“Intimacy and Voyeurism: The Public/Private Divide in Photography”
March 22-25, 2012 at Hyatt Regency in SF. Sally Mann keynote. $375 for non-members is insanely affordable in comparison to fees for the sorts of marketing and design conferences I’m used to seeing as part of my day job.
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Walker Evans, Yale Alumni Magazine, 1974
I predict a very similar outcome to Occupy Wall Street.
Exciting news. My MagCloud zine “Mornings/Evenings” will be on display when the Indie Photobook Library goes to China for the Lishui Photography Festival.
New Robert Adams show at Fraenkel Gallery (SF). Can’t wait. Definitely need to get a babysitter for this.
Adobe and University of Washington train a computer to select the best candid photos from frames of video.
Artist David Hockney making 18-screen video montages using tethered Canon DSLRs. On view in London through Jan 2012.
The guy is 74, so I will now stop listening to anyone who tells me they shouldn’t be expected to learn something new on account of their age.
(via Milky Blacks)
Why do we take pictures of iconic things that are already extensively documented? Surely nobody sees the Mona Lisa and says, “Boy, that’s some painting! I should take a picture of it!”
Design Observer: Pictures of the Familiar, by Rob Walker
