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  • Einstein – The Art Of Adam Magyar

    Einstein – The Art Of Adam Magyar

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    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…

  • The Lens Is Standard, the Photos Anything But – NYTimes.com

    The Lens Is Standard, the Photos Anything But – NYTimes.com

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    Jerome Delay is a photographer for Associated Press who uses a 50mm F1.4 lens exlusively. He works in Africa, covering conflicts in various areas there, and captures amazing photos with his self imposed limitation. Here is a gallery of his work and a short article explaining his reasoning behind the choice of lens. The Lens…

  • Jeff Bridges to Be Honored at International Center of Photography Dinner – NYTimes.com

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    An interesting article about the photography of Jeff Bridges, along with an excellent gallery. He uses a special wide-frame camera that allows some fairly unique shots, that he has been producing since the early 80’s. An interesting read and intriguing look into the creativity of one of my favorite actors. Jeff Bridges to Be Honored…

  • At Home with the Apollo 11 Astronauts, 1969 | Retronaut

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    The always entertaining retronaut has an amazing series of photos of the daily life of Neil, Buzz and Michael. This is a very unique look into the lives of the astronauts and their families. At Home with the Apollo 11 Astronauts, 1969 | Retronaut.

  • Itinerant Photography

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    An interesting phenomenon that I’d never heard of before. Back in the 30’s, itinerant photographers would photograph many aspects of a town and it’s residents, then try to sell prints to said residents. Here is a fairly large gallery of photo’s from this time period, hosted by the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center. It’s…

  • Forgotten places

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    Here are a few shots of the place where I grew up. Hope you like them. Click the image to go to the gallery. I used to live here…

  • Human Contrast – Jim Bryant Photography

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    Jim Bryant, a photojournalist and master of photography, shares a blog article called Human Contrast. His images are fantastic, and one in the series stood out to me. It is a street scene, two young boys holding tennis rackets between their legs, face to face, discussing whatever it is that little boys talk about. To…

  • Russian color photography ca. 1910

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    Now here is something truly amazing. The Boston Globe reports on a set of color photos of the Russian empire from around 1910. How did this happen, you ask? Well… Back in the early 20th century, between 1905 and 1910, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, a scientist and a photographer, had the idea of educating school children…

  • Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 – Plog Photo Blog

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    Thanks to my friend Paul, I came across this set of photographs from the early 40’s. They’re in color! These images show us a time when there was no internet, no television, no X-box or Wii, and definitely no cell phones. And yet, these people manage to get along just fine. You can see a…