It is not often that I end up in the picture. Two posts in a row! Friday and Saturday, I attending a Location Lighting Workshop at the 1111 N Cherry Street Chicago, IL Calument photo store. Rick Friedman gave an excellent workshop to a small group of photographers.
Jim Sherraden, print manager from Nashville, TN’s Hatch Show Print was a visitor to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thanks to the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Student Programming Board and to the Silver Buckle Press, held a workshop on Friday, March 16 in the Silver Buckle Press location in the Memorial Library. Students and community members had a chance to hear Jim speak about the work done at Hatch Show Print and also print and learn fun approaches to letterpress printing. Photos from the Hatch Show Print Workshop can be seen at this link. I forgot to bring a tee shirt so I got help to lay down on a hand inked large metal engraving used for printing large labels. Thanks for the visit Jim!
I had an idea while Matthew Piepenbrok was setting type by hand today. Anyone want to invest in an App that will allow a person to stand at a type case, set type by hand, and produce a “Tweet”? Hand set type tweets! It can’t be that far off. Launch date will be April 1, 2012.
This link will show you an amazing short documentary about the making of the book “Pictorial Websters.”
The deluxe copy shown in the video is from an edition of 26. Chronicle Books has a trade edition for $35.
Photography related posts and information will be inserted to my teaching site. Keeping tabs on different web locations take up too much time which is better spent creating new content. Instead of trying to manage different sites, some of my photographic work will be integrated in this teaching site. Two photography links are located on the right Navigation sidebar, Photography archive and Flickr photo gallery. They will display current photographs.
Madison, Wisconsin. Dennis Weidemann held a book release party announcing the publication of his new book, Cut from Plain Cloth. His book showcases photographs from many local photographers. He interviewed several of the people that protested during one of the many demonstrations that were held this spring. About 15 of my photographs are included in the book. The book is available at many local bookshops. The book can be purchased directly from the author from this link cutfromplaincloth.com. My Flickr account has photos on display here.
The viceroy Don Antonio de Mendoza established the first printing press of the Americas at location in 1536. The typographers were Esteban Martin and Juan Paoli. Centro historico, Mexico DF,Mexico.
If you get a chance to travel to Mexico City, you owe it to yourself to visit the “Centro Historico.” On Sundays, they close some of the streets and merchants and performers fill the street. The historic center of the city or the Zocalo, has been the cultural, spiritual and political center of the city for 500 years. Yes, 500 years. I can’t think of any other location on this continent that has seen as rich of a history. Unknown to some, is that inside this building, in 1536, the first printing press was established in the Americas. They even give credit to the first two typographers!
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