http://www.5063.com/words a blog about photography Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:28:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lars Hall, Swedish art director extraordinaire, ran the pioneering photo gallery Camera obscura in Stockholm in the late 1970's and early 1980's together with Lars Durehed. Camera obscura's exhibitions with Irving Penn were particularyl talked about. Now, Hall's private collection of Irving Penn photographs is exhibited at the Gun Gallery ... http://www.5063.com/words/2010/01/irving-penn/ Anders Petersen donates his part of the project "From back home" to Fotografiska, the new photographic museum in Stockholm, opening in May 2010. http://www.5063.com/words/2010/01/anders-petersen-2/ 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/