Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Tuesday Briefs

Shit, nowadays, everyone is a photographer, you got a 5D and a Flickr account, you good to go kid. Literally. With 14 year old paparazzi and however many thousands of images being uploaded a day to Flickr, I can't help but to think that words and in-depth stories have been replaced by pictures and 140 character constant updates and that our lazy "my brain stops working at 2:30 so I have a 5 Hour Energy" society could care less. - Will Steacy

+ This Saturday, LACMA presents Conversation and Screening: David LaChapelle and Josh Azzarella @ 2 pm

Artists David LaChapelle and Josh Azzarella will discuss themes of celebrity, memory and mourning in a conversation moderated by Edward Robinson, associate curator of photography. Includes a screening of Azzarella's Untitled #100 (Fantasia) (2007-9, 12:06 min.), a haunting investigation of Michael Jackson's iconic music video Thriller (1983).

Free. No reservation needed. Event held at Bing Theater @ LACMA.

+ This Wed 7-9 pm, Lomography Gallery Store LA is throwing a party to reveal their newest camera which is a MYSTERY

+ LAist "Laurel Canyon Residents Celebrate 'Photo Day'"
+ PDN "Chris McCaw’s Crazy DIY Large-Format Cameras"
+ APE "Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act"
+ Rob Galbraith "Adobe posts Photoshop Lightroom 3.3 and Camera Raw 6.3 release candidates"

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