Archive for the 'Great Photographers' Category

Top 10 List

November 22, 2007

It is Thanksgiving Day here in the United States.  Here is a list of 10 things we are thankful for here at this blog.  These are in addition to the most obvious and most important: family, friends, good health, shelter, pets etc.
10.  Women unwilling to take off their clothes for my camera.
9.    Hahnemühle Paper
8.    Adobe
7.    [...]

Ruth Bernhard Photos in Art Show

October 7, 2007

Faithful readers — there is at least one, I think — will know that I am a great admirer of the work of Ruth Bernhard. Here is my earlier post about her. I am always casting about, looking for a reason to post another of her photos. I found an excuse just today [...]

Lake Superior Nudes

September 24, 2007

Of all the photographers I know of that are working with nudes outdoors – also called “environmental nudes”, a term I think meaningless; you can’t take a human being out of the “environment” any more than you can take the land out of the “landscape” – Craig Blacklock is probably my favorite. He is [...]

Ruth Bernhard

September 13, 2007

Ruth Bernhard
I mentioned Ruth Bernhard in one of the first posts on this blog and I thought I should show a few of her photographs. She lived to be 101 years old. A chance meeting with Edward Weston in the 1935 was a life changing event for her. He became her mentor [...]