There is "an international exhibition of photgraphic art, featuring the best of the best from around the globe." This exhibition is held in San Diego at Lyceum Theatre. The doors are open April 4 - June 4, 2006.
Well, I am not going. For me and for those who are not going, we can see some of the photographs from the exhibition.

Many times before I heard about pinhole photography. Some of the photographs taken with a pinhole camera appeared in photography forums and galleries. Though I've never looked deeper into this subject. It seems photographs taken with such a camera (a box and a hole) has their own appeal and magic. Previous posts here referred to some of such photographs. For those of us who is interested to learn more about pinhole photography there is a good set of links reagarding this subject at Pinhole Visions.
Some other photographs has that spooky feeling. Watching somebody's life through a hole? Maybe. Well, that feeling moved me to create this freaky image for this post.

I continued my walk through the gallery of pinhole photographs. And here is another name - Martha Casanave. Her gallery "Coastal Pinholes" is like magic. You have to see it to understand why.

Before this minute I was not that much impressed with architectural photography. Oh, yes, there are many interesting buildings and scenes. Many photographs are quite interesting, but the photographs of Herbert Boettcher take it to another level. The only thing is that his website is extrimely slow (at least from where I am accessing it).
The interesting thing is that I came across his photographs in a gallery of pinhole photographs. If you scroll down, you will see those bright and captivating photographs.

There was a gap in my postings. I am sorry for that. The reason was that I had to quickly create a portfolio for a store. The assignment included photographs of the store and a design of several pages (PDF format).
So far I just made a draft of the portfolio, but the client (Pierre Lupesco, the owner of ELSE Gallery) is already happy to see the current progress. The image above shows the second page of the portfolio.
The previous portfolio of the store was too busy; and it was hard to digest what it presented. So in my version I tried to retain simplicity with the business style. The left margin hopefuly creates the base for the page and has the facade of the store. More like a constant reminder of what it is about. The rest of the page is quite standard, except the shadows to the text and the images. I like that floating effect. The shadows somewhat separate the content from the page layout and create a lighter feel (in my opinion).
When I was taking the photographs, my goal was to interestingly present the prodcuts (clothing and accesories) and give the overal sense of the store. Two major conditions I kept in mind: (1) keep the walls straight up and (2) find better angles to draw the eye into the photograph and make it not that boring.