Short movie on color photography pioneer Stephen Shore

Filmmaker Jay Cornelius produced a short film about color photography poineer Stephen Shore, in which he talks about all sorts of interesting things.

Stephen Shore is an influential American photographer. Selling his first photographs to the curator of the MOMA at age 14, and photographing Andy Warhol’s factory at age 17, he has had a long and distinguished career, pioneering the art of color photography.

Watch movie (about 9 minutes).

Photographer Mr. E Cipher launches kickass Web site

Screenshot of Mr. E Cipher's new Web site

Photographer Mr. E Cipher has just launched a Web site, and I’m happy to report that it kicks as much ass as his work does. Seriously. It looks great, is easy and straightforward to use, communicates the necessary info, and doesn’t bog you down with a bunch of irrelevant crap or 8-second cross-fades between images while still getting his unique style across—it lets you get down to the business of looking at and buying good photography. Hallelujah!

The screenshot says “Prints for sale (cheap!)”, and it isn’t lying: you can’t beat an 8×8 of badass photography for $25 with a stick.

Check him out at mr-e-cipher.com.

Matthew Larkin’s wet plate collodion suspension project

Santos Elbow - black glass ambrotype by Matt Larkin (used with permission)

Photographer Matt Larkin is working on a book of wet plate collodion ambrotypes documenting people doing ritual body suspension. While some may find the subject matter challenging, I find the photography incredibly compelling—it captures both the intensity and the peace that I’ve heard can come from the suspension experience.

You can see more of Larkin’s wet plate photographs in his gallery at AlternativePhotography.com.

Nate Coma - black glass ambrotype by Matt Larkin (used with permission)

 

Photos © copyright 2007 Black Barn Editions. Used with permission.

 

UPDATE: The book is out, I’ve posted a review and ordering information here.

Interview with Ted Orland!

Paul Butzi writes at The Online Photographer:

I’m a big fan of Ted Orland‘s books (especially Art and Fear [with David Bayles] and The View from the Studio Door), so I’m delighted to be able to point readers to an in-process online interview of Orland.

The interview started this past Sunday, it’s still going on, and it looks like it’s going to be well worth following.

What he said! I recommend the hell out of both books to anyone who makes art of any kind: photographers, writers, painters, dancers, musicians, sculptors… you, me, them… everybody, everybody! If I grabbed you by the throat, threw you up against a wall, and pushed the books in your face while screaming, "YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST! FUCKING! READ THIS!!!", with the force of a thousand suns, it would still fall short of conveying how strongly I feel about them.

In addition to being a great author, Orland is an accomplished photographer who now mainly shoots with a Holga.

Read the interview at The Well

Via The Online Photographer

Interview with pinhole photographer Edward Levinson

Pinhole Visions‘ Gregg Kemp interviews pinhole photographer Edward Levinson about Levinson’s new book, Timescapes Japan – A Pinhole Journey [book blogged previously]:

Gregg: Has the experience of preparing this book caused you to re-examine or take a fresh look at your work, or at your life in Japan?

Edward: That is an interesting question. In selecting the images for the book, one thing I noticed is that it was often the earlier images that seemed the freshest or at least seemed to have the most impact.

Read interview at pinhole.com