Mike Johnston has an interesting commentary at The Online Photographer – inspired by the Newsweek piece on “best known” photographer Annie Leibovitz:
It’s an almost backhanded compliment, that “best known” – but it’s accurate, forehandedly and backhandedly And it’s certainly not the photographer’s fault that she’s gotten famous by doing what she does very well. Still….
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His photograph of the flag-raising atop Mount Suribachi on Feb. 23, 1945, may be the most widely reproduced photograph in American history. [NYT > Arts]
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Adobe has sponsored a trip to Iceland by a group of well-regarded photographers – to use Adobe’s software, of course… :-)
In any case, a gallery of images being created by the group is online and worth taking a look: http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/images/adventure_web1/content/index.html
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Art Review: ‘Unknown Weegee,’ on Photographer Who Made the Night Noir. Weegee was the first American photographer to make night an existential condition, as seen at the International Center of Photography show. By HOLLAND COTTER. [NYT > Arts]
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