ARNOLD NEWMAN: 93rd BirthDay

Henri Cartier-Bresson, New York, NY , 1947
Photograph (c) Arnold Newman /All Rights Reserved

Yasuo Kuniyoshi, New York, NY, 1941
Photograph (c) Arnold Newman /All Rights Reserved

Stieglitz & O'Keeffe, New York, NY, 1944
Photograph (c) Arnold Newman /All Rights Reserved

Igor Stravinsky, New York, NY, 1946
Photograph (c) Arnold Newman /All Rights Reserved

"Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world."

"The subject must be thought of in terms of the 20th century, of houses he lives in and places he works, in terms of the kind of light the windows in these places let through and by which we see him every day."

"There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants."

"Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold it's own; if it doesn't, the thing collapses." – Arnold Newman

Photographer Arnold Newman, one of the best portrait photographers of the 20th century, would have been 93 today. "He helped me find my way with photography when I was young and trying to figure things out. One of the things he taught me was that I should pursue what I know best, much like an author"...read more on Photographer Larry McNeil's Photoblog

LENSCRATCH: The Family

VIEW THE FAMILY EXHIBITION

Lenscratch created an opportunity for photographers to exhibit one image that best represents their idea of FAMILY, which were published today. (Guidelines for future submissions here)

LENSCRATCH: An On-line Exhibition Opportunity

Family by Aline Smithson

Lenscratch will be creating exposure opportunities for photographers with group on-line exhibitions. Photographers will be allowed ONE entry per exhibition and all photographs will be published.

Submission Guidelines:
Image size: 72dpi at 1000px on the long side. Send name, title, location, and link to your work (website or other). In the subject of your e-mail, type the name of the exhibition (FAMILY, etc) and e-mail to: alinesmithson@yahoo.com. If your images are sized incorrectly or the submission is incomplete, they will not be posted.

Due Date: November 14th
Send one image that best represents your idea of FAMILY. Post will run on Thanksgiving

Due Date: December 27th
Send your FAVORITE image that you took in 2010. Post will run on New Year's Day

Due Date: March 17th
Send one image that best represents LUCK. Post will run on St. Patrick's Day

Due Date: April 25th
Send your favorite SELF PORTRAIT. Post will run on May 1st

LUCIA GANIEVA: Museum Hermitage, Amsterdam

Ermitazhniki, Attendants of the Hermitage, portraits taken at The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia of the Museum Docent's with their favorite work of Art, on view at the Museum Hermitage, Amsterdam now thru March, 18th, 2011. Photograph © Lucia Ganieva/ All rights reserved

from the series "Iron Mules"
Photograph © Lucia Ganieva/ All rights reserved

from the series "The Sunset of Fame"
Photograph © Lucia Ganieva/ All rights reserved

Lucia Ganieva

Ermitazhniki/Attendants of the Hermitage
Museum Hermitage, Amsterdam
September 22 - March, 18th, 2011

INEZ VAN LAMSWEERDE & VINOODH MATADIN: FOAM Fotografiemuseum

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Me Kissing Vinoodh (Passionately), 1999
Photograph©Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin/All rights reserved

Bjork (Poisson-Nageur)
Photograph©Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin/All rights reserved

Clint Eastwood – The New York Times Magazine, 2005
Photograph©Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin/All rights reserved

INEZ van LAMSWEERDE & VINOODH MATADIN

PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING: PHOTOGRAPHS 1985-2010
FOAM FOTOGRAFIEMUSEUM AMSTERDAM
June 25-Sept 15, 2010

"Dubiousness is at the base of practically every image they make. Their work is ambiguous in every sense of the word and balances deliberately on the thin rope between fashion and art, perverting both worlds, mirroring the strangeness of everyday life through an extreme enlargement of a singular part."

