Lens Blog: French Exhibit of Cellphone Photography The birthplace of photography plays host to a Parisian show of mobile phone photographs. Plus les apps changent, plus c’est la même chose? Bryce Bayer, Inventor of a Filter to Make Color Digital Pictures, Dies at 83 “Without his invention we’d still be getting only black-and-white pictures from [...]
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A Question of Color — Answered We may see the world in color, but for a long time the world of "serious" photography dismissed it as an unworthy commercial cousin. Joel Meyerowitz challenged that – toting two cameras with which he shot nearly identical scenes in black and white and color. Things changed, and how. [...]
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Londonist Behind The Lens: John Kortland A series celebrating the talent of our friends in the Londonist Flickr pool. Each week we ask a photographer to share their favourite city shots and tell us about their photography and their London. This week, meet jaykay72 AKA John Kortland. “I was born in East Ham in the [...]
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Seeing the World through the Instagram Lens Years ago, when legendary American photographer Ansel Adams labored in the darkroom with an enlarger and chemicals to create his beautiful black and white photographs, he never could have imagined that future generations would be able to capture pictures with mobile phones and create similar artistic effects within [...]
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Behind the Lens with C. Andrew Hovan Meet C. Andrew Hovan: A devoted jazz fan since my school days, I have had the great advantage of combining many of my loves in a variety of creative ventures. A musician and writer, I have been an avid photographer since my freshman year in high school. My [...]
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Behind the Lens With Victor Engel Meet Victor Engel: I was born in Canada and grew up in Guatemala, a child of missionary parent. In 1980 I moved to Texas where I got a degree in math. For most of my career I've been a database programmer, but one of my true loves is photography. [...]
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The alchemist For photographer Jerry Uelsmann, his darkroom was a shaman’s cave where he transformed familiar pictures into communal apparitions. Leveling the Playing Field Through the Lens: St. Louis-based Artist Launches Site to Make Art Accessible and Affordable ST. LOUIS, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Christina Kling-Garrett, a lifetime artist and photographer, launches the online gallery [...]
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