Tales and Blog: Eastern Sierra Center for Photography [Archive]

Laura_Campbell

2-Dec-2013, 13:34

As a follow-up piece to Large Format is not for pussies, Amanda Tomlin blogs again.

Large Format is warm and fluffy (http://esc4p.org/2013/12/large-format-is-warm-and-fluffy/)

Large Format is not for pussies (http://esc4p.org/2013/11/large-format-is-not-for-pussies/)

Tales from the lens and other LF goodies (http://esc4p.org/blog-2/)

'Tales from the lens' is already proving to be enormously popular. It's a semi-curated series of anecdotes about large format action. If you're interested in participating, it's super easy! Provide a link to your website or Flickr page in the comments below, and we will drop you a note with instructions.

Laura_Campbell

3-Dec-2013, 21:14

Recent Tales from the lens:

John Wimberley, and Tim Scott. http://esc4p.org/blog-2/

ScottPhotoCo

4-Dec-2013, 00:21

Thanks Laura!

Tim
www.ScottPhoto.co

Jim Fitzgerald

4-Dec-2013, 07:04

Laura, some great contributions!

MDR

4-Dec-2013, 13:43

Thanks loved Amanda Tomlin's contributions lots of humour of course the other writers are not bad either.
Again thanks

Dominik

David Lobato

4-Dec-2013, 19:30

I sure enjoyed reading them.

Laura_Campbell

6-Dec-2013, 22:40

As her follow up piece to Large Format is warm and fluffy, Amanda Tomlin blogs again: A guide to LF snobbery (http://esc4p.org/2013/12/a-guide-to-lf-snobbery/)

Happy to hear folks are enjoying the offerings. Thank you!

ross

8-Dec-2013, 10:25

These are great. And so is the website. Nice job!

Laura_Campbell

8-Dec-2013, 14:07

Thanks Jeff!

Laura_Campbell

8-Dec-2013, 14:16

Our current featured artist is Gordon Undy, a well-known Australian large format photographer, and Co-Founder of Point Light Gallery. His work is magnificent.
His biography and photographs can be seen here: http://esc4p.org/gordon-undy/

And Gordon's 'Tale' is posted on our blog: http://esc4p.org/blog-2/

On our video page, there's an interesting film you might enjoy seeing which includes an interview with Gordon. United Nations International Year of the Forests: Six photographers go bush. http://esc4p.org/resources/

Laura_Campbell

10-Dec-2013, 17:12

Eight Large Format photographers joined forces to create the Eastern Sierra Center for Photography update in the current issue of View Camera.

Look for gorgeous photographs by John Wimberley, Kirk Gittings, Austin Granger, Merg Ross, Jim Fitzgerald, Mat Marrash, and Amanda Tomlin.

Photo courtesy View Camera.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3821/11315851183_6a118a9a6e_c.jpg

Laura_Campbell

16-Dec-2013, 18:55

Tomorrow is my 48th birthday. If you wish to wish me a Happy LF Birthday you can by donating $5 to Eastern Sierra Center for Photography (http://esc4p.org). Your donation is tax deductible! Make a difference! Make a donation: https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=8173

http://esc4p.org/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/donatenow.jpg (https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=8173)

Kirk Gittings

16-Dec-2013, 19:26

brian mcweeney

16-Dec-2013, 19:38

Done.
Best wishes for the new year!

Laura_Campbell

16-Dec-2013, 21:39

Done.
Best wishes for the new year!

Thank you so much Brian! Your support means the world to us. Have a joyous holiday, and happy new year!

Laura_Campbell

16-Dec-2013, 21:40

Thank you for everything, Kirk! You're the best!

Merg Ross

17-Dec-2013, 08:46

Happy Birthday to you Laura, and all best wishes for 2014!

Jim Fitzgerald

17-Dec-2013, 08:56

Laura, all the best from June and I. Look for a donation soon!!

billie williams

17-Dec-2013, 10:29

Happy birthday, Laura. Happy to help with this important work.

Laura_Campbell

18-Dec-2013, 23:13

Thank you for the thoughtful birthday wishes, and your generous donations to ESC4P! We received 13 donations in 24 hours!
We've snow on the way in Lone Pine - yay!

Laura_Campbell

19-Dec-2013, 00:07

Open Call!

Paradigmatic Nudes
A curated online exhibit
Promoting contemporary large format photography
Only at esc4p.org (http://esc4p.org)

If you're interested in participating, it's super easy! Provide us a link in the comment section to your website or Flickr page, and we will drop you a note with instructions.

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Laura_Campbell

20-Dec-2013, 18:56

Care to read the Eastern Sierra Center for Photography update published in View Camera? A scanned PDF version is blogged (http://esc4p.org/2013/12/esc4p-in-view-camera/). Photography by Wimberley, Gittings, Granger, Ross, Fitzgerald, Marrash, and Tomlin.

http://esc4p.org/2013/12/esc4p-in-view-camera/

Laura_Campbell

21-Dec-2013, 17:25

What's worse than being a pussy? That's right! Gettin' too serious. Amanda Tomlin blogs "If you get too serious you’ll have to leave" (http://esc4p.org/2013/12/if-you-get-too-serious-youll-have-to-leave/). Back at the ranch, Ted Preuss shares the story of a gorgeous nude in his tale from the lens (http://esc4p.org/2013/12/tales-from-the-lens-ted-preuss/).

brian mcweeney

21-Dec-2013, 19:13

Seriously funny.

