Alec Soth is blogging again

He stopped posting in 2007 but luckily for us all he's started again.

Birch Bark

A Christmas Tree in Scandia

Contributing Editor Relaunches

My favorite fashion web magazine/blog has relaunched and it is gorgeous, of course. Congratulations to Matthew Edelstein and Ryan Schmidt!

WWD - Trad Men

Here's my menswear story from last thursday's Womens Wear Daily. We shot it a couple weeks ago on a cold monday down at the tip of Manhattan.

Tablet Rumors and Digital Magazine Concepts

I've been super excited to hear ideas and rumors (here and here) about Apple launching a touchpad, iphone-like 10" tablet in the next year. There's even a rumor about Wired being the first digital subscription magazine next summer. With the rise of blogs and shooting digitally, the backlit screen is an ideal place to view photographs. I love the idea of the digital magazine with great photography and all the other layers of information and formats that can accompany a story. I found this video about a digital magazine concept on a photo editor today. Even Martha Stewart's been talking about the tablet.


Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.

Dressing Right by Charles Hix

Following on the heels of his first book of styling tips for men, Looking Good, Charles Hix published Dressing Right in 1978. This illustrated how to guide for men looking to wardrobe themselves well includes such chapter titles as Feeling Good, Shopping Around and Formalizing Yourself. The photography is a great look at men's fashion of that time and an even better record of the different ideals of male models then compared to today. Shot by several photographers early in their career, it's awesome to see the beginnings of the signature styles we have come to recognize by two of the best fashion photographers of the last 25 years, Herb Ritts and Bruce Weber. Look for the golden retriever snuggled up next to a guy and you will suddenly see the spark in the man's eyes and glow of his cheek that is the epitome of a Weber image.

Documenting the Decade

The New York Times is accepting photo submissions from readers to pick 5 most important moments in the last decade.

Gourmet's Official Replacement Arrived Today

1 in 8 Million

This is a great section of the New York Times,  1 in 8 Million is a ongoing series of photo slideshow portraits about New Yorkers.

"Best Photographer we ever had..."

Ornamental Cabbages in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn

Snow Angels Wrestling

My Best Fred - A Great Photo Blog

The mybestfred.com site is amazing, you have to sign up and they send you an email when new photos are up.

Carpet

Here is another shot from this weekend when I went on a fun hiking trip and stayed at the Mohonk Mountain House. The hotel is a Victorian lodge and has a slight resemblance to the Overlook Hotel from The Shining. The carpet has this beautiful rug-like pattern.

Binder Clip Styling

This is from a shoot I was doing downtown today. I always love the styling tricks, but this was the most binder clips I've seen used on one garment. And the front looked amazing.

Shawangunk Mountains & Mohonk Mountain House

Broadway & Liberty Street

WWD Formalwear

My WWD cover story about tuxedos came out today.

Noah indoor shoot

White Balance on nytimes.com

For the past four years I have been working with camera raw files and I'm constantly aware of the idea of white balance and what is correct, when to correct, etc. Today there was a great example of 2 versions of the same photo on the New York Times website. The first (smaller) image was taken from the front/homepage of the times and the second (larger) image from the story.