My Favourite Photograph
After all these years of making pictures, I am often asked “What is your favourite photograph? (Canadian spelling) The answer is always the same: It is “The Goose” Bronx 1958. It was made on an assignment for a New York …
Opinion
Bob Stein Veteran Journalist Magazine Editor & Friend Remembered
I learned from Bob Stein’s assignments that an “ordinary” subject could lead to seriously interesting photographs . He did not always agree with my choice but he explained why. He had his vision. He went by it.
Vintage Prints Redux
The Premie,Philadelphia General Hospital 1953 Vintage print by Zimbel on Dupont Varigam SG/DW paper. 9 3/8”x 7 3/8” Trimmed flush,signed au verso with stamps Condition :Good with slight abrasions on edges. [Logged later #3394) VINTAGE PRINTS At 6:30 this morning …
The Magic Print
Yesterday I went online to witness a wondrous happening on YouTube. A top notch National Geographic photographer was demonstrating how he printed an entire exhibition of large prints. It only took an afternoon! To be fair he was working with …
John F. Kennedy 1917-1963
John F. Kennedy, Tammany Hall NYC 1959 ©George S. Zimbel 1959/2013 Printed by gsz 20/16″/2001 Log # 3114
Gail Levin
Gail Levin & Dewald Aukema NYC 2006 © george s.zimbel When I checked my email and found an invitation to a memorial service for Gail Levin I realized she was gone and immediately started to cry. At 84 I have …
1953- Sixty years ago I was busy. I’m still busy
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A holiday message
Little Joe Louis, Philadelphia 1953. If he is still alive he would be over 60 years old..those dear children of Newtown, Conn. Won’t have that chance. Don’t forget the holiday of 2012. I won’t. Please do something to make the …
An amazing new invention… black & white
Leica has announced a new M camera that shoots only black and white and costs about $7000. I have an old M Leica that shoots black & white also. Sometimes I use a 60 year old Elmar lens and offer …