You will likely have already received this petition in your inbox the last few days, but just in case…the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting is looking to severely curtail limits of public photography or video, requiring a permit and $1 million in liability insurance.
The New York Times reviewed the broad rules that would […]

Fell a bit behind on this, so here are some of the latest ads and editorials that I am quite fond of.
First, from Mario Testino for the August issue of French Vogue…

(Snejana as Anna Wintour)
More scans here from Fashion Spot.
The new Diesel campaign from Marcel shot by Johan Renck with the tagline “Human After […]

(Michael Thompson for W)
Interesting article from Forbes.com on the world’s top models and their stratospheric earnings.  Way ahead of the pack is, not surprisingly, Gisele Bundchen, who commanded $33 million in fees last year.
The article also sheds some nice insight into the trends of fashion models over the years, as well as how the way they […]

Alex Gonzalez of A|R Media is resigning from Flair.
And Tom Munro shot the forthcoming campaign for the Thom Browne/Brooks Brothers collaboration.

Can’t wait to see this…Martin Parr tapped to shoot the new Men’s Campaign for Louis Vuitton.
Steven Meisel reunited with Alberta Ferretti after 11 years.

And from Fashion Does It Better…who scanned the August issue of Harper’s Bazaar featuring the Simpsons!  Brilliant.
 

The first development after the shuttering of Corbis’ assignment division has come about, with the launch of a new agency called VH Artists by former Corbis agents Thea Vaughan and Bill Hannigan.
They have started with a small but talented roster consisting of Jill Greenberg, Brad Harris, Giles Revell and Martin Schoeller.
This seemed like a natural outcome…I […]

From State of the Art, VII Agency is holding an open call for photographers to join its ranks.  If you think you might be worthy…

Here.
(Stay tuned for our own upcoming interview series as well!)

Hello loyal readers.  I’ve added an email subscription option for those of you who do not already receive too much email in today’s day and age.  Just click on the ‘Email Updates’ in the upper-right hand corner to sign up!
It’s also come to my attention that for some reason the blog has formatting problems with […]

 
(photo by Eamonn McCabe) 
The esteemed former Curator of Photography at the MoMA, and a talented photographer himself,  has passed away age 81.  He played a pivotal role in ushering in the modern photography era and making photography (and especially colour photography) acceptable as an art form.
New York Times Obituary / Guardian Obituary

Steven Klein will be shooting all upcoming Details’ covers
hot on the heels of his August Vanity Fair cover, Mark Seliger will be shooting both a Valentino story for Italian Vogue as well as the couture ad campaign.
via WWD’s Memo Pad.

Art Department is definitely building up the fashion side of their roster…with Alexei Hay from a few months back, to the recent addition of Yelena Yemchuk who has apparently left Streeters.
Also joining their roster is star British fashion photographer Rankin.  He’s not on the Art Department site yet but it is noted on his personal […]