Space Miner
By editor/designer/photography lover Laura Brunow Miner.
Bear Glacier, Alaska by GeoEye/NASA
I have such a weakness for aerial photography of any kind, and this Wired Science gallery of glaciers from space is spectacular.
I could not be more excited about Grant Hamilton’s documentary on the end of Polaroid film. Grant has an incredibly refined sense of quality to everything he does — I expect greatness.
Very excited to see what the Flickr community makes of this.
Vans and the Places They Were by Joe Stevens
A fun series of 50+ images of vans taken across California. Nothing quite like a good typology!
Kevin “lomokev” Meredith teaches a course based on his excellent photo tutorial book Hot Shots.
There is only one reason that I have not yet blogged about Kevin Meredith here on Space Miner: Everyone already knows how awesome he is. Even if you don’t know you know, you probably would recognize his photo of Imogen Heap in London that graced the Flickr homepage for years. Or maybe you read the first Flickr blog interview with him, or saw the work he’s done for Doc Martens or the stuff he’s had published in JPG and other photo magazines.
In any case, the word is out. In fact, the US edition of his truly great photo instruction book Hot Shots has done so well that they’ve almost blown through the first edition already. I personally have gifted it several times to budding photographers among my friends and family. Just get one, $12 not wasted.
If you’re in the bay area this October, you’ll have an opportunity to meet Kevin (I’d like to take partial credit since he’s coming for my Phoot Camp) at a book signing or one of his Hot Shots courses.
Hot Shots Book Signing - October 12
Hot Shots Course in San Francisco - October 15/16 and October 17/18
I’ll almost never post about my own photography on this site (mostly because it’s not as good as the other stuff I post) but I would like to share an iPhone photo series I took of people enjoying the view from a park bench at the top of Dolores Park. It’s a little slice of the culture of that specific place.
While you’re over there, click the link at the bottom of the page to check out my friend Dylan’s portfolio service site, Arlo. It’s neat!
Stereoscopik by Mathieu Hubert
I was delighted to see this series of sixteen viewfinder portraits hit my inbox this morning. What fun!
ffffound: Domestic Bliss by photographer Steven Klein
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This W photo spread from 4 years ago feels incredibly relevant now, with Mad Men all the rage and the Pitts a growing family. Very nicely done!
Untitled by Mario Anzuoni
“Smoke rises and ashes glow on hills that burned during the Station fire in the Acton area of Los Angeles, California August 30, 2009.”
(From the Big Picture feature on Wildfires in Southern California)
noahkalina : Adam Dedman for KALINA Magazine #3
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I’ve been impressed with all the Kalina Magazines so far, but this one seems to really take the cake. Ordered!
Ooh. Virb’s photo sweepstakes looks like fun and is (naturally) really well designed. Each day there is a photo winner, and there are prizes like Moo cards and a Leica camera. Check it out, those Virb folks are good people.
Phoot Camp!
Inspired by Foo Camp, I’m going to host an invite-only camping trip this fall for dozens of top emerging photographers.
I must be crazy. I just invited way more photo nerds than I can count on all my fingers and toes to come camp out in the woods with me.
It all started when I was putting together this interview with Paul Octavious Cribb. While editing it together, I thought, “Man, Paul is so creative. I bet he would really get along well with Steph Goralnick. I would about pee my pants to hang out with both of them at the same time.” And then I realized they would probably about pee their pants to hang out with each other, and the many other amazing photographers I know. Why not get a group together? I was pretty sure magic would occur, or at the very least bushels of fun.
So I floated the idea out to Paul and Steph, and Kevin “Lomokev” Meredith and Cody Austin (who deserves a special shout-out for his help), too. It’s a real testament to each of them how enthusiastic and supportive they’ve been of the idea. As I write this, Kevin has booked his flight from Brighton, England (and is planning a book signing and course while here, check it out!), Cody has booked his flight from Houston, Steph has booked her flight from Brooklyn, Paul has committed to being here, and I’ve booked the campground. And, I’ve started hearing back from the big group I emailed today: “Ummm… yeah this sounds amazing. 100% in!”
The campout isn’t until October, but keep an eye out afterwards for the results of the photo sessions, photo scavenger hunts, brainstorming sessions, and s’more-making contests that occur. We’ll definitely put together an online showing of the results.
NOTE: Didn’t get an invite? Don’t feel bad. Most people didn’t — I even turned down some of my closest friends! There’s a good chance this could become an annual event, so drop me a line if you’d really like to be considered for next year.
ANOTHER NOTE: This isn’t my big project, but expect to hear an update on that very soon. You can also sign up to be notified when it’s launched here.
Pain is temporary. Suck is forever.
Jay Shuster, Pixar
(I don’t subscribe to this personally—work/life balance is hugely important to me—but I have a lot of respect for it.)
Sunrise by Bethany Helzer
Spotted an Etsy store from a photographer I remember from JPG. Nice stuff!
I Guess I’m Floating by Paulo Dourado
Don’t forget, you can always drop me an email if you’d like for me to consider posting about your work. Photographer Paulo Dourado from Atlanta did just that to tell me about his website and his flickr stream. Fun stuff!
