Look Fear in the Eye by De-La-Luz
I enjoy this and many other similarly themed photos this photographer (I was unable to find a real name — though I did discover she/he likes Eternal Sunshine.. and Beetlejuice; giddy flicks) has taken. You can find more of her/his photos on DeviantArt and Flickr.
This reminds me of Sam’s costume for Halloween this year.
Discovered via the Opium Fields Tumblog (some NSFW).
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Richard Avedon’s instructions to his printer for an image taken of coal miner Lyal Burr, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Koosharem, Utah, May 7, 1981.
Some notes from Laura Wilson’s book Avedon at Work. Wilson assisted Avedon for six years:
“The difficult and time-consuming process of making these prints began in the basement darkroom of the Avedon studio in New York. Ruedi and David [Liittscwager] started with a set of 16-by-20 inch prints. Dick rejected them all. He felt that the tone was heavy; they were too black and had too much contrast. In reprinting, Dick’s directions were rarely technical. He would say simply, “Make the person more gentle,” or “Give the face more tension” This unconventional advice forced Ruedi and David to try to Understand the emotional content that Dick sought in each portrait. […] On test prints, Ruedi recorded the necessary manipulations with a red grease pencil. The exposure times, plus or minus, were in seconds to indicate where to darken or lighten an eyelid, or a nose, ot the wrinkle on a forehead.”
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The tricks of the trade.
I love a good dodge and burn in the darkroom.
Discovered via my Tumblr Dashboard.](http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/djsteen/14379433979/1/tumblr_luscomoi4E1qe0lqq)
Richard Avedon’s instructions to his printer for an image taken of coal miner Lyal Burr, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Koosharem, Utah, May 7, 1981.
Some notes from Laura Wilson’s book Avedon at Work. Wilson assisted Avedon for six years:
“The difficult and time-consuming process of making these prints began in the basement darkroom of the Avedon studio in New York. Ruedi and David [Liittscwager] started with a set of 16-by-20 inch prints. Dick rejected them all. He felt that the tone was heavy; they were too black and had too much contrast. In reprinting, Dick’s directions were rarely technical. He would say simply, “Make the person more gentle,” or “Give the face more tension” This unconventional advice forced Ruedi and David to try to Understand the emotional content that Dick sought in each portrait. […] On test prints, Ruedi recorded the necessary manipulations with a red grease pencil. The exposure times, plus or minus, were in seconds to indicate where to darken or lighten an eyelid, or a nose, ot the wrinkle on a forehead.”
» via mpdrolet
The tricks of the trade.
I love a good dodge and burn in the darkroom.
Discovered via my Tumblr Dashboard.
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I miss the darkroom too!
Ditto! I wish it wasn’t so expensive to develop film myself.
(I’m not sure why the click-through URL is to a non-static page, but I’ll just leave it alone since the original poser added it.)
Discovered via my Tumblr Dashboard.
Free Double Pass to “Mao’s Last Dancer” in NYC
I obtained a double pass to see the new film “Mao’s Last Dancer” in a downtown Manhattan cinema this evening (18th August, 2010) at 7pm.
I’m nowhere near NYC, so I can’t attend. Plus, I’ve already seen the film a couple times. (That said, I can’t wait to see it again.)
Note: If you want the double pass, then please tweet @djsteen on Twitter.
Now let me blab for a moment.
My Mom — Suzie Steen — plays a role in this new film by Bruce Beresford. If she hadn’t, then I may have never seen the film. If I saw the trailer and had to decide whether or not to see the film, then I probably wouldn’t have seen it. (You should never judge a book by its cover.)
However, now that I have seen the film, I’m doing everything in my power to make sure everyone gets a chance to see the movie.
It’s a true story about a Chinese boy (now man — Li Cunxin) who traveled to the USA in the 1970s to pursue dancing. Yes, there is dancing in the movie. That’s not a bad thing, but most “guys” probably wouldn’t be interested.) Screw “interested”! The story behind the hardships Li took to get to the USA makes you understand how other parts of the world work and it makes you appreciate your own life a lot more.
I was going to embed the trailer in here, but I think going in to the film without any expectations is better.
If you’d like a double pass to see Mao’s Last Dancer TONIGHT (18th August, 2010) at 7pm in a cinema on West 23rd Street in New York City, then please message @djsteen on Twitter.
I can’t give the exact location publicly because then lots of people would turn up and it’s invite-only.
