Mike Maginot Photographer

05/06/2023

Shooting on the Beach

For Star Wars Day, we unearthed the real story behind the 1983 Rolling Stone “Star...

05/06/2023

A Little Bit of This. A Little Bit of That.

A review of unique historical photographs will help transport you to the past and allow you to compare these special moments to present day.

02/19/2023

Conceptualization vs. Spontaneity

Stephen Shore’s early success included selling three black-and-white prints to MOMA at age 14. When he was 17, he met Andy Warhol and asked if he could come to the Factory and take pictures. Then, at 24, he hit the road more or less alone, spanning America on a series of voyages of discovery—not only personal but collective, exposing a country unfamiliar to natives who encountered it every day. The resulting photographs “were, and are, the finest visual apprehensions of national realities since Robert Frank’s ‘The Americans,’ in 1958,” the New Yorker’s late art critic Peter Schjeldahl writes. Read a conversation between Schjeldahl and Shore, from our Interviews Issue: http://nyer.cm/RDVBqyw

09/07/2022

Going Places

https://petapixel.com/2022/07/24/iconic-photos-of-bands-and-musicians-reshot-in-their-original-locations/

PetaPixel is a photography news site that covers photo and camera news, reviews, inspiration, and education.

07/12/2022

Points of Light

In this B&H article, learn about how to create and control diffraction spikes, popularly known as a star effect, in your photos.

06/18/2022

Photographic Legacy

The late artist is getting her first full-scale exhibition in the United Kingdom this summer

04/18/2022

A nice gallery of black and white photos.

03/16/2022

Carl Van Vechten had a great rapport with jazz musicians.

Billie Holiday released from prison March 16 1948
74years ago today, Lady Day was released early from Alderson Federal Prison in West Virginia because of her good behavior. On May 16, 1947, a year ago, Holiday was arrested for possession of narcotics in her New York apartment.

When she arrived at Newark, her pianist Bobby Tucker and her dog Mister were waiting. The dog leaped at Holiday, knocking off her hat, and tackling her to the ground. "He began lapping me and loving me like crazy," she said. A woman thought the dog was attacking Holiday. She screamed, a crowd gathered, and reporters arrived. "I might just as well have wheeled into Penn Station and had a quiet little get-together with the Associated Press, United Press, and International News Service," she said.

Billie Holiday with Her Dog, Mister. New York, New York, United States, North and Central America, March 23, 1949. Photo © Carl Van Vechten

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