Ryan McGinley

I think these photographs are beautiful and scary at the same time. There is a since of calmness and secretive pleasure that lies within the his composition and color usage.

25MP FF Sony?!

25mp full frame Sony A900 just announced at a price point of 3K. likely will not, nor intended to compete with the Canon 1Ds Mk3, but will be interesting to see how it compares.

a sign of things to come surely, and the specs of the upcoming Canon 5D mk2 look promising as well.

dynamic range/performance aside, with the emphasis on paperless media and digital convergence, is more actually . . . more.  for instance as was the case with computers, the marketing emphasis was once on how much speed/horsepower the chip generated, and less so on ease of use and intuitive lifestyle integration. thankfully that has changed, but camera manufacturers are the slowest on the planet in redefining the paradigm of (D)SLR improvements. For instance, and this is one of many, I would gladly trade MP for a pro-level flip up waist level screen like they have on their prosumer line, but no. Can you imagine a camera without inherent brand quirks? neither can they apparently.

link at dpreview.com here

James

GUEST SPEAKER 9/13 CHRISTOPHER KERN

This saturday 9/13 our guest will be esteemed guest, colleague and all around great fellow Christopher Kern.  Chris graduated from the AAU MFA program over a year ago and has gone on to great success having shot commercial campaigns and editorials and recently finding a rep.

It will be great to hear Chris talk about his work and his experience post AAU and give a fresh perspective close to home, so be sure to prepare some questions. Looking forward to it!

For class, pls bring what you've worked on this week, in any format and again, think about you presentation component and ways to refine it each week. let's discuss your individual key objectives for this semester. additionally, a reminder for everyone to post their own blog manifest as well as contributing posts to the class blog in addition to but not limited to just commenting on others. 

thanks everyone,

James

Christopher's work can be seen here

RYAN MCGINLEY

Ryan McGinley is a young -less than 30 I think- photographer from NY. I discovered his "I know where the summer goes" series last year. I think his photography is mainly about freedom; I LOVE his use of color and his compositions. 

Here is a very, very interesting article about him from the NY Times. It says a lot about ambition, rigor, and how he managed to put his work "out there" in the world. 

Agathe

JO LONGHURST

compelling portrait project of italian greyhounds and yeah, i've seen quite a few given i have one of my own!

link

James

(correction, whippets. ah well. similar nonetheless)

TIERNEY GEARON

Incredible photographer mentioned in class. you might want to do a bit of exploration via google, especially regarding her editorial work, but some images can be seen here

James

RERESH, REFRESH

Benjamin Percy's poignant and haunting short story, 'Refresh, Refresh' on PRI.

please listen if you get a chance.

James