Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
Today would have been the 165th birthday of possibly my favorite photographers: Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget, born 12 February 1857. Above a photograph of Atget shortly before he died by Berenice Abbott, herself a famous photographer and champion of Atget’s work. Below: Atget’s photograph: “Au Tambour” taken in 1908.
Congratulations to one of my favorite photographers, Sally Mann on winning this years Prix Pictet award for her project exploring the devastating wildfires at the Great Dismal Swamp in south-eastern Virginia.
During the pandemic I became something of a YouTube aficionado, subscribing to a number of photography related channels. I bumped into Anthony Morganti some time ago, but haven’t thought to post about it here until now.
He describes himself as follows:
I’m a professional photographer and photography educator from Buffalo, New York. In the 1980s, I established a thriving Wedding, Portrait, and Stock Photography business called, Creative Edge Photography in the Buffalo, New York area. I now spend my time teaching photography through workshops and YouTube Videos found on this website and my YouTube channel which currently has over 300,000 subscribers and is adding over 100 subscribers per day. I also mentor students one on one My mentoring program has been full to capacity and closed to new students since September of 2014 and has a waiting list of over 100 people hoping to be mentored by me.
I am a member of the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA).
My studio is in the historic Ellicott Square Building in downtown Buffalo
On YouTube he provides numerous, excellent and free tutorials on Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and less frequently on other photography related software.
You can find his website here and his YouTube channel here.
Enjoy!
A while back I bumped into this photographer on Youtube. His name is Alex Kilbee and his channel is rather different. Most photography related channels focus on gear. Camera reviews, what’s the best camera, best lens etc. He describes his channel as follows:
A channel dedicated to helping you discover more about the art and history of photography, so you can become a better photographer.
I am Alex, and I’ve been fortunate to be a professional photographer now for around 30 years.
Having a wider appreciation of the art of photography is the key to creating photographs that stand out from the crowd and speak with your own unique voice. Think of this channel as a free course in learning how to speak visually through your photography.
This recent video (above) is a good example. In it he considers why it is that Youtube tends to largely show the gear related content. He provides information on other photographers who provide other photographic content (some of which I already knew, a number I didn’t). Then, based on his knowledge of the Youtube algorithm he explains how you can get Youtube to show you more non-gear related content.
Great stuff! Take a look at his other videos.
Interesting short (22 minute) interview with George Tice: “… (1938-) an American photographer, best known for his meticulously crafted black and white prints in silver gelatin and platinum, as well as his books, which depict a broad range of American life, landscape, and urban environment, mostly photographed in his native New Jersey, where he has lived all his life, except for his service in the U. S. Navy, a brief period in California, a fellowship in the United Kingdom, and summer workshops in Maine, where he taught at the Maine Photographic Workshops, now the Maine Media Workshops” (Wikipedia).