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Oscar Pistorius - "Blade Runner"

Congrats to Oscar Pistorius for making it to London. We photographed Oscar for Ossur and got to see him first hand in action. Oscar, thanks for your inspiration and best of luck in the Olympics.

Elliott Erwitt at the Museum Hundertwasser

Here are a few pics from the retrospective on Elliott Erwitt in Vienna. It is a true honor to have my portrait of Elliott included in the exhibit.

Nik Webinar

Thanks to all that tuned in for the Nik Software Webinar. They are offering a 15% discount on all software if you follow this link: http://www.niksoftware.com/index/usa/entry.php?disc.id=MANTOANI

Sunbounce Workshops in Zingst, Germany

I am just back from the coast of The Baltic Sea in Zingst after teaching three lighting workshops for Sunbounce. If you have not used these lighting tools, they are really amazing, sturdy and reliable. Each night there is a huge inflatable screen on the beach that features photography from that day and exhibits from the festival. My Behind Photographs project was one of the featured festival exhibits. I was so impressed that this seaside town was able to put on such an inspirational event.

One of my workshop images shown at the nightly show.

Students at work with Sunbounce panels and our wonder model Yi

Martin Krolop at work with Broncolor and Sunbounce.

Speedlights triggered with Phottix Strato TTL remotes bounced into a Sunbounce Mini with a zebra fabric

An outdoor exhibit on the beach in Zingst

Tim addresses the crowd at his exhibit opening.

Sunbounce panels at work on the beach.

See Change

I had a few great days in Minnesota speaking at See Change. George Lois was classic!

Kerry Wood

Nice to see Kerry have his final walk off the mound be at Wrigley today. This photo was taken during Spring Training for Upper Deck. Was I crazy shooting 4x5 for trading cards?

Andrew Burns - From Model to Photographer

Here is a shot of one of my assistants, Andrew Burns from 1996. I took this photo on a Sinar P2 4x5when I worked for Dean Collins along with Andrew's dad, Gary. Fate would have it that Andrew would become interested in photography and 14 years later start working with us as a photo assistant. Guess if the photo industry continues as it is, he has a portfolio to get back into modeling!

Junior Seau - RIP

I was very saddened to hear the news about Junior today. He was one of the first professional athletes I photographed when I moved to San Diego in the early 90's and my athlete portraits have hung in his Mission Valley restaurant since it opened. Junior had a wonderful smile and was always a pleasure to have in the studio, he will be missed.

Chrissie Wellington - Iron Lady

Outdoor Fitness Magazine feature article on Chrissie Wellington.

EA SPORTS NCAA13 Cover

Here is a peek at the new cover I shot of RGIII for EA NCAA FOOTBALL 13.

A Little Love From Gisele

My book, Behind Photographs, got a plug on Gisele's fan page. Gisele appears in the book in a photo by Walter Chin. Wonder if she knows her husband, Tom Brady, and I attended the same highschool?

Barry Sanders and Marcus Allen

Here are a couple videos EA shot with me to help promote their new campaign to find which NFL Legend will be featured with RGIII on the cover of NCAA13.

RGIII - NCAA Cover Shoot

Here is a video of our shoot at Baylor with Robert Griffin III.

KPBS - CULTURE LUST

Thank you Angela Carone at KPBS for following my project and getting me some air time.

LAVA - Heather Jackson

I shot the new cover of LAVA in San Diego with triathlete Heather Jackson. Always nice to see an art director use the photos well and let the images speak.

Chris Lieto - Speedplay

Here is an ad that is running in Triathlete Magazine shot in our studio for Speedplay.

Then and Now

I received a wonderful email from Tom Zimberoff this week that included several images he shot back in the 70's of a few of the photographers in Behind Photographs. I photographed Tom in San Francisco with his fantastic photograph of Indian Larry, just weeks prior to his accidental death. I asked Tom if it would be OK to share these images on my blog and he gladly agreed. He even shared a portrait of himself shot by Douglas Kirkland in the 70's as well. Enjoy!

Howard Bingham

Douglas Kirkland

Neal Preston

BOOKS HAVE ARRIVED!

It has been a long year and long wait, but the books finally arrived last week, all 6 pallets of them! We have been busy moving the 4,500 pounds around the studio and getting books signed and shipped for the holidays. If you would like to order a signed book, you can purchase books direct from the studio at:

http://www.mantoani.bigcartel.com/

Can The 49ers Keep It Up?

Behind Photographs - NYC Book Release Party

Tim Mantoani and Douglas Kirkland

I was blown away with the group that showed up at Ogilvy to support the release of Behind Photographs. It was great to reconnect with 29 of the photographers that are in the book and a couple hundred other supporters that braved the rain and wind. Here are a few pics from the party. I should have books in San Diego soon and will be posting info on book events in San Diego, LA and San Francisco. Thanks again to everyone that has supported and encouraged me over the past five years to see this project through to publication.