The power of photography: time, mortality and memory | Art and design. Blake Morrison Author I tell myself I’ve never owned a camera, but that doesn’t square with a memory of being given one as a birthday present in my teens, and of a losing struggle with light, shade, aperture, distance, angle, focus. Cameras were more demanding then, and I hadn’t the patience. Other people did it better. Not least, to begin with, my father. Despite their playfulness, my chief feeling when I look at those photos is sadness: that most of the people in them are now dead; that the times they commemorate can’t be retrieved. My father’s childhood was heavily documented by comparison, and he was scrupulous about documenting his children’s, first in tiny black-and-white prints, then with colour transparencies, which were looked at through a viewfinder or (at the annual Christmas slide show put on for my long-suffering cousins) on a white screen.
I now have a photo folder on my computer, for emailed pictures sent by friends and family. Mary McCartney Photographer Steve Pyke Artist. Look/13: the Liverpool international photography festival – in pictures | Art and design. WAITS CORBIJN THE BOOK. WAITS/CORBIJN ‘77-‘11 is the celebration of an artistic collaboration that reaches back more than 35 years, to those first black-and-white photographs of Tom Waits taken by a young and virtually unknown Anton Corbijn in Holland in 1977.
Corbijn would go on to acclaim for his iconic, enigmatic portraits of musicians and other artists – from U2 and Miles Davis to Robert De Niro and Clint Eastwood to Damien Hirst and Gerhard Richter – also becoming a pioneer in music video and more recently, an award-winning director of feature films. By 1977, Tom Waits was already known worldwide for a series of stunning, timeless albums, filled with songs of a noir-tinged Los Angeles that owed as much to writers like John Fante and Jack Kerouac as it did to the jazz, blues, and tin-pan alley that had soaked into Waits’ pores from childhood.
In those first photographs, then, are the seeds of these two intertwined careers, feeding off each other. Tom Waits – through the lens of photographer Anton Corbijn | Art and design. Crows, wires, oil stains, cows, dead trees and a vulture – these are the kinds of things that could easily make it into a song by Tom Waits. They are, too, some of the things he has photographed over the years – alongside the arcane instruments he uses to make his beautifully ramshackle music and the shadows his tall thin body throws on the ground.
The photographs, often accompanied by prose poetry, are included in a sumptuous book entitled Waits/Corbijn: '77-'11, most of which is devoted to Anton Corbijn's many portraits of Waits over the past 35 years. Corbijn's stylised photographs show Waits at work and play, growing steadily older. They are a testament to the merits of sustained collaboration between the photographer and his subject, but the most surprising portraits are the ones that catch Waits relaxed or off-guard, whether hunched over a typewriter or engrossed in a bound newspaper archive. In the words and the photographs, we're back in Waitsland. Pictures of the week: Mod Couples, by Carlotta Cardana | Art and design.
Ngo collective won't mention the war | World news. They are young. They are skilled. They are fed up with the dark narrative international media keep reporting on their region. Génération Elili, which means the generation of the image in Lingala language, is a photographer collective born a few years ago in Brazzaville with the desire to see Congolese taking part in the building of their history. From urban jungles to deep forests, from disused shipyards to decaying railways they tell new stories and prove that creative photography is possible anywhere. Documenting the city Looking at Génération Elili's work in their gallery of Bacongo, a vibrant neighbourhood of Brazzaville, or browsing their occasional exhibitions in town, one is struck by the diversity of techniques and approaches.
Some use photography to shed light on social problems. Others prefer not to tell particular stories. Finding new ways Others are experimental. In a complete different aesthetic, Francis Kodia presents a reflection on shipwrecks. Passing on creativity. Nature Photographer of the Year 2013 competition: The best of the animal kingdom. Nature Photographer of the Year 2013 competition, organised by the Society of German Nature Photographers (GDT) Image of a red fox by 18-year-old Hermann Hirsch won best overall image in all categories By Amanda Williams Published: 17:41 GMT, 1 May 2013 | Updated: 10:34 GMT, 2 May 2013 An alert young fox stalks his way through long summer grass, bathed in the glow of a balmy evening. A poppy field in full bloom, reminiscent of Monet's painting of the same name, and a fluorescent maple leaf, perfectly framed against a foggy woodland backdrop.
All of these stunning images made it through to the final round of the Nature Photographer of the Year 2013 competition, organised by the Society of German Nature Photographers (GDT). But this image of a red fox by Hermann Hirsch was deemed the quintessential portrait of wildlife, and won best overall image in all categories. An adult fox prowls through the misty woodland in Fox in cloudy forest, by Klaus Echle. LeeMiller | LeeMiller. Lee Miller: intimate moments of a 20th-century muse - in pictures | Art and design. Sony world photography award winners – in pictures | Art and design. Smeared Skies Made from Hundreds of Stacked Photographs by Matt Molloy. Living on the shore of Lake Ontario, just east of Toronto, photographer Matt Molloy has daily encounters with brilliant sunsets and cloudscapes that he’s been photographing for over three years. One day he began experimenting with time-lapse sequences by taking hundreds of images as the sun set and the clouds moved through the sky.
