Photographer Joe Gioia’s late 80s B&W NYC Polaroid instant street portraits captured the essence of a city on the cusp of change. Joe Gioia and I met as co-workers. We were part of a staff of young, enthusiastic editors at Modern Photography during its glorious, experimental and transitional last years under the direction of […]
While many photographers who prefer black-and-white images will convert their color originals in Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, if you shoot RAW (and you SHOULD shoot RAW) you may want to do it in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. This is especially true if you’re doing portrait or other kinds of photography under consistent lighting conditions. One of […]
You know that the jig is up for film photography when the category “Film Cameras” has been placed by a major photographic retail web site under the subcategory “Specialty Cameras”. And yet, there are many enthusiastic film shooters out there. And it is interesting which, of all cameras, are still in the pipeline. And yes, […]
All photos © Matt Weber Q: When we met about 15 years ago, you were a camera totin’ cabbie with an incredible eye. Which came first—the camera or the cab? MW: I decided to drive a cab in 1978, when the minimum wage was still $2.60 per hour. If one drove a twelve […]
Promising “amazing eye candy on the big screen,” work has begun on a feature-length documentary film about master photographer Garry Winogrand, whose groundbreaking photos from the 60s and 70s have influenced generations of street photographers and photojournalists. However, with only days left until the project’s Kickstarter campaign ends, less than half the money needed to […]
During the dark days of World War II, Leica secretly saved hundreds of Jews from extermination. Behold, the heroism of the Leitz family. While the death of over 6 million Jews (and millions of Gays, Gypsies and others) at the hands of the Nazis may seem far removed from this web site’s mission, which is […]