Since I’m sidetracked right now with teaching my classes, this blog post is dedicated to my design students. It’s the cold war. It’s the year after Sputnik was launched by the Soviets. This 1958 film saluting the stylists of the automotive, industrial, interior and architectural design industry reflects the American obsession with consumerism and the future. It [...]
Tag Archives: Master Craftsman
A Hasselblad Masters Finalist. Who, Me?
I’m humbled. I’m a Hasselblad Masters Finalist. No, really, I am. Some time around the middle of last year I entered the Hasselblad Masters Competition and promptly forgot about it. Then I got a “congratulations” email from Hasselblad. And, thinking that everyone who entered got one, thought nothing of it until I went to the [...]
Craftsmen Revisited…
When I was a kid, my dad had a workshop, his sanctuary really. There were countless days spent at his side, building or fixing something, always setting up some kind of power tool or hand tool, depending upon the project of the moment. Much of that time I would have preferred playing outside with my [...]
On The Topic of Master Craftsmen
In reading The Craftsman, by Richard Sennett, I was reminded of the guild hierarchy: an apprentice spent 7 years before becoming a journeyman and the journeyman, another five to ten years before earning the title of master craftsman. After years of producing elaborate, complicated photography projects, my new style of work has become rather intuitive, [...]
