PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS
PORTRAITS OF CELEBRITIES, ATHLETES AND EXECUTIVES BY MIAMI CELEBRITY PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER BRIAN SMITH
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Alison McCreery’s POP Photography Blog features a great piece on the role great story-telling photography may play in the Future of Publishing “Can Architecture Photography Save Publishing?” in this wonderful interview of Mark magazine’s award-winning graphic designer Thomas Miller and San Francisco architecture and interior photographer Joern Blohm.
It get’s me thinking: Can Each Photograph Save 1000 Words?
Photographs by Information Based Architecture for Mark magazine
Photographs by Iwan Baan/Courtesy of Vitra for Mark magazine
Photograph by Yong-kwan Kim for Mark magazine
Kudos to designer Thomas Miller, Mark magazine is truly a beautiful publication. Thanks to Rob Haggart of APhotoEditor.com for pointing out this great blog.
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Media Mogul Barry Diller speaks to USA Today about a wide range of Media-related issues ranging from Facebook and Twitter to cable. What I found particularly interesting though were his views on the future of print:
Q: What’s the future of print media in the Internet age?
A: “If you’ve got ink on your hands, which means that you’re a print person, you’re finished. These news-gathering organizations depended upon being the only place in town. And everybody has advertising now. So, it’s a very tough transition.
“You’re going to pay for information that you want. And you’re going to pay directly, which means there’s going to be either micropayments or subscriptions. Advertising in the new world order can’t support much of anything. Therefore, you’re going to have hybrid business models that are going to have subscription revenues and other types of revenues.
I couldn’t agree more. The problem with print on the internet is that everyone is giving away the store for free assuming that banner and click-thru ads will replace the revenue lost from print advertising AND subscriptions.
That’s clearly not been the norm so far which is why layoffs at newspapers are at record pace.
The only Print media that will actually thrive online is media that can actually C-H-A-R-G-E for content just like they did for print. Otherwise expect to see skeleton staffs targeting their resources to reporting that generates the best synergy with online advertising.
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An international delivery from Japan just showed up from with a stack of the latest issue of Courrier Japon with my photo Richard Branson wearing a spacesuit on Necker Island on the cover and I gotta say, it’s the COOLEST cover I’ve ever had…
I gotta give a shout out to their photo editor Ayumi Nakanish. Nice job! I love the pink type. You guys are my new fave designers!
It’s also in ads on the Tokyo subways this month. I can’t wait to get my hands on one of those…
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Just came back from a trip to Barnes & Noble where I saw four of my magazine covers all staring back at me at once…
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When actor Leslie Nielson suggested wearing a tuxedo for a poolside cover shoot for the March 007 issue of Draft magazine, I couldn’t help but think of Connery, Sean Connery at the Fountainbleau pool in ‘Goldfinger.’ So Nielson got his lager served in a manner befitting a secret agent. Martini Glass and Grooming from my wife, the fab stylist Fazia Ali.
Days like these are what make magazine photography the best gig on the planet…
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