Postcards

I have been collecting postcards and encouraging snail mail as much as possible. I try to get one where ever I go somewhere. But the catch, I try to find either the most boring one, or the most ridiculous, obnoxious one. So when a couple friends showed me these books, I went wild. Martin Parr's is only $3.50 used!

Hint hint:

Walker Evans - The Picture Postcard



Martin Parr - Boring Postcards

Amazon Kindle

Even if I had the money right now I wouldn't buy one. But, as technology advances, this little diddy is going to change everything.

But I am most definitely torn. I love turning pages and actually holding books. And what about photography? This will probably ruin the collecting of photography books, but I will still hold on.

What about the trees?!?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m3BETPLR0S7FKW

Some problems I can see with the Kindle:
- Lets get this puppy in color. Who doesn't want color images when reading the morning news?
- Backlight. I would like to read in the dark too guys.
- Can you enlarge the text? What if the writing is too small?
- Cost effectiveness of ordering the paper via kindle?

The cheesy Youtube Amazon tour

New Books

I got two new books recently, A Letter To a Young Artist and Image Makers, Image Takers. I was needing some good reading and I read in Stephen Shore interview about A Letter To a Young Artist. Then Amazon said I might like Image Makers, Image Takers, and I really do!

From Amazon, A Letter To a Young Artist, "This pocket-sized book contains a collection of two dozen letters all commissioned from established artists to a fictitious 'young artist,' a recent art-school graduate who is struggling with the moral and practical implications of being an artist in New York. "
The best part is, its only $11.50!

And also from Amazon, "Image Takers Image Makers this guide to photography draws upon in-depth interviews with established photographers from the fields of fashion, art, portraiture, documentary photography, and advertising as well as comments from picture editors, curators, agency directors, and publishers who reveal what they look for when choosing an image." It has interviews with Steven Shore, William Eggleston, Rankin, David LaChapelle and a bucha other good folks.