Conscientious

Last night, I had the opportunity to meet Tod Gangler, the man behind Art & Soul studio. Tod produces color carbon prints, a incredibly complicated process that uses pigments, gelatine, and all other kinds of obscure materials - plus high-tech lasers to etch sets of negatives to be used (it's a contact printing process, and it uses three separate negatives for different colour layers).

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At the Griffin Photography Museum, Jen Bekman will tonight be given the Rising Star Award as part of the museum's 3rd Annual Focus Awards, honouring her contribution to the promotion of photography (more info). Congratulations, Jen!

The upcoming New York Photo Festival is being widely anticipated as... well, nobody really knows, since it's going to happen for the first time - which, of course, makes it all the more exciting. Here's a nice introduction to the people behind the festival, plus some sample images from the different shows.

This found over at bloggy: "Due to our previous coverage of 'photography not allowed' policies, blogger and artist Mark Barry forwarded an email he just received from 303 Gallery regarding 2 images on Flickr from his set from the 2006 Armory Show. [...] 'this is simon at 303 gallery. i noticed you had an image of Maureen Gallace's work up on your flickr page - please be aware that 303 Gallery owns the copyright to the work and all public display of images, including web content. if you could kindly remove this image from your page, it would be most appreciated.'" Seems like some galleries are working very hard on making sure their artists won't get unnecessary publicity.

"The Robert L. Capp collection at the Hoover Institution Archives contains ten never-before-published photographs illustrating the immediate aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing. These photographs, taken by an unknown Japanese photographer, were found in 1945 among rolls of undeveloped film in a cave outside Hiroshima by U.S. serviceman Robert L. Capp, who was attached to the occupation forces. Unlike most photos of the Hiroshima bombing, these dramatically convey the human as well as material destruction unleashed by the atomic bomb. Mr. Capp donated them to the Hoover Archives in 1998 with the provision that they not be reproduced until 2008." - source (where the ten photos can be found)

"Michel Houellebecq, France's most shocking novelist, made his name with tales of dysfunctional, estranged relationships. Now his own mother, portrayed as a sex-obsessed hippy in one of his books, has launched a devastating counter-attack in a new memoir. [...] She calls her son an 'evil, stupid little bastard' adding that 'this individual, who alas came from my womb, is a liar, an imposter, a parasite and above all - above all - a petit arriviste ready to do absolutely anything for money and fame.'" - story

"A Soviet soldier heroically waves the red flag, the hammer and sickle billow above the Reichstag. Yevgeny Khaldei photographed one of the iconic images of the 20th century. But the legendary image was manipulated to conceal the fact that the Soviet soldiers on the roof had been looting." - story

I've long been a fan of Bill Henson's work; and today, Rachel showed some of his "Paris Opera" photos along with an interview. Extremely beautiful portraiture!