“If you’re too punk rock you’ll never get anything consistent and if you’re too technical all your pictures are boring.” – Nick Brandreath on LFPP #41.

What I saw somewhat recently #68: September 10, 2020

Don’t forget, as of this writing there are 67 other lists like this one.

Large Format Photography Podcast Flickr Group – I asked the hosts of the LFPP if they wouldn’t mind if I created a Flickr Group for it and they said OK. So I did.
How Flamingos eat – Fascinatingly odd.
Winamp Skin Museum – Working copies of Winamp skins. Not only do I remember spending countless hours finding the right skin but also learning how to create one.
AVIF – A new image format explained by Jack Archibald. I sometimes think we don’t need new image or video formats. But, if we can continue to decrease the size of these and increase their quality – while at the same time increasing median internet speeds – everyone benefits.
Playing music on watermelons – You just have to watch.
Ethan Hawke’s TED Talk – Give yourself permission to be creative. Or, don’t worry if you make a fool of yourself doing so.
Insects flying in slow-mo – As Kottke put it, mesmerizing.
Nova from Panic – Worth a second mention.

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What I saw somewhat recently #66: August 18, 2020

Great list this week. See other lists.

Vicariously – See what Twitter looks like for other users.
James Sowerby Mineralogy – Exquisite digital collection of Sowerby’s painstaking illustrations. Great work and website.
Film Photography Blogs You Should Follow – A growing and great list from Jim Grey. I’ll be sharing an OPML file of all of these in the near future. ICYMI
Dorothea Lange at the Oakland Museum of California – A great way to explore Lange’s work in detail.
The Lifeboat Station Project – I’ve been swooning over Jack Lowe’s project ever since listening to him on Episode 31 of the Large Format Photography Podcast. A years long photo project that is just so well done.
2020: an isolation odyssey – Lydia Cambron recreates the ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey while in quarantine. Superb work on so many levels.
The Art of Agnes Martin – All sorts of inspiration from her work.
Rembrandt to Richter – This auction is already over with so if you happen to have a cool few million dollars laying around to spend on fine art, you’ll have to go elsewhere.

I wish somehow these lists were exhaustive and complete but they simply aren’t. There are so many great things I stumble across day-to-day and file away to get to. And I get to some of them. And I remember some of them. And these are those items.

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