The discovery of Vivian Maier's work has had a tremendous impact on the web and on the photographic world, so it was perhaps predictable that the output of some other heretofore unknown street photographers would start to get attention as well. One of th… more »

Because, yes, I will always jump at the chance to link to something about Weegee, here's an NPR story on some of his shots depicting murder and death. The original audio version of the story is on the same page. Weegee was really the first photographer… more »

Before it collapsed the Soviet Union had its own internal infrastructure of technology:  cars, planes, and yes, cameras. Many of these cameras were (by Western standards) weird-looking, shoddy and downright horrible. Some were quite good though, and that… more »

The Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2012 has just opened up. The prize this year is an M9-P plus a lens 'worth 10,000 Euros' (almost certainly a 50mm Noctilux) plus $5,00o cash. Pretty impressive. To win you must be a professional photographer and submit 10-12… more »

I don't often comment on other people's blog posts (in fact it's possible I never have). Today though I will, since I agree all the way with uber-photog Chase Jarvis that one should strive to capture what he calls the 'un-moment'. Personally, I think of… more »

Almost a year after the death of Buffalo's most famous photographer, Milton Rogovin, it's come to light that he was a subject of FBI surveillance with a file several hundred pages long. He was indeed a card-carrying member of the Communist Party as the s… more »

In typically-delayed fashion, I at last saw The King's Speech. As I've pointed I can't usually watch a movie in a theatre because if people around me talk (which they almost always do now) I will kill them. Actually kill them. That's why I wait for cable… more »

Sue me if you don't agree, but in my opinion about the greatest Christmas song ever. [video:youtube:hoL1Uxwk6vc] more »