https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/sep/21/dreamer-hollywood-hotel-penny-wolins-best-photograph I wish I had Ms. Wolin's courage to be an artist instead of dreaming about it. -- Gent137 The background planning and mind's eye of the person taking the shot are what makes great photographs and great photographers. It's the ability to "see" the shot beforehand....
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/immigration-coronavirus-st-francis-hotel-music/penny-wolin-guest-register LA-based photographer Penny Wolin’s portraits have appeared in Esquire, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, and Vanity Fair. She’s shot American Icons like Annie Leibovitz, Ansel Adams, George Burns, and Charlton Heston. Before that, her subjects were people on the fringe, just hanging on. In 1975,...
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/18/1123290088/hollywood-hotel-movies-penny-wolin-photography-book Ailsa Chang, All Things Considered For many of the residents of St. Francis, it was the myth of Hollywood that drew them to the city. Wolin says that idea is alive and well, and can still hold true. She describes Hollywood not just as a geographical...
Upon the recommendation of Lisa Sutcliffe, Curator of Photography and Media Arts at the Milwaukee Art Museum, 2 vintage gelatin-silver black and white prints from The Jews of Wyoming: Fringe of the Diaspora have been acquired by The Layton Art Collection. This is their first acquisition of...
https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/2017/10/20/california-today The Tubbs Firestorm hit Santa Rosa, California in the early morning on October 9, 2017.5,700 buildings were destroyed with 42 people dead and still counting.As the fire jumped to the West over Highway 101, one building in its path was a McDonald’s restaurant. ...