I’ve been looking through some of the photos* from last week’s Webstock conference in Wellington, and of all things a picture of this year’s Webstock computer carry bag, above, caught my eye (photo by Cle0patra).
This has to be the best one yet, I already have the 2008 and 2009 bags, so here’s hoping [...]
Webstock bags are swag unto themselves
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 22 February, 2010 to the design and art subset
Good Vibrations 2010 Sydney photos
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 15 February, 2010 to the events subset
Despite the last minute cancellation of The Killers and Friendly Fires, and a somewhat damp and muggy day, Good Vibrations in Sydney’s Centennial Park still seemed to pack its usual punch last Saturday.
There’s already a few photo collections and galleries from the day online from the following people or groups:
Humberto Macario
Simon Wilde
Mud wrestling! Video by [...]
A snap shot look at analogue and digital storage devices
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 27 January, 2010 to the technology subset
An infographic tracking the growing capacity of data and media storage devices from vinyl records, photo albums, and floppy discs, to iPods and hard drives.
Passport photos render us all as attractive as the next person
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 22 January, 2010 to the photography subset
The passport photos of various artists, poets, actors, and writers, such as Fatty Arbuckle, F Scott FitzGerald, and T.S. Eliot.
The quality is pretty gritty, but I find them interesting, not the least because they are glimpses of these people without their artistic personas showing. Just another traveller submitting to the demands of the state.
I [...]
Back to the past superimposing old photos onto current vistas
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 11 January, 2010 to the photography subset
Some new additions to the Looking Into The Past photo project, which I originally linked to last April.
Projections for photography circa 1944
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 5 January, 2010 to the photography subset
Thoughts on the future of photography from photographers, teachers, and a war correspondent… from almost 70 years ago:
It is possible to perfect the camera to the point where it will become an automatic instrument which will focus, expose and process the film by the mere push of a button. In this way we will [...]
And that was 2009, the year in photos
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 14 December, 2009 to the photography subset
Part one of LIFE’s collection of Photos of the Year for 2009.
Spontaneous project participation, an open brief is an open brief
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 10 December, 2009 to the photography subset
In 1998 David Friedman was asked by a friend to hit the streets of Manhattan, New York, with his camera and take photos of whatever. The result? The Manhattan tongue project…
Not knowing her plans for the photos, and having no direction for what to shoot, I thought about the experience she would have picking [...]
That great advent calendar in the sky
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 3 December, 2009 to the photography subset
The Big Picture’s Hubble Space Telescope imagery Advent Calendar for 2009.
Bookmark and check for a new photo daily through December.
Photos of our travels through dream-land
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 1 December, 2009 to the photography subset
The editors of Wired select their favourite entries from the magazine’s recent “Sleep Photo Contest”.
