July 2009
1 post
Moving to eyecurious.com
Over the last few weeks I have been trying to juggle a tumblelog and a weblog, which I started writing recently. My juggling skills just aren’t good enough, so I have decided to suspend posting on Shashin-etc and to focus on blogging over at www.eyecurious.com. Hope that some of you followers will come check out eyecurious.com
June 2009
41 posts
Awesome, lengthy interview with Mad Men's creator →
spaceships:
Matthew Weiner, a thoughtful man:
When you hit 40 you realize you’ve met every kind of person that there is […]
The big intellectual skirmish going on was “Is it great that we’re so different, men and women, or is there no difference at all?” No difference at all is where is started. Let’s have equality and legislate it like that… What’s sexist in the office is fuel in the...
Demotix →
Demotix is a “citizen-journalism website and photo agency. It takes user-generated content (UGC) and photographs from freelance journalists and amateurs, and markets them to the mainstream media.” Interesting to see this kind of agency starting to pop up, hopefulyl will really widen the spectrum of the news, but it does seriously concern me that this might be what replaces journalism....
Edition #21 of lensculture out now →
WatchJournalism appears to have been now pretty much entirely replaced by social networking.
Afghan Hearts and Minds on a 5D Mark II
There has been a lot of excitement in the blogosphere about Canon’s 5D Mark II video capacity. I am not a big fan of these online frothings about technology, but I was curious to see how this technology might start working in photographers’ hands. This is the first time I have seen it used by a photo-journalist, Danfung Dennis, who thankfully seems equally as concerned by the subject...
Theme update
I have just changed my tumblr theme for the umpteenth time. I actually quite liked the design of the previous one but it was way too buggy and this new one comes recommended by the almighty Matthew Buchanan so it must be good.
Dirty Projectors - Stillness is the Move
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WatchA documentary by the former model, Sara Ziff, on the dark side of fashion photography. An interview with Sara Ziff where she discusses the film here.
WatchThe Chinese government has come up with an ingenious umbrella technique to stop foreign journalists from filming in or anywhere near Tiananmen.
Behind the Scenes: Tank Man of Tiananmen - Lens... →
thirtyfivemm:
a story about the photographers who took the pictures of the Tank Man.
via kottke
Spoon - I Turn My Camera On
David Lynch Interview Project
David Lynch’s mysterious (naturally) INTERVIEW PROJECT
China blocks Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and Hotmail... →
(via edwardfilms)
Bonnie Prince Billy - You Want That Picture
May 2009
39 posts
WatchWhitney Museum’s interview with Eggleston. Slightly less mumbly than the Fondation Cartier one.