Tag: Vintage
Shadow & Light Monthly #54
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this edition we look at life inside a juvenile detention center in the 70s and find beauty in the frozen colours of Winter. We read a fascinating thread about how Ruedi Hofman owns millions of dollars of prints he’s not allowed to display and we look at Sigma’s lens production line.
Shadow & Light Monthly #53
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this edition we look at the gentrification of a New York neighbourhood and discover the stories behind iconic celebrity portraits from the 90s. We see how one photographer made the streets his studio and view a photographic ode to a small Alabaman town.
Shadow & Light Monthly #50
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
Welcome to a landmark issue 50 of Shadow & Light! In this edition we revisit 50s Italy and look at a brief history of Polaroid. We take a look at life on the New York Subway in the 1970s/80s and find out what life is like as a National Geographic Photographer.
Shadow & Light Monthly #49
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this edition we examine the work of W. Eugene Smith and take a look inside the lives of the Elite. We learn about how Anton Corbijn approaches his emotive celebrity portraits and learn what lies inside a mystery abandoned cabinet full of Kodachrome slides.
Shadow & Light Monthly #48
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this edition we see how one photographer is capturing portraits of animals and learn about the art of creating a zine. We delve into why some photographers see opportunities that you miss and look at vintage photographs where subjects have been removed from the frame for reasons unknown.
Shadow & Light Monthly #47
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this edition we see how photographers have captured the first year of the war in Ukraine and look at the career of music photographer Richard Kelly. We discover how a Raspberry PI has been used to create a camera that creates images using AI and watch the laborious (and arguably pointless) task of painting a classic SLR.
Shadow & Light Monthly #46
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this edition we explore the world of jazz and hear the story behind an underwater photographer’s stunning image. We see a unique portrait series utilising the dating app Tinder and find out how photographs were transmitted by wire back in 1937.
Shadow & Light Monthly #45
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this edition we go behind the scenes of a stunning underwater shot and take an alternative look at car photography. We learn more about the story behind NASA crew portraits and talk handheld exposure meters.
Shadow & Light Monthly #44
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this edition we take a five decade journey through Hip Hop and visit Oregan’s only locked psychiatric facility for women. We look at 50 photographs that reshaped sport and see one couple’s amazing discovery in an abandoned storage unit.
Shadow & Light Monthly #43
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this edition we look at lost images of New Jersey by the legendary Henri Cartier-Bresson and take a look at how a modern lens is manufactured. We see a beautiful series documenting motherhood and female identity and finally take a look at a unique camera with an e-paper display.
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