Feb 07
Okay, for those who have been camera shopping lately, don’t come complaining about how technology has driven the prices up. I mean, a simple box camera is up for sale in Austria and the price estimate is topping $685,000 dollars …
Okay, sure, it’s 170 years old, so maybe it’s value lies not in its ability to take photos, but come on – a Leica M9 must seem cheap by comparison, right? Of course, the Daguerreotype Giroux comes with a lens and the Leica doesn’t … hmmm ….
Feb 07
The Chronicle for Higher Education has a video interview up with Davis Shaver, the founder of OnwardState.com – a new(ish) news(ish) site covering Penn State University.
Like the idea of a “journalism fraternity,” may have to steal that line.
Feb 04
I suspect I’m going to have to find a reason in the next few years to head to the University of Texas at Austin – they’ve just acquired a 200,000 print archive from Magnum Photos. What a research opportunity … heck, what an opportunity to experience history.
The article says it’s only the print archive, not the copyrights to any of the images. Which would mean they can’t sell or distribute the prints, but may be able to do exhibitions and make them available for researchers.
A second thanks to Greg Mironchuk for the heads up on this.
Feb 02
You know I have two loves in life, right? Visual journalism and … cars. Kodak’s Jennifer Cisney tweeted about this collection of photos by Michael Paul Smith of his model car collection. It’s really cool.
What did you think I meant with that headline?
Feb 02
Haven’t heard of this before, but it looks like it could be interesting – an online photo course, new on each week. This Friday is on “Taming TTL for Better Images.” May be worth spending some time with. If you do, let me know how it is.
Jan 29
It’s a little odd that Flash Goddess Mindy McAdams tweeted a link to this story about the rise and fall of the Las Vegas Sun while I’m in, of all places, Las Vegas. Worth a read.
My initial reaction is similar to what I thought of Curley’s work in Florida and Washington – one model won’t work everywhere. What was very successful in Kansas and Florida because of the community ties wasn’t going to work in suburban Washington or Las Vegas. The sense of community in each of those places is very different and a site has to be able to comprehend and react to those differences.
But I think what they tried was brilliant – we have to accept that some great ideas will fail as we rework journalism.