Photography

Register for a series of free photography webcasts produced by the Leica Akademie.
My invitation from Leica arrived via email. It read, “Though we are separated, we are still able to come together …

Social distancing, WFH, and back-to-back video calls can be stressful. Here’s a bit of relief.
Over the years, I’ve really enjoyed working from home. When WFH was just one or two days each week those …

This fascinating 1928 film, part of a year-long series from The Met showcases the back-of-the-house.
The Met is marking its 150th Anniversary. Throughout 2020, as part of their sesquicentennial, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in …

Online: NYC’s Museum of Modern Art is digitizing every exhibition since MoMA’s opening in 1929.
Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, Van Gogh was name of the inaugural exhibition of the Museum of Modern Art when it opened …

Read a good art book lately? The Getty has over 300 for you to download, read, and keep.
Since the Getty Museum launched its virtual library in 2014, its publications have been downloaded more than 400,000 times. The …

The non-linear, video chapters of an iconic business are beautifully illustrated in L’Odyssée de Cartier.
Cartier. The Maison. By taking over his master’s workshop, Louis-François Cartier founded Cartier in 1847. Since then, the iconic brand …

I’m not a big fan of Halloween, but creepy old movies are close to the top of my favorite-things list.
The Old Dark House, produced by Universal Pictures’ Carl Laemmle Jr., is one of those creepy movies. It was previewed in …

There’s taco night and pizza night and wine-and-cheese night…and then on Sunday—Big Meat Night.
Photos of food are tricky. Black and white images of food are trickier. I think the one above translated pretty …

Is it too soon for more royalty-free, use-as-you-like photos from the Library of Congress? Certainly not.
Last month, I shared information about the Library of Congress’ Free to Use and Reuse program, and it seemed to …

Looking for photos that are copyright free—available to use and reuse? Don’t overlook loc.gov.
The Library of Congress (LOC) is a treasure trove of images. And many are available for you to download in …

I think that I shall never see a form as lovely as is thee. My favorite tree in all of New York City.
With apologies and all due respect to the poet, Joyce Kilmer, all trees are not equally created. In the southwest …

A moody Monday morning through a rain-spotted window. Baltimore, Inner Harbor.
I was at my desk this morning, tuned in to a long conference call. When I stood up to stretch, …

An early ’70s working trip to Florida introduced me to an engineering marvel—The Polaroid SX-70.
I’d been a 35mm film photographer—one who knew his way around darkrooms—for quite a few years before my first SX-70 …