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Interviews

June 17, 2008

Lots of great interviews of late…in case you missed any.
You might have seen this by now, but the new power team at Interview on Charlie Rose, with Marc Jacobs. (Via NY Mag)
An interview with David Strettell, owner of Dashwood Books (Via Nutopia).
Over at the Women Management blog…an interview with Jennifer Starr, Casting Director extraordinaire…
and with […]

Women In Photography

Next in the series…Sally Gall.

And in case you missed it a great interview over at Popphoto.

A Rare Breed

 
And from photographer Julia Baum, a growing portraiture series featuring only natural redheads. I don’t think Vanessa Beecroft ever covered this one!
In her words:
Hello
I’d like to present you with a new photo endeavor I’ve been working on. The project is called “A Rare Breed,” and it is a growing portrait series featuring only natural redheads. […]

Dossier

 
Continuing in the vein of new projects is the recently launched Dossier.  Spearheading the project is Creative Director and photographer Skye Parrott and Editorial Director Katherine Krause.
Their list of contributors is already impressive, with the likes of David Armstrong, Melodie McDaniel, Marie Chaix, Mario Batali, Christopher Bollen…
All you young budding photographers may want to drop a […]

From my readers…

June 10, 2008

For all my New York readers hopefully you’re managing in the sweltering heat.  Where are those air conditioned pants of the future they promised us?
Occasionally I get emails (hello@avisualsociety.com) from keen readers and fans and it’s always pleasant, or at least interesting.  I also seem to have made my way onto a variety of lists…
Anyways, […]

Weegee Found

June 3, 2008

Amazing…a trove of Weegee photos found at a yard sale in Kentucky (NYT).

Are you into True Norwegian Black Metal?

June 2, 2008

If not, why not?

Book signing for True Norwegian Black Metal by Peter Beste, published by Vice Books
Friday June 6th
6-8 pm
Dashwood Books
33 Bond Street
between Bowery and Lafayette
In the last two decades, a bizarre and violent musical culture has emerged in Norway.  Its roots stem often from a heady blend of horror movies, heavy metal music, Satanism, Paganism, and […]

We now return to our erratically scheduled programming.

May 27, 2008

I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend, whatever you did and wherever you went.
Sorry for the delay and random, sporadic posting, if there’s anyone left reading.
Had a brief hiatus, attending events, working, relaxing…this blogging stuff is hard work, I tell you.
Anyways, some posts below, and if they are outdated just think of it […]

The 24th Annual ICP Infinity Awards

 
I was fortunate enough to attend the 24th Annual ICP Infinity Awards which took place two weeks back and suffice it to say it was really quite the star riddled event.  I admit to being awestruck as I weaved through the crowd (Oh look, there’s Philip-Lorca di Corcia having a chat with Vince Aletti.  My […]

NYPH 2008 Recap

I went back and enjoyed these reviews…in case you couldn’t make it to everything.
Jackanory on Foto8
Conscientious 1, 2
Video coverage over at PDN
and looking ahead to 2009…

PDN Annual 2008 Recap

Here.

Rest in Peace.

Robert Rauschenberg (New York Times Obituary)

and Cornell Capa (NY Times)

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