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Vivian Maier Master Street Photographer Discovered
This is a terrific story of previously unknown master street photographer, Vivian Maier, who was discovered by accident. This Chicago nanny shot thousands of incredible street scenes on her days off, and left them in boxes in her employer’s basement. When John Maloof, a 26 year old real estate agent, bought a box of the [...]
WV Land Trust Announces Nature Photo Contest
Charleston, WV (February 14, 2013) – Special places are everywhere in West Virginia and the West Virginia Land Trust wants to highlight them through the lens of those that cherish them. The West Virginia Land Trust, the only statewide nonprofit land trust dedicated to protecting West Virginia’s natural lands and scenic areas, is introducing the [...]
Re (touching) Lives Through Photos – by Becci Manson
If you ask someone what’s the first thing they would save if their house were burning down, most answer: my family photographs. But, few take the precautions to genuinely protect them by storing copies off-site, etc. This is an incredible story, told by a former photo retoucher, who along with many volunteers from her profession, [...]
Photography and The Magic Box
Here’s an interesting viewpoint about the state of photography today, and how it has withstood and will withstand the test of time, that I received from fellow photographer Clayton Spangler. Though I don’t agree with everything that Richard Koci Hernandez has to say, I’ve never really cared what someone made an image with or how they [...]
“Favorites Show” at Carnegie Hall
You can see a show of my work that YOU helped pick, from July 2 until August 25 in Carnegie Hall’s Auditorium Gallery, Lewisburg, West Virginia. How did you help pick it? With a couple of exceptions where you and I don’t match up, these are some of my top sellers of the last ten [...]
