An Open Letter to People Who Write Open Letters

Last week an open letter dispute erupted on social media. That could be said of just about any week on social media, but this time it was about a photographer and a band who wanted to use a photograph. I found myself intrigued but after reading both letters I felt...

Peter Lindbergh: Images of Women II

PETER LINDBERGH: IMAGES OF WOMEN II Lindbergh is one of the most popular photographers we study in the 8 Week Portrait Class. His work is simply brilliant and so many of the students have an immediate affinity to his authentic, intimate way of shooting. His new book,...

Shooting Ice Cream with Photographer Rick Gayle

PHOTO BY RICK GAYLE, PHOENIX I will simply link to Rick’s article here. Rick is a Phoenix photographer specializing in still life and food. This is a nicely done article documenting a shoot for Coldstone Creamery. BTS shots as well as some finished examples. You...

“I think that its a society that has totally lost its bearings on the terms of what its values are, and so its put all its value into celebrity. There is such a lack of spiritual self confidence perhaps that the achievers seem to have to be the kind of holy cows that people worship.”

— Editor, Vanity Fair, ca 1993

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