No more second-hand lighting
I just watched the first 10% of a video tutorial on how to light a room for film or still. It began with a simple interior set, then they started adding lights. After the first few, the shot looked more...
George Krause really understands how to find what he is looking for in his won work.
I found this description of this wonderful photographer's editing process in a book called Contact Theory. It is a wet process, and therefore quite slow, but I have no doubt that that slowness contributes to his work. Here is Krause's description (note...
About Mary Ellen Mark
For years I have talked about Mary Ellen to students in my workshops. I pointed out her ferocious focus that gets both subjects and viewers to pay attention in the making of a photograph. I was a few years behind her...
Duane Michals, Part 2: “I’ll do anything.”
In this part of the interview Duane talks about how “you need to get into all of you" when you photograph, about doing comedy with a waitress friend…and about how boring photography classes are. I don't think of Duane Michals' work as illustrating the far-reaching...
Duane Michals: A Quiet Talk
Duane Michals had a major retrospective at the Carnegie Museum of Art that then moved to the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusets, which is where I saw it (and where it will be until June 21). Shortly afterward I called Duane...