She has been here for awhile, and we have been totally unfamiliar with her work until recently. Her work explores the things you may not know. As it gets laid out in her book, An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, there are things and places that are hidden in plain site, so to [...]

It’s a solitary medium we have chosen. Not everyone has the Annie Leibowitz staff, or army, or even a cadre of digital techs to compliment the archivists, set designers, stylists, make-up artists, re-touchers, etc. We’d think it’s safe to say that most of us are working solo in the photographic arts. Shoot, process, print or [...]

It’s days like this that make us glad to be on the West Coast. To start with, one of our fave photo institutions in Los Angeles, the Annenberg Space for Photography, once again hosted the Pictures of the Year, international exhibition ( or POYi). For 2 days, many of the winners gave talks at the [...]

April showers bring…well, a ton of photographic activity in Los Angeles. One of the most passionate supporters, collectors, gallery owners, and creator of the LUCiE awards. Mr Hossein Farmani, has created a month long celebration of the photographic arts in Los Angeles, called MOPLA. Executive producer Cat Jimenez and her team, have once again put [...]

This is a first for us, as we get into the pro strobe arena. Kristian Dowling is one of the premier freelance photographers, currently living in Los Angeles, who is known, not only for his event photography, but in addition, beautiful and effective location portraiture. We’re not talking about carrying around a bag of speedlights. [...]

Doesn’t quite feel like it was less than a week ago that SXSW in Austin, Texas ended. One of the best 10 day festivals of Interactive, Film and Music, incorporating seminars, screenings, performances and some of the best collisions of the people working in social media and every form of entertainment today. We spent a [...]

We’d like to thank everyone that submitted photos for this contest and special thanks to our sponsors and judges, that guided us along the way. The GRAND PRIZE winning photo came from Katya Evdokimova: © Katya Evdokimova We are in touch with the Food Bank in London that Ms. Evdokimova asked the donation be made [...]

Huge crowds began pouring into Austin ,Texas today for the SXSW festival. Covering Interactive, Film and Music, of course the first folks we meet on the plane are Philip Bloom and his fiance Sara, both photographers, but Philip is here to do 2 presentations on shooting with HD DSLRs . So it was a lively [...]

The most amazing happened last week while in a card exchange situation. In the midst of everyone trading the little rectangles of info, one of the group got repeated extended studies of their cards. Their Moo.com photo cards. Now, photos on business cards are nothing new, but it has either been printed on a photographic [...]

For a photojournalist, the question is never about can they get the access to the get shot. That is the job. They’ll be there. It’s what they do once they get there. In the 60′s and 70′s Southeast Asia was the horrific theater for war, and photojournalists were on the front lines, providing the most [...]

COOL DIGITAL/SOCIAL/WEB 2.0 SITES Thanks for coming to see us at SxSW Interactive. As promised, we’ve posted a long list of some really cool inspiration websites to get your digital brain thinking. Feel free to send us more ideas via Twitter – @sxswadpro – and we will post. And for those of you who read, [...]

One of the biggest tech product categories at the recent Consumer Electronics Show was 3-D TV’s. Every major manufacturer was rolling them out, and each had a slight different take on how you, the viewer, would best like to experience it. Active shutter glasses that ensure that each eye only sees the right or left [...]

Whether it’s a county fair, state fair, or in this case a photo fair, one of our favorite parts is that the community comes out. Not out of the woodwork, but comes out to share in a common interest. At the county fair there may be funnel cakes, the worlds biggest squash, fried twinkies, and [...]

Many years ago, PhotoLA was held at the local auction house, Butterfields & Butterfields, up on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. Opening night was dedicated to raising money for a charitable cause, and photo aficionados from around the city gathered, to see what the dealers from all over the world had brought to town. It almost [...]

…that you could be a winner in the Let’s Do Lunch! photo contest! There some solid entries, but we are looking for a lot more to not only give away some amazing prizes (HP laptop, printer Nikon DSLR, Adobe software, ThinkTank Camera bags, Color Munki calibration device, custom Blurb book, and much more), but to [...]

In a few weeks, Art Basel will be taking over the scene in Miami, and photography will, once again, get it’s own special fair amongst the many pavilions dotting the South Beach scene. After sales of art have plummeted in this new world economy, every dealer is looking for that bit of upswing that seems [...]

