Field Tested on Tanna Cleaning your camera while traveling can be a nightmare. Without a local camera lab, how are you supposed to keep your sensor clean? Dust is an inevitable part of any camera system where you change lenses. But a new approach could make this painful process a little easier. Suck or [more...]
Milk Gallery [ Magnum In Motion ] “This is probably the most important work I will do in my life.” These were the opening words of Peter Van Agtmael last Thursday night at the Milk Gallery. Over the next hour Peter lead us through his daily life covering wars in the Middle East [more...]
Join Me This Evening — Podcasts come to Life Photo Essays When I take shorter trips from NYC, I load up my iPhone with two types of podcasts. The first are Magnum “In Motion” photo essays and the other are TED talks (here is a link to one of my all time favorites). If you have never [more...]
Study the Masters — Thames & Hudson Press Wouldn’t it be nice to explore the Magnum Archives? I could spend months, maybe even years pouring over the contacts of my favorite photographers. Contact sheets contain the subtle lessons of composition, design, and the moment when everything comes together into a magical image. A Book Of [more...]
The Last Plane Home “Tom, where’s the plane?” Island time is a term which captures the striking contrast of life on a tropical island versus the hustle of a place like Manhattan. Unlike the clock ridden streets of New York City, life on Tanna runs on the sun, even at the airport. But even when [more...]