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harlanerskine.com website refresh

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I have been working hard updating my site. Most of my images are now 25% larger. I have also edited some of the work and added several new sections. New piece in Imaginary Wars series, The Invaders.

harlan erskine, The Invaders, 20 x 37 inches, 2009

harlan erskine, Beijing cityscape, Olympics, 2008

After shooting the "I'm a PC" Microsoft campaign, I traveled to China to experience the Olympic games in Beijing. I was amazed with the visual ecstasy of Beijing and the blossoming of Chinese culture and power. I was also struck by the many contradictions and mysteries that were rapidly evolving right as they were hosting the Summer Games. The images that are up on my site are only a sampling of the larger body of work. More will be added soon.

New Section: architecture, midtown past midnight

harlan erskine. Midtown Past Midnight.

During the first year of grad school, I set out photographing the structures of midtown New York. This project carried me through the year. I must have ventured out to photograph close to 20 times. I arrived in midtown around midnight and shot for several hours. The lobbies of these structures are contrived to communicate the marriage of space and structure.

The Photography Post and photography blog media.

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I often get asked what blogs someone should read as an introduction to the art photography blogsphere. Until recently, that involved explaining google reader and then sharing with them a handful of blogs links. Now, there is a new solution. I just send them to this one website, The Photography Post: "The most current discussions on the state of photography."

Almost a month ago on March 23rd we has a nice #artphotochat Tweet Chat with Rachel Hulin and the editors of The Photography Post (follow them on Twitter here: @thphtgrphypst and Hulin here: @thehulin). It was a pleasure to host them. The chat generated a lot of good discussion. I hope they can join in again soon.

Conscientious blog - redesigned

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Jorg M. Colberg's blog Conscientious, which is one of the most well trafficked and consistently updated with original content has been dramatically updated. I really like the new look. Its like going from a amateur to a professional. Great job on the information architecture as well. The blog is now divided into two main sections: Conscientious, for the average and smaller thoughts and posts and Conscientious Extended , for longer form blog posts. So, go now kick in the tires and get some art photography reading on.

Props go out to the site designer and developer, Tim Gasperak.