June 2013
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May 2013
3 posts
April 2013
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March 2013
5 posts
“Business-section editors settle for pictures of brokers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, choosing subjects whose facial expressions best capture whatever mood it is that the commentators have decided to blame or credit for that day’s market fluctuations. Never mind that the guys on the floor don’t always make money when the market goes up, or lose it when it goes down, or that they are the vestigial human practitioners on an otherwise mostly electronic exchange that represents but a sliver of the capital markets. You may as well have a photograph of a man fixing a flat tire or a child with a skinned knee.”
—The Death of Kings - Nick Paumgarten
“You have to be able to observe life as if you were a camera all the time, constantly looking at light and the way that things are placed and the way people hold themselves. You need the ability to see something in someone or something that no one else really sees and be able to bring that to light. Basically, you have to be an obsessive crazy person.”
— Ryan McGinley (via stephen-edwards)
February 2013
7 posts
“SKIING could claim the title for most majestic magazine photography in a sport that’s already over the top visually. The magazine’s 65th anniversary issue splashes an erie, gnarled tree stump on a nighttime Utah slope, a deadly impediment to careless downhill speeders. If that scary stump doesn’t grab the attention of aficionados of the nearly $11 billion pastime, perhaps its cover story might trigger a lifestyle change — at least until spring — with its amusing how-to guide on living a lavish life as a ski bum. For each of its 65 years of publishing, this month’s issue offers one quick ski tip in a page-turner piece, e.g., never ski with your dog (your ski edges are giant knife blades right at paw level) and stuff dryer sheets in your damp boots and gloves to prevent them from stinking. Besides insiders’ reviews of slopes from Japan to Kashmir, the mag’s lengthy page lineup of grandiose photos of snow capes and daring ski action is worth its $6.99 cover price.”
—New York Post
