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I Can Haz That?

I thought they were going to release this last month, but no such luck.

Stop toying with us already and hand it over!

This is why all the Time/Life publications are now on the selling block. It is not about the people (left) working there, the archives, or the quality of content they can produce. All that stuff is meaningless to any serious potential buyer.

It's only about the branding. Putting the word "time" in red, or the word "life" in white surrounded by a red box on a delivery system like the one above (a Gizmodo mock-up btw).

That's the appeal.

The important thing to remember is that this gadget will come with an iTunes type of shopping cart in which people can buy the content you create. You don't need a big record label to sell your music on iTunes.

That's what I mean when I say photographers need to become "end-users" of their own work. So Steve, stop screwing around. We'd all like to get back to our jobs!

(Consider this an officially apology for that last sentence.)

Check 'Em

Here's two really super pieces that are worth a look.

Bill Eppridge, one of the most talented people to ever pick up a camera, talks about his experience covering Woodstock for Life on the New York Times' Lens blog.

Photographer Andrew Hetherington, of WTJ gets an insider's look at producing a big shoot from Wired's creative director Scott Dadich.

I learned a little something from both.

Inside Nobu

Kenneth Jarecke/Contact Press Images

I did a commercial job a few months back that's just been released. You can see the online campaign on Conde Net right here.

My job was to make behind-the-scene images of the restaurant and of the portrait session of Nobu Matsuhisa, which was done by Jonas Karlson.

It was a pretty big production from my point of view. Two photographers, two video crews, lots of busy people running around, and probably the best craft services in the history of craft services.

Below is my contribution to the effort.

You can find some of my favorites (I could only get it down to 48, sorry for that) on my website here.