The Annenberg Space for Photography is continuing on the fulfillment of their mission statement. “Exhibit the various facets of the human condition, as seen through the medium of photography.” Well, that’s how we see it, anyway. This time it’s SPORT. Not only the sports with the teams you may follow, but the excellence of seemingly [...]

We keep adding some very big stuff to the Grand Prize in the Let’s Do Lunch! photo contest. So far there is a Nikon D5000 DSLR Camera w/18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR Lens , HP Notebook PC (model to be named shortly), HP Photosmart Premium TouchSmart Web All-in-One Printer , Think Tank Photo Airport International camera bag, [...]

The other night in NYC, Nikon took a bunch of us over to a secret location to have a few hours with the new Nikon D3s. As we had a bite to eat in Mid-Town Manhattan, they kept the “test facility” identity under wraps. We walked onto the street and only a few blocks from [...]

Well, the floor was bit less crowded today, but the seminars, keynote, and booth presentations were pretty well filled. PhotoPlus Expo 2009 was coming to a close. Business still seemed brisk as people were people all of the items they may have been checking out the previous coupla days. We also made some last stops [...]

Beautiful day in NYC and we heard it was in the 70s! Nice. Of course we were inside all day at the Javits center checking out some of the newest gear. And we weren’t alone. By the size of the crowd at PhotoPlus Expo, and the lines at any dealers booth that was selling, and [...]

It has been an amazing week of screening work, checking it online, powerful seminars with the smartest people on the planet, and seeing our friends from previous years, at the 2009 Cannes Lions Advertising Festival. Toss that all together onto the Riviera, and you have a pretty solid festival. Even with the numbers down both [...]

One of our frequent contributors, Debbie Zeitman, has a global proposition for you: read on: © Debbie Zeitman We often come to Photoinduced to learn of great gadgets and read insightful reviews, to have our eyes nudged to others’ work for awe and inspiration and to learn behind-the-scene tricks. But how about a little kick [...]

Patrick Hoelck is a well respected commercial photographer, artist and now, film director. He is the creator and captain behind a new online magazine, Pilfered. Now in the world of advertising, photographers and directors are asked to present a visual interpretation of how they would approach a concept or creative brief. This, in addition to [...]

Let’s walk over to the fun side of town. That place where you can take your snaps and play around with them right on your phone. Yep, the movie hasn’t started yet, or the doctor is making you wait way too long, and you want to be productive. Or creative. Or not go to Facebook [...]

Somehow I’m always reminded of the scene from Animal House when they get ready to have a Toga party. It’s a chant for sure, except instead of getting wasted and wearing sheets, we’re talking about the cult classic Holga cameras. These little plastic cameras have garnered the most amazing following with Flickr sites, fan clubs, [...]

Sorry Kermit, but we have to disagree with your famous lament about how hard it is to be green. There are too many ways to be aware and do our part for the planet. And if you’re reading this, chances are you are already doing it, by choosing photography as your medium of choice. With [...]

That is kind of the concept behind this beautifully shot series of 20×24 polaroid photographs. Tim Mantoani has gathered the current biggest names in fine art, photojournalism, commercial, sports, nature, music and everything else, and had them pose with thier most iconic images. Douglas Kirkland posing with the photo of him with his Marilyn Monroe [...]

When the biggest gathering of the best photography dealers in the world happens in November in Paris, we’ll be there to report on all of the goings on. And honestly,anytime is a great time in Paris,right?[photopress:logo_1.gif,full,alignright] From Magnum Photos events, to special competitions, you’ll get all of the news. And if your are planning on [...]

It’s coming up to that time again;The award show that honors the best in photography.The Lucie Awards. And this year the event has moved into Lincoln Center. Nice. HUGE thanks to Hossein Farmani for championing this ” it’s about time ” event. As a major component of a great week of photography in NYC, it [...]

[photopress:lunch_cannesiphoto2.jpg,full,centered] © 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 [...]

Tomorrow , May 6th, [photopress:logo2.jpg,full,centered] opens for what promises to be an inspiring event. Hey , if you are in So.Cal, you may just wake upand say ” You know, today is a good day to drive to Palm Springs” Should be good weather: 87 F and sunny during the day and 61 F at [...]

I lived in Toronto for 3 years. At times accused of being a Yank, but, still and all, loved the city’s appreciation for the arts. A friend of mine even had a photography gallery in his house. Good times. [photopress:contactwordmark.jpg,full,centered] For the entire month of May, CONTACT, the city of Toronto hosts over a million [...]

