http://us.leica-camera.com/photography/m_system/m_monochrom/
Some numbers: 18; 10,000; 7,950; 2. Megapixels, ISO capability, price, aaaannd gimme.
Stop Making Sense.
Make sense of this: http://scavhunt.uchicago.edu/scavlist2012.pdf
I could happily quote from this list, but I’ve no idea where to begin.
Videos, videos, schmideos.
Errol Morris speculates incisively about truth, art, and propaganda: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2011/dec/26/errol-morris-photography-video
Joseph Herscher perpetuates a revered tradition and keeps it fresh: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/nyregion/brooklyns-joseph-herscher-and-his-rube-goldberg-machines.html?_r=1&hp
It’s the big Seven Seven for E. Aron!
Paul Desmond wrote “Take Five.”
On the occasion of Mr. Brubeck’s 91st birthday, a coupla sports radio guys try to suss out composer credits in the Wonderful World of Jazz, and Ted Sirota sets ’em straight: http://www.tedsirota.com/music/espn-radio-jazz-debate
Good news!
Oh, sure, I read “After Photography” when it was published, and I’ve been to seminars and panel discussions… now,
this just in: http://www.youtube.com/user/jmcolberg?blend=2&ob=5
Betcha can’t watch the whole thing
It’s not really that long; it just feels like forever: http://visitsteve.com/404.html
Mr. Dyer is to die for
Eau. Mah. Gaw. Geoff Dyer, whose work is known to us because he has written on both jazz and photography(!), has begun a series of columns with this brilliant piece about a writer’s bad habit of, oh, self-referential… not being able to pull the trigger.
Perhaps the writer in question was being paid by the word: those grammar school 5,000-word punishment essays come to mind.
Creative Camerawork 