nasa self portraits . . .

Curiosity, the recently dispatched Mars rover, took a beautiful photograph of itself earlier this month. Given the great range of terrestrial artists who have documented themselves—Cindy Sherman, Lee Friedlander, Tseng Kwong Chi, Nikki S. Lee—it’s not easy for a humble space rover to distinguish itself in the field of self-portraiture. Here’s a selection of ten NASA self-portraits.

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth#ixzz27DW30kaU

parallax . . .

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francois robert . . .

“Everyone at Photographic Works/ArtsEye Gallery, a local Tucson business, loves the Holga—a plastic toy camera that shoots 120mm film. In fact, they love it so much, they host an annual photo competition that attracts photographers from around the world. The exhibit features work shot with Holgas and other curious cameras (pin hole, phones, and then some). The giant camera was originally conceived as a prop for the exhibit that paid homage to the Holga. About halfway through the construction process, it was decided it could be made into a functioning camera. All the dimensions are the same as the toy camera, only 20 times larger (to scale).” The builder of the giant Holga and the owner of the photo lab invited photographer Francois Robert to take photographs with the giant Holga on location. “I scouted around and in Tucson for 2 days making sure each location would have an easy access for the horse trailer and the pick up truck.The most challenging aspect of working with it is actually moving it from site to site. Luckily, the camera fits inside a two-horse trailer, though just barely.” –Francois Robert.

The camera is loaded with photographic paper, either color or black-and-white. It can handle film, but there isn’t any large enough on the market that will fit (30″X30″). Hence, the paper, which comes in rolls and can be used as film. A typical exposure depends on how the paper is rated and the filtration. B&W paper typically needs an exposure of about 1 to 2 minutes, while color paper, without filtration, needs about 1 minute. To learn more, contact Photographic Works (520 327- 7291).

jesse burke . . .

August 20, 2012

JESSE BURKE’S INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER

Posted by Maria Lokke

Last week, the photographer Jesse Burke took The New Yorker’s Instagram feed with him around New England, posting photos from wherever he went: a Vermont wedding, snorkeling on the coast of Rhode Island, and other adventures around his home in Providence with his two beautiful daughters and two odd-looking cats. Burke, an avid Instagram user (follow him at @jesse_burke), is part of a growing contingent of professional photographers using the image-based social-media app as an outlet for their work. “Instagram has been really helpful in making the photo world an even smaller place, which is something I really like about it.” told me. “I’ve gained a lot of new relationships that I may have never made in real life. The Internet makes distance a non-issue.” I asked Burke how his Instagram photos compared with his professional and personal work. “My personal work is very considered and more or less produced,” he said. “I use Instagram in the opposite way. It’s quick and dirty, always on the fly. My personal work is meant to be seen as a collection of photographs that act as pieces to a larger puzzle. I use Instagram as a constant stream of thought that doesn’t end, hopping all around from location to location, thought to thought.”

Burke is the second guest photographer in our new series of Instagram takeovers. (The first was Martin Schoeller.) Here’s a selection of favorites from Burke’s week at the wheel of @newyorkermag.

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth#ixzz246zrl38g

google street view . . .

How Google Street View is inspiring new photography: You can take a virtual walk down almost any street in the developed world – and it's resulting in some fascinating new art. Click here to read more about this.

camera obscura . . .

Camera Obscura, a room as a large 'pin hole camera' in Venice, from BBC's 'Genius of Photography

mark ulriksen . . .

Capturing the Memories by Mark Ulriksen

daniel kukla . . .

For close to a month last spring, the Brooklyn-based photographer Daniel Kukla lived alone in a cabin in the northwest corner of the national park. Armed with a camera, a large mirror and a painter’s easel, he set out at dawn or dusk every day to document the forces — human, environmental and geologic — that give the park its variety and vitality. Each of the resulting tableaux feature one landscape mirrored onto the backdrop of another, creating two opposing scenes in a single visual pane.

To see and read more about this project click here.

people who photograph their food . . .

Ever wonder what compels some folks to photograph their food and post the pictures online? Click here for answers and pictures.

Javier Garcia photographing his food. Every other week, he posts the pictures on his Web site.

most influential cameras . . .

Click here to see and read about the 14 most influential cameras of all time. Fun reading. A couple pictured below:

camera as eye . . .

What percentage of art-viewing these days is done through the eyes of a camera? Click here to read what Roberta Smith of the New York Times has to say about this phenomenon:

". . . a photograph of a person photographing an artist’s photograph of herself playing a role is a few layers of an onion, maybe the kind to be found only among picture-takers at an exhibition."

A man photographs an exhibit by Cindy Sherman.

Capturing "Hippy Dialectics" by Nathaniel Mellors.

An interactive piece by Norma Jeane.

Visitors at the Venice Biennale capture Urs Fisher's statue.

timothy schenck . . .

Here's a fun summer typology! Click here to see more work by this artist.

re-purposed film canisters . . .

Check out this fun way to store your digital images!

cary norton . . .

For a little fun check out Cary Norton's homemade camera, the Legotron Mark 1.

are you a photographer? . . .

world series typology . . .

Photographer Dan Winters has done a typology of baseball gloves used in the World Series over the years. Click here to see more.

julietta cervantes . . .

Frequently, photographs of cemeteries and gravestones fall into the category of "cliché. But take a look at these pictures taken in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery by Julieta Cervantes, an accomplished photographer who has received numerous awards for her images of dancers. She uses multiple hand-held flashlights as her light source. Read more here in the New Yorker's Photo Booth column, and you be the judge . . .