from ArtInfo:
Democratize Art, Michelle Obama Says at Met Affair

there are a couple of photo exhibits going on that i want to see.


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Quote from NYC street photographer Helen Levitt, who died last weekend. 
obit via NPR
obit via NY Times


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i just found out about Nymphoto, a female art photographers' collective.  how cool!  if you are a woman, a photographer, or into either or both, check out their blog too.

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Goodbye Emma, via Feministing

i'm sad that i hadn't seen Emma Bee Bernstein's wonderful work before this post, and more saddened to hear of this tragedy.  wow.

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join us on LinkedIn and meet some talented women

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i tried TinEye, " image identification-based web search engine,"  to see who's used my iStock photos.  so far, here's what i found.

PA farm pic
Germantown Mutual Insurance Company

Gramercy Park building pic
DiBari Realty LLC

i few years ago, and a few years after finishing my BFA, i started a self-imposed project to recreate Berenice Abbott's Changing New York photo collection.  first self-imposed, then funded by the Federal Art Project, she documented the life and look of NYC in the 1930s.  unfortunately, my project halted when i realized someone else had the bright ( Read more... )