photographic essays
it happens every time…..that is, every time i go to the beach to relax …after two weeks or so of t-shirts and barefeet and jealously watching pelicans magic flight as they skim the faces of the waves, i always make the "decision" to "give it all up" and move to the beach…. after all, my …
oh, that empty feeling…..a blank slate…..past accomplishments are but a background blur….new commission, new assignment…..it is always "a mountain to climb" to even get to this state of "nothingness"…the state of being you are in when you actually get a "commission" and then…and then…and then…now what do i do??? the old adage "sometimes you get …
*the official Magnum website blog will undergo a revival with editor martin fuchs coming on board soonest….martin is the current author of "Journal of a Photographer", one of the most popular european photo blogs….martin will coordinate stories with all Magnum photographers and plans lively discussions to totally make our blog user friendly and fresh….. *as …
i now have about 20 minutes to "get my act together" and be on time for a magnum business meeting….actually, there are now three full days of magnum business meetings staring me square in the face….numbers….graphs……charts…..project approval….more numbers…. just a few hours ago we were all having so much fun at MOMA and the after …
yes, we really do have all types of photographers and personalities in magnum…here larry towell and trent parke hang out after our long long day of portfolio reviews in new york…there were 7 of us looking at the work of 60 photographers for our first ever "First Impressions" review (see "portfolios" post previous)… this is …
i suppose if you walk down the street and you see your name lit up on a theater marquee the experience could be a little "heady"….gene richards, left, and bill allard both wanted me to take this snapshot of them in front of the Paramount theater in charlottesville…i thought it was pretty cool myself….just fun….i …
there is an old old song performed by tammy wynette, "Stand by Your Man" which was the theme song for an old old movie "Five Easy Pieces" starring jack nicholson…..both the song and the movie are classics….the two women i photographed here are classics as well…. and both are unusually special women who have "stood …
the best of intentions….yes, i definitely had the best of intentions…and that was to keep all of you "plugged in" to the "Festival of the Photograph" down here in virginia…..basically, i disappeared from all traces of my "normal life" for the last three days… i do now have enough material to write several good stories…..the …
the drive from new york to charlottesville, virginia is about 7 hours…..but it is like going from one planet to another…..we went from gridlock traffic in the morning to a peaceful campfire in the woods by evening..i will be “reporting” all this week from michael “nick” nichols “”Festival of the Photograph” which has transformed charlottesville …
we just got this exhibit hung yesterday….honestly, this was not really so difficult to hang because we literally tacked the 44" x 32" pigment inkjet prints to the wall…no frames…raw like the subject…loose….experts hung five of my pictures, 8 feet x 6 feet prints, by wires from the ceiling… as each print went up, i …
