Tag: black and white

  • Chicago Streets, 2014

    Chicago Streets, 2014

    Tonight I did fresh edits on some old photos. I took these in February 2014. The original editing I did was just straight desaturation. I have since developed a taste for a more smooth monochrome look with crushed blacks.

  • People on the Street

    People on the Street

  • Trent Parke

    Trent Parke

    Website of master photographer Trent Parke. Here he showcases images taken when he was a young man growing up in Australia, among other photos. Trent strives to capture light in unusual ways, and he succeeds wonderfully. https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/trent-parke/

  • Alexey Titarenko – City of Shadows

    Alexey Titarenko – City of Shadows

    Here is the gallery of one Alexey Titarenko, an old school photographer who does interesting things with long exposure. He captures busy areas in urban settings, and lets his camera capture long trailing shadowy figures as they move about, creating an utterly different story than reality. http://www.alexeytitarenko.com/#/cityofshadows/

  • Unprocessed film discovered frozen in Antarctica

    These 100 year old images were found frozen in the Antarctic ice. They were processed and revealed some fantastic photos from an expedition at the beginning of the last century. Read about it here. 100-Year-Old Negatives Discovered In Block of Ice in Antarctica via Antarctic Heritage Trust.

  • Rescued Film Project – Rescued WWII

    Here is a fairly large gallery of images from found film, taken during WWII. They were developed by The Rescued Film Project. Now, normally when you see these galleries, they are images of things happening in Europe, where the fighting was taking place; pictures of destroyed street corners, blown-up equipment, etc. These, however, show what was…

  • Dennis Hopper – The Lost Album

    As if Dennis Hopper wasn’t already practically the epitome of the word “cool”, here is a gallery of his photographic work to enjoy. Dennis’ “counterculture cred” allowed him to get into some unique situations for a photographer. He perfectly captured images of all aspects of life – fairly straightforward street scenes, bullfighting, and lots of…

  • The Life and Work of Street Photographer Vivian Maier

    Vivan Maier was a nanny, and nothing more than that for all outward appearances. But she lived a double life – part of the time she was a nanny, part of the time she was a street photographer in Chicago, IL with an acute eye for catching people in just the right moment. She never…

  • Life Through a Leica | Chicago magazine

    This article from Chicago Magazine profiles photographer Art Shay’s favorite subject – his wife Florence. The photo series is simply amazing, and nothing I type here can possibly do justice to what you will find, so click the link and see for yourself. Life Through a Leica | Chicago magazine

  • Einstein – The Art Of Adam Magyar

    Adam Magyar is a Hungarian born artist with an unusual technique of capturing instants in time. Using gear that he built himself from high speed scanners, he records images from the vantage point of a subway train passing through a station that are unique in that they produce prints that can be as large as…

  • 25 Vintage Police Record Photographs «TwistedSifter

    So today I came across the website Twisted Sifter, an Australian image blog that has some great finds. This is one of them – police photos from the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s around Sydney and New South Wales. Warning – graphic images. 25 Vintage Police Record Photographs «TwistedSifter.

  • A Beautiful Video of the Daguerreotype Process

      Louis Daguerre invented the photographic process that bore his name in the late 1830’s. Today, Dan Carillo is still using the process to make stunning images. Here is a short article that profiles Dan along with a beautiful video in which Dan talks about his creative process – but he doesn’t get very technical.…