Caught in the Act: Eating Lunch at Your Desk

Perhaps taking a nod from popular (though no longer active) Tumblr account Sad Desk Lunches, Brian Finke further “celebrates the sadness.” His “Desktop Dining” photo series is simple, but effective—and awkward. Some 30 photographs outline people who don’t have a decent work/life balance: typing with pizza dangling from their mouths, spooning soup as they’re on the phone, and one worker who has an impressive selection …

Bill Cunningham, in His Own Words

Many notable people have shared what it’s like to be photographed—and starstruck—by Bill Cunningham (Anna Wintour once said, “We all dress for Bill”) but Cunningham in his own words is a heartwarming and emotional read—especially as the 2002 article was republished this weekend when the beloved photographer passed away at 87 years old. “Bill Cunningham on Bill Cunningham” is fascinating, funny and entirely charming. Cunningham, …

The End of the Monster Polaroid

20×24 Studio (the home of large-format instant photography) announced this week that it will be ending production operations next year. While many might not know about it, an enormous version of the Polaroid camera was invented in the late ’70s in order to show consumers the quality of the brand’s large-format film, and while it (understandably) wasn’t a model that caught on for the mainstream—the …