21-Dec-2013, 19:29

She's a great writer!

Kirk Gittings

21-Dec-2013, 19:51

AmandaTom

22-Dec-2013, 00:59

Thanks for the ego boost everyone. Writing is a great way to procrastinate about going out and taking pictures.

Kirk Gittings

22-Dec-2013, 09:50

Writing is a great way to procrastinate about going out and taking pictures.

:)

dasBlute

23-Dec-2013, 01:44

Col, now I can say, "I knew her when :)" Nice writing Amanda, it sounds just like you - and that's a good thing :)
-Tim

AmandaTom

23-Dec-2013, 14:58

Thanks Tim. I'm glad you can hear me in what I write--I consider that an accomplishment. If I can't find humor in life--and especially in the vernacular-ridden, self-promoting, trash-infested, over-serious art world--I may as well swan dive off the GG Bridge, camera in hand.

Laura_Campbell

31-Dec-2013, 16:42

Our beloved Lone Granger, Austin, has given us permission to publish essays and photographs from his books, “Elegy from the Edge of a Continent: Photographing Point Reyes” and "Point Reyes". We all know he is a photographer of considerable skill and vision, but he is an accomplished writer as well. We invite you to enjoy his essays and photographs on our blog, reunited from his two books and shown together as he originally intended.

http://esc4p.org/2013/12/heroic-tales-from-the-lone-granger/

Kirk Gittings

31-Dec-2013, 23:45

Great piece from a great photographer.

Tin Can

1-Jan-2014, 00:04

Excellent, thank you! And thank you Austin. I may be more a reader and story teller than a photographer, but I need to tilt at windmills, just to keep things interesting.

Laura_Campbell

8-Jan-2014, 14:35

Heroic Tales from the lens and pen: Austin Granger
Chapter 3: Tomales Bay
http://esc4p.org/2014/01/heroic-tales-from-the-lens-and-pen-austin-granger/

Gary Nylander

9-Jan-2014, 23:24

Nice to see the article on the Eastern Sierra Center for Photography (ESC4P) in the latest View Camera magazine, also inspiring to see those great photographers featured, which include members of the LFPF.

Laura_Campbell

13-Jan-2014, 21:36

Back at the ranch...

"Secret Beach" an excerpt from “Elegy from the Edge of a Continent: Photographing Point Reyes” by Austin Granger
http://esc4p.org/2014/01/granger-than-fiction-secret-beach/

Tales from the lens: Steve Sherman
By now we've all encountered D-guys in the field. They usually offer unsolicited commentary comparing their craft to film. Steve Sherman's D-guy confessed "I've never heard it explained that way." Read on...
http://esc4p.org/2014/01/tales-from-the-lens-steve-sherman/

Tales from the lens: Terry Hayden
Join Terry Hayden for a tale about large format photography in Devil's Kitchen and Kaaterskill Creek.
http://esc4p.org/2014/01/tales-from-the-lens-terry-hayden/

Laura_Campbell

3-Feb-2014, 20:40

"The car, the camp, the tent, the chairs. Long gone. I’d love to hear the story of what came calling in the night." - Robert Langham
Tales from the lens: Robert Langham III http://esc4p.org/2014/02/tales-from-the-lens-robert-langham-iii/

Granger Than Paradise: Chimney Rock http://esc4p.org/2014/01/granger-than-paradise-chimney-rock/

Laura_Campbell

16-Feb-2014, 17:21

“Shut up” or “Did I ask you for that?” doesn’t quite have the same ring. Art and craft has a lot of experts. A lot. And they don’t mind telling you. -- Amanda Tomlin

I don’t know what the LF I’m talking about, but neither do you: http://esc4p.org/2014/02/i-dont-know-what-the-lf-im-talking-about-but-neither-do-you/

swmcl

18-Feb-2014, 19:43

Feisty. Definitely fiesty. In fact two fiesties at least two...

Good for you.

Laura_Campbell

28-Feb-2014, 13:28

"Tittie pictures piss me off when they masquerade as Art. Here's why." - Amanda Tomlin

Naked isn't Nude: http://esc4p.org/2014/02/naked-isnt-nude/

Tin Can

28-Feb-2014, 14:11

Yes, well put.

"Tittie pictures piss me off when they masquerade as Art. Here's why." - Amanda Tomlin

Naked isn't Nude: http://esc4p.org/2014/02/naked-isnt-nude/

Darin Boville

28-Feb-2014, 17:09

"Tittie pictures piss me off when they masquerade as Art. Here's why." - Amanda Tomlin

Naked isn't Nude: http://esc4p.org/2014/02/naked-isnt-nude/

The comment section of that post gave me the best laugh of the day so far. Thanks!

--Darin