Danny Wilcox Frazier updates his book “Driftless: Photographs from Iowa” with a documentary that is now playing on Mediastorm.This is one of the best sorts of presentations I have seen. Taking the time to make it the right way helped. Words are escaping me right now. Watch it is really all that I can say.
I am standing on the podium for the Singular Image Curator’s Choice sponsored by Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Gobsmacked is how I fel when I got the call that my image Sale Day placed. An edit of the series from which it came is here.
I hoped to get this up sooner, but we just returned from a family trip to Santa Fe. I had the chance to stop in at Center and say hello and thank you. Both Laura and Maggie were very gracious with their valuable time.
Elizabeth Fleming did a very nice write up over at her blog about the other winners. Congrats to her for her third place in the Publisher’s Choice.
© Elizabeth Fleming, Maplewood, NJ
And also to Damion Berger who placed third in the Editor’s Choice.
Bookworm, Monaco - from the series In the Deep End © Damion Berger, NY, NY
sidelines: In the Gallery from Tom Leininger on Vimeo.
Before I had my M.F.A defense last week, I made a short video of what the gallery looks like. A gallery of images in color is here. Elaine Taylor and her staff at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center did a great job hanging the show for me. Thanks.
I am not one to toot my own horn, but, sidelines was written up in the NT Daily today.
Magnum Photos had an interview with Bruce Gilden on twitter today. I managed to get three questions in.
1. I asked why he uses a vest and bag.
magnumphotos@tom_leininger That’s quite simple, vest has pockets, it’s not a fashion statement: bag holds camera/vest holds flash & light meter #gilden
2. I asked if the Billingham bag he uses is the best.
magnumphotos@tom_leininger It’s like anything for me, I’m used to it so I don’t change #gilden
3. I asked what his definition of a good photograph is.
magnumphotos@tom_leininger It has to work within the frame, and for me it has to have some emotional content #gilden
I think this is an interesting way to have a q&a in the new modern internet world. It reminded me a bit of the q&a Finbarr O’Reilly did on qik.com. It was fascinating to sit in Texas and watch a live interview from Africa all via the internet, twitter and a mobile phone.
Twitter changes a little more each day. You can follow my tweets if you want.
What is the most important thing you teach your students about photography?
‘I try to have my students to consider photography as asking questions about the world. I also teach them to find a healthy balance between craft and concept’.
There is a good interview with James Rajotte over on Feature Shoot, which I just discovered today.