[contextly_auto_sidebar id="xufOwYj5n0XdtGNHU7t2P2ob7klfXyeT"] THERE's a poignant piece up on The Guardian about a photojournalist who has tracked the collapse of American newspapers, especially the once-great Philadelphia Inquirer. Here's the story's opening graph: In the past decade, as a percentage, more print journalists have lost their jobs than workers in any other significant … [Read more...]
Memories of the Sasquatch! Music Festival
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="e8nNtZOoMQ1FttKvUUS4FJDZ3Ver3Pl8"] TODAY I am going to take a break from spreading bad news about the world of culture to offer some photographs of rock and hip-hop musicians. These shots are by Steven Dewall, an old colleague and friend, and former resident of Seattle, who travels back every year for the Sasquatch! festival and photographs a huge range of … [Read more...]
Photography on the Web: Getty Images Goes Free
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="wKTuBaBs4g6nEeAQFph8OgG0XKZQVL7g"] THE state of photographs and other images on the Web is fraught and confusing, and seems destined to become more of both with time. Vague tensions turn into lawsuits; the "free" crowd, sometime with tech-corporation lobbying, goes up against Hollywood lawyers, and on and on. I must admit, as someone who respects the need for … [Read more...]
Cinematography, the Oscars and "Tree of Life"
AS everyone in Los Angeles knows well, Oscar nominations were just announced today. I've written about some of the films nominated, including The Artist, which drew 10 nominations.One article I've not posted, because I can't seem to find an online link, was a story in which I spoke to cinematographers from five films: My Week With Marilyn, The Descendants, Drive, Margin Call and The Tree of Life. … [Read more...]
Going Medieval With the SCA
As a retro kinda guy who often thinks music and clothes have not improved since 1965, I've always been interested in people who work hard to live in the past. So I was intrigued to come across a book of photography by Venice, CA., based E.F. Kitchen, which captures chain mail-clad members of the Society for Creative Anachronism.HERE is my brief piece in Sunday's LATimes on this photographer who … [Read more...]
Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles
BOOKS on chandler's LA have become a kind of cottage industry. still, i'm enjoying a new book of photographs called "daylight noir: raymond chandler's imagined city." the book could be a companion volume to judith freeman's "the long embrace," which visited the dozens of SoCal locations in which the novelist lived with his elusive wife cissy, tho the aesthetic of "daylight noir" is starker and … [Read more...]
The Late Great Julius Shulman
I WAS saddened to see, upon returning from a trip, that we've lost not only walter cronkite -- who i once met at an annapolis pub he used to frequent on sailing trips -- but the consummate architecture photographer julius shulman.HERE is my interview with shulman from a few years back. i visited the man in his rambling laurel canyon home and he showed me the range of his work -- the old modernist, … [Read more...]