Traditionally or not, we tend to take journeys that seem to lead us much further then we ever thought. Photography is one of them, as it can suddenly carry you in unexpected places, at the turn of a page, or at a click of a mouse. Sometimes its not about the voyage but all in the...

11.04.2011[ read full story ]

Before mentioning the current affairs, David Schonauer interrogates beauty. He begins with Architectural Digest magazine‘s cover made by Todd Eberle, where Vidal Sassoon and his wife can be seen posing in their villa in Bel Air (Cal...

08.04.2011[ read full story ]

Since Facebook is part of your life now, it seems appropriate to review those pages that any and all photography aficionado should Like and follow. Not websites per say, these facebook pages will allow those who are pressed by time, or just need a quick fix, to have a good idea of...

04.04.2011[ read full story ]

The week of David Shonauer begins with a tribute to Elizabeth Taylor. A photograph by Peter Stackpole taken in 1950 for Life. We continue in beauty with a portrait of Matthew McConaughey posing in an eye-to-eye picture with a vultur...

01.04.2011[ read full story ]

We just cannot seem to get enough. The more images are being taken, and suptancially publish, the more we like to watch and appreciate. Our appetite for images is insatiable, it seems. It has become harder for us to imagine any event happening in the world, wether news or sports, ...

28.03.2011[ read full story ]

David Schonauer’s selection this week is a tragic one. Disaster is everywhere. Japan is devastated by a series of natural catastrophes. Rescue workers and journalists from around the world are beginning to reveal the scope of the disaster. Go Takayama (New York Times) used ...

25.03.2011[ read full story ]

David Schonauer’s press review evidently begins with Japan. How can the shock of an earthquake, followed by a tsunami, and then a nuclear threat be shown in images? Itsuo Inouye photographed two journalists taking refuge under a table during the earthquake. After the tsun...

18.03.2011[ read full story ]

With everything there is to see on the inter web, it can sometimes be a challenge to separate what matters from what doesn’t. Our brain emergency wiring makes it that we are captivated by the immediate and most often ignore the important. Thankfully there are more and more site...

21.03.2011[ read full story ]

It seems important to most that small variations in a subject could have major impact on everything else. It is, after all, the premise of the Chaos theory. Photography could be included in those small variations because 1/100 of a second can have unimaginable consequences. Not j...

14.03.2011[ read full story ]

David Schonauer begins his press review with images from the Ivory Coast where supporters of the two presidents, Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, confront each other. The country is on the verge of civil war. Issouf Sanogo’s shot for the New York Times ...

11.03.2011[ read full story ]