Image by Thomas Broening

The Gren Group represents number of brilliant professional photographers including Pete Barrett, Mark Katzman, Eric Kiel, Jeffrey Lamont Brown, Thomas Broening and Jonathan Chapman.

They've also just created a video introduction featuring a variety of their photographers' motion work. Check it out below.


The Gren Group | Promo Reel from The Gren Group on Vimeo.

Superman and Batman in cubism form? That's exactly what photo retoucher James Reid has created with his series titled "Polygon Heroes." He even includes the latest sports hero, Jeremy Lin.





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By Richard Borge



I've been working on creating a reel of "type treatments + film titles," and this is a small bite-sized project/assignment I gave myself. The piece was not done for an actual festival but simply as an addition to my animation reel. I've been advised that when creating animations for samples it is a good idea to make them "look and feel" as real as possible.

A musician named Maxwell Vann has been sending me clips of his music for a while now, so I reached out to him to see if he'd be on board with using some of his music on this small teaser. (He was.) I think the result worked out well. I like the warm "tube amp" sound of his music in this clip. I did the simple mechanical sound effects in-house. A big thanks to Maxwell Vann for agreeing to our collaboration...

No hands were injured in the creation of this video. More animations are in progress now, and I will post again soon.

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By Suzanne Semnacher

Whether an image belongs in an artist's portfolio, in an ad, or on a website often depends on the response the image evokes; is it compelling in some way? One of the best indicators of whether an image engages the viewer is humor. Does it make the viewer laugh? If it does, usually the reason is the image conveys some quirky aspect of the human condition, and the evidence a photographer has connected with his or her subject is right there in the photo.

I put together a gallery of some, but by no means all, of my favorites pulled from Workbook portfolios, but there are many more wonderful and funny images by some really terrific photographers on the Workbook website.

Olivia Bee

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Richard Gere was recently shot by Michael Weschler at the Bedford Post Inn in Bedord, New York. Here is the actual article by Elizabeth Avedon in La Lettre de la Photographie:

It's a great honor to receive this prestigious award. In light of past recipients and the valuable work the Eastman House has done in film preservation, photography and the captured image, I'm very grateful to have been recognized by such a distinguished group.” Richard Gere

On February 16th, Richard Gere was honored by the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY, with the George Eastman Award for Distinguished Contribution in the Art of Film, as well as for his International Humanitarian Leadership.

Gere is known as much for his leading rolls in films such as American Gigolo, An Officer and a Gentleman, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman, Primal Fear, Unfaithful, The Hunting Party, and Chicago, as for his ongoing commitment as advocate and supporter of numerous humanitarian causes through his Gere Foundation.

Dr. Anthony Bannon, the Director of George Eastman House, said about Gere's nomination, “We have a special interest in inviting Mr. Gere to receive this honor, as he embodies the spirit of all four of the major awards this institution bestows, including the George Eastman Award, the George Eastman Honors (which is presented to those who excel in both motion picture and photography) and the Eastman Medal of Honor (which is awarded for exemplary public service). We admire Mr. Gere’s own considerable photographic skills. I am also well aware of Mr. Gere’s work on behalf of the people of Tibet and his relationship with H.H. The Dalai Lama, and I have followed both his career and his advocacy for many years. I read with interest his recent statements before Congress, and must tell you they very much echoed a conversation I had with the late Manute Bol when he visited Eastman House to speak about the crisis in Darfur.”

George Eastman House, the world’s oldest museum dedicated to the art, history and science of photography and motion pictures, was the first museum to create a school of film preservation, the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation. Established in 1947, their motion picture archive contains the leading silent film collection in the world. With nearly 30,000 titles, the collection includes significant holdings from Metro Goldwyn Mayer, various independent studios, personal film collections of Cecil B. DeMille and Martin Scorsese, the Merchant Ivory Archives, the Technicolor Archives, as well as lesser known documentaries, shorts, newsreels, and avant-garde works. In addition, Eastman House is home to more than 400,000 photographs representing the history of photography, making Eastman House the world’s most consequential non-government, independent collection of still and moving images.

The George Eastman Award was first presented in 1955, and past recipients include Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper, Cecil B. DeMille, John Ford, Greta Garbo, Harold Lloyd, Louise Brooks, James Stewart, Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Lillian Gish, Audrey Hepburn, Mary Pickford, Isabella Rossellini, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Gloria Swanson, Jessica Lange, and Graham Nash.

Cover Illustration for Current Psychiatry

Jon Krause Illustration Portfolio

Nothing can be more exhilarating than hanging out of a helicopter over the emerald green waters of the Gulf of Mexico shooting sleek Chris Craft boats. This was the assignment for photographer Chip Henderson, who specializes in making whatever he shoots look dramatic and in having fun doing it. “We took the boats out in the morning and had them run 3-4 mile rectangular legs so we could shoot the sunlit fronts, backs, and sides of the boats, which maximizes the drama of the photos. The helicopter pilot maneuvers to the designated rendezvous point and lets the boats plane out, while we work our way around them. Then we have the boats turn for the next leg and start all over again. If the helicopter is really steady, I will even put my feet out on the skids.” Rarely does Chip use a harness, but he is always wearing a life vest, just in case. For the record, Chip has never lost a camera or his breakfast, but he has heard of the ultimate disgrace: a photographer toppling out of the helicopter. In 2008, Chip built a studio inside Chris Craft's plant to shoot the entire product line, but his specialty is hanging out of cherry pickers, hot air balloons, and the aforementioned helicopters. When Chip is closer to earth, he likes four-wheelers, jeeps, and kayaks to get the ultimate location shot.