Category Archives: Industry News & Commentary

Matthew Rolston: Photographer, director, “ANTM” guest judge, and… creative director?

September 28, 2010 – 11:01 am

Matthew Rolston, the modern master of classic glamor, has added a new title to his resume: creative director. Matthew teamed up with Sam Nazarian, founder and CEO of the luxury hospitality, real estate development, and lifestyle company sbe (the luxe Philppe Starck–designed SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills is among his recent projects), to conceptualize The [...]

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The Sexiest Magazine Cover of the Year is…

September 23, 2010 – 12:32 pm

…Walter Iooss’ portrait of Brooklyn Decker for the 2010 Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated. Says who? Says those who voted at Amazon.com for the nominees designated by ASME. The people have spoken. Congratulations, Walter! . . More about SI and Walter’s winning cover: “2010 was a return to the iconic, attention-grabbing SI Swimsuit covers of [...]

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On fly fishing, sportswear ads, and why landscape photos are sometimes just not enough

September 22, 2010 – 5:07 pm

Are beautiful photos of nature enough to market a sportswear brand? Neil Fiske, president and CEO of Eddie Bauer, doesn’t think so. A few years ago, not long after he joined the company, Fiske spoke with a reporter about his plans to return Eddie Bauer to its core values—and changing the company’s choice of photography [...]

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Industry news: the so-called creative exodus, Twitter’s makeover, CP+B adds 3 new creatives, critiquing agency sites, and more

September 20, 2010 – 9:56 am

. The so-called creative exodus: Is there a trend in top-tier creatives making the leap into their own agencies or other industries altogether? Ad Age suggests there is in the article “Creative Exodus in Adland: It’s Just Not ‘Fun’ Anymore.” “Since the beginning of the year, a veritable Cannes jury worth of senior creative talent [...]

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Doug Menuez on capturing “the soul of sport”

September 15, 2010 – 9:15 am

With any shoot, there are always great images that never get used. The client needs six shots, for example, and the photographer produces nine solid options. Or, if you’re Doug Menuez, the client needs six shots, and you produce 30,000 images. True story. An international sportswear brand was creating a new campaign for Europe a [...]

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Lauren Greenfield wins Grand Prize in PDN’s The Look fashion-photography contest

September 14, 2010 – 8:09 am

We’re thrilled to announce that PDN has awarded Lauren Greenfield the Grand Prize in the Runway category in its inaugural fashion-photography contest, The Look—Where Fashion Meets Art. As the editors noted in their introduction to the winners gallery, “Fashion photography is a genre admired by many but practiced by few.” Lauren, who was honored for [...]

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A look at some explorers of light

September 13, 2010 – 9:42 am

The other day, I found a photo blog called Guess the Lighting, in which photographer Ted Sabarese tries to determine how other photogs lit a specific shot and even draws a diagram to illustrate his guess. “It’s what you always wanted to know but didn’t know who to ask,” he writes. Although technically, we do [...]

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The 5-minute celebrity portrait: one photog’s sweaty story

September 9, 2010 – 8:20 am

Photojournalist Alex Garcia of The Chicago Tribune writes an excellent blog called Assignment Chicago, encompassing everything from street photography (like this stripey hot-pink one of an evening commuter ascending stairs) to photo tips (such as “How to Take Candid Pictures of Strangers”). Looking through his archive today, I found a post in which he chronicles [...]

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Industry news: Matthew Rolston on ANTM, the SPD’s “iPad evening,” Men’s Journal adds an issue, the value of being nice, and more

September 7, 2010 – 4:13 pm

Matthew Rolston will be appearing as a guest judge on the new season of America’s Next Top Model, which premieres tomorrow. Italian Vogue has partnered with the CW reality program this year, with the winner receiving a coveted multi-page spread in the magazine. Diane Von Furstenberg, Zac Posen, and Patricia Field are also among the [...]

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Cast your vote in ASME’s 2010 “Best Cover Contest”

September 2, 2010 – 8:47 am

Voting began yesterday in the 2010 “Best Cover Contest,” sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) and hosted by Amazon.com. “Magazine covers were eligible if they appeared on issues dated from June 1, 2009, to May 31, 2010. Beginning September 1, the 72 finalists will be posted on Amazon.com for 30 days. Customers [...]

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