iPhone PHOTOGRAPHY: Sean Perry

iPhone Photograph (c) Sean Perry /All Rights Reserved

iPhone Photograph (c) Sean Perry /All Rights Reserved

iPhone Photograph (c) Sean Perry /All Rights Reserved

iPhone Photograph (c) Sean Perry /All Rights Reserved

iPhone Photograph (c) Sean Perry /All Rights Reserved

I think Sean Perry's iPhone Photographs are magical.
Sean Perry: Website + Interview

There’s a new group of websites and blogs dedicated solely to “iPhone Photography.“ Here's just a few iPhone Sites: One, Two, Three, Four...add to the list below.

PUBLISHING IN YOUR HANDS: Join the PhotoBook Discussion

Publishing in Your Hands
A roundtable discussion with
Andy Adams, David Bram, Darius Himes, and Melanie McWhorter

Join the Discussion!

Posted on FRACTION BLOG: "At the end of last year (2009) Miki Johnson and Andy Adams coordinated a "cross-blog" discussion about the future of photography books. Over forty bloggers participated with a range of amateur and professional voices piping in and adding their thoughts to the mix. The interest in the subject of photobooks* has continued unabated and various fairs devoted to the Photobook are popping up around the world.

With the 3rd annual Photography Book Now and featuring a contest deadline fast approaching (sponsored by Blurb with a whopping $25,000 grand prize), a few of us that love photobooks thought we would initiate another online discussion about self-publishing—where we've come in the last few years in terms of perception, creativity and technology." –Darius Himes, Santa Fe, June 20, 2010

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When I posted my 2 cents on the "Future of Photography Books" back in December, I was just considering using Blurb.com for the first time for a photobook project. Half a year and several Blurb books later...I am a total convert! I think it's the greatest invention since the internet! It's opened up a world of possibilities for everyone, where it had been open to only a few. Your self-published book can be as great as you (or your book designer!) are able to create.

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"What do we mean by "self-publishing"?
ADD your thoughts to THE round-table discussion"
—Andy Adams, Flak Photo

FRACTION MAGAZINE: Issue 16

Drop-off and Border Fence, Sonora
Photograph (c) David Taylor /All Rights Reserved

Border Monument No.210 - N 32° 42.352' W 114° 54.596'
Photograph (c) David Taylor /All Rights Reserved

"For the last four years I have been photographing along the U.S.-Mexico border between El Paso/Juarez and Tijuana/San Diego. The project is organized around an effort to document all of the monuments that mark the international boundary west of the Rio Grande. The rigorous effort to reach all of the approximately 276 obelisks, which were installed between 1891 and 1895, has inevitably led to encounters with migrants, smugglers, Border Patrol agents, minutemen and local residents of the borderlands."—David Taylor, Working The Line (Radius Books)

Old Lady and Granddaughter, Maramures, Romania
Photograph (c) David Leventi /All Rights Reserved

Market, Maramures, Romania
Photograph (c) David Leventi /All Rights Reserved

"Romania Revisited retraces my great-grandfather’s footsteps into an unexpected past. Based on stories told by my father and grandmother, I traveled to Romania with a 4x5” large format view camera, collecting lost memories on a journey through a country now struggling to put behind it a lifespan of tyranny, while all the best and brightest who dared or were able to left."—David Leventi, Romania Revisited

Imperfect Apple, Summer, Aomori Prefecture
Photograph (c) Jane Alden Stevens /All Rights Reserved

Culled Apples & Branches, Early Summer, Aomori Prefecture
Photograph (c) Jane Alden Stevens /All Rights Reserved

Growing apples in the traditional way is a laborious, hands-on process in Japan. At the moment of harvest, an apple raised in this manner has been touched by the farmer's hands at least ten times since its blossom was set.—Jane Alden Stevens, Traditional Apple Growing in Japan

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FRACTION MAGAZINE: ISSUE 16

Photographs by David Leventi, David Taylor, Isabelle Pateer,
Jane Alden Stevens, Susan Lynn Smith, and Taylor Glenn

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FRACTION BLOG

Join the Discussion: Publishing in Your Hands

With Darius Himes, Melanie McWhorter, Andy Adams and David Bram. "What do we mean by "self-publishing"? Add your thoughts to our round-table discussion" —Andy Adams, Flak Photo

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: Happy 4th of July!

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July 4th, 1776!

The 56 signers of The Declaration of Independence listed here

Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776, by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were named to a committee to prepare a declaration of independence. Jefferson (standing) did the actual writing because he was known as a good writer. Congress deleted Jefferson's most extravagant rhetoric and accusations.

The Declaration of Independence (read it here)

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

PHOTOLUCIDA'S CRITICAL MASS 2010: Photographers Register Through July 25th

Front Yard, from the series The Idea of North
(from Critical Mass Top 50 2009)
Photograph (c) Birthe Piontek /All Rights Reserved

Newton, from the series The Idea of North
(from Critical Mass Top 50 2009)
Photograph (c) Birthe Piontek /All Rights Reserved

as if nothing happened_2 (from Critical Mass Top 50 2009)
Photograph (c) Dorothee Deiss /All Rights Reserved

La Fenice, Venice, Italy, 2008 (from Critical Mass Top 50 2009)
Photograph (c) David Leventi /All Rights Reserved

For photographers working in any medium, register for

Photolucida's CRITICAL MASS 2010

View the KILLER JURY List !

