if you live in new york , you know that this is the biggest small town in the world….i run into people on the streets all the time who are old friends…..i do not say "howdy" to everyone i meet on the street, but this town is small enough that you really can’t get away …
arming kids with cameras is not a new concept….it was a "new idea" 30 yrs. ago when jim hubbard created "shooting back" in washington d.c. as a creative response to a creaky art program in the school system of our nations capital…everyone loves children’s drawings , and everyone seems to love youngster’s photographs as well…so …
eniac was the name of the worlds first computer…..and mexico’s eniac martinez was born at about that time, so his mother thought she would give him a name that fit the times….eniac definitely fits the times, but in a very traditional way….his powerful black & white imagery hearkens to an age of classic documentary in …
as i mentioned in a previous post, i sometimes do advertising photography…..i am in the middle of such a shoot right now in new york and then on to brazil….this work quite simply pays my bills….but, i must say, they are also usually quite enjoyable…because no client is going to commission me for a studio …
i have never asked anyone i ever photographed for a model release…..it is just not something i can do…..to ask someone to sign a legal document after taking a picture is just too hard for me to do….it is not in my genes….. but, i do have model releases for pictures which i shoot for …
when i started the hip hop story for National Geographic Magazine two years ago, i really did not know where to begin….i was lost…there was not one single rap cd on my shelf….i mean, i was pretty much from the bob dylan, stones, doors, jerry garcia generation….if it was not for my two …
i need an assistant….someone who lives in salvador, bahia and can work with me next week for about 3 days….wishing for someone with good people skills and digital photo processing and transmitting skills please post your telephone or any contact details here…..i arrive in salvador tuesday evening march 27th…… now, this sometimes happens to me….i …
this morning i fly down to our federal village….our nations capitol…..land of the free and home of the brave…..bracing myself for the culture shock of going from new york to washington….in just a few hours i will walk through the doors of the National Geographic Society …..the smell of freshly polished brass awaits…… today and …
there is a question i would like to ask my loyal blogger friends…..i am totally a "print guy"…i love powerful books and well done magazines….i like to hold them in my hand….feel the paper, smell the pictures… and never in my mind did i ever imagine myself "taking to the web"….my friends would not have …
