Here are some other good sources of information for people further interested in Simon Carter.
Onsight Photography
Interview
Behind the Scenes Video
The Rock Climber - Behind the Scenes with Simon Carter - Nikon D3S from My Nikon Life on Vimeo.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Why Didn't People Smile in Old Photos?
Over at the Public Domain Review, Nicholas Jeeves has written up an in-depth piece on this subject that comes to some different conclusions.
First off, Jeeves dismisses the notion that people of old refused to smile because their teeth were rotting. It wasn’t that people didn’t have bad teeth, as dental hygiene really was awful, but rather that bad teeth were so common that seeing them did not take away from a person’s attractiveness at the time.
So what were some of the real reasons people didn’t smile? Jeeves writes that in addition to the simple fact that nice-looking smiles are difficult to create and capture, one of the main reasons was how smiles were perceived centuries ago.
Although nowadays we think of smiles as being indicative of happiness, humor, and warmth, they apparently had a very different meaning back in the day:
By the 17th century in Europe it was a well-established fact that the only people who smiled broadly, in life and in art, were the poor, the lewd, the drunk, the innocent, and the entertainment
Want to be seen as upper class and as a person of good character? Don’t smile.
For this reason, both the creators and the sitters of portraits had good reason to keep the smiles out of the resulting images, which explains why we don’t see photos of famous figures donning a grin in their official portraits.
Abraham Lincoln, although known for his humorous personality during his time, is now remembered more by the extremely serious expressions he chose to wear during official portrait sessions:
Another man Jeeves cites is author and humorist Mark Twain. He was quite a funny guy as well, but Twain hardly let any of that show in his portrait photographs:
In a letter to the Sacramento Daily Union, Twain wrote, “A photograph is a most important document, and there is nothing more damning to go down to posterity than a silly, foolish smile caught and fixed forever.”
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
Cooperative photographs
These are the photos we will be printing. Photos by Kevin Brown and Zachary Crozier.
Friday, September 13, 2013
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
At First Sight MFA Talks Tonight
Hey everyone, here are the details for the At First Sight Artist Talks that I mentioned. Please go and support Ray and the other first year MFA grads!
6-8 pm
[AC]2 Gallery
301 Mountain Rd NE 87102 (Mountain and Broadway)
6-8 pm
[AC]2 Gallery
301 Mountain Rd NE 87102 (Mountain and Broadway)
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Lisa M. Robinson Presentation Preview
Lisa M. Robinson is a photographer I encountered when I was an undergraduate at the University of Arizona. I first saw her photographs at the Etherton Gallery of Fine Art Photography. Her photograph below is what I saw.
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This image intrigued me because it looked frightening but beautiful at the same time. The frozen water on a pier was interesting because all I knew was the hot desert air and intense sunlight of Tucson and the southwest. I researched further and found that this image was within a series of photographs in a book called Snowbound. I also found that she was a hybrid photographer meaning, she photographed in large format film negatives and scanned the images. The merging of the traditional photography with the digital enabled me to accept digital photography and pursue that further. I hope you enjoy her photographs as much as I do.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
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