Work will be juried by more than 200 international top curators, gallerists, publishers, editors, etc. From Critical Mass, a number of Awards will be made, including a monograph, solo show, and other exciting honors. The Entry Fee is only $75 for 10 images and the chance to have that work in front of the Critical Mass 2010 photo jurists. Read the Details. Registration Open through July 25th. I’m happy to be on the Jury this year!

CRITICAL MASS 2009 Top 50: A Selection

New York 1964 World's Fair, "Peace Through Understanding," Unisphere

Photograph (c) Jade Doskow /All Rights Reserved

The Last Days Of México, México, 2003
Photograph (c) Victor Cobo /All Rights Reserved

Marido Perdido, México, 2003
Photograph (c) Victor Cobo /All Rights Reserved

Homecoming, México, 2003
Photograph (c) Victor Cobo /All Rights Reserved

Inupiat Whaling Boat (Kivalina, Alaska)
Photograph (c) Tim Matsui /All Rights Reserved

Whaling Camp 2 (Kivalina, Alaska)
Photograph (c) Tim Matsui /All Rights Reserved

from Iraq Perspectives shot through the bulletproof window of a Humvee
Photograph (c) Benjamin Lowy /All Rights Reserved

VIEW ALL "CRITICAL MASS 2009 TOP 50" here!

REGISTER HERE FOR PHOTOLUCIDA'S CRITICAL MASS 2010!

Registration will be open through July 25th to photographers working in any medium. Work will be juried by more than 200 international top curators, gallerists, publishers, editors, etc. From Critical Mass, a number of Awards will be made, including a monograph, solo show, and other exciting honors. See Photolucida for more details. I’m happy to be on the Jury this year!

A Monks PhotoJournal: May and June

Khyongla Rato Rinpoche and friends, May 2010 (enlarge)
Photograph (c) Nicholas Vreeland /All Rights Reserved

Geshe Vreeland rushing through Naples, June 2010
Photograph (c) Beatrice Caracciolo /All Rights Reserved

Rome, June 2010
Photograph (c) Nicholas Vreeland /All Rights Reserved

New York Leica Gallery Director Jay R. Deutsch and Nicholas Vreeland.
My photo, NYC, June 4, 2010

Rinpoche, author of "My Life and Lives", with a foreword by Joseph Campbell, studying Tibetan texts on his porch, June 2010. Photograph (c) Nicholas Vreeland /All Rights Reserved

HH The Dalai Lama Teaching at Radio City Music Hall, May 20th-22nd, 2010. The Teaching Organizers, front row facing, l to r; Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, Geshe Nicholas Vreeland, Richard Gere and translator Geshe Thupten Jinpa. Photograph (c) Herman Velez/All Rights Reserved

Khyongla Rato Rinpoche making a traditional offering to HHDL
Photograph (c) Herman Velez/All Rights Reserved

View Rato Dratsang Foundation Photographs

A Monk's PhotoJournal: Aug 2009, Dec 2009, March 2010, April 2010
An Open Heart by The Dalai Lama, Edited by Nicholas Vreeland

NEW MEXICO: Summer of Photography

RENATE ALLER: OCEANSCAPES / Radius Books

Chiaroscuro Gallery, 702 1/2 Canyon Road, Santa Fe to July 3rd
Photograph (c) Renate Aller/All Rights Reserved

RENATE ALLER: OCEANSCAPES / Radius Books

Essays by Richard B. Woodward and Petra Roettig. Interview with the artist by Jasmin Seck. "German-born photographer Renate Aller has been photographing the Atlantic Ocean for over a decade from a single point on the fabled Hamptons’ coastline. Her images capture the infinitely shifting colors and textures of the sky and water, and the beauty and grandeur of the ocean, providing a rich document of what has drawn people to this area for generations. The sublime beauty of this view, which Aller directly connects to the great 19th century German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, is also a metaphor for the landscape of the human emotions. Aller’s viewpoint is static, but the changing weather and light allow for a diverse series of images that open up a vast ‘visual library’ of memories and associations. Printed in Germany, the book captures the subtle mystery of her larger prints and the original oceanscapes."

OCEANSCAPES Chiaroscuro Gallery through July 3rd, 2010

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Richard Levy Gallery, 514 Central Avenue SW, ABQ

from The Shower Series
Photograph (c) Manjari Sharma/All Rights Reserved

Paani / Water in Hindi. Photographs from Manjari Sharma's Water and Shower Series. Sharma imbues her images with an overwhelming sense of calm and beauty throughout these strikingly distinct bodies of work.

