Richard Avedon at the SFMOMA

Richard Avedon's photographs are on exhibit at the SFMOMA

It is a must see... his portraits that he took out west of coal miners, carnies etc are literally larger than life!

The museum store has a book about this portrait project that shows Richard Avedon using a 8x10 view camera to create these pictures.

Of course my favorite images were from his fashion work.

My all time fav is the image below with the model and the elephants.

I definitely encourage you to see such spectacular black and white prints.

Photographer Ulrica Wihlborg

I came across Photographer Ulrica Wihlborg's work in the recent Rangefinder Magazine.

I love her work and yes she uses film! Her camera of choice is a medium format Contax and she also uses Cannon 35mm cameras. So check her out!

See Ulrica's work at her website Axel & Moa

Read the entire Rangefinder article

Holgas ~ not just a toy

The Holga is an inexpensive, medium format 120 film "toy camera", made in China, appreciated for its low-fidelity aesthetic.The Holga's cheap construction and simple meniscus lens often yields pictures that display vignetting, blur, light leaks, and other distortions.

They are so much more than a "toy camera"!

To learn more about holgas visit this site by lomography. For a great how to use holga manual check out the one created by Freestyles.

Here are a few of Edie's Holga images.

Have fun holgaing...

Jose Villa + Holga

photos by Jose Villa

Jose is happy to share some of his images that he took with a Holga while in Mexico. He encourages everyone to try out a Holga if you have not already.

To see more of his work visit Jose's blog. Get back to basics and have fun with your very own Holga!