Here’s a succinct and well-chosen selection of photography applications for the iPhone by Jesse Gardner at:
iphone Photography App Roundup
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Fog
What an atmospheric hike it was yesterday, along Humbug Mountain’s east trail. And so different than the last time I was here, 2 weeks ago, when it was brilliantly sunny, and close to 80 degrees. No problem though: I slept like a baby in my tent at Humbug Mountain State Park campground across Highway 101 trailhead, and enjoyed exploring nearby Port Orford.
Apple founder steps aside
Now that Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs has resigned due to health reasons, let’s wish him and his family well. And read more about this more than brilliant, fascinating man. Here’s an excellent essay by Frank Ross, from 2009, that I enjoyed reading:
A Whole Lot of Grillin’ Going on
Though the Life magazine of my youth is long gone, it lives on in a website. I chanced upon this wonderful group of photos featuring folks from the 40′s through the 60′s, gathering around their grills, having a great time. Great nostalgic photographs! Be sure to use the enlarge option, so you can read the captions.
War in Afghanistan iPhone photos
Well worth checking out is this series of images of the war in Afghanistan published in Foreign Policy.
These captivating images were all done with iPhones, using various lenses and filters in the Hipstamatic app.
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Grilling Vegetables
After a hike today, I’ll be out in the sun on my deck and grilling fresh local seafood, and vegetables: beets, corn, radishes, and tomatoes. After reading Martha Rose Shulman’s luscious sounding recipes in the New York Times this morning, sounds like a fine time to try grilled leeks too.
Bittman: 100 Quick Grilling Recipes
Mark Bittman is definitely one of the finest writers around on food and cooking. His latest article in the New York Times, 100 Fast Grilling Recipes is loaded with excellent advice about grilling a wide variety of vegetables, seafood, and more. I love grilling vegetables, and can hardly wait to cook lots of the vegetables he’s recommended. I’m firing up my Weber charcoal grill tomorrow night, to grill tandoori chicken sausages. Now to decide on vegetables to accompany the sausage, something I’ve never grilled before. Thanks for the ideas, Mark Bittman!
Alison Wright: Tibetan Nomads
A superb interview with Alison Wright, National Geographic freelance photographer, showcasing her remarkable photographs of Tibetans. Be sure to read the interview, especially for the background about her recovery from a horrific accident in Laos.
Waste to Energy Plants in U.S.? NIMBY!
Fascinating article about the growing, very successful methods of converting garbage to clean energy in Denmark and other European countries. The siting of these highly efficient plants is one of the main problems here in the U.S. But…..Not in my backyard! Sigh…..
Alexie Wins Literary Award
The great Northwest writer Sherman Alexie just received the PEN/Faulkner Fiction award, for his book “War Dances.” This is good news, he’s a terrific writer.
Charles Moore, Seminal Civil Rights Photographer
Charles Moore, who’s searing photographs helped turn the tide in favor of landmark civil rights legislation, has died. This article in the New York Times is a fine tribute to his important work.
Bob Willoughby
A short tribute with a glimpse of the superb photos taken on Hollywood movie sets by Bob Willoughby, who died recently. I’d never heard of him, looking forward to seeing more of his photographs.
Hunters of Greenland Photographs
An exceptional set of photographs by Ragnar Axelsson of Inuit subsistence hunters, out on the ice in Greenland, hunting as they have for the past 4,000 years. A great book about these amazingly hardy Greenlandic hunters is This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland by Gretel Ehrlich.
I’m sure you’ll agree that Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson is a superb photographer. For more images by him, check out his website:
Eloquent Charis Wilson, Model, Edward Weston’s Inspiration, Dies
Charis Wilson, Edward Weston’s wife and subject of many of his superb nude photographs, has died in Santa Cruz, California, at the age of 95.
Charis Wilson, Model and Muse, Dies at 95
At 90, she was a lively, vital part of the 2007 documentary about her & Weston, “Eloquent Nude: The Love and Legacy of Edward Weston and Charis Wilson,” an award-winning film by a great team in Portland, Oregon at nw Documentary arts & media
Crankster
Great set of cartoons in the Nov. 1 New Yorker from Roz Chast, long a favorite of mine. Here you’ll see a selection of six ‘toons from:
Crankster: “Selected images from ‘Crankster, the Anti-Social Site for Networking’ by Roz Chast.”
The two-page cartoon in the print version has 24 of Chasts’ social misfits. What a fun sendup of Twitter, Facebook, etc.
(Via New Yorker Humor.)
Roy DeCarava, 1919 – 2009
The great Harlem photographer is gone. There’s a fine slide show of his superb photos in the New York Times blog, Lens
NYC Harbor Photos
I’d love to be in New York City this month, to visit friends, and to catch this great show of waterfront photos at the Museum of the City of New York. Historic photos are on display with recent photos documenting lighthouses, ships, and more, by husband and wife team Lens Jenschel and Diane Cook. I’ve enjoyed their work for a long time. Cook’s black and white photos really shine in this exhibit.
New Book, Great Color: Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb
Here’s a fine sample of Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb’s collaborative Cuban photo project, Violet Isle.
Master Camera Repairman, Marty Forscher
What a gifted camera repairman New York City’s Marty Forscher was. He passed away Sept. 30. I’d heard of his Professional Camera Repair Service, but didn’t know anything about the legendary Forscher until I read about him in today’s New York Times. What a talented, amazing person.