October 31, 2008
Posted by Tamara
Julian Beever is a UK artist specialising in pavement drawings and murals for over ten years. He has worked all over the world. I found these amazing images, witty and beautifully drawn.
Facebook and me
September 29, 2008
Posted by Tamara
Social Networking websites are an incredible phenomenon and a genius invention, but are they a short-lived craze?
Facebook has more then 100 million active users all over the globe and is the 4th most-trafficked website in the world.
Facebook is the fastest growing demographic in those 25 years and older and is not only in English but has been translated in to 15 more languages over the last 5 months.
Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 when he wanted to share some photos with friends. He attended Harvard University with the initial intent for the use of Facebook for friends and students at Harvard, but this soon developed to the Ivy League and before long every university, or high school student could join. This then rolled out across the world and became the Facebook it is today.
It’s an incredible time-wasting devise, but despite this, I’m sure people spend hours nosing around everyone’s photos and reading what messages friends have left on their wall. But for me, Facebook is about keeping in touch with friends I haven’t seen for years, sharing photos and creating an event!
But, is there more to Facebook?
The simple answer is yes! More and more companies have recognised this social networking craze and are jumping on the Facebook band wagon to use the phenomenon as a platform to promote their business or brand.
Businesses are using Facebook to aim their campaigns at their exact target audience, by using Social Ads with Advanced Targeting. This targets your audience by age, gender, location, interests and much more. And you can follow exactly who’s clicking on your ad by using Deep Analytics and Optimisation. It takes advertising to a whole new level.
Businesses are not only using advertising to make themselves known on Facebook, but are creating their own Facebook Pages and Groups. With millions of users, your company can be known throughout the world with the word-of-mouth effect.
So, perhaps this isn’t a short-lived craze after all but an ongoing, developing phenomenon. What will be next?
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Comments (0)Annie Leibovitz
June 20, 2008
Posted by Tamara
Last week I saw a very inspiring programme on Annie Leibovitz, whose photography and experience spans over 30 decades.
She started her career as a photo journalist working for Rolling Stone magazine, where she managed to capture the spirit and essence of that rock and roll era, getting close to many rock stars of the time such as the Rolling Stones and John Lennon. She often went on tour with the bands to put them at ease and to truly capture their personalities, rock and roll and life on the road, which unfortunately led to her living a similar lifestyle and ended up in rehab. In fact she photographed John Lennon and Yoko Ono in a very vulnerable and intimate set up, the day he died.
Annie Leibovitz is probably most commonly known for the famous photograph of a naked Demi Moore on the cover of Vanity Fair. This was a very controversial image, as Demi was pregnant at the time, yet this daring photograph gained Vanity Fair a significant amount of additional readers.
More recently, she photographed the Queen before her visit to the states, and hit headlines when we were led to believe the Queen had walked out of the photo shoot. This of course was incorrect and the image taken was of the Queen walking to the shoot
Annie Leibovitz lives and breathes photographs. She has such an amazing eye and “photographerâ’ sight”. She can plan such extreme shoots and have more then 14 assistants and in some ways this seems a little extravagant. But when you see the results, you know why she is the photographer she is today.
She takes pictures of everything, not only professionally, but from the birth of her three children to her father’s funeral. The images have such peace within them, yet they are so powerful.
It’ great seeing such a talented, accomplished female photographer and she has reminded me why I love Black & White 35mm film. I feel inspired!
Although digital can be just as incredible as film, I still feel the contrast and powerful, emotional results you can achieve with Black & White film is above anything digital can produce (currently).
Annie Leibovitz has an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London between 16 October 2008, 25 January 2009.
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