Music’s Homage to Photography
Friday, December 2, 2011
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This week we have a few inspiring videos including Irwin Wongs humorous music video about Copyright infringement and Possible proof that Nickolas Cage is Immortal.
This is just a brief post to let my readers know that I’m switching from Feedburner Email’s service to AWeber to handle sending out my posts and other content via email. Why am I switching? Because AWeber offers countless features that we plan to use to better inform you our readers of the exciting new things we've been working on . This change will only affect email subscribers. My RSS Feed will still be handled by Feedburner.
With Feedburner’s email service for example, I have no control over the emails that are sent out. With AWeber I’ll be able to create a newsletter service that not only sends out the posts I publish on this blog, but it will also allow me to send out custom written emails. Emails with exclusive offers, dates for upcoming Workshops and info on new books we are working on.
If you currently subscribe to my email newsletter via Feedburner you’re subscription will automatically be imported to AWeber and you will receive an email asking you to confirm the subscription. Unless you click on the activation link in that email, you will not be added to the new newsletter service. This is because the new newsletter has a double opt-in confirmation feature enabled. Starting tomorrow Feedburner’s email service will be disabled, as AWeber steps in to take over.
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To read Part one of this series go Here...
"I only know how to approach a place by walking. For what does a street photographer do but walk & watch & wait & talk, & then watch & wait some more, trying to remain confident that the unexpected, the unknown, or the secret heart of the known awaits just around the corner."--Alex Webb
Street photos are small, quixotic segments of a larger urban landscape. They are bits of a city—metaphors. You are developing small narratives with little beginning or end. Equipment is usually minimal. Rather it is the heart & mind behind the camera that makes compelling street photographs. Traditionally we have seen examples by Robert Frank, Eugene Atget, and Andre Kertesz but a new wave is represented by Alex Webb, Martin Parr & Constantine Manos who have changed it forever.
"Street photography is an age-old tradition, and also a solitary undertaking. It has been elevated by such luminaries as Robert Frank, Gary Winogrand and Lee Friedlander.Street photography is an active, confrontational art form where the objective is to see and react to life around you. It is ground zero. No rules".
Back in the 1980s I traveled down to New York City & met with THE IMAGE BANK. Although stock photography had been around a long time, this new iteration revolutionized photography forever. From what had previously been outtakes, the new idea was to combine the best photographers, the best photography & the best marketing. It treated good photography with respect & I wanted some of that. A new era was born.
One year ago we traveled to New York City to be interviewed by James Sullivan of 1PROPHOTO. James teaches a compact and complete course called Photo Assistant Boot Camp for photo assistants & digital assistants and runs the website 1PROPHOTO.com featuring online tutorials, industry links, and photographic resources.
We were videotaped at SANDBOX STUDIOS on a pleasant day in Manhattan. James asks questions about my entire career, from my transition from science to photography and the struggles that I faced, to finding my professional voice and making an impact on the industry.
Its a Four part video Posted up at 1PROPHOTO.com here is the 1st part...
Lou Jones interview part 1 from 1ProPhotoCom on Vimeo.
To see the other Three parts of the interview please go HERE...