Molloy then digitally stacked the numerous photos to reveal shifts in color and shape reminiscent of painterly brush strokes that smeared the sky. You can learn more about his “timestack” technique over at Digital Photo Magazine and prints are available here. (via bored panda) Pictures of the week: Liverpool Unfinished by Rob Bremner | Art and design. Mary Ellen Mark Home Page. Mike Brodie's freight train photographs: 'It's a romantic life, at least in the spring and summer' | Art and design | The Observer. Going off on an adventure across the country like Huck Finn is a very American thing to do," says Mike Brodie, who did just that on a whim in 2003, aged 18. Unlike many of the young drifters he rode trains with back then, Brodie took his camera along and the p hotographs he took have finally been distilled into a book, A Period of Juvenile Prosperity, just published by the American fine art photography imprint, Twin Palms.
"I have mixed feelings about the photographs being in an art book and on the walls of art galleries," says Brodie, "and so do some of the kids I photographed when they come to the openings. You have a lot of worlds colliding right there. But most of them are cool with it, though, and happy that the photographs are being shown. " Brodie was living in Pensacola, Florida in 2003, still at high school and working part-time "bagging groceries in a grocery store" when, in true Huck Finn fashion, he decided to light out for the territory, albeit tentatively. A Period of Juvenile Prosperity - in pictures | Art and design | The Observer. Simon Roberts' best photograph: the London 2012 Olympics from above | Art and design.
Throughout the recession, I had been photographing the English landscape, exploring how it fitted with ideas of national character. Then I was asked to be the official photographer of the 2010 general election. My pitch to the International Olympic Committee was to do something a bit different for the London Games: to stand back, to always have an elevated view, and to gain more of a perspective. I was the only "art photographer" to be granted access.
These events are usually recorded close-up: you can spot the sports photographers with their big lenses in this picture. The logistics were exhausting: I had to get to places that aren't normally available to photographers. The venue was the ultimate example of London 2012 creating a tableau of the city. As this shot attests, there's no doubt the Olympics were a highly successful advert for Britain, although the question remains as to what their legacy will be. Interview by Sarah Phillips. Born: Croydon, 1974. Ruud van Empel's strange creations - gallery | Art and design. The changing face of landscape photography - in pictures | Art and design. NPG x134339; Tracey Emin as Frida Kahlo. Mammal Society Photographer of the Year 2013 | Environment. Kadyrov_95 on Instagram. The falling man: the art of Kerry Skarbakka - in pictures | Art and design. Nflict and costume: the Herero tribe of Namibia - in pictures | World news. Men and women of the Herero tribe feature in a new book by photographer Jim Naughten, published by Merrell.
Featuring traditional costumes fashioned on the influence of German missionaries and traders of the late 19th century, Naughten's dramatic portraits reveal Namibia's colonial history. An exhibition of the photographs will open at the Margaret Street Gallery, London on 5 March 2013. BT Tower 360 Panorama of London. Celebrities on Instagram – who to follow and why | Technology. Madonna (madonna) It's only in its early stages, but Madonna's account shows real promise. While most stars like to demonstrate what nice normal people they are, these pictures offer a truly frightening glimpse of life as the Margaret Thatcher of pop. So far we know she likes children (presumably her own), the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and scaring photographers.
It's most ungallant of Instagram to threaten her with dismissal for "mature content". It would be a great loss to humanity if this were shut down.Typical shot: Sections of Madonna's face glaring at you.Beware: "Addicted to sweat".Post frequency: Two or three a week.Pet content: One horse, rear view. Jamie Oliver (jamieoliver) The artist formerly known as the Naked Chef has made Instagram yet another outpost of his multimedia empire, bringing us a 14th helping of what we already know and feel ambivalent about. Kim Kardashian (kim kardashian) Rihanna (badgalriri) Lena Dunham (lenadunham) Justin Bieber (justinbieber) Botswana heavy metal fans - in pictures | World news. H.D. Lee Mercantile Company. Some years before denim was included in Lee’s product portfolio, the company suffered from a devastating fire that destroyed goods and equipment worth a total of nearly half a million dollars – in 1903-currency.
Yet Lee did not roll over, but instead the company used the accident to expand and strengthen it’s business. The building stones for one of the world’s most recognized and innovative denim brands were first laid in 1911 when HD Lee, reportedly more than dissatisfied with the quality of work wear of the east-American manufacturers, decided to start his own production. Already two years later, in 1913, the company wrote denim history, when Lee’s personal chauffeur in frustration over constantly getting dirty when fixing the car invented the so-called Union-All, which could quickly be pulled over regular work wear and clothes.
