Category Archives: Our Photographers in the News

Foreclosure as seen through various photogs’ lenses

January 29, 2010 – 11:03 am

.. Over at PDNpulse.com, there’s a super-interesting look at the theme of foreclosure as interpreted by a variety of photographers, including Todd Hido, Mike Benrube, David H. Wells, T.J. Proechel, and Lauren Greenfield. . . If you want to add your images to PDN’s post, just go here and upload them as a comment. . [...]

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Video: Reporter confronts Walter Iooss with tough question

January 28, 2010 – 3:40 pm

. When you’re a reporter, you can’t be afraid to ask your subjects tough questions. No one knows this better than CNBC’s Darren Rovell. Here’s what he recently asked Walter Iooss—who is, among other things, a veteran Sports Illustrated photographer: “How hard is it to take an unbelievable picture of a beautiful woman in a [...]

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A NEW update on the “gnarly” Kilimanjaro climb

January 12, 2010 – 4:50 pm

. They made it! The Summit on the Summit team made it to the top of Kilimanjaro with their good humor intact. The SoS website isn’t updated with images yet, but the blog First Ascent has posted a photo of the climbers taken by Michael: .. .. Posted earlier today: .. . People magazine yesterday [...]

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Party pics: “Backstage Dior” book signing at Claridge’s

January 11, 2010 – 9:59 am

.. Last month, there was a big, glittery exhibition and book party for Roxanne Lowit’s Backstage Dior at Claridge’s hotel in London, and I just received a bunch of great photos from Roxanne’s studio manager, Shoko. I’ve posted them below. As a funny aside, did you see the piece on über publicist Kelly Cutrone in [...]

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Celeb Kilimanjaro climb begins tomorrow

January 6, 2010 – 11:39 am

The Huffington Post reports that actor Emile Hirsch (Milk, Into the Wild) will be joining Jessica Biel, Michael Muller, Kenna, and their fellow celebrity climbers for the Summit on the Summit trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro. “The real challenge is gonna be the altitude,” Hirsch told HuffPo. “It’s kind of a roll of the dice as [...]

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Care for a broccoli handbag or some eggplant slippers?

January 5, 2010 – 11:33 am

.. Fulvio Bonavia’s book A Matter of Taste (Hachette Australia), which features the conceptual photographer’s sublimely absurd still lifes of apparel and accessories that he fashioned from foodstuffs, continues to wow the press overseas. The newspaper Corriere della Sera in Italy, in fact, has just posted a 15-image photo gallery from the coffee-table book, including [...]

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Jan Steinhilber on the joy of sketches and why he’d like to learn to make a good risotto

December 31, 2009 – 11:50 am

.. Communication Arts has just interviewed Jan Steinhilber for its online “Insights” column, a conversation that touched on everything from scuba diving to Steve McQueen to risotto. Here’s a little excerpt: .. CA: Is there anything you would not digitally retouch? Jan: No. I always use every means I have to improve the strength and [...]

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Photogs on shooting celebrity portraits

December 17, 2009 – 10:19 am

… PDN has expanded its feature on celebrity portraiture, in the December issue, online and asked a variety of photographers to answer questions like “What is the most challenging situation you’ve ever had to deal with while photographing a celebrity and what did you do to get the shot?” The shooters they spoke to include [...]

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T Magazine Blog interviews Roxanne Lowit

December 15, 2009 – 3:24 pm

.. The buzz surrounding Roxanne Lowit and Backstage Dior continues to grow, grow, grow. The book, which I saw in person yesterday at Stockland Martel’s offices, is a hefty, eye-popping collection of otherworldly fashions and the equally out-of-this world women who modeled them. .. .. Roxanne captures the glamour and the gorgeousness, and interprets it [...]

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Deadline for Sony World Photo awards coming up fast

December 14, 2009 – 12:22 pm

… The deadline to enter the Sony World Photography Awards, which as its website notes is much more than just a competition—in fact, it’s a weeklong celebration in Cannes—is coming up soon. January 4, to be precise. David Zimmerman was the 2009 L’Iris D’Or winner: .. .. Nadav Kander is part of the Honorary Jury, [...]

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