Esther Bubley- documentary photographer in the 40's
Collected Visions join this interactive gallery on memories and family pictures
Ruth Orkin an underrated photographer from the '50's-'70's who makes you think and smile
Mary Ellen Mark great documentary photographer of people and worlds most of us would hardly take notice of
Cindy Sherman my photography goddess. Here is another link to the MOMA collection
Consuelo Kanaga a true and amazing artist photographer way beyond her peers and time, including ours. Her connection to her subjects can make you weep. She is an amazing technician as well. There isn't much on the net about her, here is a good article from the Brooklyn Museum exhibition
Helen Levitt playful classical images of a time long gone
Imogen Cunningham Great photographer and teacher, here is another link to more pictures
Man Ray is cool
Ralph Eugene Meatyard a great photographer with great influence on me
Masters of Photography a comprehensive site with all the classic photographs studied in most Photography 101 classes
Youth in Focus a photogaphy program to empower urban teens, through photography, to experience their world in new ways and make positive changes in their lives. The work of these teens is more substantial than many adult "professional" photographers
Purdue University a collection of women photographers and essays by Peter Palmquist
Handmade Photographic Images, alternative processes- infrared, pinhole, kallitype, albumen, polaroid transfers, etc. etc. lotsa info
Image and Emulsion Transfers from Calumet Photo, best instruction I found on the web on emulsion transfers
Anne Geddes photogapher of cabbage patch brats. Technically fine but I'm not a big fan of foofy babies
Ken Rockwell photographer and full of very useful practical information on technique and equipment
Alien Bees gotta love the name and theme. They sell cool studio lighting equipment, made in Tennessee, of excellent quality. We know how expensive equipment easily gets; instead of going broke, after shopping with them you will be left with more than enough money for ramen noodles with a good bottle of wine.
Mandy Gulla- Painter and member of butoh LowcrawlersHighflying of Seattle
Andrew Deroux- an artist working with resin
Rebecca Woodhouse- a painter using acrylic to latex to oil to resin
SC Collection- Shirley Chiu is a fine designer in jewelry inspired by architectural abstractions
Cait Willis- fatastical and playful acrylic painter in Seattle
Waves guitar and drum sound duo in Seattle
Resistor vs Levator sound duo in Seattle
Degenerate Art Ensemble - experimental jazz . acoustic .punk & performance art based in Seattle
Dappin' Butoh - Seattle based Butoh group, and home of Intimate Stage series
Mary Sheldon Scott/ Jarad Powell Performace - great bunch of performers
Alethea Adsitt & Company Dance company based in NYC
Kristin Hapke okay, she doesn't have a website yet, and I'm begging her!
Cheryl B editor and literary series curator from NYC
Kathrine Heilesen a musician from Denmark making beautiful music blending old with new
M Ward singer and songwriter originally from Portland. If the Shins didn't change your life, this will! Transistor Radio is the best album, in my opinion.
Gimp is an open-source (free!) version of Photoshop, that does most everything Photoshop does. Highly recommended! Gimpshop is another version of Gimp with a more Photoshop-like interface, if you are used to Photoshop.
Grafpup Linux distrib (based off Puppy Linux) geared towards the visual artists. The standard version has a footprint <100 Mb, simple, fast and elegant. Includes Gimp, Inkscape, Scribus, and all the standard software for everyday use. This is a live cd, meaning that 1) run off cd, no need for harddrive install 2) you can't crash or screw up your computer 3) save your settings and files to your cd, usb, even harddrive 4) free- as in do- as- you- please- no- licensing- entanglement and of course $$. I recommend this if you are an artist and/or want to try a friendly version of Linux. I run from the live cd version on my old 9-year old AMD 300 with 256 ram, 30 gig harddrive and it smokes!
NVU is an open-source (free!) what-you-see-is-what-you-get web editor similar to Frontpage and Dreamweaver. This will work well if you are a novice and want to build a website without going to night school.
Wine if you use Linux, and want to run Photoshop (windows based), you will need wine. Note: Works with Photoshop 7, not CS and CS2 yet.
New York University my choice for institutional higher education
IndyMedia-a non-institutional, lefty point of view on activism and world trade
Utne Magazine - a magazine that helps you feel hopeful than depressed about this world.
Yes! Magazine - Positive Futures Network is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting people's active engagement in creating a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world
Seven Star Women's Kung Fu- Kajukenbo kung fu, a great place to train