#AtEdge Photographers

[howardschatzphotography]

On Seeing, A Journal. #278 Andrew Moore, "Dirt Meridian,” a book review.

Sun Through Rain.  ©Andrew Moore

Schoolhouse, China Pasture. ©Andrew Moore

I receive, daily, the internationally informative photography news site

The Eye of Photography from the former editor-in-chief of French Photo Magazine and now editor-in-chief of The Eye of Photography, Jean-Jacques Naudet. This daily posting is phenomenally valuable, covering all sorts of photography events, portfolios of photographers throughout the world, gallery shows, museum exhibitions, etc.  

The site is free, though as an aside they can use financial help for their service. Apart from having contributed features from time to time, I have no affiliation with them, I’m only interested in seeing the on-going success of something that publishes so much information and imagery every day.

Other important sources include AtEdge and Graphis.

Each of these open up to a wide world of brilliant photographers, designers, and other creatives.

A recent post contained an article about the The Yancy Richardson Gallery in New York City. The images of Andrew Moore who is represented by the gallery particularly caught my eye. I went to his site ((http://www.andrewlmoore.com)) and was so moved by his body of work that I bought his recent book, "Dirt Meridian.”

I do that, buy and collect photography books. Along with the internet, books are my major source of self-education. I am well aware that if I am to grow in this visual art, it’s imperative that I study, continually, tenaciously. It’s essential to gain, maintain and expand a vast visual data bank if one desires to create unique, original and exciting work. For photography, one needs to look, study, and look even more, reviewing and surveying everything available in galleries, web sites, periodicals, museums, presentations and, yes, books. Our brains are such that images drop out; constant replenishment is needed for any sort of positive development, success, and even survival in this challenging art. It’s essential to recognize what’s been done before in order to avoid repetition. Knowing what hasn’t been done, or done well enough, comes when one has seen – and keeps seeing -- a vast range of imagery.

When “Dirt Meridian” arrived, I opened it and couldn’t put it down, studying every image.  And, as I always do with a new book of photographs, I left it out, opened, on a counter I pass daily, so that I could look at it again and again and imprint the images in my memory.

This is not the kind of photography I endeavor to create in the controlled environment of a studio (or a pool, my particular kind of  studio).  Moore’s work is done outdoors, in this case in the vast, almost empty space of the great plains of middle America. What he shows us are sand hills and sky and weather and cattle.  And the Badlands and old abandoned barns and buffalo and meadows and creeks, windmills and wildlife. He also shows the determined struggle of the human spirit against the toughest elements, and the effect of those on deserted homesteads.

America, its 100th meridian.

Moore’s epic visions of the vast treeless space in the 100th meridian, cutting through North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, are all about space -- empty sprawling and seemingly infinite space. The images are intoxicating, filled with magnificent beauty in the loneliness that is the trackless expanse of seemingly endless land. From his Acknowledgement: “…the land’s beauty lies in its vast and sublime emptiness."

I wrote to Moore and learned, happily, that his NYC studio/office is located only a few blocks from mine. So, I invited him for lunch and an in-person review of his magnificent photographs.

Working on this book project, he spent weeks at a time on many trips from the East, met many individuals and recorded their stories, histories, lives. Each photograph is accompanied by text containing fascinating information which provides a rich understanding of the work.

Moore made many of the photographs from a Cessna 180 single-engine plane flown by Doug Dean. They attached his medium format digital camera to one of the plane’s wing struts, using a screen and remote control from the passenger seat.

They flew low, yielding a unique perspective. This technique is one important reason why the images look so different from photographs of this area I’ve seen before. He spoke of the emptiness as a spiritual reservoir, a spiritual landscape.  He wrote in the Acknowledgements, “the intimate seemed conjoined to the infinite."

During the project he moved from north to south, contrasting open spaces with cluttered, claustrophobic interiors, rich with poor, immigrants and native born, industrial scenes with mythic landscapes, all of which he explained was a metaphor for the sense of possibility, of hope that tomorrow will be a better day.

