Repurposed art
We muse on something outside of our area of expertise.
Articles Tagged with creative control
Photography: the hard part
Keeping track
It’s still the same task, digital or film. And it is still not done well, sometimes at all, by most photographers.
The navigator’s watch
A hands-on process
The tools of a professional
A ladder is often essential
What a photographer needs to do the job is sometimes far from obvious.
Tools shape the artist
A choice of camera is unexpectedly important
Our photographic consultant finds that the camera he uses can have an unsubtle effect on the pictures he takes.
Simplified lightning
The rise and fall of the flashbulb
Our photographer illustrates the evolution of technology through something once ubiquitous, now obsolete.
Making it easy makes it hard
Simplicity is good, but not always
Photography can seem very complicated, so cameras made for non-experts are often highly simplified. This can make them difficult to use.
Instant gratification in the Swinging Sixties
A darkroom inside the camera
A remarkable mid-century invention allowed a photographer to produce pictures almost immediately, a bit of magic that is rarely matched even by current digital cameras.
The artist and her tools
Our photographer accompanied a pair of artists on a picture-taking expedition this past weekend. As expected, he has observations to make about old and new technology. But he was also driven to more general musings about the relationship between artists, their visions and their tools.