Getting to know the face behind the photograph

Phaidon has an article about this Famous photographer portraits series I linked previously. It all started with. “I really missed the tactile nature of shooting large format and wanted to try a 20×24 Polaroid camera for fun and get back to something old school.” Relationship between the photographer and his medium or tool did catalyst… Continue reading Getting to know the face behind the photograph

Fuji X-Pro1 manual

The Flickr community members are not wasting any time and already found the Fujifilm X-Pro1 manual, linked from Fujifilm own website. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some reading to do.

Goodbye Kodak, Hello Fujifilm

A quick explanation from Michael Krigman as to why Kodak is dying and Fujifilm is doing well. Michael bought a Fujifilm X-100 made of a Fujifilm sensor. But what did Kodak do? As Kodak fades, FujiFilm embodies a new generation of photographic technology driven by genuine innovation rather than strict adherence to marketing formulas. A… Continue reading Goodbye Kodak, Hello Fujifilm

Riffing in the key of Ricoh

Gregory Simpson explains how he found himself to buy a Ricoh GRX. And, truth be told, when Ricoh released the GXR in late 2009, my impression was one of disinterest. Although I found the idea intriguing (a user replaceable sensor), I didn’t much care for the execution — I simply had no need for any… Continue reading Riffing in the key of Ricoh

A strange copyright case

DPReview has a report of a strange copyright case where a picture has been found infringing on another picture because they have a red bus on a monochrome background of the London Big Ben and Parliament. Not the same vantage point nor even the same bus. The bigger problem is that the court found it… Continue reading A strange copyright case

What happened to Kodak?

Techcrunch tries to explain what happened to Kodak’s moment or how Kodak also failed to anticipate the competition of Fujifilm in the film market, including in its own market: the US.

Famous photographers

Famous photographers pose with their most iconic images. Often you recognize the image, but not the photographer.