Thursday, March 26, 2009
Last night I watched the movie, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus. Here's a review of it by Roger Ebert. The movie is pretty good, you get the feeling of what it might have been for her in the beginning pursuing and befriending freaks and transvestites to photograph. But it spends too much time on her early life with Allen Arbus, it would have been much more interesting if it delved into the period where she was actually taking pictures. If you're a Diane Arbus fan, it is definitely a must see. It's inspired by the biography by Pat Bosworth, which is a pretty good read.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
A photographer in London named Lady Verlaine has a nice set of holga pictures. Many are at night with nice blurring. And a merry-go-round, a personal favorite.
Labels: color photo, holga camera
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Jasmine Swope uses a pinhole camera and plastic cameras to make Palladium contact prints. A pretty great contrast. Her photos are beautiful. My favorite might be the one of pilings and a bridge in Astoria OR. She scans her film and prints large negatives to do the contact prints.
Holga unveils a stereo film camera and a 35mm twin lens reflex. The stereo camera looks like a traditional holga but with 2 lenses. And the twin lens comes in bright colors and shoots across the entire width of the film - sprockets and all. Fun, but I notice these are starting to get pricey. Even regular Holgas are, they keep adding bells and whistles, which some are okay, but I think it just keeps bringing the price up.
