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Andy Goldsworthy: Fall Leaves

Dalton — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:36:57 +0000

I really enjoyed this series by Andy Goldsworthy. It reminds me a bit of John Pfahl’s Altered Landscapes, maybe. More photos can be found on Flickr.

(via Jennilee)

Update: I did a bit more research (which I admit I should have done before originally posting this) and discovered that Andy Goldsworthy is a well-known artist and not the owner of the Flickr account I linked to. While I’m happy to have discovered Mr. Goldsworthy’s work, the lack of attribution from the original poster is a bit annoying. The Wikipedia link has some good information about Goldsworthy if you’re interested.

Salt

Dalton — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:42:40 +0000

Salt is a short documentary film that chronicles Australian photographer Murray Fredericks‘ expeditions to the salt flats of Lake Eyre in South Australia. The trips are grueling and much of the film focuses on the isolation, exhaustion, and boredom Fredericks experiences while he is working. I found the film to be a little navel-gazing at times, but overall it’s worth watching if just for the landscapes and the view into another photographer’s working process.

The YouTube trailer is below. You can watch the entire film online at POV until September 17.

New work in Fraction Magazine

Dalton — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:06:20 +0000

I’m very happy to report that I have a series of photographs in the newest edition of Fraction Magazine, which was released online today. This is all new work, which I haven’t shown anywhere before. The issue also includes work from Jessica Todd Harper, Emily Shur, Tom Leninger, and William Greiner.

These photographs are all from inland parks on Long Island, some of which I’ve only recently discovered. I see a lot of potential for future work there.

I’ve been working on these images for more than three months now, and it feels great to finally send them out into the world. Three months doesn’t sound like very much, but when I think back to December and remember the work of researching, shooting, processing, and editing these images, I realize that my process and my perspective on my own work has changed quite a bit in that time. I am a perpetual beginner, where every step still feels significant. I would like to thank David Bram for encouraging me to push myself to create this new work.

Photo Reads

Dalton — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:29:12 +0000

Over the last couple of days I’ve been collecting links to some of my favorite longer-form articles, essays, blog posts, and interviews about photography on a new blog called Photo Reads. I can’t promise to update it every day, but I do spend quite a bit of time online looking for stuff like this anyway, so I thought I would share the results with everyone else.

If Twitter is more your thing, there’s a Twitter account too. Same stuff, different format.

The most recently posted article about Joel Sternfeld is a pretty interesting read. I love coming across stuff like this.

Photographer: Allie Mount

Dalton — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:19:13 +0000

I love these desert images from photographer Allie Mount. I discovered Allie on Flickr a couple of weeks ago and was instantly smitten.

Vintage vacation movies

Dalton — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:31:39 +0000

These vintage 16mm Kodachrome movies of a family vacation to California are beautiful and completely charming. I recommend clicking through and watching them in full-screen HD, if your computer can support it.

San Francisco, 1958

Home Movies at DisneyLand, Parts 1 and 2

Uploaded by Jeff Altman.

A Review of the Photography in my Gynecologist’s Office

Dalton — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:09:34 +0000

Looks Like Portugal is undoubtedly the central piece in the collection, in which the viewer sees a brightly painted door left slightly ajar, revealing a vestibule adorned with colorful and “ethnic-looking” ceramic tiles. The piece leaves the viewer to ponder: “Where was this taken? Looks like Portugal.”

Great moments in Google Street View photography

Dalton — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:08:41 +0000

Thoughtful essay and wonderful pictures on Art Fag City.

(via @cmonstah on Twitter)

A Photography Blog

Dalton — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:17:16 +0000

I first discovered Rachel Hulin when she was the blogger behind Photoshelter’s Shoot! The Blog. She set up her own site, the charmingly titled A Photography Blog, about a year ago, and it has been a favorite ever since. Rachel keeps up with an incredible number of photographers, and posts new and exciting work to her site just about every day. Her recent 31 for 31 post is an excellent example.

Rachel and I have been working on a redesign of the site for the last couple of weeks, and it launched yesterday. You should definitely check it out.

Doug DuBois book giveaway from Flak Photo

Dalton — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:54:50 +0000

Flak Photo is giving away five signed copies of Doug DuBois’ new photo book, All the Days and Nights. Details are on the FlakPhoto Facebook page. All you have to do to enter to win is post your favorite image from the Flak Photo archives on their Facebook Page. Going through the Flak archives is always a good time anyway, so get yourself over there.

Hey, I’ve got one or two images in the Flak Photo archives myself! What do you know about that?

A few of my recent favorites: