Photo ©1984 Randy Wells When teaching photo workshops, one of the first questions I ask my class is, “How many of you know the name Ernst Haas”? And, sadly, over the years, the number of hands that go up… has gone down. This year, being the 30th anniversary of his death, I think it is…
The World According to Jay
For those of us who know and love him, there was excitement in the rumors earlier this year that Jay Maisel had a new book in the works. Would this finally be the year that we would see the arrival of the big, major, all encompassing, coffee table, retrospective book by the master of color…
Portugal
My love affair with Portugal began the first time I came there in 1971 after I had graduated from college. Since then, I have had the great pleasure of returning in 2000 when my friend, the talented Portuguese photographer, Paulo Roberto invited me to have a major retrospective at the magnificent Palacio Foz, followed by…
Cuba Interview
Join me in Cuba this March! To view interview, click here: Cuba Interview…
I Have Been To The Mountaintop
I have been to the mountaintop! Recently, I had the good fortune to view “The Holy Grail” of photography book publishing… the original maquette for Robert Frank’s seminal book, The Americans. Handmade by Frank and utilizing photostats, along with hand written notes, you can’t help but feel like your on a trip inside his creative thought…
Elizabeth Avedon’s Blog on The Color of Light
http://elizabethavedon.blogspot.com/2013/10/arthur-meyerson-color-of-light.html…
Einar Erlendsson’s review of The Color of Light
Following is the “critique” about “The Color of Light” my heart felt I needed to share with others on Facebook. As I told you, I selected a good moment to open the book and browse through it several times during a couple of days. It is still lying on a shelf underneath a glass top…
2013 AM Alumni Project Symposium
After a 5 year hiatus, the A.M. Alumni Project Symposium reconvened in Las Trancas, Mexico and was a great success! Participants came with a variety of projects and ideas and spent a week working individually and collectively to further their ideas. Utilizing individual presentations, group meetings, one-on-ones and videos, everyone was able to move their…
Photographs Selected for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
I am honored to announce that Anne Wilkes Tucker, the Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography at the MFAH, has selected the following photographs from my book, The Color of Light, for the museum’s photography collection:…
Looking back at 2012
2012 will always go down for me as an important year with the publication of my book, The Color of Light. I want to thank those of you who supported the project, again. All of the proceeds collected from the sale of the book are going to be utilized toward my next although I’m still…