Bill Wolff's Composing Spaces

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged regularly, partly because I have been traveling. I also got a new toy: a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 digital camera, which I am becoming more fond of every day. Here is a small selection, though representative, of what I have been seeing lately through its (wonderful, 12x digital zoom) [...]

Several weeks ago I came across an open call for work to be considered for a photography exhibit that asked, "Is it possible to make a photograph of New Jersey regardless of where you are in the world?" The wording of the call is wonderful, and brings into focus the relationship among space, geography, image, [...]

Via PhotographyBlog, World Press International has announced its photograph of the year for the year 2007, Tim Hetherington, UK, for Vanity Fair, of an American soldier resting at bunker, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, 16 September. Jury chairman Gary Knight says that "This image represents the exhaustion of a man – and the exhaustion of a [...]

Lauren Mitchell at Viz points to Square America, which is a gallery of vintage photographs found and purchased at garage sales and flea markets. The site’s developer, Nicholas Osborn, writes: "Square America is a site dedicated to preserving and displaying vintage snapshots from the first 3/4s of the 20th Century. Not only do these photographs [...]