Photo Corners headlinesarchivemikepasini.com
A S C R A P B O O K O F S O L U T I O N S F O R T H E P H O T O G R A P H E R
Enhancing the enjoyment of taking pictures with news that matters, features that entertain and images that delight. Published frequently.
Around The Horn
7 August 2017
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention (with more than 140 characters). This time we look at fashion photography, the 1959 Miami Photojournalism Conference, a Gene Smith book, Emily Garthwaite, Sony's ultra wide lenses, film cameras, the 10th Annual Worldwide Photo Walk and Noe Valley's Wishing Tree.
- In Fashion Photography as Social Commentary, Laurence Butet-Roch takes a peek at the Photo Vogue Festival exhibition "Fashion & Politics."
- In W. Eugene Smith at the 1959 Miami Photojournalism Conference, Jim Hughes rescues a moment from history cut from his biography of Smith's biography. Not to be missed.
- And in W. Eugene Smith, the Photographer Who Wanted to Record Everything, Sean O'Hagan reviews Sam Stephenson's new book Gene Smith's Sink: A Wide-Angle View.
- A Woman Alone on the Road Less Traveled interviews British photographer Emily Garthwaite. "I spend a lot of time going to galleries and just looking at the old greats in the National Gallery in London and just seeing how they paint with light," she says. "The way good photography is constructed goes back to portrait painting."
- Phillip Pettit has been busy Comparing Sony's Ultra Wides. That would be the Sony 16-35mm f4 ZA, 16-35mm f2.8 GM & 12-24mm f4-GB. He preferred the image quality of the Sony 16-35mm f2.8 GM.
- Derrick Story explains Why a Film Camera Will Make You Smile and gives a nod to Seawood Photo, which sells used film gear on eBay.
- Scott Kelby has announced the 10th Annual Worldwide Photo Walk will be held Oct. 7. Use the map to can Find a Photowalk Near You. Great fun, nice people, worthy cause. We're thinking of tagging along ourselves this year. The walk would do us good <g>.
- In Noe Valley's Wishing Tree, Fiona Lee tells the story of a Cate Frey's special tree in smartphone pictures. "She suggested to her parents that they put the wishes on the tree outside their home." And it grew hundreds of them.
More to come! Meanwhile, please support our efforts...