In the book his pilot wrote, “I hope you take pause, if only for a moment, to consider the story of this land, where second chances are few, and how the decisions we make today will impact the generations to follow."

Moore allowed me to choose images I personally wished to use for this review.

Storm Blow.  ©Andrew Moore

From the book: “Sheridan County, Nebraska. These dry, fallow lands and terraces lie to the southeast of Clinton. The wind coming out of the north was blowing at over 70 mph. When choosing the angle approach to a subject, Doug Dean piloted us, if possible, into a headwind, since that slowed the plane down and allowed a bit more time for picture making. On this day we had little choice but to let a powerful tailwind take us on a Nantucket sleigh ride if we wanted to catch this billowing cloud of white dirt."

Pronghorn Antelope. ©Andrew Moore

From the book: “A herd of the wild antelope, which in wintertime can number into the hundreds, roams the high plains that stretch toward the Big Horn Mountains in the background. Early pioneer cattlemen noticed that the native grass animals roaming this area tasted particularly good, and to this day Niobrara County grass has become famous among livestock buyers for the finish it gives cattle.”

Riding Fence.  ©Andrew Moore

From the book: “Sheridan County, Nebraska, 2013. Heidi and Brock Terrell and their son Royal (led by their red heeler) ride fence along their land in Sheridan County. They not only raise both cattle and sheep but they also farm soybeans and sugar beets.   Heidi is a sixth generation descendant of Jules Sandoz, among the earliest homesteaders in the area. Better known as ‘Old Jules,’ legendary for his cussedness and his justly famous tenacity, he was immortalized in the biography of the same name written in 1935 by daughter Mari Sandoz.”

First Light.  ©Andrew Moore

From the book: "Cherry County, Nebraska, 2013. Cattle and heron share a drink at the tank in the residual morning fog. Much of the success of cattle ranching in the Sandhills is due to the shallow reach down to the Ogallala Aquifer. In some places it's only six feet to water, so one can easily and cheaply put down a windmill in order to water livestock anywhere in the vastness of this terrain. (There are many sub-irrigated meadows that provide hay at the driest times.) The hilly landscape provides the herd with protection from the wind and snow. However, the quality of the grass is not as good as on hard soil land, so it can still take 20 to 30 acres to support just one cow/calf pair."

Round Up Number 2.  ©Andrew Moore

From the book: “McKenzie County, North Dakota, 2005.   Branding day at the Hepper Ranch outside the town of Keene. In the shadows of the Blue Buttes, amidst lush May grass, family, friends, and neighbors (and several dogs) help round up this herd of 300 cow/calf pairs. The large crew included five heelers, six sets of floppers, branders, vaccinators, and iron tenders. The older more experienced cowboys do the actual branding while the younger folks who wrestle the calves are known as floppers.”

In the book’s introduction, Kent Haruf wrote, “These are wonderful photographs, clear, and evocative, unsentimental, they seem to understand the sacredness of the country. They suggest its holiness."

Howard Schatz,  November, 2018.

[lorysunartistry-blog]

“Orthodoxy” New work in @spiritandflesh Designer crown & glove @lorysunartistry Photographer @chrisknightphoto Makeup @joannegair Hair @linhhair Styling @lscstyling Models @ninadapper @paulikling Video @davegeffin @profotousa @profotoglobal @atedge https://www.instagram.com/p/BntFcapHDwR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wk7s0mwq72e9

[danahurseyphotography]

