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WWRAD: A Letter To Richard Avedon
I have written a virtual letter to Richard Avedon in order to get a few simple answers regarding the state of the digital world today. Maybe he has some of the answers that I am looking for, or maybe...
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Another Young Man In A Hurry (part II)
Another anxious young photographer is up and coming. Keep your eye out for Justin Nambiar. Portrait of Justin Nambiar while on a shoot in Oakland, CA. © Jay Watson Photography The identity of AYMIAH is...
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Another Young Man In A Hurry (part I)
Another anxious young photographer is up and coming. Keep your eye out for JN. This hidden assistant photographed below was taken on a recent magazine shoot in Oakland, CA. Portait of AYMIAH © Jay...
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Visit To Brooks In Santa Barbara • Tip For New Artists
Last week I was a guest speaker at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara. A few former Brooks students have contacted me about assisting, and after speaking with Eli Davis at Career...
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Things Your Momma Should’ve Told You About Art School
Derrick going frontside at Pacifica Skatepark. © Jay Watson Photography One responsibility in being a photographer involves teaching other photographers. This occurs through either working with...
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Polaroid Should Not Be Impossible
Gambino Custom. San Jose, CA © Jay Watson Photography Polaroid instant film should not be impossible and it should not need to be reinvented. Sadly this is not the case. In February 2008, Polaroid...
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Letter to Juice Magazine
Dear Juice Magazine, I finally decided to subscribe to your mag for 3 reasons. #1) It rules, #2) I can never find it in stores, and #3) I wanted to support the mag instead of belly aching about the...
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Evel Knievel Sold Insurance
Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Evel Knievel served in the US army, worked at a copper mine, was a semi pro hockey player, started a successful hunting guide business, competed in ski jumping, pole...
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iphoneography: Carnival Rides
What is more Americana? Eating cotton candy and then getting sick at the trash can after riding “The Gambler” or taking a picture of it with your iphone? I saw it happen but controlled myself. Save...
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Interview: Photographer Grant Brittain
Self portrait, Grant Brittain. “I want to be buried with my Leica.” What do you do when you are a photographer and part owner of a magazine when today’s publishing industry is scratching it’s head on...
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Tazio Nuvolari Had Advice For You
I have saved this newspaper clipping from the LA Times for 10 years, and cut it out from a story when I was getting the paper delivered daily when I first moved to California. Think I would have kept...
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A Brief Photo History On Halloween
Halloween allows everyone to explore in the mysteries of the unknown, but photography has always been connected to the unknown. Unfortunately, the gods of science played tricks on the early pioneers...
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Goodbye Mr. Penn
Irving Penn (June 16, 1917–October 7, 2009) lived to be 92. photo by Irving Penn “Beautiful and boring,” wrote New Yorker magazine’s Janet Malcolm in a review of an exhibit of the butts at the Museum...
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