On the 47th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington on Saturday, the first sight on the National Mall for thousands of marchers was a four-story art installation that displayed four images and quotations of Martin Luther King Jr..
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Fashion photography’s doyenne on modern darkrooms, the twisted industry and her career renaissance American photography legend Lillian Bassman , who at 93 says she uses “the same techniques in Photoshop as I did in the darkroom,” neatly dismisses both romantic notions of film’s purity and digital fantasies of spectacularly-manipulated images. Describing her modern approach, the former Harper’s Bazaar art director explains the shift in her career as a simple tool upgrade, “the palette has changed, the end result is the same.” While her stunning black-and-white photos poetically depict the fine art of fashion, her unwavering reverence for couture doesn’t extend to the fashion industry as a whole. “I don’t look at fashion photography much and never really have,” Bassman says. Instead the pioneering photographer turned to textile studies in high school, eventually picking up a camera during her time at Bazaar (where she was also known for promoting the careers of legends like Richard Avedon and Louis Faurer). The magazine published her images over the course of many years until her painterly, experimental style fell out of favor in the ’70s. She explains, “For me it changed when the models started getting so young. It’s hard for me to look at a $10,000 dress on a 14-year-old girl.” When she abandoned fashion photography for personal projects, Bassman boldly discarded her life’s work—40 years of negatives and prints. Some 20 years later in the ’90s, a forgotten bag filled with hundreds of images was discovered, spawning a new wave of fans and inspiring Bassman to take part in the resurgence. The relentless artist, whose photographs undoubtedly changed the way the world views fashion, reveals “I enjoy digital photography and at my age it’s much more comfortable!” Check out some of her work in the upcoming group show at London’s The Wapping Project Bankside , running from 17 August-4 September 2010.
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Conveniently scan and upload with this all-in-one portable scanner Doxie ‘s new USB-powered device simplifies the oft-tedious task of scanning photos or documents with its easy setup and an intelligible Internet integration. The small, portable machine works in black and white, grayscale or color and processes documents or photos at up to 600dpi. While the scanner automatically adjusts photos by cropping or straightening, you can also play with the saturation, contrast and brightness before saving it. One of the features that makes the Doxie so convenient, their free web application integration called the Doxie Cloud allows for uploading of photos or documents straight to sites like Tumblr , Flickr , Evernote and now to iBooks . The Cloud also provides a short URL so you can seamlessly share the photo via e-mail, chat or Twitter. Documents and photos can be saved as PDF, JPEG or PNG formats, which is great for sending the images to Google Docs. And, thanks to its built-in Optical Character Recognition capabilities, you can even scan and digitize handwritten notes or longer documents. A brilliant little device, the Doxie scanner is both Mac and Windows compatible, ships worldwide and sells online for $130.
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