Winter 2018 / Vol. 41 / No. 1
BEN DEPP and the Bayou’s End • STEVEN L. MILLER: Contrast and Passion • Mystery, Memory, Reverie: ROBERT STIVERS • WINNERS: 38th Annual Spring Photography Contest
Canon’s Next Generation EOS Series
Canon U.S.A. has recently introduced an EOS full-frame, mirrorless camera system digital camera. The compact EOS R boasts 30.3 megapixels and lightning- fast autofocusing. It also has a redesigned camera mount that accommodates four new RF Series lenses, in addition to all existing EF, EF-S, TS-E and MPE lenses via adapters. Compact, Lightweight, Yet Powerful [...]
New Sigma Global Vision Lenses at Photoplus Expo
Sigma Corporation of America showcased its expanded Sigma Global Vision lineup at the PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2018 in New York in October. The wide-angle Sigma 28mm F1.4 DG HSM Art features thoroughly corrected magnification chromatic aberration and sagittal coma flare, as well as completely minimized distortion. The 40mm F1.4 Art is designed for exceptional sharpness [...]
FUJIFILM GFX 50R Rangefinder-Style Medium Format Camera
The new FUJIFILM GFX 50R rangefinderstyle medium format mirrorless digital camera features a large 51.4MP G Format CMOS image sensor and XProcessor Pro image processing engine. It comes equipped with a 0.77x3.69M-dot organic “OLED” electronic viewfinder for accurate focusing and framing images. Supporting FUJIFILM renowned Film Simulation modes, the camera allows photographers to opt for [...]
SIRUI Introduces the N-S Series Professional Tripods
SIRUI USA announces the launch of the N-S Series Professional Tripods. These models offer new features and benefits, such as: magnesium alloy leg sockets and spider, a ¼-inch accessory connecting port, new streamlined design and hidden monopod leg. Available in both aluminum and carbon fiber, other features include twist leg lock system, Anti-Slip leg warmers, [...]
STEVEN L. MILLER: Trading the Board Room for the Darkroom
The guitarist sits alone; his only friend is his instrument. Dwarfed by the columns of the public, yet empty, space around him, he is one with the sound. We can almost hear the notes echoing through the still air. The lighting in “Solo” underscores the sense of contrast; we are aware that this musician is [...]
BEN DEPP: Bayou’s End
Piloting a motor-powered paraglider while minding changing wind and weather conditions, New Orleans-based photographer Ben Depp has spent three years soaring above South Louisiana’s swamps and vanishing coast in search of vivid views of a rapidlychanging eroding coastline. The Bayou’s End series documents the scale of the ecological effects of industrialization, saltwater intrusion and rising [...]
ROBERT STIVERS: Unfoldings
Pages of a book fan out between its tattered covers, as if to divulge a secret. Petals form a whorl from the center of a rose, like wrinkles around an old woman’s eye. A straight-backed wooden chair floats blurry against a pitchblack background, seemingly dreaming itself into focus. If a picture is worth a thousand [...]
Fall 2018 / Vol. 40 / No. 4
Photography that Challenges: MAXINE HELFMAN ”” SALLY MANN: A Thousand Crossings ”” A Conversation With RALPH GIBSON ”” Portfolios
Making Work Feel Like Play Again with Olympus
https://vimeo.com/202179458 Janne Amunét © JANNE AMUNÉT & SAMU Finally ”” she's in the right spot, looks like the gaffer can hold the LED kicker right there, and the wind in her hair is just right … now if I could just get her to relax.” These were our thoughts as we lined [...]