http://dariushimes.com/pages Books, Art and Ideas Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:56:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I received an email announcement today from David Maisel, a fantastic photographer who has published several monographs with Nazraeli Press and Chronicle Books, stating that he had just been shortlisted for the Prix Pictet. In my head, I said, "the what?" This is what I found: "There has been much talk ... http://dariushimes.com/pages/contemporary-photography/prix-pictet-2008-award/ LUTZ DILLE (Born in Leipzig, Germany in 1922, died in France, July 6, 2008) I was unaware of this photographer until this morning, when an obituary from Stephen Bulger Gallery in Toronto arrived in my inbox. This is such a lovely, romantic image that speaks to the joys of making ... http://dariushimes.com/pages/uncategorized/lutz-dille/ Vocabulary lesson of the day: FORWARD –adverb * toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward. –noun * Sports: a player stationed in advance of others on a team. * Finance: something bought, as a security, for future delivery. –verb (used with ... http://dariushimes.com/pages/blog/forwards-and-backwards/ There is currently a fantastic little photography exhibition up at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, entitled Photography on Photography. The show presents work from 1960 forward that turns the camera—but primarily the mind—back on the medium of photography itself. This type of show has been done before, but rarely ... http://dariushimes.com/pages/blog/photography-on-photography-at-the-met/ Hey, Hot Shot! is the brainchild of Jen Bekman, who runs her eponymous gallery in the Bowery district in New York City. The contest is becoming increasingly international in scope and it's always a joy serving on the panel of judges with other photo-world friends (Christine Collins, Dana Faconti, Caterina ... http://dariushimes.com/pages/contemporary-photography/hey-hot-shot-winners-announced/ Santa Fe's local (award-winning!) alternative weekly newspaper is the Santa Fe Reporter, and Julia Goldberg who is the editor of the paper is a good friend of mine. A couple months ago she asked if I would write a short piece on a photographer on the theme of "adventure" for ... http://dariushimes.com/pages/contemporary-photography/boom/ Two recent pieces have gone up online: Will Steacy, a photographer based in New York City, maintains a blog and regularly asks people in the photography industry to put together a Top Ten list based on whatever criteria they want. A couple weeks ago he asked me to put together a ... http://dariushimes.com/pages/blog/recent-news/ The Center for Fine Art Photography has asked me to jury their first ever Online Portfolio Show. The call for entries opens today, June 19, and closes on July 17. "Fifteen photographers will be chosen to display their twelve-image portfolio in The Center for Fine Art Photography’s special Online ... http://dariushimes.com/pages/uncategorized/im-judging-a-contest/ The good folks at flakphoto (in particular, Andy Adams) have teamed up with CENTER, the non-profit that hosts Review Santa Fe each year, to feature the work of the RSF photographers all summer long. Flakphoto will showcase 55 photographers over an 11 week period, from June 16-August 29. http://dariushimes.com/pages/uncategorized/more-review-santa-fe/ The good folks up at The Santa Fe Workshops have asked me to teach a workshop about (wait for it) photography and books (my two favorite subjects)! The class is almost filled, so hurry up and sign up. http://dariushimes.com/pages/photobooks/im-teaching-a-workshop/