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Famed Photographer Matthew Rolston Explores a SoCal Tradition

Back in the ’80s and ’90s, a triumvirate of L.A. celeb photographers snagged most of the covers of American glossies. This celebrated trio shot key celebs, album covers, and key tour pictures: Greg Gorman, Herb Ritts, and Matthew Rolston. But after years of taking pictures Madonna, Janet Jackson, and the rest of the common suspects a number of moments, L.A. indigenous Rolston made a decision to diversify his portfolio, so to discuss. With a restless mind and unlimited thirst for lifestyle, Rolston jumped to directing, capturing music videos for Bryan Adams and Christina Aguilera, carrying out online video promos for Intercourse and the Town, and functioning on a plethora of commercials (the Gap’s popular “Khakis Swing,” Revlon, Visa, Guess, to name a few). Reinvention became a organic component of his process. Rolston’s upcoming shift was to morph into a resourceful director who took on a variety of main lodge

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Dora Goodman Marries new Technology to old School Camera Tradition

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“The driving force behind our dedication to the craft of designing and creating cameras, is to carve a legacy”, says Dora Goodman about her eponymous, small scale camera manufacturing company. What started as a hobby to beautify the exterior look of vintage cameras has blossomed into a camera design and production career for Dora. Based out of Hungary, her company produces 3D printed analogue camera bodies and their accessories. They also work on open-source designs allowing other photographers to modify and improve these designs to their liking.

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It’s no secret that at The Phoblographer, we love analogue photography. That’s not because we’re old. The average age of the team here is 35. But it’s more so because the physical and emotional experience of using film cameras is still

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