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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Platon's Portraits of Power




The New Yorker magazine has an interactive portfolio of portraits by Platon of world leaders along with commentary by the photographer on every image. Viewing images in print form is better than viewing images on a computer, but this portfolio along with the commentary is extremely conducive to the computer platform. Platon, a staff photographer for the New Yorker set up a tiny studio off the floor of the General Assembly this past September when most world leaders were in New York for a meeting of the United Nations and worked to hustle as many of them in front of his lens as possible. I'm sure this was a very intense project for any photographer but I think Platon nailed it by looking at his portraits...they are great, and the commentary he has with the images are fascinating and add to the portrait viewing experience. See it HERE at the New Yorker. Platon's web site HERE.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

New York Fire Department_Photo Unit




I came across this photo show in New York at St. John's University Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, featuring photography from the FDNY Photo Unit. Images from 1900 through 2009 are featured with the earliest images tracing back to 1869. A selection of 8x10 prints from 4x5 negatives, many shot by the original first photographers that formed the Photo Unit. Read about it HERE, and see some of these images online HERE. Also see a great collection of images shot by the FDNY Photo Unit at their online collection HERE.