It’s great to see local photographers putting together workshop and gallery spaces for photography. In New Westminster Brian Howell and Evan Seal have opened up Studio 42 and in Victoria Quinton Gordon’s Luz Gallery programs will get underway this fall. I noticed today that the first workshop at Gallery 42 , Brian’s session on the photo essay is already sold out, so much for a …
Month: June 2009
Photojournalism Sells As Fine Art
The Independent has a story about how photojournalism images are being sold as fine art. British photojournalist Jason Fraser has an exhibition of limited edition prints that are being sold for prices ranging from roughly $9000 to $50,000.
World Naked Bike Ride – Victoria
The annual World Naked Bike Ride, an event with rides in cities around the world, was celebrated in Victoria with a ride that left from the provincial Legislature building, went past the historic Empress Hotel and through downtown. A Legislature worker keeps her head down as she walks past riders getting ready One rider snaps a photo of another before the start of the ride …
Photography Story Roundup
The Observer has a story that looks at a Spanish academic’s claim that Robert Capa’s famous Falling Soldier was faked. The photo has often been a source of controversy and argument over whether or not it was real. The hometown paper has a look at the Look3 festival of photography in Charlottesville, VA. The Richmond Times-Dispatch also comments. The Birmingham Post has takes a look …
Robert Frank’s “The Americans” Gallery Show and Book
The LA Times has a story about a show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art that focuses on Robert Frank’s book “The Americans”. This is the story from the San Francisco Chronicle. This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the book. A new book from Steidl accompanies the show, here is a review from the Calgary Herald writer Nancy Tousley.
Diver Riley McCormick
Saanich diver Riley McCormick is a young upcoming Canadian athlete who’ll be someone to watch at the next summer olympics.. Travis Paterson wrote about Riley and about the amount of time he spends falling through the air each month while practicing. He’s not only an amazing athlete but seems to be a really nice young man as well, very personable, clowning with the younger kids …
Mural Painter
Local musicians get the larger than life treatment from mural painter Ian George on the outside walls of Logan’s Pub on Quadra Street. The mural is a homage to local musicians who participate on a regular basis in the weekly open stage that is held every Sunday from 4-7.
Greenpeace and Grocers
I really like it when those real life moments are a touch surreal. A police officer talks with Greenpeace members outside a grocery store during a protest against selling fish that were not harvested or farmed in a sustainable manner.