In 1933, Lee presented one of its most iconic pieces, the Storm Rider jacket, which is basically a padded 101j. Instagram users begin fightback against stolen photos | Technology. When blogger Amanda Rettke found her Instagram image re-shared by an account with 174,000 followers without credit, Instagram was powerless to stop the sharing. Photograph: Amanda Rettke/guardian.co.uk After a backlash from users, Instagram clarified its terms of service to ensure they would have absolute ownership of their own images. But photographers on the site are finding that terms of service and community guidelines don't stop businesses, publishers and other users from helping themselves. Swedish photographer Tuana Aziz was surprised to find a photo he'd posted to Instagram in 2011 screen-printed to a T-shirt and sold in a Mango clothing store. He later checked the retailer's website and found that it was available for £8.99.
The company has apparently removed the shirt after Aziz complained, but he captured and shared a screengrab with his Instagram followers. @mango Please contact me. Vogue later apologized and paid Fullana for the image usage and copyright infringement. History. Staring back, exposition photo à Paris (75) par Chris MARKER, New Galerie de France. Staring Back est une choix de tirages numériques en noir et blanc présenté pour la première fois à Paris. L’exposition complète, composée d’environ 200 images sélectionnées par Chris Marker dans ses archives personnelles, a été produite en 2007 par le Wexner Center for the Arts de Columbus, Ohio.
Elle a été reprise chez Peter Blum à New York en septembre 2007 et ouvrira à Zurich en mars 2008 sous le titre : A Farewell to Movies. Barricades, mai 1968, Paris © Chris Marker Staring Back montre une série de visages que Chris Marker a croisés au cours de ses voyages. Ils sont devenus, à leur tour, les témoins de son regard incisif. Manifestations anti-CPE, Paris 2006 place essentielle - marche du Pentagon en 1967, barricades de mai 68, manifestations au Japon et au Tibet, technoparade, manifestations anti-CPE de 2006 à Paris. Owls at Noon Prelude : The Hollow Men est une installation multimédia de 19 minutes, sur huit écrans. Biographie Hooligan. Delphine Seyrig dans Comédie de Beckett, 1964. Ahn-jun6.jpg (JPEG Image, 480 × 318 pixels) The 10 Big Rules of Photography. Or so I think … The monk and the camera. Bangkok (Thailand) .
Photograph © KIKE CALVO Recently, while I was recording my video “Rain,” I suffered a heavy fall in the jungle. I had slipped on a bridge “slightly” slippery due to the rain, and the moss. 1. If I had to start, it would begin anew, step by step. 2. 3. . , discovered this rule long ago, in the lyrics of one of his songs, “Everything that rises must fall”, is closely linked to the number 2 rule. 4. 5. ”The world is a dangerous place,” said Albert Einstein. 6. 7. 8. 9.”We are our memory”: We are that fantastic museum of inconstant forms, that pile of broken mirrors”, said Jorge Luis Borges. 10.
Exclusive: Magnum Emergency Fund Announces 2013 Grantees. The Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund today announces, exclusively through LightBox, the winners of its 2013 grants. The fund, which began in 2009, awards annual grants to photographers from around the world to support anticipatory work that sheds light on under-reported issues and communities. This year’s winners are:Adam Nadel for Getting the Water RightAlex Welsh for Home of the BraveGiulio Piscitelli for From There to HereJehad Nga for Unmasking the UnthinkableMari Bastashevski for State BusinessOlga Kravets for RadicalizationRafal Milach for The WinnersTanya Habjouqa for Occupied PleasuresPhilippe Dudouit for The Dynamics of DustTomoko Kikuchi for The River These 10 grantees were selected from a field of nearly 100 photographers nominated by fifteen international photography professionals, including photo editors, publishers, curators and educators.
The Foundation not only funds photographers’ work, but offers other forms of support, as well. Artists Fight Back: D-Day for iStockphoto and Google? » Images For Designers and Photography Blog. Google Revamps Its Image Search. Home « Ian Beesley. Spender's Worktown - Humphrey Spender. Ian Beesley's best photograph: a sewage foreman captured in tears | Art and design. The Library Time Machine. 125 years of National Geographic – in pictures | Environment. Island from James Bond movie ‘Skyfall’ Jessops goes into administration, putting 2,000 jobs at risk | Business. Neil Libbert: the faces that came to define an era – in pictures | Art and design | The Observer. Vintage Vivant » Archive » Love on the Left Bank. Henri Cartier-Bresson lives on – in pictures | Art and design. Sebastião Salgado in Siberia | Art and design. Galleries: Swayambhunath, Nepal by Pentti Sammallahti from Galerie der Moderne Stefan Vogdt.