the continuing conversation between art and life
If you like simplicity and pale colour palette in pictures - then check out this video showing a catalogue of the work of French photographer Jacques Henri Lartique from the book "Lartique: Life in Color" by Martine D'Astier and Martine Ravache https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k1vpFgiZb8 Much of the subtle colour palette comes from his use of the Autochrome process. I …
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This is just one good way to label digital picture files, as practiced by professional photographer, Michael Greco. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lutNrHI_ac Notice, I'm just suggesting it as one good idea - the video clip itself is titled "The World's Best File Naming System" - and this raised the heckles of commenters on the comments section. Some were …
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"Everybody Street" - Cheryl Dunn film on street photography - especially in New York, USA
Here is the World's smallest stop motion animation: https://vimeo.com/15323909 "Dot" is a recording made possible by Professor Fletcher's invention of the CellScope, which is a Nokia device with a microscope attachment. The invention was the inspiration for a teeny-tiny film created by Sumo Science at Aardman. It stars a 9mm girl called Dot as she struggles …
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Friday Night is Health & Safety film night with Professor Mal Archaic. Tonight's humorous film: tourist photography
Paul Duke documented the decline of the fishing industry in the Moray Firth, with a series of life-size photos. He tells the story of how he took those and made them into a whole exhibition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3fu2tRtIbc Paul's Black and White photos are stunning, and have been put into a book by the same title as …
Review of exceptionally well written book review in New Yorker, of photos of Julia Child
If you prefer your Christmas trees left in nature, unchopped, au naturelle - then an alternative for December decoration is to buy yourself a print from Sandra Jordan Photography. The print featured is "Winter Forest #1". And, encouragingly, that number would lead you to assume that there are other photographs in a similar vein. And …
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Have you ever cooked something rather wonderful - want to share the recipe with others - but found that when you took a photo, your glorious dish looked, well, underwhelming? Professional photographer and food blogger "Cooking without Limits" has got it sorted out - I picked up some excellent tips from her blog - and …
Jacqueline Saphra has written a series of sonnets about the colourful (even in black and white) life of Lee Miller: "A bargain with the Light, poems after Lee Miller". This book has 17 days left to sell a few more copies to raise the sum to publish it. It will be in a limited edition of …
