Congratulations to :
Dean O. of Toronto, Cananda.
With July 4th landing on Weds. we debated holding off on the weekly giveaway this week.
NO WAY!!!!!!!
Still going to do it, still same timing, but this may give our global readers a better shot.
Cool?
And check out our new feature: Digital Photography for Busy Women, a new column that will […]

An image here would not do this exhibit justice.
12 ft. high, towering imagery of 80,000 Korean gymnasts in perfect formations at the MASS GAMES, F1 tracks in Bahrain, pit crews at frozen moments of operation, and a series of 3 images of tranquil islands off the coast of Thailand that will stop you and lull […]

Young artists always look for that stamp of approval. A well known collector sees the brilliance of the work. Rare is it that the artist’s student show bring that kind of success.
James Howard, a student at the Royal Academy Schools, was shocked to discover that Charles Saatchi, Britain’s most influential collector of contemporary art […]

Wow. The Heat.The Humidity. Some of the best photographic shows on Earth.

Stephen Shore
U.S. 97, South of Klamath Falls, Oregon, July 21, 1973
© Stephen Shore
Courtesy Aperture Foundation
Biographical Landscape: The Photography of Stephen Shore, 1969-79
May 11-September 9, 2007
You want to talk about emotional soul food? We got a belly full while on this trip to NYC.
Starting with […]

Yep, Edward Steichen, the curator of the Family of Man exhibit. The most well attended photography show EVER. And a master photographer.

Suprised? Don’t be. You know that throughout history, most major artists had a career in commercial art.
And there is a lot of great art that is commercial in nature. Or was commissioned. Like […]

And now another installment from one of our readers, Guillermo Shelley, on the PhotoEspana show in Madrid.
Making Time (or the joy of looking at Art and trying to understand it)

Making time is the title that Thomas Struth gave to his show at the Prado Museum . Can a title for a photo show be […]

The advertising world celebrated for one last time last night at the final awards ceremony at the 54th Cannes Lions. Ended a full week of screenings,viewings,seminars, workshops, 4 hour dinners, and camaraderie, the fireworks show in front of the Carlton Hotel signaled the end of the festival.

BBDO took Agency Network of the Year, Saatchi […]

Every agency was using all of their powers to find out yesterday. If they didn’t have carpel tunnel from your blackberry before, this would probably do it.
So as the week wraps up tonight with the Film and Titanium awards ( Titaniums are concepts that have been executed and defined in many different ways- […]

They have been all here this week. The legends of advertising.

Lee Clow

David Droga
We’ll be posting the shots of more as we edit our Cannes photo diary.
And this year, more celebrity talent was imported to entertain and educate the delegates.
The biggest draw was Al Gore who gave a brilliant talk on green marketing, and […]

Creative team from Ogilvy & Mather, Santiago, Chile, won the Gold Outdoor Lion for their work for the Duende Azul costume shop and decided to further support their client with a facial tribute.

And you know for years the Cannes Lions have stated black tie on the award ceremony invite.
And another year it is […]

Just saw everyone crack up as they were checking this one out. Working for you?

Well it seemed to work for the judges at Cannes last night as it was awarded GOLD in the retail division of the Press category. Congratulations to DDB London!
More on the awards later.

Bob Isherwood, World wide Creative Director of Saatchi & Saatchi, begins his tour.
One of the unique and coolest feature of the Cannes Lions festival is that you have the luminaries of advertising all in one place, in a weeks time. No where else can you sit and discuss the world of advertising with the […]

Not complaining here. Over 12,000 entries in the print categories. And a 14LB. bag of information in the delegates bags. (that part IS a bit intense)
With record numbers of entries across all categories AND almost double the amount of registered delegates from previous years, Cannes Lions is truly the Olympics of Advertising. even as […]

As we said last night, the Getty Images display at Cannes promised a provocative experience as you were exposed to possibly disturbing images. They even have a warning sign before you enter. ” You may be offended or Inspired”
This one is not really offensive, but some others follow:

People are […]

What a combo.
First off though:

