Billy the Kid Nabs $2.3 Million

The only known photograph of Billy the Kid sold at Brian Lebel's Old West Show & Auction for $2.3 million dollars.  The tintype photo above was taken in 1879 or early 1880.  

Want to find out how to create your own tintypes click here. Also check out some modern tintypes done by image maker Shin Sugino.  

Avedon Is Still The Man

Our first year students are just finishing up their History of Photography class and here is something for the history books, Avedon's Dovima with Elephants just sold at Christie's in Paris for $1.2 million.  The auction raised money for the Avedon Foundation and ultimately raised $7,495,600.

Proving once again that Avedon is still the man!!

Thanks to David Hassar from first year for sending us this info from PDN.

MET Lectures iTunes

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy 

The MET has some great lectures on iTunes, the lecture on their photographic collection is very interesting and covers both historical and contemporary photography.

While there check out their audio and special exhibition sections there is a great lecture by Robert Frank.  

FSA Photos Library of Congress

The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division has some great photographs from the Great Depression, they include classic images by Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans and many more.

You can also download high resolution version of the images free.

Walker Evans Archive at the MET

Walker Evans, 1930-34

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has an great online archive of images and letters from contemporary photographers and photographers from the last century and beyond.

It also has a great archive of Walker Evans images and letters.

To view the work of the greatest documentary photographer from the last century take some time to go through the Walker Evans Archive at the MET it is worth it.

Karsh Is History

A new addition to the LRC, Karsh is History, this great Canadian photographer is showcased in this great DVD.

If you like photography and if you love portraiture this is the video to watch come on it is Karsh much respect.

Timeless - Librado Romero

One of our major focuses here at the Photography Program is the history of our craft, an upcoming series in Lens, the New York Times photography blog caught our interest this week.  It is a series of articles and images done by Librado Romero, read the quote below by Romero himself to get a feeling for what this series is all about:

"Over the next 12 weeks I will examine some of these images I cherish most – ones big and small in scope, but all enormous influences on my work. In some cases I will revisit the scene of a photo; in others I’ll discuss the story behind the image and why it proved so affecting to me. In all I hope to convey why certain photographs leave a lasting impression on my psyche."