A billion dollars worth of pomo photo

by | Apr 17, 2012 | culture, design, photo, technology

Has everybody finally finished discussing Instagram’s billion buck Zuck-quisition?  Probably not, but I can’t wait for all the chatter to settle down to ponder what it means when a generation puts such a value on nostalgia for something they probably...

Mammoth tintypes and the magic of the meniscus

by | Apr 3, 2011 | media, photo, science!

Yesterday I attended a rare demo of the 19th-century tintype photographic process by photographer Nathaniel Gibbons at (or at least just outside) Gallery Kayafas, where Gibbons’ “Mammoth Plate Tintypes” are on display. For those of you who are not...

Cambridge Dawn

by | Jan 31, 2011 | photo

Insistent beeping Don’t hit snooze, or you will miss Venus and the moon