Tag: photography

  • MAK Center Tour 2010: Happy Birthday, Julius Shulman

    The MAK Center in Los Angeles has released more details about their upcoming Fall architectural tour scheduled for Sunday, 10 October. This year’s tour celebrates the 100th birthday of architectural photographer Julius Shulman. The buildings include Lovell Health House (1929), the Kun House (1936), the Gold House (1945), the Hillside House (1948), the Shulman House…

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  • Photographers’ portfolios online at Photography Now

    Photography Now is a website that offers high-quality portfolios of contemporary and “master” photographers.  The photographs are displayed via Flash in a page-turning format.  The image quality is very good, but there are unfortunately no captions or other information with the images, nor are the images downloadable.  Still, it’s a very nice way to peruse…

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  • Obama given the Photoshop treatment by The Economist

    The photo of President Obama on the cover of the June 19 Economist was altered in Photoshop to make him appear more “alone”, alleges the New York Times.   The Economist photo editor argues the others in the photo were removed to keep the focus on Obama, and to not confuse the viewer.  What do you…

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  • Travel the world via QTVR panoramas

    Panoramas.dk, created by Danish photographer Hans Nyberg, is a site dedicated to offering a variety of interactive QTVR panoramas of cities, sites, or events. You can browse by the year a panorama was created or (farther down the page) by the location it depicts. To download the latest QuickTime player (free), click here. Additional travel…

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  • Save the date: MAK Center 2010 Architecture Tour

    The MAK Center (The Schindler House) has posted the date for their 2010 architectural tour: October 10. This year’s tour will commemorate the 100th birthday of architectural photographer Julius Shulman, who died July 15, 2009 at age 98, by featuring homes from his images. Stay tuned for further information.

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  • New use for old slides

    It’s win-win – we find a good use for all the slides we’re deaccessioning, AND generate some much-needed revenue.  And they’re super cute and functional! Now to find a way to buy that industrial sewing machine….

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