https://mashable.com/2012/01/20/kodak-digital-missteps/ BY PETE PACHAL Kodak has finally formalized what had been expected for years — it’s gone bankrupt. In the past 15 years, digital technology changed photography dramatically, and Kodak, a former heavyweight in the analog film business, got left behind. That’s the story of Kodak in the broadest of strokes, though it doesn’t capture the full (ifContinue reading “How Kodak Squandered Every Single Digital Opportunity It Had”
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1:50PM “Across the Aisle”
Provokr
Late last week Provokr Magazine published some imagery from “Homage to Manhatta”. What a wonderful writeup! Please enjoy! Provokr Keith Goldstein’s photography series “Manhatta” is bold, beautiful and filled with the wonder of a boy mesmerized by the soaring architecture and light that makes Manhattan so unique. Goldstein was heavily influenced by the 1921 film Manhatta by Paula Strand and Charles Sheeler. ItContinue reading “Provokr”
“God Does Crap”
A number of years ago, during a stint of unemployment, I was assisting a friend, a still-life photographer out in his Brooklyn studio. One day, after a day’s shoot, we went into Manhattan to drop off the film and while we waited for it to be processed by the lab, we had dinner and drinks.Continue reading ““God Does Crap””
On Garry Winogrand
As I age I believe my work speaks truer to what I need to express. I’ve been lucky to have met many of the photographers that influence my work in some way. As a young man while in school, I worked part time in a large camera store where I sold darkroom equipment and supplies.Continue reading “On Garry Winogrand”
“…to hold one’s breath…”
“To photograph is to hold one’s breath when all our faculties converge to capture the fleeting reality; it is then that the seizure of an image is a great physical and intellectual joy.” Henri Cartier-Bresson
“…there is no more dreaming…”
“Now, there is no more dreaming, really.” – Robert Frank
Event Horizon Magazine
Event Horizon Magazine Page 98 Click to access issue-9-with-covers-1.pdf
“… you destroy the house …”
“I knew that the techniques will change the vision – if you change the technique. You want to keep this feeling of freedom, and you want to go farther, so you break the rule, you destroy the house, and you start again.” – Josef Koudelka
Nathan Lyons: An Irresistible Passion for Photography
Even though I never had the chance to study with him or attend a workshop, I consider Nathan Lyons to be an important mentor. His writing and imagery struck a chord with this photographer as a young man. “Notations In Passing” has been on my night table for over 38 years. “Nathan Lyons did notContinue reading “Nathan Lyons: An Irresistible Passion for Photography”
