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Once again, Derrick Gomez delivers incredible boxing photography. I love the newest addition to his portfolio and also feel they speak to his philosophy around photography, which we discussed in a recent monthly email. Here, I’ve posted these new additions and also some quotes from our discussion. View if the full text here. Enjoy!
“When fighters fight, they enter an animalistic, reptilian state. It’s honest. You can see it in their eyes.”
“These moments, where they are completely lost in the experience, are perfect opportunities for a great photograph… filming it would never be very clear to the viewer because the signals they put out are just too complicated. Photography is great for catching their subtleties.”
“When I first started photographing MMA (mixed martial arts) fighters I didn’t really understand their art form. I only knew how fighting appeared superficially and I found out that I was not comfortable directing the fighters without this knowledge. Knowing that I wouldn’t be doing the fighters justice, I trained how to fight myself. Photography for me is all about perspective. If you understand something deeply, it will ultimately come across in your imagery.”
To see more of Derrick’s work,
go to www.glasshouseassignment.com or contact his rep Jacqueline Bovaird at jacqueline@glasshouseassignment.com or 212-462-4538.
What could be better than Halloween?
Here are some images from our stock library which should get you in the mood. Also, here is some Halloween trivia so you can impress at your Halloween party this weekend!
TRIVIA
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What could be better than Halloween?
Here are some images from our stock library which should get you in the mood. Each day the images will get progressively scary until the 31st. Also, we’ll include Halloween trivia so you can impress at your Halloween party.
TRIVIA
Need some ghoulish imagery in a hurry?
Email us and we’ll get your request processed ASAP.
requests and questions: info@glasshouseimages.com
What could be better than Halloween?
Here are some images from our stock library which should get you in the mood. Each day the images will get progressively scary until the 31st. Also, we’ll include Halloween trivia so you can impress at your Halloween party.
TRIVIA
Need some ghoulish imagery in a hurry?
Email us and we’ll get your request processed ASAP.
requests and questions: info@glasshouseimages.com
While I realize no one needs another reminder of how the economy stands these days, I think the recent multimedia online series from the New York Times entitled “The Debt Trap” does a wonderful job of depicting the effects for different demographics of our society. See the full series here.
This series of articles and multimedia explores the circumstances which have made it is so easy for Americans to fall into debt.
Photo by Todd Heisler.
Above is a photograph of Brenda Jerez who fell into credit card debt when she fell ill with cancer and was forced to quit her job.
“‘It’s like I’ve got some big tag: target this person so you can get them back into debt,” said Ms. Jerez, of Jersey City, who still gets offers, even as it has become clear that loans to troubled borrowers have become a chief cause of the financial crisis. One letter that arrived last month, from First Premier Bank, promoted a platinum MasterCard for people with “less-than-perfect credit.” – Brad Stone, NYT
“Singling out even struggling American consumers like Ms. Jerez is one of the overlooked causes of the debt boom and the resulting crisis, which threatens to choke the global economy.” – Brad Stone, NYT
The above ad is included in the multimedia series and is used to illustrate how banks made marketing efforts to make loans seem less threatening and accessible. The series of ads from as far back at 1981 was produced by Tom Jackson and Amy O’Leary of the NYT.
Thinking about buying the new Photoshop CS4 or Lightroom 2? Recently I went to a seminar by Julieanne Kost about the upgrades to both programs. On Kost’s site, she provides wonderful video tutorials for both programs, including one outlining just the improvements and upgrades. While she is certainly not a biased opinion (Julieanne’s official title from Adobe is: Senior Digital Imaging Evangelist), she does give a comprehensive look at the capabilities of each platform. If you’re thinking about buying either program or need help navigating the new version, I definitely recommend her site.
Above is a screen shot from one of her Lightroom tutorials. Kost does a great job of guiding you step by step. I’d also recomended these videos to people just starting out in either Photoshop or Lightroom.
Tonight there will be a photography exhibition at the Bubble Lounge on 228 West Broadway. The show will be politically inspired work projected for two showings, 7:30 and 9:00 pm. Enjoy!
