“You put a camera in my hand, I want to get close to people,” he said. “Not just physically close, emotionally close, all of it. It’s part of the process.”
“It’s a very weird thing being a photographer.”
A Huge Micro Stock Meteor
Years ago I heard Tony Stone give a speech in which he said that “Someday a huge meteor will hit the earth and stock photography as we know it will cease to exist”. Is that meteor getting close? Could it be Micro?
via Ellen Boughn and the Future of Stock Photography. via, Bohemian.
Fantastic Man Magazine
More On Legibility
by Phil Selby, thanks Michael.
Don’t Confuse Legibility With Communication
Don’t confuse legibility with communication, just because something is legible doesn’t mean it communicates and more importantly doesn’t mean it communicates the right thing.
–David Carson, Helvetica the Documentary Film
Satre Stuelke’s Radiology Art project
See more (here), via Ground Glass.
Flight 1549 Salvage Photos Released
Just in from photographer Stephen Mallon, he is free to post the salvage photos of Flight 1549 to his website and anywhere else. “I have to retouch out the logo if its visible but they are back on line!”
via Stellazine.
Magazines Are Underwhelming, Not Undervalued
I just don’t think magazine publishers understand — most content today that they produce isn’t worth paying big money for. The topics are predictable. The coverage is bland and generalized. The interviews are cookie-cutter. And so much of the magazine is filled with advertisements that — a) don’t speak to me as a reader, b) fail to provide me with any action that I can easily take, or c) don’t relate in any significant way to the content that I am paying to review — that I barely get any content in the first place.
via WeMedia.com. Thanks, Andy.
Without Promotion Something Terrible Happens
To quote P.T. Barnum, “Without promotion something terrible happens—nothing.”
New Ruling Makes Slides And Film Worth $7
Chris Usher has lost his appeal after a seven year battle against Corbis and each of his 12,640 images lost will be compensated for a lousy $7.00 a piece.
This ruling means that from now on, any agency, any magazine, any publisher will never have to worry about losing your photographs, since it will cost them peanuts to pay you back. It will be cheaper for them to trash them then returning them to you.
Over on the Bohemian.
THE ZEN OF FILM vs. DIGITAL GRATIFICATION
“Mulling it over, I couldn’t articulate it fully but definitely, I knew I had become lazy, really lazy. A spectacular sloth by the standards of shooting film. Film is hard. Film is a stone cold unforgiving killing bastard. Film is once in a lifetime, no excuses. F8 and really, really be there: ready, steady, in focus, correct exposure, and pressing the shutter in synch with life.”
Behind The Scenes At Marie Claire
This reality series called “Running In Heels” on the style network offers a look into the fashion world through the eyes of editors and interns at Marie Claire Magazine. It’s a little too painful for me to relive office life at a magazine, but some of you may find it entertaining and informative (here). Let me know if you see any photo editors scurrying around.
OK Is Not OK Because Now Is The Time To Push It
… something is happening where I work, and I hear it from people at other companies as well. People don’t want to get fired, so they’re keeping their heads down. They don’t want to be the squeaky wheel.
… now is the time to push it, to try new things, to take chances creatively. Not only to justify print’s existence but to justify the time and the effort we put into our work. Now is the time to shake it up. Now is the time to say, No way, man!
via SPD – Grids. Thanks John.
Suck It Up Media
I think media is just going to have to suck it up and leave print for online, and charge for it. Publish special editions, or luxury titles. At prices that pay. If the content is good, people will buy… This has to happen. There is no other way.
via Robert Wright Photo.
Fix It In Photoshop
VII Mentor Program
The VIIMENTOR PROGRAM (here), a new initiative conceived by VII Members, seeks to provide professional development for emerging photographers whom the Members consider to be the brightest new talents in the industry. After being nominated by a VII Member, each selected photographer will work with a senior member of VII for two years to build and polish necessary skills and to expand his or her own professional practice.
©Agnes Dherbeys VII Mentor Program
The American Craftsmen Project
This personal project shot by Tadd Myers seems pitch perfect for the economy right now. Photographs of people who make things one at a time by hand (visit here).
To Be Truly Great
To be truly great, we have to understand the motivation of our clients, maintain constant two-way communication with shockingly uncreative people, get a firm handle on copywriting and how that craft exists symbiotically with the visual element, and foresee how the finished whole will be greater than the sum of the bits and pieces we spent hours obsessing over. All of these factors cascade into the final product. — Kevin Potts
via Quotes on Design.