The heroism of the Ukrainian people has been inspiring, but also their humor. Here some soldiers take time out to recreate a scene of a painting that purports to be the writing of vulgar and poetic f…off letter to occupiers of their land in 1676. I can see a 4×5 large format camera set up to take the picture. Would love to see the actual photo sometime. Slava Ukraini!Read more
Posts tagged: #History
Lippmann Colour Photography – AlternativePhotography.com
Source: Lippmann Colour Photography – AlternativePhotography.com TL/DR – 1) Interesting technical discussion of one of the earliest color photography methods and 2) a great website that covers alternative photography. Mr. Lippmann won a nobel prize for developing a color photography technique in 1908. He used a interference of light technique where light coming into the glass plate film was also bounced off a mirror behind the plate and thus the image recorded was the resulting combination of incoming light andRead more
Daniel Wolf, 65, Dies; Helped Create a Market for Art Photography
When I was at UC Berkeley studying Physics, I added a BA in fine arts. At that time, I have to confess that didn’t consider photography to be Fine Art and thought of it more as craft. I had been making some ‘artistic’ photos and printing them in the darkroom, but somehow my mind was locked. My opinion didn’t change until about 2000 when the very first digital cameras. This article about Daniel Wolf creating an art market for photographyRead more
Lost for Decades, These Stunning Color Photos of Africa in the 1950s Have Finally Been Published
Making the rounds today on the internet are the ‘rediscovered’ or ‘lost’ photos of photographer Todd Webb that had been languishing in a collectors home all timed in conjunction with the release of his archive book. But hey these shots from his 5 month trip in Africa taken with a Rolleiflex and Leica on Kodachrome are pretty awesome! And relevant for their historical and cultural significance. I might even buy the book! I spent some time on the different websitesRead more
Amazing still life from 1860 by Roger Fenton who worked to promote photography as art.
Wet plate collodion photography seems to be having a bit of a revival these days, and I have a number of friends working with that media. I’ve tried it, taking a workshop from Alan Barnes, and there’s a lot of skill required. Beyond getting good chemistry, there’s an art to the pouring and exposure that can only be mastered by few. It’s rare to see a complete plate without flaws, and getting good dynamic range is hard. That’s why IRead more