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Interview for ASMP Questions for a Pro

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Douglas Barkey

 Lily Barber from the American Society of Media Photographers interviewed me this week for their Questions for a Pro blog.

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Michael Snow – Disrupting the Suspension of Disbelief, Part I

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Douglas Barkey

Originally posted on Fotonotes:
Part 1: Simultaneous compression. When we pick up a camera and frame a composition in the viewfinder, we do so with a number of key assumptions about what happens when we press the shutter button and…

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Peripheral Visions opens tonight at Candela Books + Gallery

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Douglas Barkey

https://candelabooks.com/announcing-peripheral-vision/ Amy Ritchie Johnson has curated Peripheral Vision which opens tonight at Candela Books + Gallery from 5 – 9pm. The exhibition essay describes the exhibition and her interest in exploring: “a trend in contemporary [straight] photography growing in the long shadow of the traditional ‘view of … Continue reading →

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Focusing on my dissertation….

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Douglas Barkey

Friends and anyone following my blog on photography, I have been taking a little break since Spring 2014 in order to finish my EdD dissertation. I expect to be back posting in December, 2014. Thanks for your patience and I … Continue reading →

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Michael Snow – Part II – Sequence and Time

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Douglas Barkey

The Michael Snow Photo-Centric exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art  (available for viewing until April 27, 2014) is a retrospective collection of many of his images that explore the meaning of sequence and time. This post continues an essay on the Snow’s photographs I … Continue reading →

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Michael Snow – Disrupting the Suspension of Disbelief, Part I

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Douglas Barkey

Part 1: Simultaneous compression. When we pick up a camera and frame a composition in the viewfinder, we do so with a number of key assumptions about what happens when we press the shutter button and capture an exposure. A … Continue reading →

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2014 Sony World Photography Awards – shortlist reviews

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Douglas Barkey

There were over 140,000 entries to the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards, so it is a comprehensive world survey of what is going on in photography today and close to a miracle to make the shortlist for the competition! I’ve … Continue reading →

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Kenneth Josephson exhibit

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Douglas Barkey

Kenneth Josephson exhibit Here’s a short synopsis by one of our photography professors on Kenneth Josephson’s conceptual photographs that everyone will enjoy!

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From 40 plates to 6 billion files – the scale of photography in a digital age

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Douglas Barkey

In November, 2011, I wrote a short piece on Managing the Image – Sorting through the Catalog that explored some of the key differences for prolific digital photographers between managing an image archive of digital photographs and silver-based negatives. I was … Continue reading →

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Larry Cook and Annette Isham at The Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington D.C.

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Douglas Barkey

Although “Woman and Landscape” and “From an Eighth to a Key” occupy the same exhibit space at The Hamiltonian Gallery, each artist addresses different themes with distinct approaches and media – these are separate exhibits installed apart in the same … Continue reading →

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