Thanks to David Haynes via PhotoHistory group io. The Supreme Court has dealt another blow at the crippled-construction lunacy. The court decides that Congress has the constitutional power to grant copyright in photo-graphs. The objection raised was that a photograph is not a writing and a photographer is not an author. What a dilemma! Photography… Continue reading Yet Another
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What the World Needs, Mr. Agee
Is a version of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men that uses the real names of the people. Let us face it. Most people have come to know these famous people through the photographs of Walker Evans. True, in the splendid book, graced with your splendid, sometimes transcendent words, the Evans photographs bear no captions.… Continue reading What the World Needs, Mr. Agee
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Sometown
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Reprinted from The Conversation
Richard Avedon, Truman Capote and the brutality of photography Though Richard Avedon started his career as a fashion photographer, he later became known for his unflinching eye. Jack Mitchell/Getty Images Rebecca Senf, University of Arizona What obligation does a portrait photographer have to their subject? Is it their duty to cast that person in the best… Continue reading Reprinted from The Conversation
Prostitution, Halsman
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When To Push The Shutter
Henri Cartier-Bresson was asked, "Have you ever really been able to define for yourself when it is that you press the shutter?" And he answered It’s a question of concentration. Concentrate, think, watch, look and, ah, like this, you are ready. But you never know the culminative point of something. So you’re shooting. You say,… Continue reading When To Push The Shutter
Dark Operating Chamber
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Forget The Camera
A tweet from Photography History Forget the camera, forget the lens, forget all of that. With any four-dollar camera you can capture the best picture. - Alberto Korda b. September 14, 1928
Waiting For Charlemagne 