Please tell me we have seen the last of the silver fox couple in white linen walking down the beach hand and hand. The cliché idea of health and aging gracefully. I want to take photographs of people that are at their most vital. Images that connect with the baby-boomers who come from an incredible generation of music lovers, dancers, movers and shakers. My dear 75-year-old friend Susan hosts a zoom happy hour every week. She is planning her first trip after COVID to Morocco. She always takes the stairs. She laughs with her whole body. She had the IPhone-12 the week it was released. She is not "old". Susan is a wonder woman. When Susan sees pictures of people, supposedly her age, whether in an AARP magazine or her insurance email, it doesn’t resonate. She feels it is meant for someone else. Not her. My hope is to work alongside creative teams to create content that honors this ever-important generation with imagery that reflects and connects. . . . . . #portraitphotography #advertisingphotography #healthcaremarketing #babyboomers #insuranceindustry #healthcare #dentalcare #eyecare #eyewear #hearingaids #collaborate #commercialphotography #maturelifestyle #healthinsurance #danahurseyphotography #danahursey #adcampaign #photographyisessential #professionalphotographer #hasselblad #advertisingphotography #artdirector #workbookartist #photopolitic #wrangglerartists #AtEdgePhotographer #atedge #komyoon #thegroupishere #losangelesphotographer (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG3FWalAtq9/?igshid=j37mlaguce4w

[larchgarden]

I found this lovely, kitsch “bronze” parrot in the grocery store yesterday. My husband thinks it’s about the ugliest thing he’s seen. I don’t care. I am crazy about it - and knew immediately that I needed to photograph it. The image was already forming in my mind as I walked to the checkout. Today was tabletop day! #tabletopphotography #stilllifephotography #kitschdecor #fakebronze #conceptphotography #kitschart #saturdaysmiles #proedu #atedge #interiordesign #boliginspiration https://www.instagram.com/p/CA0za9EA0G0/?igshid=88yzij5x42z3

[lindsayadler]

Every year Pantone selects the ‘color of the year’. You will see this color in graphic design, interior design, fashion, and much more. 2019 has brought us ‘living coral’ as the color of the year and within the first couple weeks of January I was asked to bid on two jobs that had this color throughout their mood boards/inspiration decks. Being aware of and incorporating trends is different than just ‘doing what everyone else is doing’. Instead, it shows you are aware of the market and commercial clients needs. But of course you can still work in trends in a creative way!! For that reason I decided to jump right on it and do a few living coral creations myself! I love shooting in monochromatic color schemes... so here it is! Model Hayden Graye with agency STATE Artist Management. Makeup Yvonne The Artist Hair Niko Weddle Styling Lisa Smith Craig. Casting Bobby Gutierrez. AtEdge Photographers #livingcoral #livingcoral2019 #livingcoralpantone #pantone #pantone2019 #pantonecoloroftheyear #pantonechallenge #fashioneditorial #editorialfashion #beautyeditorial #editorialbeauty #fashionmodel #avantgarde #creativephotography X-Rite Photo & Video Profoto USA Canon More from this series on Instagram: @lindsayadler_photo https://ift.tt/2TR97rz

[instapicsil3]

Photo by @RobertClarkphoto // I have seen and photographed dozens of Mummies from all over the world, all different time periods, but nothing prepared me for the number and the tragic story that I photographed on the coast of Peru the village of Huanchaco. Evidence for the largest single incident of mass child sacrifice in the Americas— and likely in world history—has been discovered on Peru’s northern coast, archaeologists tell National Geographic. More than 140 children and 200 young llamas appear to have been ritually sacrificed in an event that took place some 550 years ago on a wind-swept bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, in the shadow of what was then the sprawling capital of the Chimú Empire. Scientific investigations by the international, interdisciplinary team, led by Gabriel Prieto of the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo and John Verano of Tulane University, are ongoing. The work is supported by grants from the National Geographic Society. While incidents of human sacrifice among the Aztec, Maya, and Inca have been recorded in colonial-era Spanish chronicles and documented in modern scientific excavations, the discovery of a large-scale child sacrifice event in the little-known pre-Columbian Chimú civilization is unprecedented in the Americas—if not in the entire world. “I, for one, never expected it,” says Verano, a physical anthropologist who has worked in the region for more than three decades. “And I don’t think anyone else would have, either.”The sacrifice site, formally known as Huanchaquito-Las Llamas, is located on a low bluff just a thousand feet from the sea, amid a growing spread of cinderblock residential compounds in Peru’s northern Huanchaco district. Less than half a mile to the east of the site is the UNESCO World Heritage site of #ChanChan, the ancient Chimú administrative center, and beyond its walls, the modern provincial capital of Trujillo. Only the Inca commanded a larger empire than the Chimú in pre-Columbian South America, and superior Inca forces put an end to the Chimú Empire around A.D. 1475. More images to come for this story in the February issue of the @NatGeo Magazine. Text by #KristinRomey #GabrielPrieto @atedge http://bit.ly/2CDgqYn

