The PhotoCorps

The Photocorps - Lisa Wiseman

The PhotoCorps - Lisa Wiseman

The PhotoCorps - Grant Ernhart

The PhotoCorps - Grant Ernhart from ricky montalvo

The Photocorps - Audrey Jones

The PhotoCorps - Audrey Jones from ricky montalvo on Vimeo.

Reiner Holzemer's William Eggleston: Photographer

The film documents how Eggleston came to develop his technique of art photography. It shows the first black-and-white photographs made at the beginning of Eggleston's career. Here the influence of Henri Cartier Bresson's decisive moment is still evident. Yet Eggleston went his own artistic way early on. Elements of his later work in color can already be discerned in the composition of the black-and-white photographs. Reiner Holzemer visited Eggleston in Memphis in the fall of 2007. For the first time, he was able to get the photographer to talk about his artistic background and concept of photography. Up to then, Eggleston had largely refused to answer such questions. Of his photographs he says, I am at war with the obvious.

The official trailer: The PhotoCorps

The PhotoCorps official trailer from ricky montalvo on Vimeo.
The official trailer for the new upcoming series The PhotoCorps, interviews with Photographers discussing their work, in their own words.
Special Thanks to:
Noah Beil
Valerie J. Cochran
Grant Ernhart
Audrey Jones
Lisa Wiseman

In this new series, each program will focus on each photographer individually as they take us through their work and on an artistic journey into their passion and inspiration.

Twitter: We're on!

I'm going to use Twitter to "micro-blog" updates and links, follow us: thephotocorps

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Video trailers for photo books

Dan Winters new book from andrew hetherington on Vimeo.

A recent post over at A PhotoEditor drew my attention - video trailers used to promote books by their authors. This isn't something new and has been done in the past, however video trailers to promote Photography books is certainly new. Our very own series at the PhotoCorps is a sort of multimedia promotion, however it explores the artistic journey of the photographer, not the books (if any) by the photographer. I could see this becoming more of a trend and I think it makes sense for authors of photography books to have these types of promotions, but do I ever see The PhotoCorps venturing into the "trailer" style multimedia production, I highly doubt it. I think the PhotoCorps will have a unique voice and style of its own - one that would be applied to say, a photographer who wishes to discuss his/her book. However, I don't see us as a springboard for promotion/marketing as we aren't trying to sell anything. We are simply trying to tell a story.

Daylight Magazine

I came across this website today which I was surprised I had never seen before.  Daylight Community Arts Foundation (DCAF) is a "non-profit organization dedicated to publishing in-depth photographic essays on important issues of the day via Daylight Magazine (print) and Daylight Multimedia (online)."  What I enjoyed was the multimedia essays narrated over the images of the particular photographer being showcased.  Here's a recent one on Helen Levitt, who recently passed in her sleep:

UPDATE: The PhotoCorps

We've been hard at work scheduling interviews and production dates for the PhotoCorps Series.  We have over 8 Bay Area photographers scheduled, some of which we've already interviewed: Lisa Wiseman, Valerie J. Cochran & Audrey Jones.  Over the next few weeks, we'll be conducting more interviews with Alan George and the rest.  I'm excited about the progress and even more thrilled at the interview themselves.