Do we see an upturn in automotive advertising, perhaps?

There’s no question that automotive advertising spending stalled with the recession, but recently there have been signs that this category is picking up speed. We’re not talking a full recovery, but progress is being made. “Ad spending for cars and credit cards has come roaring back, helping drive 8.8% growth in 2010 U.S. spending for [...]

Adventure and sports photographer Jorg Badura launches blog

Photographer Jorg Badura—who specializes in adventure, sports & recreation, landscape, and automotive—has just launched a blog to complement his online portfolio. “It is meant to have a multimedia base with brief text about my vision, my work, and parts of my life and interests beyond photography,” he explains. “Basically, it’s a place to express myself and [...]

Jorg Badura photographs runners for The New York Times Magazine

. What’s the correct way to run? In a feature for the issue of The New York Times Magazine that came out the day of the ING New York City Marathon, Christopher McDougall—author of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen—takes on this much-debated question, [...]

In tribute: a guest post by Jorg Badura

“These photographs pay homage to the untamable energy that New York once possessed. They remind us of a less controlled, more free-spirited, and more spontaneous time, and I wanted to show them here in the hope of inspiring us to hold on to that precious energy from before 9/11.” —Jorg Badura . . .

Jorg Badura to document dramatic SEA Paddle NYC. Plus: Time-lapse video.

Early tomorrow morning, the 2011 SEA Paddle NYC—a 26.5-mile paddle around the island of Manhattan—will kick off at Pier 40 on the Hudson River, and Jorg Badura will be there to document the event, which raises money for autism awareness and for the Surfers’ Environmental Alliance. Jorg shot last year’s SEA Paddle as well—both action [...]

SMart Book 2011, our latest photo annual, is now online!

Earlier this year, we threw a big party to celebrate the release of SMart Book 2011, our latest limited-edition collectible photo annual, which we printed with three different covers—by Lauren Greenfield, Roxanne Lowit, and Liz Von Hoene. And now, we’re happy to announce, the book is available to view online at issuu.com. . . The [...]

Photos: SMart Book 2011 launch party

A big, big thank you to everyone who came out, despite the prodigious snow and slush clogging the city streets, to The Gallery @ Stockland Martel last Thursday for our SMart Book 2011 launch party and exhibition. It was a fabulous night. Here’s a look: .  

Resource magazine celebrates “Photographers and Assistants” in new photo essay

“As Alfred is to Bruce Wayne, Ricky to Lucy, or Sancho Panza to Don Quixote, so is the first assistant to the photographer,” writes Spencer Winans in his introduction to “Photographers and Assistants,” an excellent photo essay in the winter issue of Resource magazine. For the feature, Resource asked each photographer/assistant pair to take a [...]

Gallery: Car Photography, Nine Ways

Nine very different takes on the automotive genre. Featuring Stockland Martel photographers Jorg Badura, Fulvio Bonavia, David Drebin, Uwe Duettmann, Kai Uwe Gundlach, Jason Hindley, John Midgley, Martin Sigal, and Jan Steinhilber. . Click on any of the images to view the complete gallery.

A Fashion Week tribute, plus…

. We sent out our fall newsletter earlier this week, and since it also happened to be Fashion Week here in our fair city, we did something special to celebrate all things glamorous… . . . The e-newsletter also featured lots of new editorial work by our photographers… . . . As well as lots [...]

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