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Frank Jump
Frank Jump (born 1960) is an American urban photographer and author. He is best known for his work ''Fading Ads of New York City'', which documents ghost signs in New York City. Education In 1998, Jump received his interdisciplinary B.A. in Music, Theatre and Film at Empire State College. Jump's first Masters in Education (MEd) was received at Brooklyn College in 2003 through the New York City Teaching Fellows and his second Masters in Instructional Technology (MEd) was received at Touro College in 2005. ''Fading Ads of New York City'' Jump's book, ''Fading Ads of New York City'', is a collection of 84 of his photographs of what he calls "fading ads," old fading advertisements on the sides of New York City buildings. The book was published by History Press in 2011. He began the series of photographs in 1997 for a documentary photography class with Mel Rosenthal at SUNY/Empire State College, after photographing a Harlem ghost sign for Omega Oil, an old cure-all tonic. His wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Photography
Street photography is photography conducted for art or inquiry that features unmediated chance encounters and random incidents within Public space, public places. It usually has the aim of capturing images at a decisive or poignant moment by careful framing and timing. Street photography overlaps widely with candid photography, although the latter can also be used in other settings, such as portrait photography and event photography. Street photography does not necessitate the presence of a street or even the urban environment. Though people usually feature directly, street photography might be absent of people and can be of an object or environment where the image projects a decidedly human character in facsimile or aesthetic.Colin Westerbeck. ''Bystander: A History of Street Photography''. 1st ed. Little, Brown and Company, 1994. Street photography can focus on people and their behavior in public. In this respect, the street photographer is similar to social documentary photograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
