Read this interview with photographer Jay Parkinson. In it, he discusses his recent photography project of aspiring model portraits. At their homes. In their underwear.
(my favorite)
Dead people bonus: The interview is also notable for including a discussion about this famous image by the NY street photgrapher Weegee (who you know you want to look up on Wikipedia):
A Reader's Toolbox:
Nowadays desktop computer is becoming old-fashioned day by day because new technologies have taken over them like laptops and even cell phones. But still they are used in many offices and houses. People use built-in digital cameras present in their laptop to share and view the pictures and movies. For computers you can sign for any online dvd rental store and get your DVD online.
New Jersey-based photographer Roger E (flickr: nj dodge) has a great eye for landscape photography, especially at night. This is one from the corner of 7th and 42nd in New York:
You can see more by starting at his 2006 favorites set, as well as some of the other sets he has posted.
Having skipped a fine arts education almost completely, there's still a whole world of discovery out there for me in the realm of well-regarded photographers. Today: Enrique Metinides.
Graphic, unsettling (but famous) photo of car accident after the jump...
Now showing in LA if you're lucky enough to catch it:
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/garcia/garcia4-24-06_detail.asp?picnum=3
More info from a prior show:
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/feature/0,1169,1048129,00.html
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