Amsterdam's Foam FotografieMuseum exhibition, Pretty Much Everything, spans 25 years of work of the world famous photographic duo, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Inez and Vinoodh began their work together in 1986 in Amsterdam. Now, 25 years later, with their campaigns for fashion houses such as YSL, Chanel, Balmain, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Chloe, and with regular publications in W Magazine, Vogue and The New York Times, they are among the few artists that have successfully crossed the line drawn between fashion and art and have managed to simultaneously maintain careers in both fields. Art, fashion and portrait works all exist next to each other in the exhibition. By disregarding any chronological order the combination of images are based on personal, formal, social, political and intuitive associations that show the way the artists have lived with the images for 25 years. Anthology Pretty Much Everything (Steidl)

ASSAF POCKER: Scar Tissue

Cosmo
Photograph (c)Assaf Pocker /All Rights Reserved

Gia
Photograph (c)Assaf Pocker /All Rights Reserved

Van
Photograph (c)Assaf Pocker /All Rights Reserved

Van
Photograph (c)Assaf Pocker /All Rights Reserved

Liora (Portrait of the photographer's Mother)
Photograph (c)Assaf Pocker /All Rights Reserved

"Pain recognizes pain"–Assaf Pocker

Assaf Pocker was born in 1958 in Be'er Sheva, Israel. He studied Photography and Art at Jerusalem's Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and worked as a successful photojournalist in Israel throughout the 1980s. After moving to the U.S., Pocker has been working on his series, Scar Tissue, to be published by Nazraeli Press. The subject matter is pain, raw pain, and the images are very intense. You can view them here

"Scar Tissue" Nazraeli Press, Fall 2010
With An Introduction by Renee T. Coulombe, PhD

CLIVE ARROWSMITH: HH The Dalai Lama

His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama
Photograph (c) Clive Arrowsmith/All Rights Reserved

Khyongla Rato Rinpoche
Photograph (c) Clive Arrowsmith/All Rights Reserved

Layout from Clive Arrowsmith 's future book of Portraits

Photograph (c) Clive Arrowsmith/All Rights Reserved

London based photographer Clive Arrowsmith was in NYC attending The Dalai Lama's Teachings. The Tibet Center, founded by Khyongla Rato Rinpoche (in Clive's portrait above), hosted His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Teachings in NYC in partnership with Richard Gere's organization, Healing the Divide.

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Some excellent posts on Tricycle Magazine's blog describe each days Dalai Lama Talks at Radio City Music Hall this past week. Tricycle: Day 1 & 2 and Tricycle: Day 3. Also on the Tricycle blog is a not to be missed Video Interview with Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman

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Sitting in front of Jessica Hines and I at HH The Dalai Lama's Public Talk at Radio City Music Hall was American Composer Marvin Hamlisch and sitting behind us– Jon Bon Jovi!

LYNN GOLDSMITH: Rock & Roll New Orleans April 21 - July 5

The Beatles
Photograph © Lynn Goldsmith

Bob Dylan
Photograph © Lynn Goldsmith

Lynn Goldsmith surrounded by her Rock Mosaics
Photograph © Lynn Goldsmith

Mick Jagger Rock Mosaic
Photograph © Lynn Goldsmith

Mick Jagger Rock Mosaic close-up (click image to enlarge)
Photograph © Lynn Goldsmith

John Lennon Fans NYC
Photograph © Lynn Goldsmith

Bruce Springsteen
Photograph © Lynn Goldsmith

Music makes me feel like I've connected to people. —Lynn Goldsmith

Legendary rock photographer Lynn Goldmith’s exhibition, Rock and Roll: Lynn Goldsmith, is coming to New Orlean's April 21 through July 5, 2010 at A Gallery For Fine Photography on Chartres Street. This show will include her 'Rock Mosaics', made up of thousands of her photographs using the Chuck Close grid system. Goldsmith's exhibition is accompanied by her book, Rock and Roll, a collection of her best work with an introduction by The Godfather of Punk, Iggy Pop. The book also includes quotes by many of the artists and three gate-folds of her 'Rock Mosaics' of the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and Kiss. PDN Master Series Goldsmith Gallery

Rock And Roll: Lynn Goldsmith
A Gallery For Fine Photography • April 21 - July 5, 2010
241 Chartres Street - New Orleans

HIROSHI WATANABE: photo-eye Editions

Aikichi 2, Suo SarumawashiToned Gelatin-Silver Print, Edition of 30
Copyright (c) 2008 Hiroshi Watanabe /All Rights Reserved

