Hi, nice to be back! Welcome to the second edition of A BUNCH OF LINKS, where I filter down a month of my personal surfing and reading blogs to bring you some of the more interesting and fun (and sometimes even both) links that I find worth sharing. I thank everyone who said hi, your feedback about the first issue was overwhelmingly positive! One of my goals with this newsletter is to plant a lot of seeds and to get a lot of people thinking about visual media in general. If last month I still had some minor doubts about this project, this month I know it's going to bring a lot of new and interesting ideas to a lot of interested people. If you want to share this mail, forward it to a friend. If you received it from someone else and want to keep receiving it, you can subscribe here.  As always, I'd love to hear from you. chris@chrismarquardt.com Take care,

In this mail: Stuttgart24h Polaroid SX-70 commercial Junk Store Cameras Exposing the Invisible Oldest Most Expensive Camera How Photography Connects Us Finding The Frozen Camera New York Public Library's Photos In A Time Before CG Photo Day Panorama

Stuttgart24h

It's time to tickle your senses! What do you get if you combine a tripod, a wide angle lens, a spot-on soundtrack, a Canon EOS 1D Mark II, time-lapse photography and the city of Stuttgart, Germany? Well, something that I found pretty intriguing to watch.

Crank up your speakers, lean back and don't forget to click the full-screen link on the video to experience it in HD.

» Watch here

(and yes, that's the inside of the Mercedes-Benz museum at around 4:45 on the analog clock)

Polaroid SX-70 commercial

Can you tell I'm a bit of a Polaroid fan? When I was a kid I always wanted one, and watching this old commercial made me realize what I've missed. I mean hey... a foldable instant SLR with a huge mirror that flips up?

How awesome is THAT?

» Watch the video on YouTube

Junk Store Cameras

Yes, it might not be the best looking web site, but what an awesome collection of reviews of all those weird cameras that have come and gone over the years.

(shhhh, I have a thing for these cameras too)

» Visit the camera junk store

Exposing the Invisible

Have you heard of Nick Veasey? He shoots pictures of a different kind, looking deeper than most other photographers do.

Or have you ever seen an x-ray of a Boeing 747 including the hangar?

» Watch the video here

Oldest Most Expensive Camera

Old and expensive things sometimes come from Germany. In this case it's the world's oldest commercially produced camera. It was made by Daguerre's brother-in-law and will be up for auction in May.

Any bidders?

» See the camera here

How Photography Connects Us

Another TED video. This one is a talk and a presentation by David Griffin, photo director at National Geographic, talking about how we use our photos to tell our stories.

Great inspirational photography there.

» See the video here

Finding The Frozen Camera

Since I spent time in the Himalayas last year, my eyes automatically get drawn to headlines mentioning Mt. Everest. More so if these have to do with photography.

The search for the frozen camera up on Everest. It has been sitting there since 1924 and might still hold exposed film.

» Read about the search here

New York Public Library's Photos

Do not expect to skim over this within a few minutes. When I found this, I lost an entire afternoon. Just like that. It's the wonderful collection of photographs from the New York Public Library.

I'm just glad that as a photographer I have a good justification to look at pictures all day long ;)

» View the pictures here - and don't say I didn't warn you!

(I was thinking of making this one my new avatar, what do you think?)

In A Time Before CG

If your level of curiosity is anywhere near mine, you'll get a kick out of this. Okay, this is not purely about still photography, but it's a fascinating look behind the scenes of the creation of an HBO opener.

The amount of effort that went into this seems almost surreal from today's perspective. This would be completely done in the computer today. Probably even including the actors. 

» Watch the video here

Photo Day Panorama

Okay okay, I had to sneak this one in. I had almost forgotten about this, when the other day it popped up in my inbox. Back in summer last year I interviewed panoramic photographer Ron Pepper while conducting the Photo Day in the TWiT Cottage in California. 

During the interview Ron shot a panorama and if you were ever interested in what the TWiT Studio looks like behind the scenes, this one will let you pan and zoom around to your heart's content. And for added excitement you can watch the video of how this panorama photo was created too.

» Ron Pepper's panorama of the TWiT Cottage