Archive for March, 2006

Issue 2 of Lightleaks, a magazine for toy camera users published by toycamera.com, is now shipping. See lightleaks.org for more info and to order. See also: previous post on issue 2

The title says it all. If you’re in New York, don’t miss photography by the insanely talented Andrew Long and nine other photographers (see previous post) at jen bekman gallery, 6 Spring St., NYC, 6–8pm.

Ilford Photo press release: Extending darkroom options on printing black-and-white images to further levels of artistry is a new selenium toner from ILFORD Photo. One of the major benefits of using silver photography, and processing prints in chemistry baths, is the degree of control which can be exerted on the finished product. This is never [...]

Philip Kennicott writes in the Washington Post: "The surprise here is not that Safire, the self-proclaimed right-winger, has a mainstream view; rather it’s that large policy organizations, like Americans for the Arts, have gravitated so far away from the ‘left’ position… "The problem? An instrumental view of art places art on the same plane, say, [...]

DP Review Forums member ILoveNikon writes, "A patent was issued two months ago (Jan. 2006) that could have a big effect on event photographers everywhere. It was issued to a Peter Wolf, the owner of Photocrazy.com…" Read more in this thread on the Rob Galbraith Forums. Looks like the morons at the USPTO are at [...]

MARS Art Rooms press release: VENUS IN HELL at MARS Gallery, Melbourne, from 6th July, 2006 Melbourne Art Rooms is proud to announce VENUS IN HELL, an exhibition of new works on paper by the well-known young Australian painter, Hazel Dooney, along with photography and video by Hazel Dooney and Creed O’Hanlon. The exhibition will [...]

The title pretty much says it all: instructions for building your own light tent for product photography out of a cardboard box. Check it out at instructables. Via MAKE Blog

The Winter ’06 edition of jen bekman gallery‘s Hey, Hot Shot! competition is about to open, featuring photography by Noah Addis, Benoit Aquin, Jessica Bruah, Claire Hester, Nicole Jean Hill, Andrew Long, Bob O’Connor, Erin Siegal, Rebecca Smeyne, and Rafil Kroll-Zaidi. Opening reception on Wednesday, 15 March, 2006, 6–8pm, at jen bekman, 6 Spring St., [...]

f295 member Andrew has converted his homemade anamorphic pinhole camera—where instead of light going straight through the opening and striking the film head-on, the film is formed into a circle and the light is projected into its center from above—to use a lens, and the results are stunning! Andrew writes, "To get a lens anamorphic [...]

This exhibition, "Camera obscura – Bilder von Oldenburg", features gelatin silver, cyanotype, and salt prints of pinhole photography by Ingo Guenther. The show runs 1 April–28 April, 2006, at NWZ-Galerie im Pressehaus, Peterstr. 28–34, 26121 Oldenburg, DE. Gallery hours are from Monday–Sunday 9am–6pm. Opening on Friday, 1 April, 2006 at 6pm. Via the Spitbite Pinhole [...]