Some of the coolest Instagrams around come from 13th Witness (graf/art legend Futura 2000’s son, btw). He’s a pro photographer, so no surprise it’s quality stuff. But the subject matter is of somebody who also sees the sometimes hidden beauty of the urban landscape. Enjoy/follow/share.
Library of Congress Flickr page
Forget Instagram and iPhoneography for just a minute and try to recollect the 99.5% of our photographic evolution, the time before digital camera phones. As a history buff, The Library of Congress (LOC) Flickr is photographic heaven. I could get lost for hours in the thousands of vintage images, both color and black and white. Props to putting our tax dollars to good use.
From the profile page:
What is the Library of Congress?
We serve as the national library for the United States, based in Washington, DC. With more than 142 million items preserved on some 650 miles of bookshelves, we’re also the world’s largest library.
In addition to books, we have photos, maps, databases, movies, sound recordings, sheet music, manuscripts, and information in many other formats. Millions of items are online, and the full array of collections is available in DC, right across from the U.S. Capitol building
(Above) As He Goes, half-length portrait, c1905 (photograph: Edward S. Curtis)
(Below) Bicycle riders in parade on the Fourth of July at Vale, Oregon, 1941 (photograph: Russell Lee)
Wow: Macworld cover photographed with an iPhone 4
From the photographer’s blog:
I’ve always thought it would be cool to photograph the cover of Macworld magazine using an iPhone as my camera. When the new iPhone 4 was released with the 5MP camera, the editors at Macworld were excited to see if it could be done. What better way to showcase the phone’s new camera than to have an iPhone take the photo of the iPhone on the cover?
The full Macworld story about their cover shoot
Lil’ Wayne x Terry Richardson Photoshoot | Hypebeast
It’s about time.
Source: hypebeast.com
TASCHEN Books: Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961-1967
This anthology looks great. I can imagine Hopper would have caught some very interesting stuff over the years (Easy Rider out takes?). He’s such a resilient and enigmatic personality, I might have to go flip through this at the Taschen store in the Farmer’s Market (or just drop $700 for a signed copy).
During the 1960s, Dennis Hopper carried a camera everywhere—on film sets and locations, at parties, in diners, bars and galleries, driving on freeways and walking on political marches. He photographed movie idols, pop stars, writers, artists, girlfriends, and complete strangers. Along the way he captured some of the most intriguing moments of his generation with a keen and intuitive eye. A reluctant icon at the epicenter of that decade’s cultural upheaval, Hopper documented the likes ofTina Turner in the studio, Andy Warhol at his first West Coast show, Paul Newman on set, and Martin Luther King during the Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
Available here.
Source: taschen.com
Before New York — National Geographic Magazine
Just got my new National Geographic and I had to immediately rip off the polybag (Yo, I hope that was recycled plastic) and flip to this awesome cover story. Writer Peter Miller explores 17th century pre-Gotham sans skyscrapers and taxis. And, not surprisingly, the entire area looked like a human-free Central Park.
National Geographic is one of those magazines I’ve had in my life since I was a little kid (I can’t seem to stop subscribing). So, the thought of only interacting with it online seems like blasphemy. I say that as a preface to the fact that, wow, they have a really nice looking site and seem to be embracing the Web gracefully (user generated content, tag cloud, great layout). I can tell I’m going to spend some time here. Not a bad look for one of the original legacy print magazines. But I’ll still subscribe.
Source: National Geographic
A conversation with Yone, Japan’s iconic photographer/editor — URB.COM
jeffstaple, URB magazine:
I’ve known Yonehara Yasumasa (aka Yone) for almost a decade. Before we met, I was already a huge fan of his publications, Out Of Photographers and Smart Girls. Yone travels the world photographing the hottest women. He’s had books published and even crossed over into the gallery world. Yone is the man you love to hate because you wonder why you’re not doing what he does. Not bad for a guy who didn’t spend one day in a photo class. > Read the full Interview
