Before 2009 gets completely spun up, here is one more chance to look back at 2008. Jim Goldstein just published a wonderful blog project where he asked his readers to post their Best Photos of 2008. Jim had stellar turn out for his project with 92 photographers participating. Enjoy reviewing 2008 from 92 points of view from around the world.
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Photographers’ Best Photos of 2008
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009Reflecting on 2008 Through Photos
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008The end of the year is always a time to look back and reflect on the year just past. Below is a collection of the best sites that review 2008 in photos. While there are some repeated images across these different sites, each has enough unique value that warranted inclusion in this list. Occasionally you will see the same situation photographed from different vantage points. Quite often you will find very clever and uniquely constructed images that tell a story or capture the drama of every day life.
Enjoy the images that made up 2008:
- BBC’s The Year in Pictures 2008
- The Boston Globe’ The Big Picture: The year 2008 in Photographs (part 1 of 3) (part 2 | part 3)
- Chicago Tribune’s Photo Essay: Joy and Sorrow in 2008 (make sure to turn on captions to get a description for each photo, though you may have to manually advance the slide show)
- MSNBC 2008 Year in Pictures (3 slide shows: news, sports, vote)
- National Geographic’s Photo of The Day: Best of 2008 (also check out their Photo of The Day: Best of The Month, starting in January)
- The New York Times’ 2008 - The Year in Pictures (A full screen slide show with 8 Sections: The Election, The Economy, The Nation, The World, Iraq and Afghanistan, The (New York) Region, Sports, Art & Entertainment)
- Sacramento Bee’s The Frame: News Pictures from 2008, Election Pictures from 2008, Feature Pictures from 2008, and Sports Pictures from 2008
- The San Francisco Chronicle’s 2008: A Year in Pictures (Broken down into select photos per month, too bad they didn’t include dates with each photo…)
- Time’s Pictures of The Year 2008
- Vanity Fair’s Year in Pictures, Part One (Part Two)
- The Wall Street Journal’s 2008 Year in Pictures (Slide show with 10 Sections: Financial Crash, Sports, Global Conflict, The Elements, Campaign, The Year’s Best, Fashion, Biggest Buys, Top Entertainers, WSJ’s Photowall)
- World Press Photos of the Year - 2008
Happy New Year!
9-11 Photo Tribute
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Photo By Jon C. Hodgson
About the Photos
World Trade Center Tribute in Light was taken by New York City photographer Jon C. Hodgson. It has been featured in various New York City area publications and used here with permission.
Bruised & Battered But Still Standing was taken by me during a trip to New York City in April of 2002. The Sphere was a sculpture that was part of the World Trade Center plaza fountain and (mostly) survived 9/11. It was moved, in it’s damaged state, to Battery Park where this photo was taken.
Photo Project: A Week of Food
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Last week I came across this interesting photo project (thanks to Guy Kawasaki for originally tweeting this!). The essence of the project was a photo of a various families from around the world showing the food they eat in an week along with how much this food costs (converted to USD). Unfortuantely, there isn’t any information provided about the background of the project other than it was posted in November of 2007.
I found this project rather intersting from two aspects. First, the photographic aspect of documenting a family with their weekly food. It’s more than just the food that they have laid out around them. It’s the way each family presents themselves along with their food. And not to mention the interesting aspect of comparing the part of each family’s home that they are sharing with you in that photo.
The second aspect is the social differences in food consumption and cost. Taking the cost off the table, what does the food that each family presents tell you about their current living situation and lifestyle? What about the relationship of their food to themselves?
An interesting and insightful project. What would your family photo look like?
Henry Wessel Interview on SPARK
Saturday, August 25th, 2007A few weeks back, I came across an interview with Henry Wessel on KQED’s SPARK. It was interesting hearing the thoughts of Wessel on photography and his way of being “actively receptive” to photographic images around him. It is a wonderful short interview (7 minutes) and worth the time to watch.
Also check out all the quotes of Henry Wessel’s in the Quote Archive. Follow the links from the quotes to their sources for some interesting reading about Wessel, his work, and his career.
This quote from Wessel really strikes true with me (not visible via feed readers):
Jim Goldstein’s Favorite Photos Blog Project
Friday, May 25th, 2007Jim Goldstein, a San Francisco based photographer, has been coordinating a photography blog project for the past few weeks. He made a call to photography bloggers to post their favorite image along with the story behind it. He wanted to expose some of the great hidden background stories behind photographs. The stories that most people never hear unless they personally know the photographer.
Today he posted 21 Favorite Photos and the Stories Behind Them on his blog. There are some amazing photographers and images presented in this list.
Thanks for all the work on this Jim!
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