Category Archives: Behind the Scenes

Video: the making of “Children of South Africa”

December 14, 2009 – 10:11 am

… I’ve interviewed about Luca Zordan about his upcoming book Children of South Africa, which he is producing in collaboration with Alethea Gold, and Luca has described with great emotion the children and stories he’s photographed. But now there’s a video that makes it come to life better than my words ever could: … … [...]

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Jeff Lipsky on the tofu trail in Japan

November 17, 2009 – 1:31 pm

… In September, Bon Appetit sent Jeff Lipsky to Japan to photograph a story on tofu in Kyoto. The piece, written by Adam Sachs, won’t be out till the February issue, but a writer from the blog KyotoFoodie has posted a behind-the-scenes look at one of Jeff’s shoots—at the restaurant Kichisen, with Chef Tanigawa. They [...]

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Video: Michael Muller’s underwater photography for Speedo

November 6, 2009 – 2:26 pm

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I am the new black!

October 21, 2009 – 9:59 am

… … No, not me. Tracy Morgan, who will be at the Union Square Barnes & Noble in Manhattan tomorrow for an “author discussion” and book signing for the autobiographical I Am the New Black. I have a feeling hilarity will ensue. …. … At his blog, Matthias Clamer has posted some photos of Tracy [...]

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Kai-Uwe Gundlach: Pint-sized car, big city

October 21, 2009 – 8:53 am

… You’ve seen those Smart cars, right? They’re cute and super tiny—so small that I’ve always thought of them as a jacket you can drive. You know, you sort of just pull one on and go. Kai-Uwe Gundlach recently shot a campaign in New York featuring this garment-sized car for a new car-rental service called [...]

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Photography + Google Maps = unusual band promo

October 19, 2009 – 9:52 am

… We’re always hearing about how Twitter and Facebook and the like are being leveraged for marketing purposes, but Google Maps? I hadn’t seen that trusty navigational resource identified it as a promotional tool until today, when I read a story at Creative Review‘s website about Sony’s promo for In This Light and On This [...]

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Scott & Zoë heart Portland

October 13, 2009 – 8:39 am

… If you haven’t met them already, allow me to introduce you to Scott & Zoë. They have excellent (and often retro-influenced) style, they’re really into saturated color, and their work has a super-distinct graphic sensibility. Scott Darling and Zoë van Baaren met in college 15 years ago and have been working together professionally for [...]

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The oak tree that bewitched both a photographer and an architect

October 7, 2009 – 6:22 pm

… …. At this blog, I’m usually focused on commercial photography and how and why it connects with art buyers and clients, but I thought it would be nice to look at a different scenario: why someone chooses an image to own and display in their home. The architect Wesley Wolfe, of  Morris Adjmi Architects, [...]

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Muller speaks! At last, the truth behind “Trauma.”

October 5, 2009 – 12:37 pm

… … Okay, so remember how I wrote last week that (I had read that) Michael Muller’s action-packed Trauma ads were inspired by war photography? That was wrong. They weren’t. At least not consciously. How do I know? Michael just sent me the true story himself via email, along with a…self-portrait: … “Contrary to what [...]

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Behind the scenes of those “Trauma” ads

October 2, 2009 – 8:20 am

… You know those ads for Trauma that I mentioned recently? The ones singled out by The Hollywood Reporter as being among the best TV ads of the new season? The ones that The New York Observer has called “the snazziest ad campaign of the fall”? Well, I’ve been trying to get Michael Muller, who [...]

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