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June 28, 2011 · 0 Comments · Alfie Goodrich

Masters of Photography: Jacques Henri Lartigue

This is the first part of the BBC documentary, filmed with Lartigue in 1983 as part of the ‘Masters of Photography’ series. The photographer died just three years later. Lartigue started taking photographs…

June 27, 2011 · 0 Comments · Alfie Goodrich

Lomo: Cult of the Plastic Camera

Nice film detailing the rise and use of the cult plastic camera: the Lomo. Traces its origins from the Lomo company in Russia, which from 1914 was the leading maker of optical instruments….

June 27, 2011 · 0 Comments · Alfie Goodrich

Potraits of Contemporary Photographers: Nobuyoshi Araki

This is Part One of a two-part film on Araki, from Contacts Vol. 2, Portraits of Contemporary Photographers. A project initiated by William Klein in 2000. It’s not him narrating….. I prefer to…

June 27, 2011 · 2 Comments · Alfie Goodrich

William Klein & the contact sheet

Gotta say, I like Winogrand but Klein is the man for me when it comes to American street photography of the 1950s and 60s. Not just his work but the man has an…

June 27, 2011 · 0 Comments · Alfie Goodrich

Shore on Eggleston

This was a bonus part of the DVD version of the documentary about William Eggleston “In the Real World’ and features an on-stage interview with Eggleston by photographer Stephen Shore. For those of…

June 27, 2011 · 0 Comments · Alfie Goodrich

What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann, part 1

Sally Mann’s work was something I first came across in the lat 1980s, whist I was studying photography & film at art college. Mann’s photographs of her family continue even now her children…

June 27, 2011 · 0 Comments · Alfie Goodrich

Manufactured Landscapes: Edward Burtynsky

Jennifer Baichwal’s cameras follow Edward Burtynsky (1955- ) as he visits what he calls manufactured landscapes: slag heaps, e-waste dumps, huge factories in the Fujian and Zhejiang provinces of China, and a place…

June 27, 2011 · 0 Comments · Alfie Goodrich

Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye

Excerpt from Palm Pictures releasing of “The Impassioned Eye”; the story of famed photographer Henri Cartier Bresson. In this excerpt from the documentary about the iconic French photographer and his work, Cartier-Bresson describes…

June 27, 2011 · 0 Comments · Alfie Goodrich

Cindy Sherman: Characters

This video, from Art21.org, is an interview with Cindy Sherman who has been getting into ‘character’ for the last 30 years. At first people commented these were ‘self portraits’ but the ‘self’ that…

June 27, 2011 · 0 Comments · Alfie Goodrich

Making a tin-type

I showed this video to students last weekend as part of the Introduction to the History of Photography Pt.1 class. I’m sure everyone will get something from watching it but for those who…

April 19, 2011 · 0 Comments · Alfie Goodrich

Basic Digital Workflow: Nikon ViewNX

I’ll be making another video soon about the RAW format and the choices you might want to consider about starting to shoot RAW in the first place. But to give you the quick…

July 22, 2010 · 11 Comments · Alfie Goodrich

Camp Japanorama!

Some new layouts from our first weekend photography field-trip

June 14, 2010 · 10 Comments · Alfie Goodrich

Ooh me ring(flash)!

Irwin Wong takes a look at the Orbis ringflash adapter.  This is one ring that shan’t be cast into the fires of Mount Doom. Insert other ring-related gags here. Then Frodo stirred and…

  • Masters of Photography: Jacques Henri Lartigue
  • Lomo: Cult of the Plastic Camera
  • Potraits of Contemporary Photographers: Nobuyoshi Araki
  • William Klein & the contact sheet
  • Shore on Eggleston
  • What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann, part 1
  • Manufactured Landscapes: Edward Burtynsky
  • Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye
  • Cindy Sherman: Characters
  • Making a tin-type
  • Basic Digital Workflow: Nikon ViewNX
  • Camp Japanorama!
  • Ooh me ring(flash)!

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