Yesterday:
2012/10/12
Categories: A Matter of Record, The Height of Something . . Author: mrdplus . Comments: Leave a comment
The View From Above
Yesterday:
Surveillance of Surveillance
http://www.wtop.com/41/3034979/New-cameras-to-watch-cameras-that-watch-you
“Any and all things are photographable.” -Garry Winogrand, 1974.
My LF Wish List
1. A larger dark cloth (have you seen me fight with mine?).
2. A slightly taller stepstool (this is not a joke).
3. An assistant! Brilliant! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu7Oi92sUEo
4. A documentary videographer (not so essential).
Suspensions
Choose your level of artifice, and of belief.
Same Old, But Olympian Proportions
Here’s the latest instance of a perennial problem:
…and sardonic references to same:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0W59PDwFNM
This Summer In London
The Games of the XXX* Olympiad will not be in Chicago. They take place beginning Friday, July 27, 2012, and end Sunday, August 12, 2012.
You may not bring any of the following into the events: air horns or vuvuzelas; large hats or Frisbees; nor clothing with political statements, nor flags of countries not participating nor golf umbrellas. Nor may you carry “excessive” amounts of food.
Still up for fun? Wireless access points, such as 3G hubs, are also banned during the Games. Security won’t prevent you from carrying your smart phone to an event, but you won’t be permitted to use it as a connection point for other devices; that means no wireless transmission of images.
Oh, and one more thing: “large” cameras and lenses over 300 mm are not permitted; tripods and monopods are also banned. Enjoy the Games!
*Roman numerals for 30; it’s an all-ages affair.
I Can See My House From Here
So, perhaps, can you.
Upon reflection…
…this being the morning after, Mike Cygan’s picture could be of Steven Spielberg’s puppet show.
Packrats and Hoarders and Squirrels. Oh, My.
Photographers are (notoriously) packrats, and art teachers are squirrels (so I’ve been told, by older art teachers); another resident at the homestead has declared that, if I go first, the basement and all its contents will be bulldozed under. We’re not nostalgic by any measure, but these documents either made the cut or were buried so deeply that they have survived until now. Enjoy.
These first two are from Fred Picker’s Zone VI catalog. Fred was a Vermonster who attempted continually to rethink and refine AA’s ideas. Calumet bought his business eventually.
Mr. Picker’s opinions (mostly regarding technique, thankfully) tended to compete with the merchandise he offered for sale.
These are excerpts from Bostick & Sullivan’s 10th anniversary catalog (which was printed twenty years ago).
Never mind continuity; one can appreciate these for tone of voice alone.
It’s their catalog and they can include whatever they like.
Creative Camerawork 