you might just want to think about the BD competition below….probably most of you have been aware of this, but maybe not…anyway this is a last minute reminder…BD has been doing a masterful job of trying to match both iconic and emerging photographers with world health issues…. i would love to see someone from our …
the pitch: to the point..BURN.01 is available for online purchase as of now…yes, i am selling this new book and proud of it…the best work of the audience here on Burn is featured along with a smattering of iconic legends….25 photo essays by both legends and emerging photographers alike… and two thought provoking text …
Empire State Building by Tracey Tomtene http://Tracey Tomtene
update:7:15 am september 3 nags head, north carolina…..hurricane Earl…. house shaking like hell and cannot take much more it seems…but not taking in water anywhere that i can see which is amazing in itself…now blowing 75mph and raining horizontal sheets…my street is a river…i doubt i can even walk outside and surely not make it …
“Having a story to tell and willingness to tell it, is nothing – a total zero… ability to do it is much more important and valuable…” this is just a part of a very provocative, and soon to be very controversial comment, by one of our readers , Anthony RZ , under our most recent …
Carl De Keyzer is a quiet man…one of the most prolific and intense photographers i know, is usually hard to find in a roomful of Magnum photographers…self effacing….unassuming….yes, classic Belgian….yet every time i see Carl he has a new book and 10 new exhibitions …i mean, who can keep up with this guy? his books …
i simply love the New Yorker cartoons…i suppose we all do…and many of you know of their cartoon caption writing contest…in that spirit i thought we should have a Burn caption writing contest…for the picture above ….photographed by my friend Medford Taylor probably 25 years ago, but which i am seeing for the first time …
is there anything better than a childhood dream? 9 year old Gracie Johnson dreams of becoming a photographer….she lives now in the Virginia town where i also dreamed of being a photographer at about the same age…Gracie and her family are part of my American family series Off For A Family Drive…Gracies’ father, U.S.Navy Capt. …
