Great initiative by the Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland: the blog Still Searching which has just launched. The blog will be run by a series of 6 guest bloggers, each with a 6-week slot. The German photo historian and theorist Bernd Stiegler will kick off the blog (January 15 to February 29), the Indian writer Aveek Sen, (March 1 to April 14), US artist Walead Beshty (April 15 to May 31), and Dutch photo theorist Hilde van Gelder (June 1 to July 14, 2012) will follow until the summer break. Geoffrey Batchen, the photo historian and theorist currently working in New Zealand, will initiate the autumn season (September 15 to October 31).
Lucky me. Just arrived. “Redheaded Peckerwood” by Christian Patterson.
Little Brown Miscellanea: Advice -
From Nick Hornby in the The Believer (December, 2011):
One of the things that did me no good at all in the formative years of my career was prescriptive advice from established writers, even though I craved it at the time. You know the sort of thing: “Write a minimum of 15 drafts.” “A good…
there are no magic tricks or short cuts. Just work and work and work.
(via photographsonthebrain)
Really slick interface for exploring old photos of San Francisco :)
A terrific resource: No Layout is a digital library for independent publishers, focusing on art books and fashion magazines. It lets you digitally flick through a ton of great content. Check out their 2011 annual report for some headline numbers.
From A Photo Editor, here’s the list of top selling photo books from 2011. Where’s Redheaded Peckerwood?
(Originally from EyeCurious)
Windsor, CO, December 2011
Windsor, CO, December 2011
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