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Stories We Tell – Open Show at the 56th SF International Film Festival 6 Apr 2013 | 02:29 am
Open Show is teaming up again with the illustrious San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF56) to co-present STORIES WE TELL, a documentary by actress and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sar...
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Best of Open Show 2012 – Come Celebrate with Us! 12 Jan 2013 | 12:02 am
Photo courtesy of Christina Moretta from SF Public Library (Open Show Bay Area) There goes 2012. The Space Shuttle is retired. The Giants sneak up on San Francisco and douse it in confetti for the sec...
The Storytelling Revolution – New Tools Meet Ancient Techniques 9 Jan 2013 | 07:13 am
With the rapid rise of smartphone cameras, photography has never been cheaper, easier or more ubiquitous in our history. But smartphones are not the whole story – a convergence of technology has fuele...
Open Show in a War Zone – Notes from Syria 28 Sep 2012 | 11:10 pm
I just wanted to share the below note from Issa Touma, who is our co-producer in Aleppo, Syria. It’s easy to get discouraged or burned out working away in our everyday life. Issa’s words are an inspir...
James Balog on Extreme Photo Projects 3 May 2012 | 11:44 am
Open Show co-founder Tim Wagner recently interviewed photographer James Balog about his Extreme Ice Survey project documenting the world’s glacial terrain through cameras left in remote locales for lo...
What’ll It Take? 28 Mar 2012 | 05:15 am
Video is such a new medium. It can only get better. It’s great to see a project like this where the focus is on a really interesting idea rather than sheer technical prowess, though the editing here i...
PressPausePlay 22 Mar 2012 | 04:15 am
Check out PressPausePlay, a look at what the digital revolution has done for art-making. The filmmakers focus on music and film, but all of what they say is directly applicable to photography. Before...
How tintypes are made 17 Mar 2012 | 04:37 am
George Eastman house has made a video illustrating how old Civil War era tintypes are made. (via PetaPixel)
How to Do Collaborative Photography Right – Open Show @ SXSW 9 Mar 2012 | 02:49 pm
Open Show recently sat down with former senior editor for American Photo Magazine and photo consultant Miki Johnson to talk about the movement towards collaborative projects, how to ...