Not exactly Atlanta related, but here are famous photos, recreated with Legos, by Mike Stimpson. Worth a click!

Tonight marks the beginning of the Sundance Channel’s airing of documentaries about photography, or films by (or about) photographers. A few of these are well known films; the Eggleston and Cartier-Bresson have been available on DVD for years. But I’ve never heard of the Tina Barney one, and there may be something on the list that’s news to you.

Link: Lives in Focus: Sundance Channel

Part of the mission of Atlanta Celebrates Photography is to create an international center for photography. There are a myriad of ways to achieve this, and one of the biggest challenges is to create, foster, and retain talented photographers right here in Atlanta. Cathy Fox has addressed this over on the ATLArts blog of the AJC, with “Is ATL a good place for artists?“.

“Atlanta has other benefits. As my friend said, the cost of living compared to, say, New York — and that’s the operative comparison, isn’t it?— is much lower. So that artists can spend less time making ends meet and more time making art. And more time with family. That’s worth something.

The comment thread devolves, as it often does on the AJC blogs, but Cathy’s is a question worth addressing, on a civic level, at the non-profit arts organization level, and by individuals like you and me.

NG phoned to let us know of their travel photography seminar here in Atlanta on the 13th, at SCAD. Teachers include Ralph Lee Hopkins and Bob Krist.