It’s a common misconception that the reason subjects in portraits of yesteryear didn’t smile is because of unappealing looking teeth. In fact, the reason is quite logical: smiling for hours on end is awkward and straining for models. In an essay on the topic, writer Nicholas Jeeves says, “A smile is like a blush. It is a response, not an expression per se, and so …
Hasselblad‘s latest series of releases and announcements succeed two-fold. As the brand improves upon previous products—like their groundbreaking X1D mirrorless medium-format camera from 2017—they also reinvent the potential of their historic camera roster. With the less expensive X1D II 50C, consumer feedback powers a second-generation model. For both the CFV II 50C digital back and 907X camera body, past and future collide for unexpected functionality. …
Beginning with some of civilization’s first sketches of objects in the sky and ending with some of our most high-definition satellite imagery, Sun and Moon is a thrilling catalog of important cosmic discoveries. Assembled by Mark Holborn and published by Phaidon, the book presents how we’ve used photography and cartography to explore space and time (and our ever-changing understanding of them) over thousands of years. …