Monday

+ Los Angeles magazine posted up a slideshow of behind the scenes of a fashion shoot helmed by Hugh Kretschmer done over in West LA. Kretschmer has his images hanging over at the Clark/Oshin Gallery @ The ICON currently until September 14th.



+ Los Angeles is synonymous with the car & fast food culture of America's yesteryears and this Friday, the authors of the new photo book "Southern California Eats", John Eng & Adriene Biondo will be signing their newly released paperback edition at various spots around SoCal. First stop, La Luz de Jesus this Friday from 6 - 8 pm, Saturday @ Buns N Burgers Coffee Shop (1000 E. Main St Alhambra, CA 91801) 8 am - 10 am and finally on Sunday, Bob's Big Boy Boiler (7447 Firestone Blvd Downey, CA 90241) from 2 pm-3 pm.


This beautifully photographed book offers a fresh look at Southern California's roadside eateries. Embark on a road trip to out-of-the-way Route 66 landmarks, futuristic Googie coffee shops, and exotic Polynesian paradises. Part-homage and part-guidebook, this photo essay captures the flavor and character of Southern California's most unique eating establishments. Tour 1920s legends like Hollywood's Formosa Cafe to 1960s jet age icons like the LAX Theme Building. Hungry historians, students and pop culture enthusiasts will appreciate the well-researched text, photography, and personal stories. Architects and photographers will enjoy the full-color, visual experience.

+ By the way, next week at the Annenberg Space for Photography's IRIS nights will be David Hume Kennerly speaking. Get a chance to hear this thoughts from a man who's been on the frontline for the past 40+ years. I'm positive that all seats will be taken for this one so click here to register. This takes place Sept 3rd 6:30-8 pm. Parking is $1 with validation.

+ Keep a disposable camera in your car. My friend recently had his car overturn on the 101 due to one of his tires that blew out. He got out of it pretty well - no broken bones, no serious injuries. The day after he got out of the hospital, he and his mother went to see his car. He took photos of it - with a 35mm camera. Later on he got the report from the insurance company with photos provided by them - showing the tire intact ......YET my friend's own photograph shows the tire shredded ! Later he discovered that brand of tires has had blow-out problems before. Now he has the receipt of the tire purchase and the negative to back him up. It is hard to dispute a tangible evidence as a photographic negative.


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+ Adobe posts Camera Raw 5.5 release candidate
+ 1500 hours of moving legobricks and take photos of them
+ National Geographic finally opens up its archives
+ Polaroid Collection: Urgent Photographer Alert