http://www.photographyuncapped.com Ken Storch Photo Blog - All Things Photographic, All Thoughts Photographic Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:38:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/new-york-city-street-photographers-everybody-street-documentary-about-documentary-photographers/film-photography/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/new-york-city-street-photographers-everybody-street-documentary-about-documentary-photographers/film-photography/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:31:02 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=8481
Documentary filmmaker/videographer Cheryl Dunn - Everybody Street - about New York City street photographers, shot in 16mm and HD. Cheryl Dunn is seeking support through Kickstarter:   Photographers included to date are: Mary Ellen Mark Bruce Davidson Joel Meyerowitz Jill Freedman Max Kozloff Ricky Powel Martha Cooper Jamal Shabazz Bruce Gilden Clayton Patterson Jeff Mermelstein [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/new-york-city-street-photographers-everybody-street-documentary-about-documentary-photographers/film-photography/feed/ 0 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/patti-smith-photos-camera-solo/film-photography/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/patti-smith-photos-camera-solo/film-photography/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:56:43 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=8467
An exhibition of photographs by Patti Smith - Camera Solo. Poet, musician, and writer, Patti Smith, shows photographs, multi-media installation, and video in her first museum show in the USA. Patti Smith performs at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Helder Mira Patti Smith – Just Kids – Wins National Book Award Robert Mapplethorpe Remembered in Patti Smith [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/patti-smith-photos-camera-solo/film-photography/feed/ 1 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/patti-smith-just-kids-wins-national-book-award/famous-photographers/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/patti-smith-just-kids-wins-national-book-award/famous-photographers/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:11:27 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=6837
Patti Smith has just won the National Book Award with her book, "Just Kids" about her memoirs and friendship with photographer Robert Mappelthorpe. 'Just Kids': Punk Icon Patti Smith Looks Back at NPR Patti Smith reading from 'Just Kids', performing 'Because The Night at YouTube PhotographyUncapped's previous post on Patti Smith 'Just Kids', and Robert [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/patti-smith-just-kids-wins-national-book-award/famous-photographers/feed/ 6 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/previously-unknown-ansel-adams-photos-or-are-they/black-white-photography/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/previously-unknown-ansel-adams-photos-or-are-they/black-white-photography/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:45:13 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=6616
A Garage Sale Photography Collector's Dream: Finding Negatives Attributed to Ansel Adams! Rick Norsigian is reported to have bought a set of glass negatives at a garage sale some ten plus years ago for $45. He and experts he hired claim that these are images made by the now iconic American photographer, Ansel Adams. While [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/previously-unknown-ansel-adams-photos-or-are-they/black-white-photography/feed/ 2 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/dorothea-lange-drawing-beauty-desolation-fine-npr-podcast/famous-photographers/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/dorothea-lange-drawing-beauty-desolation-fine-npr-podcast/famous-photographers/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:42:13 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=6370
Another excellent NPR podcast has just been posted regarding photographer Dorothea Lange. Much has already been said about Lange as a photographer, as a person, and as a teacher, but this piece manages to add a few nuances worth listening to, and reading in the accompanying article. More reading on Dorothea Lange]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/dorothea-lange-drawing-beauty-desolation-fine-npr-podcast/famous-photographers/feed/ 2 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/ansel-adams-murals-commissioned-shown-2/black-white-photography/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/ansel-adams-murals-commissioned-shown-2/black-white-photography/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:35:56 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=5323
A group of Ansel Adams prints, commissioned by the Department of the Interior, but never shown, is now on display on the building's first- and second-floor hallways. NPR has an article, Forgotten Ansel Adams Murals Brought Back To Light by Brian Naylor, and will post a podcast of a related broadcast on that page as [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/ansel-adams-murals-commissioned-shown-2/black-white-photography/feed/ 12 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/ansel-adams-family-sues-block-sale-donated-prints-yosemite-dome/famous-photographers/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/ansel-adams-family-sues-block-sale-donated-prints-yosemite-dome/famous-photographers/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:48:35 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=4589
Ansel Adams' son is suing the Fresno Metropolitan Museum to keep the museum from auctioning off six of his father's prints, donated years ago. The museum closed in January due to financial problems and is trying to the bucks from auctioning off assets. Adams' son, Michael, filed a lawsuit in Fresno County Superior Court on [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/ansel-adams-family-sues-block-sale-donated-prints-yosemite-dome/famous-photographers/feed/ 2 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/irving-penn-portraits-exhibition-national-portrait-gallery-london/famous-photographers/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/irving-penn-portraits-exhibition-national-portrait-gallery-london/famous-photographers/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:00:37 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=4502
Irving Penn (1917-2009) was a master craftsman of the photographic portrait. The clarity and precision he marshaled in his still life studies carried through his commercial and fashion work to an arguable acme in his portrait work. Many will say that he directly brought those techniques into his portraits by casting the famous personages as [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/irving-penn-portraits-exhibition-national-portrait-gallery-london/famous-photographers/feed/ 10 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/polaroid-print-collection-famous-photographers-auction/famous-photographers/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/polaroid-print-collection-famous-photographers-auction/famous-photographers/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:17:24 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=4407
Polaroid films provided instant satisfaction for anyone, with no photo skills. Some of the work of photo artists in Polaroid's vast collection, such as Ansel Adams, Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney, Robert Frank. Chuck Close, et al, will be forced into auction by a bankruptcy court in Minnesota. Prints by Mr. Close, [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/polaroid-print-collection-famous-photographers-auction/famous-photographers/feed/ 2