Guardian Short Stories Podcast
I just stumbled across this short stories podcast series from the Guardian. Available here in iTunes – or directly from the Guardian’s web site – highly recommended!
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Blogging, Crowdfunding, Kickstarter and The Glif
Yesterday, I attended the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA) meeting in San Rafael to hear Joel Friedlander’s presentation about “Author Blogging.” Joel’s an independent book designer...
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Loving Ann Packer’s “Swim Back to Me”
I was recently away traveling for almost two weeks – and happened across Ann Packer‘s latest book “Swim Back to Me“. What a delight! The first novella in the book – “Walk for Mankind” – takes place in...
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Train Your Gaze – Musing about Portrait Photography
Order a Limited Edition print of this photo So far in my pursuit of photography, I’ve spent much more time shooting images of landscapes, architecture, buildings, etc. than I have taken portraits. Oh...
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Printed in Italy
Printed in Italy? Not what I might have expected. Maybe printed in Hong Kong, or China, or …? The wonderful new book about Ansel Adams by Andrea Stillman is – yep – printed in Italy. Published by long...
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What I’m Reading: Short Nights of The Shadow Catcher
Author Timothy Egan has a new book out about the great American photographer Edward Curtis titled “Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis“. Egan is...
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Book Recommendation: Raúl Cañibano: PHotoBolsillo
Last January, I headed to Havana, Cuba with my photo buddy Doug Kaye for a wonderful week of photography organized by Kip Brundage of Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. One of the best things about this...
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Book Recommendation: How to Read a Photograph
Last Friday morning I had a business meeting in downtown San Francisco – just a couple of blocks away from SFMOMA – the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. I have been wanting to catch the Garry...
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Brad Stone’s The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
It’s been a while since I’ve made a book recommendation – but this is a good one. Over the weekend, I finished reading Brad Stone‘s remarkable story about Jeff Bezos and Amazon. While some of the...
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Less but better.
I’ve been enjoying reading Greg McKeown‘s new book “Essentialism” – and, after listening to the beginning, put together this image suitable for desktop or screen saver use. It’s a shot made in the...
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Jay Maisel: Light, Gesture & Color
One of the major highlights of my explorations in photography was a very special week in May with Jay Maisel at The Bank in New York City. I’ve written about it before including this post about the...
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Recommended: Paris Views by Gail Albert Halaban
Earlier this week I listened to Valérie Jardin’s Street Focus podcast with her interview of Gail Albert Halaban, author of Paris Views. Valérie’s weekly podcast is one of my favorites in the...
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Memories: The Chrysanthemums
Sometime this summer I was eyeing one of Stanford’s Continuing Education courses titled Short Story Masterpieces to be taught by Michael Krasny. For the course, Krasny was going to be using The Story...
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