Seemed like a good idea while walking back to the apartment. The glacee had just been put into the case (at midnight??) with representative fruit to further explain the flavor.
Only camera on me was the cell phone. A blackberry pearl. But the creamy delights looked sooooo good. I had […]

Isn’t that the title of the new Paul McCartney CD?
Can you guess what the giveaway is this week?
With the huge megapixel files of every camera today, your memory will get full pretty darn fast.
The advantage now is that the cost of the new, larger capacity cards has come WAY down.
An 8 gb, super […]

© Damon Webster 2005
This time to the south of France for the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival, where some of the best creative minds in advertising gather to share idea, swap stories, and award the best in the world.
Oh, what about those 4 wine glasses on the lunch table? It is France, after all.
We’ll be […]

Another popular set of DVDs here, with a lot of you responding to the NEWSLETTER.
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Congratulations to :
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Donna M. - Nashville,TN
Ken N. - Belgium
And Dina K. of Huntington Woods,MIchigan.
Good stuff coming up. Just make sure you are signed up for the NEWSLETTER to be eligible.
Cheers!
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© Andrea Reed 2007
From the series entitled “Sweet Struggle”
Rare is the discovery of a new artist with a passion.conviction, and purpose. And the images belie it all here in the Sweet Struggle series by Andrea Reed.
With no more than 2 semesters to go before graduation at Howard University with a degree in Psychology, Andrea […]

Back in Oct. one of our astute colleagues, Jeff Maki, turned us on to this very cool video.
Since that time the director was revealed, Yael Staav, and the awards have begun piling in.
This young director has exposed the fashion photography/ advertising world in a concise message. We think it will win big at the Cannes […]

Whether you are a Canon or NIkon user, it really doesn’t make a difference in this case.

Everyone, pro and enthusiast, is looking for the best system to archive, affect and manage these huge new files we all have with each new cameras’ double digit file ability.
Capture NX is a very user friendly option that […]

A report from the scene from reader Guillermo Shelley

Here is my brief from what is going on photography-wise in sunny Spain.
As your readers already know since you posted it on your site, May 30 was 1, 2, 3, GO for the tenth annual PhotoEspaña .

I took some time off this morning to go visit […]

You are getting dad a little something, right ? For all of those things he does for you?
On a little shopping trip in Los Angeles, looking for some June event gifts, we stopped into OK on 3rd st. In LA.
Holy Moly! Amazing find.
The proprietor, Larry, has stocked some of the best photography books we’ve […]

That’s kind of what we did. Take a breath, bring our designers together and listen to what you had to say.
So we gave the place a slightly new look. With new stuff. The VIDEO page is revamped to load faster and be easier to use.The FORUM is getting a complete overhaul to make it a […]

Thanks to Steve Nichols for these:
In the world of marketing and packaging, photography can interact with the consumer in ways that tweaks the reality of all of the folks around them.And the best part is that the advertisers message is loud and clear.
Bravo to these examples.

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Like we said, all it takes to get this cool free photographic free stuff, is sign up for the NEWSLETTER, wait for the email and get in on time. Our way of saying thanks for your support. And putting some great items in your hands.
This week the THINKTANK PHOTO Urban Disguise 30 camera bag goes […]

Movin on …………

Yep it’s that time of year for the seasonal change and life changes.
In your families or within 6 degrees of separation, someone will graduate, get married, go on vacation and somehow change their life.
It’s a seasonal thing. And most of you will record that personal history in the best way you know: […]

Oh yeah. You dug it then . And we think you would still dig one of these.
From THINKTANK photo, we are happy to offer up, for our NEWSLETTER subscribers only, a chance at winning this very cool, unique camera bag. If you want to be that street photographer who can walk around without their camera […]

And who can help you unlock that box? Great thinkers that you can learn from.
I know, seems simple. It is and it isn’t. You have to find those thinkers.
Here’s you go:
One of the most influential creative minds on the planet is Bob Isherwood, worldwide creative director of Saatchi & Saatchi .
First Question: How do […]