Eric Ogden: Environmental Portraiture That Tells a Story
A lot has happened to portraiture since Arnold Newman, master of the environmental portrait, photographed Igor Stravinsky behind the lid of a grand piano or directed Robert Moses to balance on a girder beside New York City’s East River.
Sony World Photography Awards 2012
The World Photography Organisation announces the shortlist for the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards.
End Frame: Empathy, Not Sentiment, in Portraiture
This month the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art opens a mid-career retrospective of the work of Dutch portrait photographer Rineke Dijkstra, an exhibition that will also travel to the Guggenheim Museum in New York City later this year.
A Classic Photography Book Makes an Encore Performance
Don Blair's Guide to Lighting and Posing Body Parts to go back on press!Sarasota, Florida (PRWEB) January 13, 2012 The elements for great portraiture haven't changed and nobody did it better than Don Blair. His professional photographer's handbook, "Body Parts" was a classic when it was originally introduced in 1999, but even more relevant today. The ingredients for great portraiture and dealing ...
Artist inspired by peers
Artist Shadi Jahelka poses with her camera next to some of her artwork on display in the 4-H exhibit at the Art Insitute & Gallery in Salisbury. / AMANDA RIPPEN WHITE/THE DAILY TIMES
Upper Uwchlan photo club attracts amateurs, pros
Since April of 2010, the Upper Uwchlan Area Community Photography Club (UUACPC) has provided an outlet for amateur and professional photographers alike to come together and expand their knowledge and passion for photography.
Picture preview: The Family in British Art
Throughout the history of British art, the experience of family life and its impact on who we are has provided rich inspiration for artists. From formal portraits of powerful families, long before the dawn of photography, to intimate glimpses into our home lives, an exhibition currently at Museums Sheffield shows how images inspired by those closest to us have always been some of our most ...
Lifetouch fades out Olan Mills, 383 jobs, from Chattanooga
You need look only at a faded school picture, or a church directory to know the name Olan Mills.The photography labs that bear his name have been part of Chattanooga's business portrait for seventy years. Many employees have worked nowhere else. It's been the 'family business' for two generations of numerous families. The breakup, will be tougher than most.
Pedrosa: Shooting Portraits
Albert Pedrosa Photo Mania IN MY photography class, one of my first questions to each student is “what type of genre in photography interests you?”. The most popular answers are portraits and landscapes. I wish I could say that these are easy genres but they’re not. Learning photography is like living life all over again.