a few moments before 8

by David Halliday

 

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Alfred Eisenstaedt

Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6, 1898 – August 23, 1995) was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist. One of the most prolific photographers of the twentieth century, he began his career in pre-World War II Germany, and after moving to the U.S., achieved prominence as a staff photographer for Life Magazine, which featured more than 90 of his pictures on its covers with over 2,500 photo stories published.

Among his most famous cover photographs was the V-J Day celebration in New York City of “an exuberant American sailor kissing a nurse in a dancelike dip [that] summed up the euphoria many Americans felt as the war came to a close.”^[1] Eisenstaedt was “renowned for his ability to capture memorable images of important people in the news, including statesmen, movie stars and artists” and for his candid photographs, taken with a small 35mmLeica camera and typically with only natural lighting.^[1]

Pakayla Biehn

Odd these double images. Everyone has seen them. Sometimes accidents. Sometimes manufactured. But they always tell a story. Or make one want to investigate. In these pieces the artist, Pakayla Biehn,  has pretty well left the pics as they appeared on the film. Or perhaps on photoshop. But she has not pushed the envelope on them. Made something new out of the ideas. They verge on the surreal but never cross over. There is something appealing about both sides of the border.

 

why don’t you let me go…

by David Halliday

 

every collage can be a story, a glimpse of an event, or a line from a song