We’re off to Las Vegas where every major and minor manufacturer in photography come to announce their new products. [photopress:blog_show_logo_wgk2.jpg,thumb,alignright] The articles this week will be gear oriented with hits and misses, and the best of show wrap-up at the end, Video and stills of the products will be posted here to give you a [...]

During the recent PhotoLA, we shot some video with interviews and an overview. Here is just a short sample of that. A bit of YouTube before we go to the video page with higher resolution. In addition we will bring in some of the separate interviews that may have been edited to bring you a [...]

(winners in the weekly giveaway listed at the end of this article) Starting with a charity event last night hosted by Graham Nash, the 16th annual PhotoLA has begun! [photopress:cohen.jpg,full,centered] Stephen Cohen Gallery [photopress:lisa.jpg,full,centered] Lisa Sette Gallery [photopress:photoeye.jpg,full,centered] Photo-Eye Gallery [photopress:aussie.jpg,full,centered] Queensland Centre For Photography [photopress:books.jpg,full,centered] Dealers from around the world, out of print and [...]

Before we talk about our latest giveaway ,we’d like to take a moment and remind about PHOTOLA, the best photography event in Los Angeles. No Kidding. And you can hear from Stephen Cohen, the founder, on our MEDIA page. Graham Nash hosts the opening night charity event on Thursday the 19th. A 3 day event [...]

The Tate Museum in London one of the finest collections on earth. In addition, the caliber of exhibits that originate from them are world class by any criteria. [photopress:online03.gif,full,alignright] While perusing their site ( yes I do just look around the web for things that may interest us) , I came across a collection of [...]

Yep, our all time, don’t miss, top of every years list,event: [photopress:PLA07_logo.gif,full,centered] JANUARY 18-21, 2007 If you collect, are thinking about collecting, want to see what is happening in the world of fine art photography, could use a bit of education in the world of photography, think seeing some of the best images ever in [...]

Seems to be the year of Annie Leibowitz in not just the photographic world, but in every part of our world. [photopress:jaggerleibowitzx.jpg,full,centered] Mick Jagger 1992 © Annie Leibowitz The cover of Newsweek, major retrospective exhibit, behind the scenes press on Suri Cruise photographs, this week on Today show. Oh yeah , there is lots going [...]

Back in 1972 Bill Owens published the now classic ” Suburbia “, a collection of images of life in the ‘burbs as the population became greater outside of cities than in them. [photopress:Page0.jpg,full,centered] One of the more interesting facts of this book is that he photographed these scenarios with definite vision of where he was [...]

….then this is a great event for you. If are in LA check this out. If you are not ,click on the seminars link to see when this event may be coming to your town. Samy’s Camera in Los Angeles and Apple are co-hosting anevent at the Milo Studio In Los Angeles on Sept 27th. [...]

As you read yesterday, 3D has a pretty rich history in our culture. All of the ways to achieve it in print are based in the realm of shooting film. Or are they? The good folks at 3D Stereo.Com are carrying a 3D lens to fit your digital SLR, allowing you to shoot 2 images [...]

Here is your Thursday round up of some exhibitions around the country: NYC Unknown Weegee Our image of Weegee is that of the prototypical New York tabloid news photographer: tough, garrulous, and on the scene, ready to cover two murders in one night. But the inventive Jewish immigrant Arthur Fellig (1899–1968), who assumed the self-mocking [...]

And we’re back…….. We took a short break to change things up a little on the site. Hope you like the new look. Along with the HOME page, the GALLERY has a bit of a makeover also. More changes to come in the next few weeks. Take a look around and let us know what [...]

A new photo project that has a unique viewpoint and a tie to a much bigger picture: Border Film Project was shown on Friday night (Cinco de Mayo) at Equator books in Venice CA. The top line is that 500 disposable cameras were giving to people crossing the Mexican border to the US and to [...]

Here is a great photography event coming up: PALM SPRINGS PHOTO FESTIVAL ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR SLIDESHOW SCREENING CONTEST Los Angeles, CA February 23, 2006 – The Palm Springs Photo Festival is currently accepting submissions for the Slideshow Screening Contest. Chosen entries will be screened for all master photographers, photo industry insiders and attendees and the [...]

There are a few new sites we’ve recently visited that we know you will find interesting: http://www.worldpressphoto.nl/ This site has the World Press photo winners of 2005. Images that will stay with you for a long time. If you are in the Los Angeles area, be sure to visit the Ashes And Snow exhibit near [...]