[samheydt]

18th Annual Lucie Awards and the International Photography Awards, Carnegie Hall,  New York City, TBD date

The Lucie Awards was launched in 2003 as part of the Lucie Foundation’s mission to honor master photographers, discover and cultivate emerging talent, and promote the appreciation of photography worldwide. Over the years, we have paid tribute to over 150 of the most important figures in contemporary photography through the Lucie Awards.

This annual event honors the greatest achievements in photography. The photography community from countries around the globe pays tribute to the most outstanding photography achievements at the Gala Awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York. This year, the 18th Annual Lucie Awards takes place on October 20, 2020. The Lucie Awards is the signature program of the Lucie Foundation.

Hossein Farmani is the Lucie Foundation Founder and Chairs the Lucie Awards with Susan Baraz.

 about lucie foundation

Lucie Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization whose three-tiered mission is to honor master photographers, discover and cultivate emerging talent, and promote the appreciation of photography worldwide. Lucie Foundation presents a variety of programs throughout the year, including its signature program, The Lucie Awards, Month of Photography LA (MOPLA), Snapshop, Freshlook, and Lucie Talks.

 advisory board

The Lucie Award Honorees are identified and nominated by our Advisory Board. Each year the Advisory Board nominates deserving individuals across a variety of categories who will be honored during the Lucie Awards ceremony. Once the nominations have been received, the votes are tallied and an honoree in each category is identified. The honorees are pre-announced months before the Lucie Awards.

 the lucie name

“Lucie” is derived from the Latin word “lux,” meaning “light,” acknowledging the role that light plays in photography.

 the lucie statue

The “Lucie” statue is truly a photographic icon. Curator/photographer Graham Howe conceived her form after works by two of the twentieth century’s most important photographers: E.O. Hoppé (1878-1972) whose “Margot Fonteyn, dancer, Saddlers Wells Ballet,” 1935 and František Drtikol (1883-1961) whose “Dark Waves,” 1925, were figuratively combined to give us “Lucie,” the goddess of light. The design was three-dimensionally modeled by Craig Burdick+Hanne Bølling of Studio 1030 Architects.

international photography awards

The Lucie Foundation’s sister-effort, International Photography Awards, holds an annual juried photography competition, to which professional, amateur, and student photographers are invited to submit their work. Our jury panel includes over 80 photo editors, art directors, curators, buyers, and other professionals from around the globe. Each year, a selection of the winning photographers are recognized at the Lucie Awards, and the Lucie Trophy is presented to the following winners: International Photographer of the Year (including $10,000 cash prize sponsored by AtEdge) and Discovery of the Year (including $5,000 cash prize).

[joeycultice]

