Moments and missives from our world
February
08
2010
One Play, Two Views
Al Tielemans and Streeter Lecka were two of the photographers kneeling in the corner of the end zone during last year’s Super Bowl. Santonio Holmes made the game winning catch, Al made the cover photograph for Sports Illustrated, and Streeter caught a defensive back in his lap.
February
07
2010
Barton Silverman – Game 39
Barton Silverman covered the first Colts Super Bowl appearance, and is in Miami this evening as well. In between, he’s shot 37 others. Here are 177 seconds of Images and Commentary.
February
01
2010
Moving History from Manhattan to Austin
The print archive from the Magnum Photos collective recently made its way to Austin, where it will be studied and exhibited for the next five years. Michael Dell, the computer maker, and two art collecting partners made the purchase, and insured the archive for $100 million as it was transported from Manhattan.
Randy Kennedy described the sale for readers of the the grey lady. “It is one of the most important photography archives of the 20th century, consisting of more than 180,000 images known as press prints, the kind of prints once made by the collective to circulate to magazines and newspapers. They are marked on their reverse sides with decades of historical impasto — stamps, stickers and writing chronicling their publication histories — that speaks to their role in helping to create the collective photo bank of modern culture.”
January
21
2010
Happy Birthday, JWN
The finest one-iron striker in the history of the game was born 70 years ago today. The Golf Channel has compiled a fact for every year of his life, including this gem posted at 67:
“On the morning of his wedding (July 23, 1960), Nicklaus played a full round of golf at Scioto Country Club with three of his friends. He cold topped his last drive as a single man into a water hazard left of the 18th tee box.
January
13
2010
How to Help in Haiti
During the years I worked as a photojournalist, CARE and Medecins Sans Frontieres impressed me the most for their dedication and ability to help those who are in need. MSF provided this traveling photographer with a safe place to sleep in Sudan, as did CARE in Zaire, and a decade ago, I worked with the Atlanta based CARE on a project in Ghana.
For those who would like to donate to the people of Haiti, please click to assist via CARE and MSF.
