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It’s time for my annual ‘stuff for the photographer on your Christmas list’ blog post. I realize that for most of you, well, you are the photographer on your Christmas list. So I’ve added a section of some different photo gifts you could make. There are no cameras on the list for a two reasons. […]
History of Photography
Six Degrees of Charles Darwin Note: For those offended by such things, there is a small photograph reproduced below that has artistic nudity. You’re probably familiar with the film-buff game, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. If not, basically you name any individual who is associated with movies and you should be able to connect that […]
History of Photography
“I am going to make a name for myself. If I fail, you will never hear of me again.” Edward Muggeridge I love writing about great photographers. I’m sure there are some exceptions, but in general they tend to be among the oddest and most interesting groups of people on the planet. I thought the […]
Humor and Sarcasm
It’s a sad and dark day here at Lensrentals. For years, we’ve worked really long hours fueled largely by coffee and snack cakes. Not just any snack cakes, of course. Hostess snack cakes. So today’s very sad news that Hostess is shutting it’s doorsis a devastating blow to us. First Kodak. Now Hostess. What will […]
History of Photography
How the Government Accidentaly Created the Golden Age of American Photography “Corn Along a River” Marion Post Wolcott, 1940. Library of Congress. “Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” — Mark Twain “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing […]