I have started the “Living Room Session” again in my new Echo Park studio. Simple portraits of people I admire. I became aware of the amazing “Jessica Graham” on the FB, a few years ago. She spoke of the power of meditation, loving yourself, and accepting people for who they are….I watched as she grew as a person, began teaching meditation, speaking out about herself and her past, helping people to accept themselves. Then she popped out this amazing book ,“Good Sex: Getting Off without Checking Out”. “Good Sex” is a powerful meditation on becoming closer to your inner self and the people you love. Staring into the eyes of your partner, is a great piece of advice.! I strongly encourage all my friends to read this important piece of literature.! Thank you Jessica. Hope all of your days are filled with greatness. #photography #art #love # Kinoflo #phaseone #hasselblad #theonlyagancy#atedge #portraits #portrait #life_portraits #postthepeople #goodsex #gettingoff #gettingoffwithoutcheckingout #mindfulsex#photography #iseeyouandiloveyou #photo #photos #pic #pics #picture #photographer #pictures #snapshot#art #beautiful #instagood #picoftheday #photooftheday #color #all_shots #exposure #composition #focus #capture #moment #photoshoot #photodaily #photogram #fuckhastags (at 7-Eleven)

[fenndiary]

AtEdge photographer 2018 #ink

[atedgephotographers]

AtEdge Photographer Jill Greenberg was just at Lollapalooza capturing some rad shots of artists and the festival. Check them out after the link!

[lorysunartistry-blog]

@chrisknightphoto blessed my day with a new picture from “Orthodoxy” @spiritandflesh Swipe left to see the entire headdress. Designer crown & glove @lorysunartistry Photographer @chrisknightphoto Makeup @joannegair Hair @linhhair Styling @lscstyling Models @ninadapper @paulikling Video @davegeffin @profotousa @profotoglobal @atedge #headwraps #headpiece #headdress #jewelrydesigner #lorysun #wearableart #handmade (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvroxfxHtHH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1270b6oomgogq

[lorysunartistry-blog]

“Orthodoxy” New work in @spiritandflesh Designer 1 pic headdress• 2 pic gold corset •3 pic headdress• @lorysunartistry Photographer @chrisknightphoto Makeup @joannegair Hair @linhhair Styling @lscstyling Models @ninadapper @paulikling Video @davegeffin @profotousa @profotoglobal @atedge (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn6DOqFnjuR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nfre9qcueadk

[joeycultice]

I have started the “Living Room Session” again in my new Echo Park studio. Simple portraits of people I admire. I became aware of the amazing “Jessica Graham” on the FB, a few years ago. She spoke of the power of meditation, loving yourself, and accepting people for who they are….I watched as she grew as a person, began teaching meditation, speaking out about herself and her past, helping people to accept themselves. Then she popped out this amazing book ,“Good Sex: Getting Off without Checking Out”. “Good Sex” is a powerful meditation on becoming closer to your inner self and the people you love. Staring into the eyes of your partner, is a great piece of advice.! I strongly encourage all my friends to read this important piece of literature.! Thank you Jessica. Hope all of your days are filled with greatness. #photography #art #love # Kinoflo #phaseone #hasselblad #theonlyagancy#atedge #portraits #portrait #life_portraits #postthepeople #goodsex #gettingoff #gettingoffwithoutcheckingout #mindfulsex#photography #iseeyouandiloveyou #photo #photos #pic #pics #picture #photographer #pictures #snapshot#art #beautiful #instagood #picoftheday #photooftheday #color #all_shots #exposure #composition #focus #capture #moment #photoshoot #photodaily #photogram #fuckhastags (at 7-Eleven)

[instapicsil3]

Photo by @robertclarkphoto // While working a story about #biodiversity I photographed this wasp trapped in #Amber. The specimen is from the #Miocene, around 23 million BCE (before common era). The #microscopic view of the eyes have helped cell phone makes figure out how to make your phone screen visible in strong daylight, by #adapting the honey comb pattern to change the direction of the light entering the screen. This was shot on assignment for the @NatGeo @atedge https://ift.tt/2vL94Pa

[atedgephotographers]

[atedgephotographers]

Photographer Profile - Howard Schatz: "My studio became a research lab"

By David Schonauer   Tuesday June 16, 2015

Twenty-five years ago, Hoard Schatz  traded a life in medicine for a life in photography. He says he is a different man now than he was when he was a noted San Francisco ophthalmologist, which isn’t surprising. How he has changed is interesting, however, and sheds light on the relationship between science and art.

Read more...