Recently I put black and white film into my old Rolleiflex again for the first time in several years. I haven’t gone very far with it, at least not yet. Nor have I hauled out my old 4×5 view camera. But with Spring finally here I have a feeling that could happen. So far I’ve… Continue reading New black and white
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Gordon Parks’ extraordinary eye on extraordinary times
Two weeks ago New York Times’ photo blog published a selection of long lost photos by Gordon Parks, made in the 1950s before the Civil Rights movement came of age. They were originally taken for this story in Life Magazine. They are both wonderful and heartbreaking. They are wonderful because they do exactly what a photograph should do:… Continue reading Gordon Parks’ extraordinary eye on extraordinary times