Barry Tanenbaum

Hide In Plain Sight ; Chip Simons’ Light Strategy
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Oct 01, 2005

If you've glanced at the photos and you're not laughing, you might think about skipping ahead to the next story. On these pages we're going to spend some time in the bemusement park that's the mind of Chip Simons, and if the weird light he's shining into the darkness didn't bring at least a smile, you're probably not going to enjoy the...

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Local Color; David Middleton’s Advice To Outdoor Photographers: Stay Home
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Jun 13, 2005  |  First Published: Jul 01, 2005

Photos © 2004, David Middleton, All Rights Reserved

"The intoxication of exotica is overrated," David Middleton says. So if you're thinking of traveling far and wide in search of great outdoor and nature photographs, save your money and your time--at least until you've explored the familiar: your own backyard.

"It's...

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Personal Project ; Roadside Attractions
Barry Tanenbaum  |  May 01, 2005

Photos © 2004, Barbara Kinney, All Rights Reserved

The think about the road less traveled is that it makes for a quicker commute. Barbara Kinney drives Seattle's Route 99 from her home to her job--she's a picture editor at The Seattle Times--and finds it a better way to go than the Interstate, which replaced 99 as the area's main highway.
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Might As Well Jump; Lori Stoll’s Large (Format) Challenge
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Apr 01, 2005

Photos © 2004, Lori Stoll, All Rights Reserved

Got something you've always wanted to do, something that's long intrigued and attracted you, but you were way too busy with your career to go after? If you're lucky, one day you'll find the career's going along okay and you've got the time to chase down a dream or two.

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Natural Selections; Gil Lopez-Espina’s Brand-New Blank Canvas
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Mar 01, 2005

Photos © 2004, Gil Lopez-Espina, All Rights Reserved

No matter how far we get from the starting point, there's always something that calls us back. Early influences, first goals, original career choices--they all have a way of hanging around at the edges, only to show up strong somewhere down the line.

That happened recently...

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Balancing Act
Rod Planck Works Both Sides Of The Creative Fence
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Aug 01, 2004

Less is more. But too much less is boring. What you're looking for, Rod Planck says, is the kind of balance you find when you "work both sides of the creative fence."

Rod is not only an outstanding nature and outdoor...

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Outdoor/TravelWildlife
The Call Of The Wild
Daryl Hawk Goes It Alone
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Jul 01, 2004

It's a safe bet that Daryl Hawk won't be looking for an assistant any time soon. When he leaves family, friends, and the commercial, portrait, and advertising photography business he runs out of his Connecticut studio in order to pursue images...

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Second Thoughts
Personalizing The Landscape
Barry Tanenbaum  |  May 01, 2004

Lin Alder changed his mind. And his style, too.

"I came to photography initially as a black and white large format landscape photographer," Lin says. "Ansel Adams was my primary inspiration, as he was for a lot of...

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Face Value: Jack Neal's Portrait Partnerships
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Feb 01, 2004

This website, Jack Neal offers this observation by the noted photographer Duane Michals: "I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody's face in a...

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Building A Better Mousetrap
Is Digital Inevitable?
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Nov 01, 2003

I'll never forget what Jason Schneider said. It was the mid-80s, and Sony was holding another press introduction of another version of the Mavica. Back then when you said the words "digital imaging," you were talking about Mavica, but...

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