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One of my favorite portrait photographers, Irving Penn died today. His life personified the grace of his photographs. At 92, he never retired from shooting great images that he was famous for. Last month I caught Penn’s Exhibit of “The Small Trades” at the Getty center. This stunning exhibit will be at the Getty Center […]
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There’s a fabulous exhibit of Irving Penn’s portrait photography of workers with the tools of their trade in the The Small Trades exhibit at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles though January 10, 2010. Initially created in 1950 and 1951 in London, New York, and Paris, The Small Trades photography exhibition consists of 252 portrait
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I attended the New York premiere of Barry Levinson’s film PoliWood at the Tribeca Film Festival with my friends from The Creative Coalition. The film both examines lobbying efforts by Hollywood celebrities as well as how the television media has changed since it’s origins as “profit” has overtaken “public service”. While I was working on
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FIRST: Most importantly…Shoot what you love to shoot. Work that’s from the heart will always be your strongest work. NEVER FORGET TO HAVE FUN! SECOND: The next most important thing you can learn is how to relate to people. Even if you are a still life, architectural or landscape photographer who never shoots people you
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Need some motivation to reach your goals? Watch ‘PROVE THEM WRONG! One of the Best Motivational Speeches from the greatest bodybuilder of all time, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Nothing is more powerful motivation than when someone tells you that you can’t do something.
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