Masashi Asada accepting his Ihei Kimura prize

Photos of Masashi Asada accepting his Ihei Kimura award, and getting his family into the act yet again. ... 

Academic paper on Mariko Mori and Julie

Academic paper looking at the work of photographers Mariko Mori and Julie. ... 

Update on release of Fujifilm GF670 Professional

We have just been informed by Fujifilm that the release of the Fujifilm GF670 Professional, initially scheduled for mid-March, and subsequently postponed to late April is imminent, although no exact date has been set. The amount of pre-orders is continuing to exceed expectations. As a consequence Fujifilm are unable to fulfill all pre-orders at once... 

Hiroyo Kaneko wins 2009 Santa Fe Prize

Hiroyo Kaneko wins the 2009 Sante Fe Prize for Photography for her Sentimental Education series. ... 

Go to print with Canon ClipChip

It is well known that since the proliferation of digital photography the amount of images being printed has decreased substantially. This should no longer surprise anyone, especially if you shoot a lot of film and get those stacks of prints back, when all you needed was a decent contact sheet (not an “index print”). So here comes Canon... 

Recent Moriyama documentary at Youtube

First 9 minutes of recent NHK documentary on Daido Moriyama (follow related vids to view the rest). ... 

Tales of Glass and Ceramics, Pt 2

Continued from Part 1 The early 1980s saw two major changes for Contax: in 1983 Kyocera Corporation acquired the Yashica company. Kyocera is an industrial conglomerate with a very diversified product palette ranging from industrial ceramics (which gave the Kyoto-based company its name), to audio components, photo copiers and laser printers, solar cells,... 

Masato Seto at Yancey Richardson in NYC

Masato Seto’s Binran on view at Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York City until May 9. (Also at Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta until May 30th.) ... 

Issei Suda at Punctum

Issei Suda’s Nude series on view at Tokyo’s PUNCTUM Photo+Graphix until May 9. ... 

Shigeichi Nagano’s Hong Kong Reminiscence 1958

Independent curator Marc Feustel has written a review of Shigeichi Nagano’s recent photo book, Hong Kong Reminiscence 1958, published over at Lens Culture. It’s a succinct piece but does a good job of conveying the wonder of these photos that were taken by Nagano over 50 years ago, as well as help to place the shamefully under-known Nagano... 

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