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Happy Birthday...

K. Praslowicz — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:36:54 +0000

... Geraldo! Crap! I meant to say America. I fail at this July 4th thing.

However, someone who didn't fail at the July 4th thing is Aline Smithson. Go check out the First Annual Lenscratch 4th of July Exhibition that she put together on the Lenscratch blog.

It is a very strong and diverse collection of photographs from around the country. Some of my personal favorites are the entries by Christy Karpinski, Siri Kaur, Ray Carofano, Mike Peters, Carmen Luceno and Jackie Alpers.

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Joshua Hoffine

K. Praslowicz — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:08:17 +0000

I figure I can use an occasional post on this site to spread some love for other photographers that I stumble across on these great wide Internets. Thus, I created the category "The Sack Of Love" where I can toss mini-reviews for artist's who's work I genuinely enjoy.

First person to get tossed into the sack is Joshua Hoffine. He does some excellent work constructing elaborate scenes that illustrate the worst nightmares of children. He probably puts more effort in lighting and arranging each one of his photos then I'll ever do in my entire career. Definitely worth checking out his site for a while if you're like me and have grown tired of sunset & kitten photos.

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My Favorite Ansel Adams Photograph

K. Praslowicz — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:03:02 +0000

What is your favorite Ansel Adams photograph? Moon and Half Dome? Moonrise, Hernandez? Clearing Winter Storm?

Myself? My favorite Ansel Adams Photograph isn't one that Ansel took himself, but rather a photograph of Ansel Adams taken by Jacques Henri Lartigue in the early 1970's. The photograph which is depicted in Lartigue: Album of a Century is simply labeled "De Dos" just shows Adams's butt as he leans over an equipment case. I love it!

I have a feeling I would have gotten along with Lartigue. To be in front of a photography giant like Ansel Adams, and make the photo of his backside the one that makes it into the album is very much something I think I'd do.

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The Vivian Maier Cache

K. Praslowicz — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:07:08 +0000

There has been some buzz on the Internet recently with the discovery of Vivian Maier. Vivian died earlier this year, and recently her work of about 40,000 negatives were purchased at auction by John Maloof who has been posting them at vivianmaier.com

The images that I've browsed though so far have been excellent, and I can’t wait for more to get posted. I highly recommend going to the blog to see photos.

With the discovery of these negatives fresh in my mind, I can't help but relate back to a few ideas I wrote about earlier in the year.

The first was Philosophy from a tea bag where I took to heart a fortune from a fortune cookie that said The purpose of life is to do something that will live forever. With the discovery of Vivian's negatives, and the images from them being viewed by a wide audience, I can't help but believe that she has successfully achieved this purpose of life. I'm already convinced that if I never get famous doing photography during my lifetime, that I'd be cool knowing that someone else discovered all my work postmortem and got it into the eyes of many.

The second was my plea to future proof your photography. I can't imagine that if the cache was in the form punch cards, or 8” floppies, that they would be as accessible as they are. I stick with film for its ease of archivability. The Maier negatives, along with the tale of Robert Capa's missing briefcase only helps to confirm in my mind that I'll be more likely to achieve the goal of doing something that will live forever by sticking with film.

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Whitney Saurer

K. Praslowicz — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:14:29 +0000

It's time for a new artist for The Sack of Love! This time around I'm tossing in the upcoming painter/illustrator Whitney Saurer. Don't hate me for not using a photographer.

Get yourself over to her site and enjoy what feels like the mixture between your favorite childhood memory, and your weirdest dream ever.

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