Links

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

Machine learning has some benefit

A gorgeous visual history of computing from 1945-1979

Specifically with an iPhone, but the principles could be applied to many cameras.

Gloriously dense and colorful photos / via Present & Correct

Curated photo galleries based on topics. Really wonderful perspectives here.

Blending photos to make 3-D scenes

I don't love scroll hijacking interactivity, but the photos by Tyler Hicks for this piece are, powerful. / via belong

Black mothers and sons recreating the Pietà by Michelangelo. Chills

Word and images by Tara Wray

Kudos to this local organization for shifting rapidly to provide financial assistance to artists and venues in Cincinnati

Patterns can be powerful good / via Andy Baio

Chrome extension to show an image from Exposure whenever you open a new tab.

I went to this conference to hear this talk by Craig Mod. It was worth it. And you can see it without a flight!

And they're really, really good / via MetaFilter

Somewhere over the holiday break I downloaded the Everyday app to do this. My selfies are all over the place. Noah has his gaze and alignment locked in.

What it sounds like / via lauraolin

I vacillate between wanting the scale and life of people and cars to wanting this very thing. Dig it.

I love when Phil posts to his blog.

Making a list of video tools

Modern 4x5 and 8x10 cameras and accessories that won't break the bank.