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We begin this week with a little tech talk around monitors. Is 4K the way to go, or is an ultrawide 1080 the better play? In the end it’s just pixels, but most photographers want as many as they can get. We also talk about elevating photography into an art form, exemplified by the career of John Szarkowski, an iconic photo curator who recently passed away. Plus, what makes a portrait? Robert Freeman is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #communication

AT-LP120-USB Direct-drive Professional Turntable (USB & Analog) with AT95E Cartridge || Audio-Technica US

Cheap Trick at Budokan – Wikipedia

Annie Leibovitz: Portraits 2005–2016 

SGI 1600SW – Wikipedia

SGI O2 – Wikipedia

ultrawide, LCD / LED Monitors, Monitors, Computer Systems – Newegg.com

John Szarkowski, Eminent Curator of Photography, Dies at 81 – The New York Times

Atget: Postcards of a Lost Paris

Brassai: The Monograph

Superman’s ‘stache is causing woes for Justice League

“White Nights” – 11 pirouettes – YouTube

11pirouettes-Slo-mo analysis of Baryshnikov in White Nights – YouTube

Olive Cotton Award: Photographic portrait prize awarded to image without a face

A Camera Made from 32,000 Drinking Straws – BOOOOOOOM! – CREATE * INSPIRE * COMMUNITY * ART * DESIGN * MUSIC * FILM * PHOTO * PROJECTS

Miroslav Tichý – Wikipedia

Photographer Snaps Nearly A Hundred Photos a Day With Homemade Camera | Fstoppers

Photography by the Letter — jeffery saddoris

Robert Freeman (photographer) – Wikipedia

REVOLVER: Robert Freeman’s Cover Design – YouTube

Robert Freeman – The Greatest Forgotten Photographer of the 60s