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Have you seen those cheeky Tampax print ads of Serena Williams whacking a tennis ball in the direction of Mother Nature?
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Walter shot them. And afterward, he had an impromptu portrait session with the tennis pro. Here’s the photo, plus the text of an email Walter sent me:
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“this shoot was done 2 days after her wimbledon [...]
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The November issue of Prevention magazine, featuring Kwaku Alston’s cover portrait of Michelle Obama, has just hit newsstands. And the blogosphere is already buzzing.
Kwaku’s photograph highlights the First Lady’s strength, warmth, and beauty yet feels wholly natural, as if he were photographing a friend. The accompanying story is apparently pretty juicy too: Mrs. Obama reveals [...]
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You’ll find Montauk at the end of the South Fork of Long Island. To the north is the Block Island Sound, and to the south is the Atlantic. Unlike the nearby-ish Hamptons, it is not a fashionable place. Episodes of Sex & the City were not based there. But it is a mecca for surfers [...]
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If you’re a September issue kind of person, stop by the Los Angeles Times‘ website, which has posted a photo-driven “trip through fashions and styles of yesteryear.” It kicks off with Beverly Johnson recalling her Vogue photo shoot with Francesco Scavullo 35 years ago and includes Sharon Tate (“a flower child all the way down [...]
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Several months ago, I came across a post on Hans Gissinger at the blog run by the creative agency Epidemik Coalition. It was written by photographer Jorge Menes, who recalled an assignment he was given while a student at Portfolio Center in Atlanta. Here’s the part that got me intrigued:
“Contact your hero (a photographer), and [...]
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Entertainment Tonight has posted a report on the Jacksons’ upcoming A&E reality series, along with footage of Kwaku Alston’s shoot the week before last with the Jackson brothers. Click here to watch.
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Tom Rafalovich is always going on some sort of outdoor adventure—biking, fishing, surfing, and the like—and he often builds personal photo projects around those activities. So I asked him to send me some of his recent work. Here’s what he emailed me:
“For the surf story [photos 1 and 2 below] we wanted to capture the [...]
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I just read that the November issue of Creative Review will be devoted to the workplace. The question they want to explore is whether it matters anymore where one is based—do you have to live in a big city if you want to make it in advertising or graphic design?
For purely voyeuristic purposes, they also [...]
Some of our readers’ workspaces
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Last week, I wrote about the workspaces of the creative and solitary (is that redundant? Creative and solitary?), and I invited readers to submit photos of their own design/photo/art headquarters. Here are a couple, for your voyeuristic viewing pleasure. (I’m happy to keep posting these images, by the way. You’ll find me at [email protected].)
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From Alan [...]