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Interview with Photojournalist David Burnett
MoMA Exhibition: Pictures by Women
Nicholas Nixon’s Family Photographs
Portfolios
While growing up in northern San Diego County, Bill Dewey was aware of photography because his two grandfathers were serious amateur photographers. His maternal grandfather had studied with the photographer William Mortensen. In the 1930s, Mortensen worked as a Hollywood portrait photographer, also staging and photographing elaborate (and sometimes bizarre) tableaus using the style and techniques of the nineteenth-century Pictorialists. Dewey remembers photographs of costumed, [...]
For the past 30 years, Jim Vecchi’s camera has helped him turn his gaze inward. “My artworks are a reflection of my ongoing search for meaning,” he says. “I rely on beauty and the act of seeing to explore, question and reinterpret the way that we perceive the world.” Vecchi’s photographs offer a way in. It’s as if his [...]
Think of Elliott Erwitt, and an iconographic image that comes to mind is his photograph of an anxious, sweatered Chihuahua dwarfed by the boots of its owner and the colossal front feet and legs of a Great Dane. With an observant and eclectic eye and an unexpected point of view, this 83-year-old veteran photojournalist has often explored life at its most [...]
Photographer’s Forum was founded in 1978 as a magazine for serious students of photography. The annual College Photography Contest began the following year with the goal of giving students the opportunity to have their work juried and published. Over 20 years ago, Nikon USA joined in this effort and has co-sponsored our student competitions ever since. Andrew Rubenstein, Assistant Manager of Communications for Nikon, [...]
Sigma’s latest entry in its SD camera line is its flagship SD1, released inJune 2011. The successor to the SD15, the 46-megapixel SD1 presents a new option for full-frame digital SLR users and also for photographers who require the image quality of a traditional medium format camera. Mark Amir-Hamzeh, president ofSigma Corporation of America, observes,“The [...]
Epson America announces its newest 13- inch printer – the Epson Stylus® Photo R2000. The R2000 features Epson’s nextgeneration pigment printing technology for superior-quality output and durability on a wide variety of media. The printer’s media handling capabilities enable it to print on heavy stationery stocks and metallics, as well as photographic and fine art papers (sheet and rolls) and also print on specialty media [...]
THINK TANK PHOTO RELEASES REDESIGNED BAGS IN NEW SPEED CONVERTIBLE SERIES Think Tank Photo’s three Speed Convertible shoulder bags feature a “disappearing” belt that tucks away into the sides of the bag, reducing bulkiness, and convert into belt packs once the integrated belts are deployed. The soft kidneyshaped design contours comfortably around the body and built-in Modular rails allow attachment of think Tank’s Modular, Skin or [...]
NEW NOVOFLEX PRODUCTS Several new Novoflex accessories are now available from camera stores in the US. The MBAL leveling head moves smoothly and easily in any direction and locks securely with just slight finger pressure, weighs just 9.5 ounces and easily supports cameras up to 22 pounds. The BALL NQ combines a low profile Novoflex ball head with a very strong Novoflex Q MOUNT Arca compatible quick release, featuring a single [...]
NIKON AF-S DX MICRO NIKKOR 40MM F/2.8G Nikon Inc. has introduced the new lightweight and versatile AF-S DX Micro NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8G lens, which provides Nikon DX-format shooters macro capabilities at an affordable price point. The lens has a minimum focusing distance of 0.53 feet (6.4 inches) to allow users to capture extreme close-up photographs and High Definition (HD) video with a lifesize 1:1 reproduction ratio. Weighing approximately nine ounces, it is an [...]