Martin Parr . . .

. . . talking about his new book, "Life's a Beach."

Martin Parr presents Life's a Beach from Aperture Foundation on Vimeo.

Battling a horrible cold . . .

Looking at photo books, making connections. Shore '73, Ulrich '09.

Sarah Greenough talking about Robert Frank's "The Americans"

Sandy’s Aftermath: Devastation in Staten Island by Eugene Richards

Architecture photographer explains how he got that New York magazine cover shot

I'm not one to care much about what a photographer goes through to make a photograph (it's either a good image, or it's not) - I don't really believe that this is "the kind of shot which was impossible to take before this camera was there" (read: $10K of camera and lens, but I guess the helicopter was necessary) - however, this is a very compelling photograph:

Networked Individualism

Interesting ideas about harnessing the power of things you already have - internet-y communications:



More info: networked.pewinternet.org/

The Switzerland of India.

Check out this cool project and blog by Christine Rogers:

Photographing Imagined Landscapes: The Switzerland of India