Virtual Photo Book Workshops for 2022

With the recent announcement by Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC), it appears that my book development workshop calendar is pretty well scheduled for the first half of 2022. Although the virtual workshop for SouthEast Center for Photography (SEC4P) is already filled for January (okay, a bit over-filled but we will work with the overflow), we...

Rebecca A. Senf – Making a Photographer: The Early Work of Ansel Adams

Review by Bill Edwards • Rebecca Senf’s Making a Photographer – The Early Work of Ansel Adams provides an engaging historical account of one of our most renowned photographic icons. Senf’s biographical anecdotes allow us to see how his early work allowed Adams to refine his technical skills, perspective of the natural world as well...

Remembering Frank Cancian

By Gerhard Clausing • It is an especially sad moment to take leave of a fellow photographer who was also a genuinely nice person. Frank passed away this month at the age of 86. We fondly remember him as a wonderful friend, who shared his expertise and experiences in documenting communities, especially in connection with...

Mark Gerald – In the Shadow of Freud’s Couch: Portraits of Psychoanalysts in Their Offices

Review by Gerhard Clausing • When I was being trained in the field of psychotherapy, I always marveled at the physical spaces in which my mentors helped clients achieve progress in self-understanding and dealing with the world. I could see connections between the manner in which these facilitators set up  their places of work and...

David Gibson – The Street Photographer’s Manual, New Edition

Review by Madhu Joseph John • Imagine yourself wandering around New York’s Canal Street, or London’s Piccadilly Circus, or a quiet neighborhood in the outskirts of Guadalajara, Mexico, or even a place twelve hours away across the Pacific Ocean, like the Bugis Street Market in Singapore.  You are a photography enthusiast, an amateur or wannabe...

Photo LA 2020 and Open Show LA: Observations

By Gerhard Clausing • Even when you have only one day available to visit this annual show, the benefits are great. Galleries, individual photographers, and publishers and book authors and editors are available to discuss their various creative efforts with photo and book collectors and fans. Associated events, especially Open Show LA, are a shared...

Thomas Livingstone – Historic Treasures of the San Juan Mountains

R­­eview by Bill Edwards • Thomas Livingstone’s Historic Treasures of the San Juan Mountains provides a visually stunning journey through the abandoned mines and ghost towns of Southern Colorado. The historical anecdotes provided by Stephen F. Rich, P. David Smith and Beverly Rich equally engage with tales of vast mineral discoveries defining these remote often...

Rick Albertson – Documentary Portraits, Retrospective

Guest review by Ellen Friedlander • I met Rick Albertson this past February before a Street Photography Panel discussion at the Los Angeles Center of Photography. Little did I know that our few moments of like-minded conversation on how we became photographers would lead me to help Rick realize this book, exhibition, and ultimately a...

Classic Photographs Los Angeles 2019

By Debe Arlook • For its 10-year anniversary, Classic Photographs Los Angeles christened ROSEGALLERY’s new space in Bergamot Station Arts Center in Santa Monica. Rose Shoshana (shown above, photo by Brittany Neimeth) and her team were in high gear hosting the weekend event before officially opening the doors to their new location just days later....

Linda Troeller – Leica Gallery Exhibit, Living in the Chelsea Hotel, October 24 – December 2

By Gerhard Clausing  • This exhibit of iconic images by Linda Troeller opens on Thursday, October 24, at the Leica Gallery in Los Angeles, and runs through December 2. The gallery is at 8783 Beverly Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA. Hours are Mondays through Saturdays 10-6 and Sundays 12-5. More details here. The vernissage, with your...