Sorry for the lack of posting…it seems like others haven’t been on top either, or have completely gone away. According to Jackanory,  joining the ranks of Alec Soth and the Bitter Photographer (minus an appearance on Jackanory), are Christian Patterson and the peerless Olivier Laude.  You shall be missed!

And people are even blogging about the lack of blogging in our space. Whatever shall be next?

Anyways AVS is still here, just been busy lately.  But a visit to the galleries to see some shows right before closing (Mapplethorpe, Horst P. Horst and Juergen Teller…all brilliant.  Horst’s exhibition had a photo of Irving Penn from 1951…the only picture I have ever seen of the man) had me motivated to put some thoughts down.

However some new blogs have joined us now…Photoshelter’s new launched blog with Rachel Hulin at the helm, a former editor at Rollingstone.com and Nerve.com, as well as Heather Morton’s Art Buyer blog…welcome to the blogging world (thanks to APE and Jackanory for those tips)!  The cross linking is going to get even more incestuous now, wonderful.

Anyways, here’s the normal linkage roundup…

Over at APE…his interview with a big shot art buyer and his post on paying to play…and an interview in the Independent with Mario Testino

From the New York Times…

A history of the photobooth in New York, with interactive guides

Talked about in many places elsewhere..but a great write up of “The New Ugly” trend sweeping magazine design by Alice Rawthorn

Are you an up-and-coming actor/singer/entertainer whose career has been derailed by your own poor decision making?  Get your publicist to call up a big name lensman

May Pang’s photos from John Lennon’s “Lost Weekend”

Elsewhere…

Talk about getting to know your subject…a photojournalist falls in love with a political assassin in Colombia

Over at Year in Pictures, a great post on Giacomelli

Backlash against the Vanity Fair exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from the Guardian

Embracing the web…Ford Models creates their own channel on Youtube (Via The Business of Fashion)

Hopefully you had your DVR set, but if not they’ll be playing again…photo documentaries on the Sundance Channel from Marketing Photos

Slightly creepy, but amazingly interesting…paparazzi style photos of you and your friends 

Not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere..but Powerhouse’s annual Photography Review is coming up on May 4th…sign up now!  A long and amazing line up of reviewers including industry experts from the likes of The New Yorker, New York Times, MOMA, Aperture, Laird + Partners…

And the New York Photo Festival is coming up…May 14th to 18th, curated by the likes of Kathy Ryan, Martin Parr, Tim Barber and Lesley A. Martin.  There is also a competition, and you can submit your work up to April 14th!