PAANI
Photographs by Manjari Sharma
Richard Levy Gallery July 9 - Aug 20, 2010

View Manjari Sharma post here

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Monroe Gallery, 112 Don Gaspar, Santa Fe July 3-Sept 26

The Kennedy campaign travels through the Watts section of Los Angeles on the last day before the primary, 1968. Photograph (c) Bill Eppridge/All Rights Reserved

The Robert F. Kennedy funeral train travels through Trenton, New Jersey
Photograph (c) Bill Eppridge/All Rights Reserved

Bill Eppridge: An American Treasure
Monroe Gallery July 3 - Sept 26, 2010

"Bill Eppridge is one of the most accomplished photojournalists of the Twentieth Century and has captured some of the most significant moments in American history: he has covered wars, political campaigns, heroin addiction, the arrival of the Beatles in the United States, Vietnam, Woodstock, the summer and winter Olympics, and perhaps the most dramatic moment of his career - the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy in Los Angeles". View Bill Eppridge post here

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photo-eye Gallery, 376 Garcia Street, Santa Fe
Photograph (c) Mitch Dobrowner/All Rights Reserved

El Creston. (l)Photograph (c) Edward Ranney. Sunburned GSP#351. (r) Photograph (c) Chris McCaw/All Rights Reserved.

photo-eye GALLERY: SUMMER EXHIBITION
Mitch Dobrowner, Edward Ranney and Chris McCaw

photo-eye Gallery July 9 - Sept 5, 2010

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Also at photo-eye Bookstore Exhibition June 26-July 31
Knock On Wood: The Stances and Dances of Joel Lipovetsky
Photographs by Joel Lipovetsky (here)

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Verve Gallery: Saturated With Color
Jeffrey Becom, Maggie Taylor, and Nevada Wier July 10 - Aug 28
Verve Gallery 219 East Marcy St, Santa Fe

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More New Mexico Art & Photography The Collector's Guide

PHOTO-EYE GALLERY: Mitch Dobrowner, Edward Ranney and Chris McCaw Photographs

MITCH DOBROWNER

Clouds, 2010
Photograph (c) Mitch Dobrowner/All Rights Reserved

Shiprock triptych, 2008
Photograph (c) Mitch Dobrowner/All Rights Reserved

"I get into a ‘zone’ where time and space seem hard for me to measure." Inspired by his love of storms, LA based photographer Mitch Dobrowner set out to track and photograph these breathtakingly beautiful natural phenomena, driving over 5700 miles across ten mid-western states.

EDWARD RANNEY

San Cristobal Pueblo, Galisteo Basin, 2007

Photograph (c) Edward Ranney/All Rights Reserved

El Creston
Photograph (c) Edward Ranney/All Rights Reserved

Landscape photographer Edward Ranney's photographs from his newest monograph Down Country of the historically rich Galisteo Basin will be on exhibit. Down Country is the history of five centuries of the Southern Tewa Pueblo Indian culture that rose, faltered, reasserted itself, and ultimately perished in the Galisteo Basin. Down Country Book Signing July 16th 5-7

CHRIS McCAW

Sunburned GSP#281 (Pacific Ocean), 2008
Photograph (c) Chris McCaw/All Rights Reserved

Sunburned GSP#279 (Pacific Ocean/movement), 2008
Photograph (c) Chris McCaw/All Rights Reserved

This project has got my mind working overtime and has rejuvenated my faith in analog photography. My favorite part is watching smoke come out of the camera during the exposure!

San Francisco based photographer Chris McCaw began experimenting with burning film by means of long exposures and the sun. Through trial and error, he began using vintage fiber-based gelatin-silver black-and-white photographic paper, putting it in the film holder in place of film and creating a unique paper negative print. In long exposures the sun actually burns through the paper, creating this unique body of work.

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July 10-Sept 5, 2010

PHOTO-EYE GALLERY SUMMER EXHIBITION

photo-eye Gallery will be exhibiting a selection of photographs from Mitch Dobrowner, Edward Ranney and Chris McCaw

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photo-eye Bookstore Exhibition June 26-July 31
Knock On Wood: The Stances and Dances of Joel Lipovetsky
Photographs by Joel Lipovetsky (here)

OSKAR BARNACK: Revolutionized Photography

Oskar Barnack's Ur-Leica
"The small format 35mm camera created a revolution in photography"

Hohenzollernbrücke, Cologne
Photograph (c) Oskar Barnack

Eselstreppchen, 1914
Photograph (c) Oskar Barnack

Flood, Langgasse, 1920
Photograph (c) Oskar Barnack

Eisenmarkt
Photograph (c) Oskar Barnack

Self Portrait, 1914
Photograph (c) Oskar Barnack

"Oskar Barnack's genius idea of creating the small format 35mm camera created a revolution in photography"

Oskar Barnack wanted to move away from the traditional, heavy plate cameras then used for most photography. As early as 1905, he had the idea of reducing the negative format and enlarging the photographs at a later stage. Ten years later Barnack developed the Ur-Leica, the first successful small-format camera. The photographs created in 1914 were of outstanding quality for the time. Delayed due to World War I the first LEICA did not enter series production until 1924 and introduced to the public in 1925.(more about the history of the Leica here).

Many thanks to New York Leica Gallery Director's, Rose A. Deutsch and Jay R. Deutsch, for introducing me to the Leica creator. Oskar Barnack Room, Leica Gallery, NY