Fukunosuke, Suo Sarumawashi Toned Gelatin-Silver Print, Edition of 30 Copyright (c) 2008 Hiroshi Watanabe /All Rights Reserved

Limited Edition Black Anodized Aluminum Box
Portfolio Copyright (c) photo-eye Editions /All Rights Reserved

Fukunosuke's Hands, One of 12 prints chosen for the Edition
Portfolio Copyright (c) photo-eye Editions /All Rights Reserved

SUO SARUMAWASHI

PHOTOGRAPHS BY HIROSHI WANTANABE

photo-eye Editions

JOHN F. MARTIN: Portrait of the Opera

Photograph (c) John F. Martin /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) John F. Martin /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) John F. Martin /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) John F. Martin /All Rights Reserved

JOHN F. MARTIN FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY
Exhibition Cafe 817 through February 10, 2010

SARA STATHAS: Collecting Moments

Photograph (c) Sara Stathas /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Sara Stathas /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Sara Stathas /All Rights Reserved

Making portraits is like collecting moments of life. I see myself as a cultural anthropologist when I approach an assignment, and my job is a hugely addictive challenge every time.

SARA.STATHAS.NYC WEBSITE

HIROSHI WATANABE: Kabuki Players

  Marina Ema & Kazusa Ito, Matsuo KabukiPhotograph (c) 2003 Hiroshi Watanabe

Chikako Suga, Matsuo KabukiPhotograph (c) 2003 Hiroshi Watanabe

 Maiko Takaku, Matsuo Kabuki
Photograph (c) 2003 Hiroshi Watanabe

Rikuto Tada, Matsuo Kabuki
Photograph (c) 2003 Hiroshi Watanabe

Update: 2015

HIROSHI WATANABE  

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photo-eye Gallery
Santa Fe

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HIROSHI WATANABE
September 11 - October 31, 2009
CATHERINE EDELMAN GALLERY, CHICAGO
Hiroshi Watanabe Books + Hiroshi Watanabe Website

RICHARD RENALDI: Figures and Ground

Curtis, 2007 (c) Richard Renaldi/All rights reserved

Jared and Glen, 2007 (c) Richard Renaldi/All rights reserved

Irina and Children, 2008 (c) Richard Renaldi/All rights reserved

RICHARD RENALDI graduated from New York University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography. He is now one of the most renowned young portrait photographers working today. His first book, Figure and Ground, was published by Aperture. "Renaldi’s work melds two classic photographic genres—portrait and straight landscape—into a single descriptive frame that speaks as much to a sense of the indi­viduals before the lens as it does to the spaces they inhabit. The omnivorous film-plane of Renaldi’s 8-by-10 camera embraces not only the individuals directly in front of it, but the environment that encompasses them as well. If there is truly a center to the American social landscape, it can be found here, in Renaldi’s precisely rendered portraits." (Aperture Foundation)
Richard Renaldi Books and Website

TONY MENDOZA: Bob (2006- )

Photograph (c) Tony Mendoza/All rights reserved

Photograph (c) Tony Mendoza/All rights reserved

Photograph (c) Tony Mendoza/All rights reserved

TONY MENDOZA is a Cuban-American photographer. Born in Havana, he moved to Miami with his family in 1960, graduated from Yale with a Bachelor of Engineering, Harvard with a Master of Architecture, before becoming a full time photographer in 1973.

Mendoza has received three National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, a Guggenheim Photography Fellowship as well as two Creative Writing fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council. His photographs have exhibited in major museums around the country. His most well known book Ernie is a photographic memoir centered around a cat he encountered when he moved in to an apartment in New York City. Mendoza is currently an instructor of photography at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Galleries.

Tony Mendoza Website

More Dog Park Photographs

NICHOLAS VREELAND: Karnataka, India

Goat Herder, 2007. Karnataka, India (click to enlarge)

Photograph (c) Nicholas Vreeland/All rights reserved

Tiger Boy, 2007. Indoor, Karnataka, India.
Photograph (c) Nicholas Vreeland/All rights reserved

About Nicholas Vreeland
Rato Foundation Photographs
Rato Dratsang Foundation Exhibitions
An Open Heart by The Dalai Lama, Edited by Nicholas Vreeland