The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers James Baldwin Today was an "open session" and we had lots of visual contributions to the meeting. Kevin showed a series of "train pictures" including some old and one new. Mark talked about and showed a new book... Magnum Photobook: The Catalogue Raisonne by Carole Naggar (Author), Fred Ritchin (Author) The first complete illustrated bibliography of 1,000 iconic photobooks created by members of the renowned photo agency Published on the occasion of Magnum Photos' seventieth anniversary, this fascinating in-depth survey brings Magnum's history alive through the genre of the photobook. Mark also showed some great shots from recent trips (2016) up north to Yosemite. One is shown below John showed a short series of pictures and talked about the custom cars of yester-year and their influence....an example of which is below "The 1940s, 50s, and 60s were exciting times for car enthusiasts. Metal artists such as George Barris, Gene Winfield, Bill Cushenberry, and Darryl Starbird created "lead sleds" and wild custom cars whose designs influenced todays hot rodders and production car designers." Chris showed several digital pictures...yes, digital prints. Chris is finally crossing over to the digital age. Finally, we drifted into a conversation on "hyperfocal" length and measurement. Joe identified several apps that could help determining depth of field. check out the following apps
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“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” Ansel Adams Today among other things we saw and discussed, w looked at a video of Ansel's darkroom in his house in Carmel. The video took us on a tour of the darkroom and the unique equipment he used in production of his pictures. Below is the link...just double click Inside Ansel Adams Darkroom We also reviewed, in part, last week's presentation by Carel on Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence in modern photography. The entire write-up by Carel was sent out last week. I appears from the discussion we will hear more about this area in the future. We also briefly discussed portraiture and what might be the definition of "portraiture" and reviewed some pictures from the Lens Culture website from photographer Rahima Gambo entitled "Education is Forbidden"....see link below...just double click Lens Culture...Education is Forbidden Carel suggeted we review a series by photographer Gianluca Panella entitled "Gaza Black Out" Gianluca Panella is an independent italian photojournalist focused on social reportage, current affairs, and portraits. He has traveled to the Balkans, Egypt, Haiti, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Gaza, Lebanon, Morocco, Sudan, South Sudan, Kiribati Islands, the United States, Europe. His photography has been featured in a variety of Italian and international publications. see link below Gianluca Panella: Gaza Black Out Cyndi reminded us of an exhibit of wall art at The Hanger in Santa Monica...you can check their website Carel presented info on neural networks and artificial intelligence in photography
A summary was sent out by regular email to the f8 group "It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." Eleanor Roosevelt Today we spent time discussing "light" and our visual perception of light in viewing our photography. Paul brought in several light box viewers so we could see how the viewers could improve our visualizing pictures we see at the meetings. The two basic viewers were variable liight and fixed light. The fixed light viewers provide light at about 5000 Kelvin (daylight); the variable lights can be adjusted throughout the Kelvin range. We agreed that if we consider any viewer it should be the fixed light type. Paul also discussed our visual light perception biases including our aging eyes (cataracts), glasses bias, environmental bias (paper we print on, inks we use, printer bias etc)...clearly it was illuminating. Considering Debra's studio lighting, we will ultimately need to have some external lighting to see the pictures we bring to the meeting. We should alert guests when they are planning to bring pictures to the meeting. Paul also brought an electronic picture frame "Memento"...here is the link to the website for further info https://mementosmartframe.com Thanks Paul for your effort in bringing light to our meeting Joe brought some B&W prints from his recent trip to Asia. They were shot on a long lay-over in Tokyo. An example is seen below. We talked about our upcoming trip to Santa Fe...Howard and Chris's wife have done a masterful job of planning. Please check Howard's email the past few days and complete your hotel reservations asap. The Museum of Neon Cruise was not possible as a group but you can go on these night exploration of neon signs in LA on your own. Reminder: pictures for our first project this year "Neon @ Night" is due at our March 18th meeting. Richard brought in his recently created f8 Pasadena photo book with a number of our f8 members pictures. You can purchase a copy for $50 from Richard. Below is a picture of the book. Thank you, Richard for your effort to get this done. We discussed the passing of Lennart Nilsson the Swedish photographer who explored photography of the unborn fetus in vivo ultimately published in LIfe Magazine in 1965. click on link... Lennart Nilsson Photographe We also discussed a recent article by Teju Cole entitled "The Image of Time"...an essay looking at the passage of time as recorded by a set of pictures...in this essay, a local store and its deterioration over time.
Click on link to the NYT essay Teju Cole...The Image of Tim |
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