http://dariushimes.com/pages Books, Art and Ideas Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:10:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "What would happen if the printed book had just been invented in a high-tech world in which people had never done their reading from anything but computer screens? The unquestionable advantages of the computer would not be threatened by this new product but the people, who so love to compare ... http://dariushimes.com/pages/photography/what-would-happen/.html The Premise: A Crowd Sourced Blog Posting About Photography Book Publishing Andy Adams, the creative juice behind the online magazine Flak Photo recently contacted me about a "crowd-sourced" blog posting relating to photobooks, in conjunction with Resolve, the Livebooks blog. Was I game in posting something on my own blog? Sure. ... http://dariushimes.com/pages/photography/541/.html On Monday night, the 9th of November, I had the real privilege of participating in a conversation with Roger Ballen live at the SVA auditorium on 23rd street in Manhattan. Roger Ballen's work has fascinated me for a long time, and I was thrilled to be able to engage him ... http://dariushimes.com/pages/photography/roger-ballen-in-conversation/.html "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."—Alan Kay Last night, on a beautiful, balmy, breezy September eve in New York City at Tribeca Rooftop, Blurb.inc hosted the awards ceremony for the 2009 Photography.Book.Now contest. As lead judge not only did I MC the evening event, but I ... http://dariushimes.com/pages/photography/pbn09-awards-ceremony-nyc/.html http://dariushimes.com/pages/art-film-design-architecture/a-movie-about-wind-and-messages/.html The winners of the Photography.Book.Now contest have just been announced (Reuters announcement here & PDN article here)! Out of the winning titles selected by the great team of judges, of which I served as Lead Judge, Rafal Milach's "Black Sea of Concrete" stood out as the best overall photobook. It ... http://dariushimes.com/pages/photography/photography-book-now-winners/.html Back in the spring of this year, the good folks at Mus Mus (who prefer to remain anonymous) approached me about contributing to their new Mus-Mus project, @Paris. I gently declined due to an already overflowing plate, but they came back a month or so later and asked again, "just ... http://dariushimes.com/pages/photography/mus-mus-paris/.html The semester has begun, and many of my friends and colleagues are back in their classrooms and lecture halls inspiring willing, ready students of higher education. For me, this (lost) summer was a bit of a technological explosion: I updated this, my WordPress blog (actually, the team at Bad Feather updated ... http://dariushimes.com/pages/art-film-design-architecture/amazing-days/.html Reading the Modern Photography Book: Changing Perceptions was an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art this past Spring. Somehow, tragically, I missed it! But the online slideshow is amazing. http://dariushimes.com/pages/photography/reading-the-modern-photography-book/.html One more silly-but-wicked pop culture thing for your synapses. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbTatShZo5k[/youtube] http://dariushimes.com/pages/pop-culture/the-eternal-moonwalk/.html