Shiprock, New Mexico 2006 The two-lane blacktop slices through the high Nevada desert, as Jane Hilton’s 1966 gold Mustang speeds past sagebrush and tumbleweed toward snow-clad mountains hovering like clouds in the distance. This lonely, desolate stretch of U.S. Route 50 is far from London, England ”” where she lives ”” yet she couldn’t [...]
Unidentified Photographer. Part of the crowd near the Drill Hall on the opening day of the Treason Trial, December 19, 1956. Times Media Collection, MuseumAfrica, Johannesburg. The history of South Africa’s apartheid era was documented on a dayby- day basis by the people who lived through it. Now that history is on view [...]
Adam’s Break. Florida 2012 The first time you submerge underwater, you know you are in a different world. Sounds are muted and the blue wash of the water changes colors and contrast, blurring out anything that is too far away. You are in an intimate space, interacting only with your immediate environment, floating freely [...]
Chimera Micro 2 Folding LED Lightbank The Chimera Micro 2 Folding LED Lightbank is an on-camera lightbank with a revolutionary twist ”” it doesn’t require poles! Best of all, it delivers the gorgeous soft light with Chimera's new lens screens. It also pops up easily, and isn’t cumbersome to work with. This Lightbank is [...]
Nikon D600 Nikon’s new D600 boasts a full frame 24.3-megapixel FX-format CMOS sensor alongside an EXPEED 3 image processing engine that allows for outstanding lowlight ability and sharpness. It also features Full HD 1080p video recording capabilities combined with the ability to wirelessly share and capture images using the optional new WU-1b Wireless Adapter. [...]
Tamron Co., Ltd. has announced the development of a full-size, high-speed telephoto zoom lens equipped with VC (Vibration Compensation) image stabilization and USD (Ultrasonic Silent Drive) that achieves leading-edge image quality while boasting the most compact design in its class, available in Canon, Nikon and Sony mounts. The lens features one special XLD (Extra Low [...]
LEICA D-LUX 6 The latest model in the Leica D-Lux line of compact cameras, the Leica D-Lux 6 unites an exceptionally fast lens with a newly developed 1.7" CMOS image sensor that is particularly large for this compact camera format. A comprehensive range of features includes automatic mode, manual setting options and new, Full [...]
Glen Serbin, Publisher This edition celebrates the 35th Anniversary of Photographer’s Forum, as well as the 35th anniversary of Serbin Communications. Since 1977, Photographer’s Forum magazine has published interviews with some of the most creative photographers of our time. We’ve aimed to be at the forefront of finding and supporting the emerging professional photographer [...]
Judy Dater: Seeing and Being Seen Images of Wonder: The Photographs of Linda Connor Richard Sexton
© RICHARD SEXTON, The Elegance of Decay, 1992. French Quarter, New Orleans Richard Sexton and I share an interest in and an abiding affection for photographing Louisiana, the city of New Orleans and Cuba. I had wanted to meet him since purchasing his book, New Orleans: Elegance and Decadence (Chronicle Books, 1993), which [...]
