Links: photography

Katherine Yang has "been marking the seasons by the inhale and exhale of this tree" with photos and a poem. I feel every meter of these loops.

I scrolled through this series of photos and whatnot by Romain Laurent and it elevated my heart in the good way. After checking this out be sure to explore all the other moving, not moving and half moving areas of his site.

So much to appreciate in these photographs that capture America. / via Guy Schmidt

"In a world obsessed with flawless selfies and photoshopped pictures, we want to celebrate the beauty of imperfection." – Pedro Mezzini of The Surfers on their camera to celebrate our elders and creative errors.

On October 31, 2024 I completed looking back at photos from every day of the last 20 years or so and wrote this letter to my sister.

A lovely bit of history behind an iconic set of images. / via Stan Horaczek

Oooo. I would love to go to NYC and see this last exhibit in the current Fotografiska museum (they're closing up shop and looking for a new, bigger space). Vivian Maier's photography is so, so good. My friend Thor went and said it was beautiful. / via Kottke

Halide has introduced a new feature "that uses zero AI and zero computational photography to produce beautiful, film-like natural photos." No lie: I've been considering going back to a (very) old mobile phone just to strip out all the camera "features" that have emerged over the years. / via Elliot Jay Stocks

A (GORGEOUS) search engine for 100,000+ copyright-free images in the public domain by Cosmos (a Pinterest alternative) / via Andy McCune

It only took a month, but I've sifted through 1548 photos from our trip in April and have settled on this set (which would benefit from further whittling).

"AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web" (or to run locally!). I'm very interested in the search features that allow discovery by place, color, people, things, etc. Have not tried yet, but I'm gathering tidbits! / via Erin Sparling

47 photographs by Rob Stephenson / via Things to Click

I love this more than I can articulate. Max Siedentopf zooms out from taking a passport photo to show what might be happening behind the scenes. / via Ashur Cabrera

Gastón Abril Rotger embarked on a long project to take tiny photo samples of his mother-in-law's wedding, scan and restore them to be printed large. 62 years after the wedding, Pirucha received her album and the visual storytelling of the moment is touching. So much that the story has been featured on television a few times.

Like Seth, I'm enjoying Noah Kalina’s new video series that spans the gamuts. In this case, reactions to photographer portrayals in commercials. I think this is what the kids call cozy.

Patrick Witty’s newsletter digs into the stories behind photos. This issue reveals a very specific camera behind a famous catch in the 1954 World Series. / hat tip to Sean

Chris Crowley from GrubStreet shares selections from the new photography book by James and Karla Murray and adds recommendations. (I love these photos) / via waxy

Reading about Travis Estell’s experience with this film camera and seeing the results makes me appreciate panoramas all over again.

Manual and automatic modes, a sharp lens (not glass, but sharp) and oodles of options that can all be managed in camera (like long and multiple exposures) without the need for an app. This YouTube review by In An Instant makes this latest rig look like a real winner.

There are less than fifty working analog photo booths remaining in the world and FotoAutomat is working to restore and maintain more (and they're each restored to their delightful original design). How fun would it be to visit all of them? / via Present & Correct

I superdig Danielle MacInnes’ take on documentary style family photography, which I didn’t know was a thing until I got lost in the stack of links on this MetaFilter post: Don’t Say Cheese.

The bad news: Amazon is shutting down the excellent DPReview, a favorite website to learn about digital cameras. The good news: Folks are making an archive that in some ways, is better! / via Tom Watson

Eli Erlick has colorized and restored photos from queer and trans history, collected with valuable context. / via Ben Werdmuller

For a long time this domain linked to other online homes for Naz. During the pandemic it started to evolve. Now it is a new destination unto itself. Thoughtful details abound.

Turn still photos (from phone or camera) into 3D models with automatic subject masking and texture mapping. (Wikipedia on Photogrammetry)

I first was enamored with Wesley’s work with One of Many that he references here. It’s inspiring to say the least to see his growth as photographer. / via Om

Gastón Abril Rotger captures scenes of celebration on the streets of Buenos Aires.

I've long admired Noah's work (and newsletter) but never listened to his podcast. (I'm visual, not auditory.) But it was nice to see/hear him talk about photography in this Samsung Frame thingy.

Looking into space for a moment. More insights at Colossal

Used to follow his former blog and delighted to find he activity maintains an expansive personal site. Every section is filled with near endless awesomeness.

Immediately smitten with Brooke's calm and warped perspective / thanks SwissMiss

Actually this list isn't about photography, it's about seeing and being / thanks Sean

Between 1939 and 1941, the Works Progress Administration collected photographs of most buildings in the five boroughs of New York City. Here they are digitized and tagged by Julian Boilen. / via Yewknee

After watching this I immediately went down a rabbit hole learning about water on Mars.

A new building in OTR by José García Design will house curated exhibitions, educational events and screenings. Excellent news for Cincinnati.

Pluto, quarter of a century apart

Todd Dominey shares what he found, along with a couple tidbits about the photography and album

Mobile phone photos look like weird paintings anymore. I'd like an option to turn off computational photography.

There are very few photos of Van Gogh. He's 19 in this one.

I feel like this page could scroll infinitely, with unending stories of isolation. Heartbreaking and real, with striking photography by Elinor Carucci.

A collection of links to celebrate the acclaimed photojournalist on his passing. A trove of wonderful paths to wander with incredible images and insight.

I'd never seen these photos by Dorothea Lange before. This story from Vox explains why.

Austin Kleon loves photos of people in masks. Turns out I do too.

An obsessive collector noticed something strange in his 11,000 postcards... The clouds were the same. / via Yewknee

Craig Mod reveals the process to produce his photography book that documented one of his walks across Japan.

But Ognyan Stefanov's photograph of the Bulgarian Air Force and their equipment is remarkable.

Quarantined in his flat in Chicago, Leonard Suryajaya started using the walls of his apartment as a canvas for elaborately staged tableaux. This and lots of other great new photographers and work on the Foam site.

Brooklyn-born black photographer Kwame Brathwaite inspired new viewpoints, visual language and a movement to celebrate black lives in the 60's / via Creative Mornings newsletter

Mesmerized with this photo by Jord Hammond

Toby Ord has digitally restored a selection of photos taken of earth from space. They're magnificent.

Nick Pumphrey spent May 2020 showing up to the sea with his camera. The results were beautiful and the realizations deep.

Fantastic and beautiful photography / via nikhil.io

On December 13, 2005 I posted this, my first link from swiss-miss

A collection of stories and photographs about the feeling of unity and belonging from the Over-The-Rhine community in Cincinnati. Wonderful work by Asa Featherstone, IV.

This product feels like an amalgamation of racing videogames and photography and VR and I'm so very curious.

Wow. Pretty amazing throwback to analogue. / via Coudal

An ongoing project documenting the visual language of the Californian city

Craig's new newsletter where you get the alt text of an image in your inbox that links to the zoomable photo!

This MetaFilter post is dense with excellent links to 1x.com, a photography site that I didn't know about.

/ via Metafilter