Emily Carr University Blogs

 

Scott Conarroe
 

His wonderful and remarkable street pictures are the subject of a new monograph called Fred Herzog Photographs, published this month by Douglas and McIntyre. The book offers deep insight into the photographer’s color work, which was made during a time when serious, documentary and fine art photography was still being shot in black-and-white. The…

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As a part-time harm-reduction worker based in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver, Canada, I spend a couple days each week chatting with hundreds of the approximately 18,000 addicts and marginalized people crammed into the area. I recently began photographing some of these men and women, both before and after they’d gussied themselves up for a [...]

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Good Times with Bad Filters
 

Westlake’s Website via NPR

ATTN: All 3rd and 4th year ECUAD Photography Students

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Goldin also has a show at the Matthew Marks Gallery in NYC, Scopophilia.

INsight conversation

Hey, Hot Shot! , the premier international photography competition that’s provided incredible opportunities to  140 photographers , is now accepting submissions through Monday, November 14th at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Where to Apply:  https://upload.heyhotshot.com Discount Code for ECUAD Students: hhscaecuadedu How to Stay in the Know: Join our  mailing…

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Sessional faculty member  Stephen Waddell  discusses photography books and the process of producing  Hunt and Gather  with the legendary publisher, Steidl.   Stephen is a prominent Vancouver photographer and has exhibited widely including recent solo exhibitions at the Contemporary Art Gallery and Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver/Toronto, Galerie…[Read more]

 
April Blankenship
via NPR

Last One Out
A series by Richard Nicholson documenting some of the last darkrooms in London, England.
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Here is a video from a recent Adobe demo testing the new technology of image de-blurring. Now you can take in-focus photos while running or something, I guess.

Canon’s newest addition: EOS 1D X
 

Have you ever had any of your equipment stolen? There is a little bit of hope to find it again with the help of developer Matt Burns. From WonderHowTo: If you’re a victim of camera theft, here’s how to to test out Burns’ “thievery search engine”: Keep your fingers crossed that the thief posts photos they’ve taken [...]

Proof 19 | Call for Submissions   PROOF is Gallery 44’s annual exhibition of photo-based work by Canadian Emerging Artists.   Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography is a non-profit artist-run centre committed to photography as a multi-faceted and ever-changing art form. We encourage the submission of exhibition proposals from artists…[Read more]

Last week when Steve Jobs passed away, Apple put up a photograph in honour of Jobs. For a company so geared towards the advancement of technology and it’s integration in our daily lives, it is both interesting and fascinating to find out this image was shot on 4 x 5. Albert Watson talks about his experience [...]