Amazing 3 Cinema Display Setup

I came across a highlighted article on BoingBoing today and had to share it. This three 30″ Apple Cinema Display setup (probably attached to an Apple Mac Pro) in former Vice President Al Gore’s office is incredible. The photo appeared on Time.com.
Here is the direct link to the story and photo.

Q&A Online with Four of Kingston’s ‘Icons of Photography’

Kingston Technology recently announced it has posted questions submitted by visitors from around the world to its ‘Icons of Photography’ microsite as part of its Ask the Icon interactive feature. Four renowned photographers–Harry Benson, Colin Finlay, Gerd Ludwig and Peter Read Miller answered a variety of questions about photography technique, what equipment they use, and what inspires them.

The Kingston Icons of Photography microsite. Visitors are encouraged to submit questions and images through the “Ask the Icon” and “Critique My Image” sections (circled in red above).

“The ‘Icons of Photography’ program is a great outlet for the exchange of thoughts and ideas between photographers,” said Colin Finlay. “Speaking on behalf of myself and other Kingston Icons, this program gives us the freedom and flexibility to interact with other photographers simply for the love of photography,” added Finlay. After reading Finlay’s comments about the fact that, if he were not a photographer, he would like to be a triage doctor “saving fragile lives caught on the edge,” was very moving.

The “Critique my Image” interface on the website.

I highly recommend taking a look into the archives, which can be found on the lower right section of the site. In June, Kingston will publish selected images submitted by visitors, along with individual critiques from the Icons of those images, and there is a very intuitive interface that allows you to do that. By the way, the images across the bottom by the four featured Kingston Icons are fantastic. Hover over the thumbnail on the right side to see more. To see much larger images, just click on any image, and you can then choose the yellow forward and back arrows to scroll through the large images.

The Icons of Photography microsite can be found here: www.kingston.com/iop.

ASMP Arnold Newman Award Presented to Photographer Chris Buck

The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) recently presented the first annual Arnold Newman Award to Photographer Chris Buck. Supported by Canon USA, Getty Images and Photo District News, the prize is awarded to recognize work that is “grounded in the traditions and values of Arnold Newman’s portrait photography.”

I feel very fortunate to have seen Arnold Newman speak about his long career in photography, and I’ll always remember what he displayed during that presentation as some of his most important work–photographs of his grandchildren. I’ve also had the opportunity to see Chris Buck speak about his work, and I was very impressed by his down-to-earth nature, his humor, and captivating images.

Arnold Newman. Photograph ©Chris Buck, All Rights Reserved

The press release is printed below, and I highly recommend reading the interviews that are linked to from within the release. Here’s just one of many wonderful quotes by Arnold Newman from this interview on ASMP’s website:

“By the way, my best-known picture was commissioned by Alexi Brodovitch for Harper’s Bazaar and then turned down as a reject… . Everybody has that same reaction; nobody believes me.” -Arnold Newman

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On May 17, 2007, the American Society of Media Photographers
(ASMP) presented the first annual ASMP Arnold Newman
Prize to photographer Chris Buck. The prize is awarded each
year to recognize work that is grounded in the traditions
and values of Arnold Newman’s portrait photography.

The prize is being generously supported by Canon USA, Getty
Images and Photo District News. The recipient is selected
from among the top-scoring portrait submissions in PDN’s
Photography Annual Competition. This year’s prize includes
$2,500 cash donated by Getty and a Canon EOS 30D camera.

Chris Buck is a longtime admirer of Newman’s work. While
based in Toronto, he attended a Newman lecture at Ryerson
University, then asked the master if he could make a quick
portrait. This image, and a subsequent phone interview
between Newman and Buck, can be viewed on the ASMP Web site
at .

Buck moved to New York in 1990 and quickly established
himself in editorial and commercial circles for
environmental portraits of leading personalities. His images
are renown for an offbeat sense of humor and seeming ease of
approach. Buck’s clients include Microsoft, Citibank,
Moviefone, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire and New York
Magazine. He is represented by Julian Richards.

“Photography, as we all know, is not real at all.
It is an illusion of reality with which we create
our own private world.”
–Arnold Newman

Arnold Newman (1918-2006) was a unique and visionary master
of the art of photography, who created and took to its
highest form the genre of the environmental portrait — that
is, a portrait executed in the subject’s usual environment,
such as the home or workplace.

Additional information about Newman is available on the ASMP
web site at

About ASMP

Founded in 1944, the American Society of Media Photographers
(ASMP) is the leading trade association for photographers
who photograph primarily for publication. ASMP promotes
photographers’ rights, educates photographers in better
business practices, produces business publications for
photographers, and helps buyers find professional
photographers. It has more than 5,500 members, including
many of the world’s greatest photographers, in 39 chapters
nationwide.