Act I: Nostalgia and Photo-Technology When I was a child, I had this great pink camera. It required film and had a fixed lens. Most of the time, if I was trying to shoot something at least 5-10 feet away from me, it came out okay. I was always puzzled–understanding nothing about how cameras work–when […]
Read MoreIn March of 1933, in an attempt to secure some work, 23-year-old Eudora Welty wrote [the linked] charming letter to the offices of The New Yorker. Incredibly, they turned her down. I caught this Letter of Note from “How to Pitch Yourself: A Lesson from Young Eudora Welty’s Impossibly Charming Job Application to The New […]
Read MoreThis post features two specific moments from the above video. Here’s the first: During Chip Kidd’s presentation about the design of book covers, he happens to answer a question I’ve had for some time: What is it like to discover someone has gotten a tattoo of your art? (7:23) But if you think about it, […]
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