(Diane Arbus)
Well, Photo Editor and Jackanory and countless others have said their farewells for the holidays…I wanted to wish everyone a very happy holiday and a great 2008 as well.
Thanks to everyone for reading…my traffic has risen dramatically the last few months and I can only thank my readers and fellow bloggers for that. […]

Well, maybe not that massive…but some post and stories I enjoyed the last few weeks but didn’t have time to link…
If you don’t get Aperture, Danziger has a great review of the Diane Vreeland Vogue years…
The Diane Arbus estate goes to the Met
From the New York Times…the power of photography for good
the first major […]

This is where my traffic has come from so far this month in the US…you are officially on my sh*t list Mississippi and North Dakota. Even South Dakota sent 6 visitors my way.

Continuing my “Dialogue” series, here is my latest and greatest subject, a fashion photographer who left the assisting ranks over a year ago.
Sebastian Kim, Fashion Photographer
See his work here.

1. You’ve recently set off on your own as a fashion photographer. Can you describe your career arc to this point, and what lead you […]

Holiday partied out…but I have few good posts coming.

A massive one…some of these links you’ve probably seen elsewhere.
Fashion photography as art and reaction on Popphoto
Richard Prince in the New York Times, what came first? And again thoughts from Popphoto
New blog The Moment from the New York Times T people…and their redesigned site. Interviews with Terry Richardson and Katie Grand by the Proenza […]

 
Jackanory asked what photographers should give their clients.  Good luck with that. 
The agency I work for will send a huge list of clients extremely nice plants for the holidays.
We send all of our photographers a nice present, this year a nice wallet, with their name on it, and invite them to our holiday party of […]

Had the pleasure of meeting a photographer last week who was looking to shift agencies.
(Side note - Poaching is, believe it or not, very much frowned upon in our business. There are certain scenarios where it can be consider ‘ok’ but it really, really depends. However, when the photographer comes looking, anything goes. […]

Shane Lavalette talks about the Martin Parr’s best photography book picks for 2007…and look at what’s #1…

Is Photography Dead?  Bold question asked in this Newsweek article.
I absolutely understand the point he is making, and he makes it from the perspective of art…but I agree that the next generation of great photographers will really need to differentiate themselves, and not just with easier and more available tools.  The idea of talent will […]

Anyone still watching this?
A good example of photographers who will likely never get agents, no offense to them.
I’ve watched sporadically and it seems like every challenge I’ve seen the photographers fail to get the shot the client wants or that the job demands.
The last episode had them shooting a cosmetics campaign, with the object of […]

A reader made a note of this and I thought it made a lot of sense…I’ve changed the comment settings to make email and website optional…so for those who have been shy to say anything before feel free to do so now with complete anonymity.
Or maybe you think my posts are rubbish and not worthy […]