“As the most important election in many of our lives rapidly approaches, we wanted turn attention to the issues that have so quickly come to the forefront in the United Sates and, in the globalized time we live in, affect the rest of the world. If you are in New York (or know someone who is) please join us on Monday October 27th at the Bubble Lounge. Screenings will be at 7.30 and 9.00pm and as a new first we will be featuring live music. Photographers will be in attendance.” – Jake Price
Call me old fashioned, but I get really excited when photographers have a cause. Bonnie Briant, who works as both a photographer and designer, recently spent time documenting wild mustang farms. In her ongoing project, we are confronted with the good, bad, and ugly treatment of these animals. Photographing the gruesome conditions of mustangs would have been the easy way out. Instead, Briant makes you care about the animals and works to express each one’s unique personality.
Bonnie was kind enough to describe her project to me. Her text is below.
“I traveled to the American West to photograph the wild mustangs for the first time during the summer of 2007 and truly came face to face with both the disastrous situation they are in and all the efforts being put in to try to save them. I was able to spend time on sanctuaries and rescues, as well as traveling to mustang auctions and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) holding facilities.”
“In 1971, Congress passed the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act designating 47 million acres of public land to 303 herds, which were to be managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Since 1971, 111 of these herd areas have been eliminated (approx. 12.5 million acres and 200,000 horses) for slaughter and to make room for privately owned live stock and other development, and more and more herd areas are being targeted for reduction. The number of horses on this land are now a meager 28,000, up against the 6 million private livestock.”
“Even with this already extreme ratio, the BLM still plans to lower populations, through periodic helicopter roundups, which is very traumatic for the horses, often causing panic, injury and frequently separation of herd. The rounded up horses eventually make it to BLM holding facilities where they await adoption, yet these adoptions do not guarantee any sort of future for the horses, with them often going into unsure hands that can lead to slaughter for profit.”
“Even worse, in 2004 Senator C. Burns of Montana slipped a rider into a budget bill, making it legal for the BLM to “dispose” of all horses over the age of 10, or horses who have been unsuccessfully offered for adoption three times. These horses can be sold ‘without limitation’ for as little as one dollar. Slaughter of wild horses was banned in 2006 with in the United States, but not in Mexico or Canada, so the horses are still not protected.”
“There is very little attention being paid to the situation that the horses are in, with many Americans not even knowing that there are wild horses that need protection. The mustang is a symbol of national heritage, an icon of the spirit of the old west and deserves much more, considering all it has done for us.” – Bonnie Briant
Please pass on this post to anyone you think might be interested! If you’d like to contact Bonnie directly about her project, her email is: bonniebriant@gmail.com
Related Links: Return to Freedom, Bonnie Briant
Fred Ritchin’s new book, After Photography has finally been released! The book discussed photography’s existance in a changing media atmosphere.
In conjunction with the new book, Ritchin has also began a blog which will undoubtedly become one of my daily reads. Ritchin provides an insightful view into media and photography that I feel the community is starved for.
Here are some gems from the blog:
“It can be like the magician: while we are all watching one hand it is often the other hand that is doing the most important work. With all the billions of digital photographs we are making with our cameras and cellphones, we too are becoming the subject, but in ways that we might never have imagined. It’s not about our smiles after all.”
“When thinking about a Robert Frank’s photographs of America in the 1950s or a contemporary Stephen Shore color photograph, it seems like we are talking about a very different medium. Once photography was about something; now it seems increasingly to be a form of silly putty for nearly anyone to squeeze.”
I can not recommend Ritchin’s work enough, whether it be in PixelPress, After Photography, or the new blog. His words are both smart and accessible and explore what many of us are thinking but can’t quite figure out. The book was just released in the past week so I’d recommend buying it and reading it because it is surely going to cause a huge buzz in the photo/media industry…
…and don’t you want to be the first one on the playground to know?
Deb Willis, arguably one of the most inspiring individuals working in photography today and perhaps one of the nicest people alive, presents “Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photos.”
“This exhibition documents and describes a transformation; it expresses the range of emotions expressed by the subjects in the photographs since February 10, 2007, the day on which Barack Obama announced that he would run for President. This exhibit highlights, through some 100 photographs, the road to Barack Obama’s historic nomination as the first black American to lead the Presidential ticket of a major party.”
While I expected the show to portray Obama as a great American icon of
our time, it does so in an interesting way. Instead, Obama is shown as a human rather than the untouchable political force that graces our newsstands. We see him at both his most humble moments and as the
expected hero.
