— Another photography post: Stephen Shore’s Early Work includes photography documenting everyday life in the 1960s New York :
Early Work collects for the first time the entirely unseen photographs created during Shore’s early teenage years between 1960 and 1965, a period of rich experimentation that precedes his time working with Andy Warhol at The Factory.
— The Guardian has a nice overview of documentary photographer Martin Parr’s career, in pictures and in Parr’s own words.
— Alan Schaller is not only one of the finest contemporary black and white photographers, he also has one of the best photography channels on YouTube He never discusses gear or ponders the meaning of it all without ever getting to the point. Instead you get actual practical insight on photography techniques, presented with wit and humour.
How to photograph silhouettes
How to use panning to add motion to your pictures:
Reflecting on reflections:
The last one has the most London ending ever. Set out to do a thing, go to the pub “for one,” end up getting pissed without doing the thing.
— Social Networks, Not Social Media. Tom Watson:
Glass may look similar to other services on the surface (there are conventions), but it’s built on fundamentally different principles. For one, we don’t have follower counts. In fact, we don’t show counts at all. When you appreciate a photo, it’s not a performative act broadcast to the larger network; it’s a private acknowledgment to the creator. We emphasize comments and discussion, modeling thoughtful engagement through design and community norms.
I joined Glass a couple of months ago and I found a community with profound love or photography. I believe this community gathers on Glass because photography is front and centre in the app’s design, instead of attention-grabbing design patterns you’ll find on literally any other platform. Glass is a very rare exception in the landscape, one well worth supporting.
— The latest Walkie Talkie episode features photographer Martha Cooper, who became a legend for the first person to comprehensively document New York’s early graffiti scene.
Love to see, that to this day she still shoots graffiti.
— The Guardian revisits Robert Frank’s seminal photo book “The Americans.” “The Americans is one of the most influential and enduring works of US photography. Robert Frank’s exacting vision, distinct style and poetic insight changed the course of 20th-century art and influenced generations of photographers.”
— Pictures from Joel Meyerowitz’ 1960s road trip in Europe. I don’t think you could take some of these pictures today. So much less life is happening on the streets these days.
— Stephen Leslie’s street photography captures people often in absurd situations.
— London’s Tate Modern currently has photographs from Joel Meyerowitz on display, who has done some superb street photography over his sixty-year career.
— Photos of the people working at Smithfield Market, an old meat market in central London. “Experiencing Smithfield at night is to uncover a secret parallel world that operates in the shadows while the rest of London sleeps.” I always wanted to go, shame the marked moves out of the city but it was somewhat inevitable. I hope the owners put the building to good use and that they don’t turn into another market selling trash to tourists or luxury condos.
— Photos from the first Glastonbury Festival in 1971; from Paul Misso’s new book “In the Vale of Avalon Glastonbury 1971.”
Spitalfields In Kodachrome is a collection of photographs of the East-London Neighbourhood from a different time. The photos are forty years old, showing how much the area has changed: Working class then, today hotspot for Lonely-Planet tourists and Saturday destination for drunk Essex lads. Naranjan House in the picture above is now an Ottolenghi restaurant.
— The iconic Blue Marble picture, taken by Apollo 17 astronauts on their way to the moon, is 50 years old now.
— I love these black-and-white photos from London. The whole of aegir’s blog is a thing of beauty; each post has a different header graphic and colour scheme. (via ooh.directory newsletter)