stanley kubrick . . .

Check out these intriguing black and white pictures of 1940's New York by renowned movie director Stanley Kubrick. More here.

most expensive photo . . .

The photo below by Andreas Gursky has been sold at auction for a record $4.3 million. It surpassed the previous sale price of $3.9 million for a Cindy Sherman photograph. Click here to read more.

Andreas Gursky, Rhein II, 1999

Cindy Sherman, Untitled #96, 1981

do ho suh . . .

Take a look at this fascinating photographic installation by the acclaimed artist Do Ho Suh.

Read about it here.

neutral density filter . . .

richard learoyd . . .

For those of you interested in portraiture, take a look at the work of Richard Learoyd, currently on view at McKee Gallery. According to the press release, "Mr. Learoyd’s large-scale, unique photographs are achieved through his mastery of the camera obscura technique. His studio, a single room in which the subject, the lens, the Ilfochrome film, the artist, the lights and the darkroom occupy most of the space, becomes, in effect, the camera itself."

early kodak circular photos . . .

Here's a link to the "Retronaut" blog I told you about in class Monday. And a selection of circular photographs taken with an early Kodak camera.

mickalene thomas . . .

Mickalene Thomas is currently exhibiting her series of art-historically inspired collaged photographs at Lehman Maupin Gallery in New York. She says of her work, “When I’m working with a historical image, I use photography as a way of capturing and reinterpreting the image. I take photographs and use them to create collages that further complicate my relationship with the historical source image.”