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The End.

In the old days, when stories were written on typewriters and the copy set with metal from a Linotype, the end of a story was marked with "- 30 -" or "###." Well, this is it for Photo Edge. It has been my pleasure to share with you my photographs and ...

From CHRISTOPHER ASSAF, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  11 Mar 2008

It is official: Pictures of the year results

The photograph, one of my personal favorites from 2007, placed third in Portrait. More than 1,800 pictures were entered in that category alone, with six awards given. Of note is second-place winner Platon for a Time cover photograph of Vladimer ...

From CHRISTOPHER ASSAF, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  10 Mar 2008

Thursday Tomes: Walker Evans (Photofile series)

Most photography books, the ones most likely to make it the to discerning eye's shelf, are large and expensive. Sometimes very large and very expensive. So it is nice to come across a smart book, well-done with excellent reproduction, that is priced ...

From CHRISTOPHER ASSAF, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  6 Mar 2008

Cobbling the details

Recently staff rusticator Jed Kirschbaum photographed Malcolm Spaulding, a 61-year-old man who has been repairing shoes in Baltimore for decades. The old shop, on West Fayette, is smeared with the shoe polish, its smell combining with that of the ...

From CHRISTOPHER ASSAF, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  6 Mar 2008

Irving Penn at the Morgan Library & Museum

Acquired in 2007, thirty-five donated by the artist, they cross every decade of Penn's career. The first is from 1944 while the most recent, of Jasper Johns, is from 2006. The exhibit runs until April 13.  (If you haven't left a comment here before, ...

From CHRISTOPHER ASSAF, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  5 Mar 2008

Giving images at final moments

This morning, I cruised the Internet with little in mind. Stumbling through the sportsshooter.com message board I found a powerful, touching story by Stephanie Simon in the Los Angeles Times (also owned by The Sun parent Tribune Co.) about Now I Lay Me ...

From CHRISTOPHER ASSAF, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  5 Mar 2008

Weather Challenge Winner

The first Photo Edge Photo Challenge is over, the voted tallied. Winner: Clifford Gwinn (cliff2n) with a beautiful photograph of log, child, water, bridge and sky. A nice composition that has great depth and a variety of visual information to keep the ...

From CHRISTOPHER ASSAF, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  4 Mar 2008

Lacrosse Face-Off Classic

Saturday was a beautiful day for lacrosse despite the wind and the hint of chill in said wind. For the first time in almost a month, a sporting event was on the agenda -- the Face-Off Classic at M&T Bank Stadium. Two games, the first at noon -- ...

From CHRISTOPHER ASSAF, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  3 Mar 2008

Weather challenge deadline is today

Weather is all around, so let's see it. Today is the final day to make weather photographs for the Photo Edge Photo Challenge. All must have been photographed from Feb. 13 through Feb 29. Upload them to the Photo Edge Flickr group by March 2 and use ...

From CHRISTOPHER ASSAF, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  29 Feb 2008

Thursday Tomes: "In the Shadow of Mountains"

My first encounter with photographer Steve McCurry, unknown to me, came when I gazed at the cover of a 1985 National Geographic and it gazed back at me with green, knowledgeable eyes that followed me wherever I moved. It was the soon-to-be-famous ...

From CHRISTOPHER ASSAF, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  28 Feb 2008

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