The Photography Post is a new website that aims to deliver the most current discussions on the state of photography by featuring live feeds from various fine art, commercial and fashion photography websites/blogs. Along with the nicely designed “Live Feeds” display (which updates regularly with the latest posts), visitors to the site can sign up [...]
I think my nerdiness just reached new heights… say hello to Stereogram Tetris.
Photographer Taryn Simon gave a TED Talk last month which worth checking out if you’re interested in either her An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar or The Innocents projects. Then go ahead and watch all of the other awesome talks on TED.
Bill Sullivan wrote to inform me of the launch of his new website. The site includes some really amazing work from the last 5 years that is very much a departure from his previous projects, Stop Down, Turns and Time Port. With the tentatively titled Works (1: “Heads , Bodies and Courts”, 2: “Landscapes & [...]
from “The Bar Mitzvah and Other Tales of Living in Stereo” © Unknown Photographer Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while know that I’m a fan of Square America, the online archive of vernacular photography. I was happy to see one of their recent installments entitled “The Bar Mitzvah and [...]
Developed by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, Smarthistory is “a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the static traditional Western art history textbook.” Users are able to browse the site by Time, Style, Artist or Themes. A brilliant project, which will no doubt get better and better as it grows.
Jake Stangel sent me an e-mail recently informing me of the launch of Too Much Chocolate, a new website for young, emerging photographers to come together. The site features a rotating gallery, a discussion forum and interviews. Very cool, I thought. But it seems that a lot of these kinds of websites have been popping [...]
“This looks like a city. Like a little model of a city.”
Over the last few years, Edward Burtynsky has been investigating the possibilities of long-term preservation for artifacts in hopes of finding a proper home for the 10,000-year Clock (also known as the “Clock of the Long Now”) and, in turn, has rediscovered a process for producing photographic prints that could resist fading for – no [...]
Thanks to Leslie, I’ve been entertaining myself for the last fifteen minutes with this great little Java applet that can turn any website into a graph. For a simple example, see my portfolio (shanelavalette.com): Here’s an explanation of how it works from Sala, the creator: Everyday, we look at dozens of websites. The structure of [...]
