Andrew Bush – “Drive” aka “Vector Portaits”
September 9, 2009
I recently found the series “Vector portraits” of LA-based artist Andrew Bush that I find really really good.
These photographs were made when Bush was driving through the streets and freeways of Los Angeles, he had a medium format camera with a flash attached to his car and then photographed the other drivers, always writing down exact informations about where he took the photo at what speed at what time etc.
On his website, you can see the whole body of work containing not less the 66 photographs. I think some pictures are not that interesting so a slightly tighter edit would have concentrated the thing even more, but in the book it’s probably quite nice to have that much material.
Shot between 1989-1997, “Vector Portraits” is now finally available as a book called “Drive” (I like the original title way more.)
Some more infos @ YOSSI MILO GALLERY were Bush recently had a show with this work.
Also a longer article on Design Observer.
Peter Rigaud’s personal project 1 – “Bitte fotografieren Sie … für mich”
September 4, 2009
In a personal project, Berlin/Vienna based portrait/travel/editorial photographer Peter Rigaud takes a portrait of somebody and then asks that person to name another person Rigaud should photograph, what he does afterwards, and so on and so on. The subjects are also asked to write some lines about why Rigaud should photograph the next person, what is so special about them. On his website, you can see some of these texts, unfortunately very small and hard to read – would like to see this project as a book or magazine!
You find these photographs when you click on Projects>Project 1, but also check out the other stuff, some of his work is quite good I think.
Susana Raab and Amy Stein
August 22, 2009
When reading various blogs today I again saw good work of 2 us-american photographers, Susana Raab and Amy Stein (they both also have blogs). On Susana Raab’s website, there is a lot to see, my favourite is the “Consumed” series from which you see one photograph above.
Amy Stein also has various different projects online, I especially like “Stranded” and “Halloween in Harlem” from which the following pictures are.
I think one reason why it makes sense to show both photographers in this post is because they both have an interest in us-american topics like Fast Food (Raab) or Halloween / weapons (Stein).
Elizabeth Fleming
August 21, 2009
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Dan Winters’ new book – Periodical photographs
July 14, 2009
Dan Winters has been one of my favourite photographers for some time now. I always considered him to be a master photographer, but I was surprised that he’s still quite young – only 38 I guess. What I like very much about Dan Winters is that he found a very special way how he uses light and how he shows his subjects. When I see a picture of him a can tell immediately that it must be his, and that is a quality and uniqueness you don’t find too often. He says:
“As photographers, we are hired for our opinions to a certain extent. It will be a visual take, a very subjective interpretation,” says Winters. “I really think the strongest ally (above any technique) any photographer can have is the ability to really look at something and formulate an opinion about it. My goal is to have enough freedom with my clients to know that I am using my judgment in the best way I can, and that they know I’m working hard for them.”
His subjects, he says, have compared sitting for him to ”going to the dentist. But in a good way. Not having root canal. Maybe just having X rays done.”
And there is another thing that is really special about Dan Winters: it seems that he does extremely tight edits, which means that he only sends 1 (!) picture to the magazine after a shoot. This is consistency!
When doing some research for this post I also came across of a lot of illustrations he also does, not only photographic illustrations but also hand-drawings. He’s really talented whith transforming strories and complex circumstances into interesting and sometimes even funny illustrations. Must be a big pleasure for an art director to work with him.
That last one is from a cool story for WIRED.
Now, Mr. Winters has a new book out called “Periodical Photographs” that shows is assignement work.
One of my favourite spreads:
Over at WTJ you find a flip-through through the book… I guess for people interested in book design and great portraits, this book will be a must have.
More articles on the book here and here.
PDN call him a legend and have a nice online presentation with interview here.
A last cite:
“I get up every day and that’s what I do, make photographs, whether I’m being paid to or not. I love it, love it, love it.”
More Links:
http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2007/10/08/oh-god-not-dan-winters-again/
http://jankesnergallery.com/jkgartists/winters-dan.html
http://www.lamag.com/article.aspx?id=16884
ALL PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS POST COPYRIGHT DAN WINTERS.
Andreas Mühe
June 19, 2009
One of my favourite german portrait photographers is Andreas Muehe. He recently shot german chancellor Angela Merkel for Spiegel magazine and though he is only 30 he has shot a wide range of interesting people, including politicians, actors etc, but also some advertising. In my opinion, he has found his very own,unique style and makes great pictures with very special light and colours. He doesn’t copy other photographers and their light, but found at a quiet yoiung age his own way of portrait photography (not only). Unfortunately, he took his website down some time ago, there are only few polaroids to see.
More on camerwork’s website.
Jussi Puikkonen
May 7, 2009
I just found the work of finnish (and now Amsterdam based) photographer Jussi Puikkonen and wanted to share it with you.
I first read about his book “on vacation”, that shows vacation parks, ressorts, beaches etc. in the long, 9 months lasting finish winter period. You find some photos of the series here, you must scroll down then to see all pictures.
But I also like his fashion and portrait stuff. Born 1980, young big talent.
Greg Miller – New Work
April 2, 2009
Greg has put some new work on his website, and again I love his photographs a lot, especially the County Fair work. A very interesting interview (here) explains, why he works the way he does (8*10 inch large format, narrow depth of field, only appr. 2 exposures per subject) and what are the consequences of it (working quite slow and directing a lot..). If I had the money, Greg Miller would be somebody whose work I’d buy.
New photos – Carnival portfolios
February 27, 2009
Last week the german Carnival season peaked out, especially in the Rhine Area in Western Germany. I grabbed my camera and tried to find my own view on this crazy event… I put together 2 portfolios, check them out by clicking on the pictures.
Portfolio_1
Portfolio_2
Annie Leibovitz Hollywood Portfolio 2009 – UPDATED
February 20, 2009
Just found Annie Leibovitz’s new Hollywood Portfolio fo Vanity Fair USA – here ! The ad’s on vanityfair.com are really annoying though…
I like some of the shots very much, nice concept. What a contrary to the previuous post.