The media has played such an immense role in Obama’s campaign that it seems only appropriate for the fine art world to embrace the relationship. I recommend this show not only because I believe it has been curated beautifully, but also because it provides an alternative perspective on the carefully calculated images of public figures.
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Amy Stein’s “Domesticated” not only makes me consider the effects we have on animals, but also about what happens to those of us who live in cities and aren’t exposed to them. Amy explores the domesticated animal in a way where themes of companionship and captivity intermingle until it becomes harder to identify the moral high ground.
Michael Grieve, who writes for 1000 Words Magazine, explains that “nature, within a domesticated environment, is always at odds with our perceptions of it. We become bluntly aware of a certain savagery and barbarianism brooding inside of us, of something lost but at the same time something fundamental to our being, beyond the anthropomorphic version of the natural; something outside of knowledge.”
I came across Anri Sala’s work today. I love the quote below, probably because it means nothing.
“…a place where a horse is not a horse, a crab is not a crab, a light is not a light. New Year’s Eve is not New Year’s Eve, colour is not colour, a city is not a city, and black is black is black is black is black until it’s not just black anymore and the white could be whitey.” – Anri Sala
Source: 1000 Words Photography Online Magazine
Here is our September email for the stock division. An archive of all stock newsletters can be found in the “Stock Newsletters” page and will be updated as they are released monthly.
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| CONNECTIONSometimes it’s the hardest thing to do–connecting with another person, putting people in touch with an idea, or communicating in a way that someone can understand. These photographs are worth thousands of words, and all serve the purpose of illustrating the idea of connection and communication. |
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| THE ELECTRONIC WORD | Nikon D3 – 12mp SLR with Full Frame SensorNikon fans jealous of Canon SLR full-frame sensors can finally chill out. The trusted tech geeks at CNET.com have reviewed the newly arrived D3 and you can read all about it here. |
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NEW WORKThis fall we’re starting things off right with new imagery from Glasshouse regulars, Chris Leschinsky and Sandra Johanson. We’re also pleased to introduce you to the photos of Snap Decision.
All three bring fresh new work to the table for the new season. Click here to view a selection. |
| SUPPORTING YOUNG ARTISTS | Sean McCormick Lighthouse ProjectOur own stock contributor, Sean McCormick, recently photographed a few of the many lighthouses in Chesapeake Bay for The Washington Post‘s Fall Travel Guide. Take a look! |
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Of the many blogs I am addicted to, Todd Selby’s ranks pretty high. His portraits of people within their homes are unassuming and incredibly entertaining. I have yet to figure out how he finds all these eclectic people and can only hope my humble apartment may someday be worthy!
“Shooting Blind: Photographs by the Visually Impaired”
“Shooting in a darkened room with long exposures, illuminating their chosen subject with a flashlight, the members of Marc Andres’ group Seeing With Photography, who are all visually impaired (some legally, some completely blind) make us experience the way they see and challenge in every way our conventional notions of beauty.”
“Photography here is close to music, a bow unraveling strings of motion and emotion..”
– Carole Naggar
On day when you need to feel a little smarter, either watch politics or go to this blog: Photoshop Disasters.
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Here is our assignment email sent out in August. To view all past emailers from the assignment division, view the “Assignment Newsletters” page.
