What Was Up With That Super Bowl LV Camera Work?
Out-of-focus end zone shots and The Weeknd’s meme-worthy “dance” with a camera raised a lot of eyebrows. Innovation or gimmicks? Sarah and Allen discuss all the Super Bowl coverage.
Also: The Biden White House is live on Flickr, a free PhotoShelter webinar on the Social Effects of Photography, and RIP to photographer Ricky Powell, the “4th Beastie Boy.”
We mention the following photographers, articles, and websites in this episode:
- Register for PhotoShelter’s free webinar “The Social Effects of Photography: A Conversation with Black Women Photographers” on February 19
- Polly Irungu
- Dee Dwyer
- Alexis Hunley
- Disrupting The Myth That Black Women Photographers Are Hard to Find (via The Luupe)
- Black Women Photographers’ print sale for Black History Month.
- Getty Images’ Director of Photography explains how to shoot the Super Bowl (via Fansided)
- NFL Pylon Cameras
- Every Rob Gronkowski catch from 2-TD game | Super Bowl LV
- CBS’s Super Bowl 55 cameras include movie-like end zone shots and Trolley Cam
- The Weeknd‘s puzzling fun house camera work
- Parody Max Goodrich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhzRpkoR-e8
- The Biden White House on Flickr
- Chandler West
- Ricky Powell Obit: Remembering the Iconic Rap Photographer (via NYMag)
- Ricky Powell, photographer of Beastie Boys, dies at 59 (via LAT)
- Ricky Powell, 59, Dies; Chronicled Early Hip-Hop and Downtown New York (via NYT)
- PEOPLE | RICKY POWELL (via Shift Japan)
- Everybody Street (documentary)
- Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Correction: Allen misidentified Cheryl Dunn’s 2013 street photography documentary as “Street Easy.” It is titled ‘Everybody Street’
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