PDN interviews Melanie Acevedo about her approach to lighting for clients like Dove and Hush Puppies

03/28/2017 – 10:31 am

PDN recently interviewed Melanie Acevedo about her approach to lighting for clients like Dove, for which she shot a global campaign centered on natural beauty (see the ads, and behind-the-scenes video, here and here), and Hush Puppies, which involved creating the feeling of warm sunlight (see the campaign here). Below, an excerpt. Melanie Acevedo’s advertising […]

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PDN showcases “The A Lists” of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders at PDN Photo of the Day

10/11/2016 – 3:26 pm

A big thank you to PDN for featuring Timothy Greenfield-Sanders at PDN Photo of the Day. “Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’s diverse subjects all get the same subtle visual treatment—photographed on a large-format Deardorff against a grey background and lit with a single silky light, his portraits both reveal and flatter,” notes PDN in the aptly titled post […]

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PDN explores Tobias Hutzler’s “light drawings” and the commercial assignments they’ve inspired

02/27/2015 – 2:14 pm

From using pure moonlight to shoot cars in the desert to casting a net of lights into the sea and setting a long exposure, photographer and director Tobias Hutzler has spent more than a year experimenting with light and how it interacts with the landscape. The results, which he describes as “light drawings,” are striking—and […]

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Come see Walter Iooss, Art Streiber, and Doug Menuez at PhotoPlus this week

10/28/2014 – 2:01 pm

PDN‘s PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo kicks off tomorrow at the Javits Convention Center in New York City, a four-day event that is the largest photography and imaging show in all of North America. There will be more than 220 exhibits, thousands of new products, and more than 80 conference seminars, keynote presentations, and special […]

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Lauren Greenfield, Nadav Kander, and Art Streiber featured in PDN’s 2014 Photo Annual

08/08/2014 – 1:48 pm

Congratulations to Lauren Greenfield, Nadav Kander, and Art Streiber, whose work was honored in PDN‘s 2014 Photo Annual! Lauren won in the video category for her Chevy Malibu campaign, “Perfect—#trulyrich,” for Commonwealth. . . The magazine spotlighted Nadav’s portrait series featuring the authors published in the fourth edition of Granta‘s Best Young British Novelists. The […]

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Nigel Cox featured on the cover of PDN’s “Lighting Issue”

04/30/2014 – 8:43 am

. Nigel Cox discusses his approach to lighting in the May issue of PDN, the cover of which features a photo from one of his recent shoots for longtime client Bergdorf Goodman. “Since moving to New York in 1999, [Nigel has] seen just about every assignment a professional photographer can come across, and he’s approached […]

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PDN interviews Nadav Kander for feature on “How Great Portraits Are Made”

02/26/2014 – 1:37 pm

For a feature on “How Great Portraits Are Made,” published in PDN’s March issue, managing editor Meghan Ahearn interviewed Nadav Kander about photographing actor Michael Shannon for a Port magazine cover story. Noting that Shannon is thought of as a bit of a tough guy thanks to his work in Boardwalk Empire and Man of […]

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PDN tours Kwaku Alston’s Venice Beach studio

02/20/2014 – 2:11 pm

In “The Studio Issue” of PDN, published this month, Kwaku Alston takes readers inside his Venice Beach, California, workspace—a cute two-story building on Abbot Kinney Boulevard that he purchased 13 years ago. At the time, the area was known for grit and crime, and Kwaku recalls that after he bought the place, people told him, […]

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PDN names Don Razniewski, Jorg Badura’s digital tech and first assistant, an All Star Assistant

12/18/2013 – 1:20 pm

Congratulations to Jorg Badura‘s digital tech and first assistant, Don Razniewski, who was named one of PDN‘s All Star Assistants. Don has been Jorg’s right-hand man for six years, patiently problem-solving alongside Jorg on far-flung locations, on the water and in high altitudes, and in weather conditions of all kinds. “Did I mention he isn’t […]

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PDN interviews Walter Iooss about his longstanding collaboration with sports icon Michael Jordan

10/04/2013 – 8:19 am

. The new issue of PDN explores the long-term collaborations between four photographers and their subjects—including Walter Iooss and basketball legend Michael Jordan, whom Walter first photographed back in 1987 on assignment for Sports Illustrated. In the article, Walter talks about how the two became friends, the deep trust that exists between them, the benefits […]

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