"Naive
or commercial or merely utilitarian photography is no different
in kind from photography as practiced by the most gifted professionals:
there are pictures taken by anonymous amateurs which are just
as interesting, as complex formally, as representative of photography's
characteristic powers as a Stieglitz or a Walker Evans." Susan
Sontag ON PHOTOGRAPHY 1977 What in the world would Susan
have made of Flickr?
This is my favorite tree, I call it the Tree of Life, later it has huge heart shaped leaves and big mauve flowers rather like chestnut candles. Here one can see the remains of the seed pods.
This is the most wonderfull resource, absolutely essential, a unique record of life on earth.
Untamed by Steve Bloom For more than ten years, wildlife photographer Steve Bloom traveled all over the world, roaming through the jungles of Borneo, the African savannahs, and the frozen banks of Antarctica to assemble this dazzling collection of photographs of animals in their natural environments. With an international range that is rare in books of animal photography, the 200 photographs in Untamed bring to life a vast panorama of animal diversity, and of the landscapes, climates, and habitats in which they live.
'Touching' wildlife captured on film Ten years ago photographer Steve Bloom set out to visit all the world's continents and capture nature on film.via...BBC
We're thrilled to announce that the inaugural issue of JPG Magazine is now available! It's fifty-two pages of visual goodness, including 31 photographers' interpretations of the word "origin." In addition to all the amazing photographs, the issue also includes a letter from the editors, an interview with Emilie Valentine who may just be the first photoblogger, and a special spread by featured photographer Noah Grey on his chosen origin.
"We here at JPG love Flickr, and they invited us to have a group here, so of course we said yes! We can use the group to discuss the magazine, the themes, your submissions, and anything else we can think of."
