Gallery Opening in NYC 10/16/2008: Chris McCaw, New Photographs

Michael Mazzeo Gallery is having an opening on Thursday, October 16 featuring the work of Chris McCaw. The series, entitled, Chris McCaw: New Photographs from the Sunburn Series is the artist’s first solo exhibition in New York, and will be on view from October 16 through November 22. A reception for the artist will be held at the gallery on Thursday, October 16, from 6-8pm.

McCaw creates the work in a fascinating way, and each is a unique work, produced in-camera using paper negatives. A more complete description can be found here. Chris McCaw’s work has recently been acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, SFMoMA, The Philadelphia Museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum and The Princeton Museum. His photographs are in the collections of the George Eastman House Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Harry Ransom Center of Humanities at the University of Texas, and many corporate and private collections.

For more info, and a nice Flash presentation of Chris McCaw’s work, visit this page.

Recent Inkjet Printer Interview on This Week in Photography

I was recently interviewed by Scott Bourne of TWIP (This Week in Photography) about some of the inkjet printers I recommend (you can see the comments that follow the article for one correction about a RIP I mentioned).

Here is a link to the article where you can either subscribe to the podcast or just listen to the interview as an mp3.

I think that the TWiP site offers a wealth of info about photography and imaging.

Take Control E-Books 50% Off Sale Ends Tuesday 10/14/2008

I just received my weekly TidBITS e-mail in my in-box with this announcement. TidBITS is a great newsletter published by TidBITS Publishing Inc. I’ve purchased a few of the Take Control e-books over the years and I’ve listened to many of the authors discuss their e-books on one of my favorite Podcasts: MacVoices with Chuck Joiner.

The company is having a 50% off sale until end of day on 10/14/2008, which is a great value since many of the books are in the $10-15 range to begin with. There are currently 58 Take Control e-books on a wide range of Mac-related subjects, and according to the post by Adam Engst that describes their 5th Anniversary sale, some of the most popular titles to date have been Joe Kissell’s “Take Control of Mac OS X Backups,” and Glenn Fleishman’s books on AirPort networking. I’ve read Adam Engst’s and Glenn Fleishman’s Wireless Networking Starter Kit and consider it an incredibly well-written and researched book (it is a printed book).

Of course, technology changes fast, so publishing books as e-books has helped TidBITS make many titles possible that may not have been possible had they been published in printed form. Plus, the Take Control authors will often update their books and make the updated PDFs available at no charge, which is a great bonus for those who buy the e-books.

You can find out more about the 50% off sale Take Control e-books on the TidBITS site here. The direct link with the coupon code can be found on that page about four lines into the article.