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| August 2008 | A CHAT WITH DERRICK GÓMEZ (abridged) | read the full article
Derrick Gómez was born in California and raised in New York. Before becoming a professional photographer, he was a professional video game player. As an undergrad at Cornell University, Derrick took weekly bus rides to New York to work on film sets assisting cinematographers. From his time in New York he acquired a strong urban aesthetic that has developed into his personal style. Excerpts from our chat: |
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| [image left] People are usually surprised to find out that this photograph wasn’t set up at all. I just found it. I knew these three people were going on a trip somewhere and I figured they were dressed too nicely to walk in the sun for that long, or at least were not planning on taking a crowded Tokyo subway. So I waited until they found a cab and sprinted down the block to frame their group with Tokyo in the background and the light on them perfectly.[image right] …another example of being in the right place and having the intuition to predict what will happen. I came across this man and saw him reaching into his bag. He grabbed a box of cigarettes and I knew he was going to light one. I ran to the other side where I knew the Marlboro man would be and grabbed the shot. All my personal work is unplanned. |
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| [Talking about shooting World Extreme Cage Fighting for Versus Network] When fighters fight, they enter an animalistic, reptilian state. It’s honest. You can see it in their eyes. These moments, where they are completely lost in the experience, are perfect opportunities for a great photograph… filming it would never be very clear to the viewer because the signals they put out are just too complicated. Photography is great for catching their subtleties. |
To view more work by Derrick Gómez, or any of our photographers, please visit www.glasshouseassignment.com. A special boxing portfolio can be viewed through our client access section with the password gomez. This portfolio will be available for one month. For physical portfolio requests and other inquiries, please contact our assignment representative Jacqueline Bovaird: jacqueline@glasshouseimages.com | 212 462 4538 You can also visit Derrick’s own website to see more of his work, including film and video: www.derrickgomez.com |
| Here is our assignment email sent out in September. To view all past emailers from the assignment division, view the “Assignment Newsletters” page. |
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AROUND THE WORLD WITH STEVEN VOTE World-traveling assignment photographer, Steven Vote, recently sat down with us to share an inside look at an amazing two week trip that took him from New York to Seoul, Dubai, Istanbul, Berlin and back. |
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| Glasshouse: How did this whole trip come about?
Steven Vote: I had done a few shoots with a really amazing & talented art director, Tamara Kopper of McMurry Inc in Phoenix, AZ for the Amtrak magazine, Arrive. McMurry is multi-media company that specializes in custom media and advertising. Tamara called me out of the blue and said, “You want to travel around the world doing a shoot for The Ritz Carlton Magazine?” “Well”, I thought to myself, “there’s nothing good on the tele tonight, so why not?” |
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| As a photographer, I travel a lot and have been around the world lots of times (but never in two weeks before!) and have been to 49 States in the US – only Alaska eludes me… maybe I should drop a note to Alaska’s Governor? Do you think she’d have me over for a Moose burger?When I visit somewhere different I always endeavor to absorb all the flavors of that place, the smells, the tactile and of course the sights. Often food, local indigenous food of course, meets all those need in one fell swoop. |
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| In Berlin, the two women at the front desk looked liked they had stepped off the pages of Italian Vogue (or at least Deutsch Vogue) – tall, blond and incredibly beautiful – and of course, thin. I asked one of these women where I could eat “like a German – pork, beer and cabbage maybe?” She pondered my question for 5 seconds and sharply said “Why would want to eat that? There are some very Kool bars just close to here – go have a martini and a cigarette instead!” |
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| Glasshouse: What was the most impressionable part about Dubai? Instanbul?
Steven Vote: [Dubai] The heat. Man oh man, the heat. Oh and the air-conditioned bus stops. Nice touch in a land where 99 degrees is a pleasant day. The ever-reaching skyline with the world’s tallest building Burj Dubui and did I mention the heat? I love the contrast. The fact that maybe 15 years ago Dubai was little more than a tiny desert town – the city has lots of history but its growth in recent years is astronomical. I am not sure how true it is but two Dubai locals told me 25% of the world’s construction cranes are deployed in Dubai. [Istanbul] What an incredible city, truly a mix between Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Faith and architecture, history. Great food and sights, a sunset boat ride followed by a visit to a belly dance club holds fast in my mind. |
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| This was an amazing trip: lots and lots of fun, incredible people, delicious and strange foods and adventure. And of course it was hard work, 18 flights in 14 days, more than 7000 images, layovers and/or stops in eight countries, but no chance to even get jet lag circumnavigating the world in a fortnight. |
To view more work by Steven Vote, or any of our photographers, please visit www.glasshouseassignment.com. For physical portfolio requests and other inquiries, please contact our assignment representative Jacqueline Bovaird: jacqueline@glasshouseimages.com | 212 462 4538 |
Donna DeCesare’s “Edgar’s Story”
Donna DeCesare is a photographer working on a long term project documenting youth affected by war and community violence. The first in a series of photo novelas is called “Edgar’s Story” and follows a young man who grew up in the gangs of LA and returned to his family’s home in San Salvador. He never escaped the gangs into which he was born but DeCesare hopes to educate and aid activists in putting an end to youth violence.
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