Flipboard highlighted an interesting read on Leica's blog about Street Photography yesterday:
I also found Knut's website which is extensive, just starting to work through it but it looks like another great resource for those who enjoy Street Photography:
Wandering the web today and came across Nick Turpin's site, some great images definitely another site worth a look.
Kari Osep, a student enrolled in Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, just used one of my photographs from my ASU days in an interview feature she did with Chicago Bears Chairman, and fellow Sun Devil, George McCaskey. Great view!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUeFIAF3se0
Bouncing around the web today and found this from last month , wanted to share it.
The Guardian's Art Critic Jonathan Jones wrote an article blasting the $6.5 Million dollar price tag paid for a Peter Lik photograph recently (Jimmy Kimmel also took a shot at the sale as well, classic video if you can find it). I agree, this sale seems insane. For me Lik is photography's version of Thomas Kinkaide. He has great technical skill and he is a master businessman. The issue here is not about Lik (you can look at Lik's site and draw your own opinion) but about the comments Jones makes about Photography not being Art. Not all photography is art but some is. Just as some painting isn't artistic. Anyways Sean O'Hagan wrote a great response to Jones' comments and I encourage you to read both articles. Good exchange and always good to mull over these questions every once in a while anyways. I would also suggest following Sean O'Hagan's features, he has great insight on the medium.
http://www.theguardian.com/profile/seanohagan
Bouncing around the web today I came across Erica's site. Liked her images and wanted to share with folks who follow my work.
While monitoring some on-line activity I came across this Amazon review of my Santa Anita book which I really appreciated. Even though it was a small press run, I still have some copies of the book available for sale.
Laura Rose of Equine Images Magazine wrote: "In his book Santa Anita, photographer William Karl Valentine captures the pulse of this California racetrack with his camera, The images, chosen from four years' worth of photographs, include everything your eye may pick up during a day at the track - from a classic stretch drive to a refreshing horse bath, from a grandstand littered with people and paper to a lost child in the safe grip of a track security officer." "But the photographs of the people of the track tell just as much of the story, and Valentine has captured them not as snapshot figures, but as friends...it's evident that notonly does Valentine know the track, it knows him."
Mark Ratzky of the Daily Racing Form wrote: ""Santa Anita" is a must-see for any fan of this racetrack. The book contains 80 black and white pictures of just about every aspect of an afternoon at the foot of the beautiful San Gabriels, and really manages to capture a day at the races."
Bill Jay - History of Photography Professor at Arizona State University wrote: "...Muybridge was the pioneer: Valentine the progenitor. It is fanciful (but fun)to speculate on Muybridge's reaction to these images made over 100 years later...Muybridge would probably be jealous" -- Publisher Comments
http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Anita-William-Karl-Valentine/dp/0963140019
I recently did an interview about my work with Harrison Jacobs of the Business Review which should be posted any day now. I wanted to take a moment and talk about Harrison who is a 2012 Tufts graduate. Three years out of college he has already written for PDN, Rangefinder, and now Business Insider. Before we did the interview I looked up his work to get myself prepared and I was impressed. I particularly liked his Rangefinder article on Jonathan Auch. http://www.rangefinderonline.com/features/profiles/Street-Photographys-7611.shtml . His writing has the quality, insight, and understanding of images (& the medium) far beyond his years. Looking over his web site he seems to still be discovering his path in life, which I think is awesome. Hopefully he continues writing on photography. If you love reading about photography his career is one to keep an eye on.
My interview with Huffington Post's Priscella Frank was posted this week, great interview and I really like how she wrote the article.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/02/william-valentine_n_6407384.html
I have eight copies of my DIY self-published book Alphaville available for sale (Book #'s 3-10). Each book is numbered and signed, personalization is available. Orders can be placed through my Books & Prints page on my web site.
My interview with Ellyn Kail for Feature Shoot was just published today.
Life Photographer Phil Stern passed away two days ago. The LA Times obituary feature does a nice job chronicling his work.
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-phil-stern-20141215-story.html#page=1
http://www.faheykleingallery.com/photographers/stern/personal/stern_pp_frames.htm
My interview by Lauren Gold was published in the Pasadena Star News today for anyone living in Pasadena look for the hard copy and her is the link for the on-line article:
Becky Senf , from the Center for Creative Photography, posted news this week that Lewis Baltz had passed away. I always enjoyed his images and was lucky to have studied under Bill Jenkins, who curated the New Topographics exhibition which brought to prominence Baltz's work. Bill was one of my professors at Arizona State University. Below are links to the Washington Post article about Baltz's passing as well as another 2010 feature on New Topographics.
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/feb/08/new-topographics-photographs-american-landscapes
http://www.paulickreport.com/news/people/starter-jay-slender-working-first-del-mar-meet/
Good read about Jay Slender and his crew now working Del Mar. These guys are the best in the business and have always treated me well when I have been out there photographing.