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It’s not often that a journalist is regarded as a figure of intrigue. Being interesting is the subject’s role; we writers are there to pay attention and faithfully tell their story. That’s generally speaking. And there’s nothing general, it seems, about Diane Pernet.
“The fashion journalist Diane Pernet crosses the Pont des Arts at midnight, slipping [...]
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Remember Kids Clicking Kids, the program that Michael Muller cofounded via the Art of Elysium to inspire hospitalized kids through the power of photography? Well, a couple of weeks ago, Microsoft very kindly donated laptops to each of the children in KCK’s dialysis program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, whose Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes, & [...]
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Featuring stills and stop-motion animation…
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Lauren shot a commercial for Nestle for JWT that’s now airing. With the exception of the grandmother, everyone you see here is a real family cast by Lauren and her team.
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Walter has written about his exhibition at the Annenberg for The Huffington Post. Well, I think he wrote it, though he might have just said the words and someone else wrote it all down. It’s hard to tell, since at the end of the piece, it says the text was “dictated” at the museum…
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I noticed that Bruce, an ex–New Yorker, has been posting photographs of Portland, where he now lives, at his Facebook page. Bruce is known in particular for his luminous commercial photos of interiors, so I was really impressed by the moodiness of his personal Portland work. (His “Death by Cat” series is similarly dark and [...]
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Anyone hoping to buy a DSLR and fluidly enter the world of motion might want to read Wired’s Raw File blog first. There’s a big story on the technical challenges you may face if you’re an underequipped newbie. Stuff like the “jello effect” (previously seen only in swimsuit season) and a lack of manual control [...]
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As you know, the Lucie Award–nominated international photo magazine GUP (Guide to Unique Photography) centers each of its bimonthly issues on a single topic, such as “The Black Issue,” with portfolios by Pieter Hugo, Phyllis Galembo, Paul D’Amato, and Roger Ballen, among others; “Graduates,” featuring Annick Ligtermoet, Sofie Van Dam, and Audrey Corregan; and “What [...]
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Nadav’s work has been exhibited all over the world, but this may be the first time it’s being shown in such a gleefully unconventional fashion. The nonprofit Montreal-based organization Make Art Public, or MAP, is showing his photos as part of its ambitious “Life Is an Extreme Sport!” event in Montreal. In keeping with MAP’s [...]
The $5 portfolio
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Do you keep a version of your portfolio on your cellphone? I can’t think of a reason not to. You never know who you’ll meet when you’re at an exhibition opening, on a plane, at a party, whatever, and while proffering a business card and mentioning who you’ve shot for can be effective, it seems [...]