Nature Collides with Gorgeous New York Cityscapes

A delicate and beautiful work by Matthew Richards

“As New York City recovers from the sweeping winds, massive rainfall, and damaging aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, it's nice to remember the city in some of its finer, more peaceful moments. This series by London-based photographer Matthew Richards is a collection of stunning black and white cityscapes that document the iconic landscape of one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.”

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Photographers Using Google Street View - In Pictures

Jon Rafman - 9 Rua Pereira da Costa, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 2010 (click photo for larger image)

“On Google Street View you can take a virtual walk down almost any street in the developed world – and it's inspiring some fascinating new art. Jon Rafman is one of a new breed of street photographers sourcing images from Google Street View to create fascinating series of work. Rafman has suggested that it might be the ultimate conclusion of the medium: 'it's almost as if the camera is this modern God that sees everything, but doesn't make any moral judgements.’”

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Experts: Ansel Adams Photos Found At Garage Sale Worth $200 Million

Excerpt from article by By Alan Duke

July 27, 2010 9:01 p.m. EDT - From CNN Entertainment -- Rick Norsigian kept two boxes he bought at a garage sale under his pool table for four years before realizing they may be too valuable to store at home. The Fresno, California, commercial painter learned this week that what was in those boxes he paid $45 dollars for a decade ago could be worth more than $200 million. "When I heard that $200 million, I got a little weak," Norsigian said at a Beverly Hills art gallery Tuesday. Art, forensic, handwriting and weather experts teamed up to conclude the 65 glass plates in the boxes were photographic negatives created more than 80 years ago by Ansel Adams, the iconic American photographer whose images of the West inspired the country.  Read the entire article...

Detroit Institute of Arts Looks at 1950s Detroit through the Eyes of Robert Frank

"Drugstore, Detroit", Robert Frank, 1955. Gelatin silver print, image: (59.1 x 40.0 cm), 23 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches. ©Robert Frank, from 'The Americans'. Detroit Institute of Arts

In an age when everyone has a camera on hand--it's important to be reminded of the artistry and vision that contributes to a photographic work of art that is a masterpiece. 

From ArtDaily.org:

DETROIT, MI.- "Detroit Experiences: Robert Frank Photographs, 1955" showcases more than 50 rare and many never-before-seen black-and-white photographs taken in Detroit by legendary photographic artist Robert Frank. The exhibition will be on view at the Detroit Institute of the Arts (DIA) March 3–July 4, 2010. The exhibition is free with museum admission. In 1955 and 1956 Robert Frank traveled the U.S. taking photographs for his groundbreaking book 'The Americans', published in 1958. He set out to create a large visual record of America, and Detroit was one of his early stops. Inspired by autoworkers, the cars they made, along with local lunch counters, drive-in movies and public parks, Frank transformed everyday experiences of Detroiters into an extraordinary visual statement about American life.

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