Guy Bourdin

quote [Guy Bourdin (1928-1991) was a French avant-garde fashion photographer. Mentored by surrealist Man Ray and inspired by filmmaker Luis Buñuel, Bourdin's fashion shoots were often very strange, sexual, phantasmagoric and occasionally quite creepy. His photography frequently appeared in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar and he shot ad campaigns for Charles Jourdan, Issey Miyake, Chanel, and others. Bourdin was also quietly a filmmaker, working with 8mm, super 8, and 16mm. Above is footage of Dayle Haydon and Sayuko during a 1974 Vogue shoot in Normandy, France. More footage here on YouTube and here on UBUWEB Film. There's also a recent documentary, titled When the Sky Fell Down: The Myth of Guy Bourdin. And in July, Phaidon will publish a small inexpensive hardcover book of his work].
(via Boing Boing)

Playful, sensual and elegant are some of the words that describe Serge Leblon's photographs. His images are anything but harsh, opening up an evocative world of fantasy and desire. In fact, the Belgian's romanticism is somewhat at odds with the aggressive sexiness found in mainstream fashion imagery. Even though he has a spark in his eyes, Leblon comes across as a discreet and humble man.

Salgado interview in The New York Times Magazine from 1991…Enlightening…

“The trouble with color film, Salgado says, is that “it is too much real. It doesn’t allow you to have a single degree of imagination.” Besides, he adds, when he used color, “I was very preoccupied with color. It was a huge distraction.”"

Interviews - Sebastiao Salgado : The Eye of The Photojournalist (NYT Mag: 1991)

Salgado interview from 2008 in Der Tagesspiegel… for people who understand German… I don’t.

“Q: Sie sind bekannt dafür, dass Sie ausschließlich mit Schwarzweißfilmen arbeiten…

Salgado: …soll ich Ihnen was verraten? Ich habe angefangen, digital zu fotografieren.”

Does Salgado say there, he shoots digital now? O’Lord Almighty!

I love this George Georgiou work.. Would like to get my hands on the book…

Features and Essays - George Georgiou: Modern Turkey (NYT Lens: August 2010) Georgiou’s website | blog

Features and Essays – Sami Siva: The New ‘Kashmiri Intifadeh’ (TIME: August 2010) New generation of protesters want one thing:Indian army to leave Kashmir

Features and Essays - Stuart Franklin: Turkish Hazelnut Harvest (Magnum Photos: August 2010)

Couple more highlights from latest Visura Mag…
Features and Essays – Andrea Bruce: Daughters of Iraq (Visura: August 2010)

Features and Essays – Tim Hetherrington: Restrepo (Visura: August 2010)

Photographers – Sami Siva

Interviews and Talks – Professional Photographer: 25 Bad Boys of Photography (PP: August 2010) Professional Photographer editor Grant Scott and deputy editor Eleanor O’Kane are joined by photographer Peter Dench in a discussion of the list of ‘ The 25 Bad Boys of Photography’ in the August issue of the magazine. The debate centres on the diverse lives of the photographers who made the final list, including Guy Bourdin, David Bailey, Helmut Newton, David Hockney and Wolfgang Tillmans, whose acceptance of the Turner Prize in 2000 was widely criticised.

NPR on health of photojournalism….

Articles – NPR: Is Photojournalism Dead? We Almost Hate To Ask (NPR: August 2010)

Matt Johnston comments on the recent Black Star Rising article about bogus reasons for working for free… Johnston argues there are some good ones as well…

Articles – Matt Johnston: Why is free a four letter word? (Photographer’s blog: August 2010)

Dissent Magazine on Aisha portrait…

Articles – Dissent Magazine : Susie Linfield: What’s Right with This Picture? (Dissent: August 2010)

Photographers – Jenny Lynn Walker

Photographers - Bill Putnam : website : Twitter

Photographers – Anna Barry-Jester

Photographers - Hilda Perez

Twitter - MaryAnne Golon

Name- Olivia Malone 
Age- 27 
Where are you from?- Los Angeles, CA 
Your equipment- Contax G2, Contax T2, Mamiya 7, Canon 5d. 
Influences and photographers you like- Francesca Woodman, Rieneke Dijkstra, Yelena Yemchuk, Robert Frank, Guy Bourdin, Diane Arbus, Noguchi Rika. 
A little about you- I like adventures..said to be a travelling spirit, an old soul with a young heart + an observer in awe.
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