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 …
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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.
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 …
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.
Say Goodbye To The Canadian Museum Of Contemporary Photography
In this era of cuts to the arts and the cancellation of the new Portrait Museum, the fact that the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography has been effectively eliminated as a standalone entity seems to have slipped under the radar. A good article by Randy Boswell in the Ottawa Citizen for anyone interested in the full story. It seems strange that the Canadian government can’t …
Bryan Adams
This photo was taken in the late seventies along Georgia Street in Vancouver when I was just starting out and photographing mainly musicians. We just went out one night and were taking photos for fun. This record was Bryan Adam’s first single, the disco flavoured Let Me Take You Dancing.
Remembrance Day
The CBC was just announcing that we were coming up to 11 AM and the observance of Remembrance Day as I pulled up to park at Goldstream Park this morning. As I stood on the riverbank in the rain looking at the grey bodies of salmon it was hardly a stretch to make a connection to the bodies of men on the fields of Europe. …
Sports Action
Fall is football and soccer season.
Halloween Portrait
Reporter Rebecca Aldous had an assignment to walk through Ross Bay Cemetery at night, alone, and write about the experience. These photographs were taken before her solitary stroll.
David Campion & George Webber Calgary Show
This show opens tonight in Calgary. I wish I was there.
Largest Little Airshow
Model airplanes from triplanes to jets. I love the contrast in size between people and planes.
Portrait – Devon McCagherty & The Stomp Club
Devon McCagherty and his band The Stomp Club have a new CD out.
Bird Logic
This seagull got into a tugging match with another gull over a full sized dinner bun. The white gull won the tug-o-war and rather than risk another fight swallowed the bun whole leaving a rather large lump in its neck.
Small Salute
Just a nice moment when the little guy looked up at the veteran soldier to make sure he was doing things correctly at a yearly memorial service.