http://www.5063.com/words a blog about photography Sun, 25 May 2008 08:19:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Åmells in Stockholm runs a retrospective show of Hans Gedda's pictures (24 May - 27 June). One of my favourite Swedish photographers of the 1980's and 1990's. http://www.5063.com/words/2008/05/hans-gedda/ Wong Kar Wai is a favourite filmmaker, not the least because of the look of "In the mood for love" and "2046" with their great photography by Christopher Doyle - wonderful bokeh - and knock-out aesthetics - the shirts! the ties! the dresses! the haircuts! the shoes! the rainy streets! ... http://www.5063.com/words/2008/05/stills-from-wong-kar-wai-movies/ Yet another class-conscious project from Martin Parr: "Luxury" for his new series ‘luxury’, which is being premiered at the haus der kunst, the award-winning artist photographed fashion shows, horse races as well as art and luxury fairs in international locations such as dubai, durban or moscow – but also munich’s oktoberfest. ... http://www.5063.com/words/2008/05/martin-parr/ Scarlett Johansson has a new album with Tom Waitscovers out and stars in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, the coming Woody Allen-film that was shown in Cannes recently. She also has good taste in cameras. http://www.5063.com/words/2008/05/scarlett-johansson/ The emergence of net-based photographic communities has been a great boost to my interest in photography. Photoblogs is a great way of finding photographic talent; equipment-oriented blogs and fora are helpful for understanding cameras, lenses, films, chemistry. Pre-net times meant the local photoclub and the local photo store and not ... http://www.5063.com/words/2008/05/trading-prints/ Those who think about the future of Leica might have some guidance from an interview with Andreas Kaufmann, CEO (Popphoto). For example: Personally I don't think that cramming, say, 12 megapixels into the sensor and then tweaking the image with software is the way to go. We want to deliver a ... http://www.5063.com/words/2008/05/leicas-future/ Fraction magazine is a new bi-monthly photo publication. In the first issue, a fine series of portraits of New Mexico artists, taken by Karen Kuehn, stands out. There are more good portraits at Kuehn's homepage. http://www.5063.com/words/2008/05/fraction-magazine/ The other day, Leica announced an upgrade program: for a substantial amount of money - but still less than the price of a new camera - M8 owners will get a quieter shutter and improved display window. The programme, which will start this coming autumn, is interesting in itself; it ... http://www.5063.com/words/2008/02/leica-m8-with-full-format-sensor/ Anton Corbijn takes official portraits of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and gets criticized by Koss Breukel, the pictures are seen as ... well, not what could be expected. Perhaps that is what this post at Rood Petje's blog is about. I wouldn't know, I don't understand Dutch. Pictures in the ... http://www.5063.com/words/2008/02/anton-corbijn-and-royalty/ Fuji shows a prototype camera behind glass at PMA, a camera that we don't know that much about - it is supposed to be a 6x7 folder with rangefinder focusing, manual and aperture priority exposure, and an 80/3.5 lens - and the web response is huge; hundreds of posts on ... http://www.5063.com/words/2008/02/fuji-gf670/