“Old news-ish, but Nobuyoshi Araki gives Lady Gaga a somewhat tame Koushoku Painting treatment.”
“I noticed there were numerous text-only books by Japanese photographers out in the market. It was really remarkable to me that they were writing so much because at Aperture even to get a list of captions from a photographer was like pulling teeth. Nobody seemed to want to write anything, or to commit to putting any words on paper, I should say.
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I became very curious as to what these photographers were writing about so profusely. I soon came to realize that what these photographers were writing was quite integral to their photography as a whole; it was part of the project and the process of photography. Words and images were quite closely linked in Japanese photography.
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The photograph in Japan doesn’t exist in a vacuum, isolated from other elements. Context, as provided by texts or the medium by which the image is distributed, is integral.”
— Ivan Vartanian talks about his book, Setting Sun: Writings by Japanese Photographers (Aperture, 2005)
A first look at the Yashica EZ F521
“Don’t let the big name “fool you” though, this is an inexpensive digital camera that has more in common with a cellular phone camera (with a different form factor of course) than state-of-the-art digital, just like toy cameras using 120 film don’t do so to achieve high quality medium format. For this reason, the F521 has already been dubbed “Digital Holga” even before its release.”
The Beginning is The End is The Beginning
Back when I was still studying architecture, I was so sure that I would not work as an employee. I kept convincing myself that I was not that type of man. That I should work alone and pursue my dream, whatever it is.
I was graduated in early 2003 and immediately got a job as an architect. I still didn’t know what my dream was but, through a twist of fate, in 2004 I moved to a new company. A bigger one and paid better too. It was in this company that I feared that I could lose myself, lose my dream, and become a workhorse looking for more money if I didn’t find a grip, something to hold on to.
It was then that I found photography. Soon, I have started to self-taught myself in photography. I realized, photography could be my dream, or at least a part or a key to my dream.
Now fast forward to today, November 2009. Five years from that day and I’m still working for that company. Looking back, I should have feel disappointed with myself but, instead, somehow I feel stronger than ever before. Funny how you changed through time. Perhaps working as an employee is not so bad afterall as long as you don’t lose yourself in the progress and don’t forget to look for your true dream. Keep the hope & dream alive.
It is also interesting to see that, today, I still have a burning passion on photography. I start again using the same camera as I used in 2005. Some of you may still remember how I walk the streets with my under-one-megapixel cameraphone. I’m doing it again with similar tool as you can see from the results above. You know what? I feel free. So much freedom than I would find using my other cameras before.
The lessons I’ve learned so far: dream big but take one small step at a time. Be true to yourself, don’t try to become someone else. Forget everyone else, just do what you want to do the way you want it to. Time and experience are the best teacher you’ve got. Enjoy your life, your time, with those that are precious to you.
I guess these are all the lessons that I need to learn the hard way and, hopefully, not too late.
Kevin DeMaria: Last Days of Gourmet
“October 5th, 2009 in shock and disbelief, using garbage pails for long exposures, I took these photos of the last days at Gourmet. Although at times it was hard for me to shoot the common places in the offices at Gourmet, I knew I needed to document where I loved working for the last 8 years.”
“These charts show movie character interactions. The horizontal axis is time. The vertical grouping of the lines indicates which characters are together at a given time.”
(via Coudal)
“Polaroid will re-launch the legendary Polaroid One Step Camera and is therefore commissioning The Impossible Project to develop and produce a limited edition of Polaroid® branded Instant Films in the middle of 2010.”
Looks like it’s not so impossible afterall.
“created to showcase the work of todays most cutting edge photographers from around the world.”