is what [...]

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