Notes, observations, and pieces from the publisher that do not fit a single channel. Filed by Daring Leaderman as they arrive.
Editor's Desk People wanted to see more of the models from my magazines, and they wanted to see them for free. That one word changed how…
Editor's Desk For years I made work that drew an audience while the business around it belonged to someone else. On October 1, that changed.
Editor's Desk The appeal of photography reaches past the photograph. For some the camera's a creative pursuit. For others it promises a business, a second identity,…
Editor's Desk The first person who opened a door for me was a DJ whose name I can't remember, and I walked through it with a…
Editor's Desk A photograph is a set of problems solved in a particular order. The photographer solves in the room, before the shutter. The fauxtographer solves…
Editor's Desk A fauxtographer is a person whose professional presentation exceeds their professional capability or practice. The definition says nothing about talent or equipment. It describes…
Editor's Desk Before we can put the fauxtographer beside the photographer, we have to establish what professional photographer actually means, and why talent, equipment, social-media visibility,…
Editor's Desk Twenty years of building the same thing — a TV show, a magazine, and finally the room that lets the job be done properly.…