John Nack writes, “Welcome to what may be my very best conversation yet,” says George Jardine of the latest Lightroom podcast. “Or at least the most fun and insightful.”
George sat down with photographers Jay Maisel, Greg Gorman and Seth Resnick for “a long and rambling discussion about film archives, digital archives, various sorting and editing methods, and how they all intersect. Or not… I found Jay continually driving at a singular point about why he photographs, how he edits, and why he feels shooting to please yourself is the only important thing for a photographer.” Read more…

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John Nack writes, “So, what does this mean in terms of running Adobe software? The good news is that most Adobe apps don’t require updates in order to run well.  That is, the CS3 versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and other apps are good to go for Leopard right now.  Rock out.” Read more…

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Don’t miss the story of photography starting next week on BBC4, Thursday October 25 at 9pm.

“In the course of our 170 year relationship, photography has delighted us, served us, moved us, outraged us and occasionally disappointed us. But mainly, it has intrigued us by showing the secret strangeness that lies beneath the world of appearances. And that is photography’s true genius.
Follow the story of photography in BBC Four’s six-part series “The Genius of Photography”. See some of the most famous photographs ever taken and find out more about what made them so very special.” Read more…

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Mr. Whiskets writes, “There is a quote by John Szarkowski that I read years ago and cannot remember clearly. He said something about photography being promiscuous. I am not quoting him obviously because I’ve already said I can’t remember…but it was something like: Photography is a promiscuous lover, she will give it up (a masterpiece) on a one night stand to an amateur as readily as she will to some professional who is wed to her. I am sure the actual quote doesn’t say “give it up” but you get the point.” Read more…

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“Photomonth has grown into an international photography festival with over 80 exhibitions and events in 50 galleries and spaces in the East End of London.” Read more…

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