Merry Crisis Season's Greetings 2008

... Happy Holidays & All The Best for 2009 ....

Merry Crisis Season's Greetings 2008

... Happy Holidays & All The Best for 2009 ....

Photographers of the Night New York Perspectives Photography

Expecting Exhibition New York Perspectives may 2009 Foam Stadsarchief Amsterdam John Adams Institute, lees verder ...

The Island A digital-historical adventure about the relationship between New York and Amsterdam.Organized by the John Adams Institute & the Waag Society.The year 2009 will mark the 400th anniversary of the voyage of Henry Hudson to the New World and the charting of the river that bears his name. As Hudson traveled on behalf of the Dutch, this will be the occasion of a year-long celebration of the beginning of Dutch-American relations, with dozens of events taking place on both sides of the Atlantic. The anniversary is the inspiration behind The Island, a new digital frontier through which high school students will experience history. See for more ...

Photographers of the Night : Carl Wooley, Frank van der Salm, Hans Wilschut ...

Photographers of the Night New York Perspectives Photography

Expecting Exhibition New York Perspectives may 2009 Foam Stadsarchief Amsterdam John Adams Institute, lees verder ...

The Island A digital-historical adventure about the relationship between New York and Amsterdam.Organized by the John Adams Institute & the Waag Society.The year 2009 will mark the 400th anniversary of the voyage of Henry Hudson to the New World and the charting of the river that bears his name. As Hudson traveled on behalf of the Dutch, this will be the occasion of a year-long celebration of the beginning of Dutch-American relations, with dozens of events taking place on both sides of the Atlantic. The anniversary is the inspiration behind The Island, a new digital frontier through which high school students will experience history. See for more ...

Photographers of the Night : Carl Wooley, Frank van der Salm, Hans Wilschut ...

50 Photography Must Read Books

50 photography must read books (thanks to katherine dexter) :

1928 – Die Welt ist Schon by Albert Renger Patsch

1930 – Atget Photographe de Paris by Eugene Atget

1933 – Paris de Nuit by Brassaï

1936 – The English at Home by Bill Brandt

1937 – You Have Seen Their Faces by Margaret Bourke-White and Erskine Caldwell*

1937 – Beauty of the Olympic Struggle by Leni Riefenstahl

1938 – American Photographs by Walker Evans

1939 – An American Exodus by Dorothea Lange and Paul Taylor*

1939 – Changing New York by Bernice Abbott

1941 – Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by Walker Evans and James Agee

1945 – Naked City by Weegee

1952 – The Decisive Moment by Henri Cartier Bresson

1955 – The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy Decarava and Langston Hughes*

1959 – The Americans by Robert Frank

1959 – Jazz by Ed Van der Elsken

1961 – Perspective of Nudes by Bill Brandt

1964 – The End of the Game by Peter Beard*

1964 – A Way of Seeing by Helen Levitt

1966 – Many Are Called by Walker Evans

1966 – Every Building on Sunset Strip by Ed Rusche

1966 – Andy Warhol’s Index by Andy Warhol

1968 – The Bikeriders by Danny Lyon*

1969 – The Animals by Garry Winogrand

1970 – Anonyme Skulpturen by Bernd and Hilla Becher

1970 – East 100th St. by Bruce Davidson

1970 – Self Portrait by Lee Friedlander

1970 – Diary of a Century by Jacques Henri Lartigue

1971 – Tulsa by Larry Clark*

1971 – Conversations with the Dead by Danny Lyon*

1972 – Diane Arbus by Diane Arbus

1973 – Wisconsin Death Trip by Michael Lesy

1973 – Suburbia by Bill Owens

1974 – The New West by Robert Adams

1974 – The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine California by Lewis Baltz

1975 – Vagabond by Gaylord Herron*

1976 – William Eggleston’s Guide by William Eggleston

1976 – The American Monument by Lee Friedlander

1976 – Carnival Strippers by Susan Meiselas*

1977 – Evidence by Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan

1979 – Lisette Model by Lisette Model

1980 – Citizens of the Twentieth Century by August Sander

1982 – A Loud Song by Danny Semore*

1983 – Telex Iran by Gilles Peres*

1983 – The Lines of My Hand by Robert Frank*

1985 – Rich and Poor by Jim Goldberg*

1986 – The Ballad of Sexual Dependency by Nan Godlin*

1986 – O Rio de Janeiro by Bruce Weber

1986 – The Last Resort by Martin Parr

1991 – Fait by Sophie Ristelheuber

1994 – Menschlich by Christian Boltansky
“*” = important use of text or quotes

the Beauty of Street Photography Photojournalism

The Beauty Of Street Photography
By Andrew Gibson and Smashing Editorial Team

Street photographers strive to capture the life and culture of city streets, searching for what Henri Cartier-Bresson, probably the most famous street photographer of all, termed the ‘Decisive Moment’.

When it comes to street photography, many photographers traditionally choose to work in black and white, focusing the viewer’s attention on the subject by eliminating the distraction of colour. Wide angle lenses are used by photographers who like to get in close to the action, a method that encourages interaction between the photographer and subject. Another technique is use a lens with a long focal length to take photos from a distance and throw the background out of focus.

Smashing Magazine celebrates the diversity and livelinesss of the world’s streets by presenting you 50 excellent examples of street photography, urban photography and photojournalism.

Please notice: we didn’t feature Garry Winogrand, Bruce Gilden, Martin Parr, Henri Cartier-Bresson and other famous photographers — their works deserve a single post.

See also Rineke Dijkstra An urban history of Photography ... &
Catwalks on the street Streetstyle Fashionblogs ... &
Dutch Eyes Kors van Bennekom Street Family Photography Photojournalism ...

Milano by Mario Carrieri Neo-Realism Photojournalism Photography

Thema: Photo - Mario Carrrieri Milano du. Kulturelle Monatsschrift. 20. Jg., Juni 1960

Mario Carrieri was a leading photojournalist and cinematographer who devoted himself to photographing Milan for two years between 1957 and 1959. The obvious influence here is William Klein, whose book New York was published in Italy (among other countries). As Parr & Badger explain, however, the tone of Carrieri's work sidesteps the humor inherent to Klein's style. As such, he "confines himself to the city's grittier aspects, being drawn to the desolate outer suburbs, and even when photographing the city's glamorous center, he manages to make it look dark and dangerous...It's concentration on the seamier side of life makes Milano one of the most important works of the neo-realist tendency of the late 1950s."

Carrieri was influenced by William Klein"s Life is Good & Good For You in New York and shared a similarly raw view, though his layout is slightly more restrained. Carrieri spent time photographing in the suburbs as well as in the centre of Milan, focusing his attention mostly on the less glamorous working side of this hard Italian city. "One of the most important works of the neo-realist tendency of the 1950s" (Parr). In the same year as Milano, Italia, Klein published his own impressions of Italy in Rome: The City and Its People. Parr, M. and Badger, G., The Photobook: A History Vol.I, p.214; Auer, M. and M., 802 photo books, p.393.