Sean Reid

Sean Reid

Sean Reid has been a commercial and fine art photographer for more than thirty years. He studied photography at Bard College under Stephen Shore and Ben Lifson. In the late 1980s he worked as an exhibition printer for Wendy Ewald and other fine art photographers. In 1989, he was the first American photographer to receive an artist-in-residence grant from the Irish Arts Council in Dublin, Ireland and his work is held in their collection. That same year he gave a guest lecture at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art in Dublin. In the early 1990s Sean met occasionally with Helen Levitt to discuss and edit pictures he was making in the subways of Budapest and New York City. These were exhibited in New York in conjunction with performances by Jens Nygaard's Jupiter Symphony. Sean's work for clients is often of weddings and architecture. His editorial work has appeared in magazines such as Motorcyclist, Rider and The Robb Report. His personal work is primarily of people in public places -- especially in rural New England where he resides. In 2004, Sean began reviewing cameras and lenses for Luminous Landscape. The following year he began Reid Reviews (link: www.reidreviews.com), a site -- of equipment reviews and essays on photography -- that accepts no advertising and is paid for entirely by subscribers. Written primarily for professional and serious amateur photographers the site has become known for its in-depth analysis based on both field and studio testing. Sean also serves as an unpaid consultant, advisor and sometimes beta tester for several camera and lens manufacturers. http://www.reidreviews.com
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Articles by Sean Reid


Fast Lenses for the Epson R-D1

Review By: Sean Reid Northampton, Mass., Epson R-D1, Nokton 50/1.5, F/11 @ 1/500 ISO 400I best beginby describing what this article is and what it


Driving Your Camera

Common Sense: A Short Introduction To The Series By Sean Reid of Reid Reviews The following essay is the second in a series of short essays


Common Sense Part 1: Photographers Have Noses

Photographers Have Noses By Sean Reid of Reid Reviews Common Sense: A Short Introduction To The Series The following essay is the first in a


Some Thoughts On The Leica X2

By Sean Reid of Reid Reviews On May 10, 2012, at a special event in Berlin, Leica introduced a 16 MP successor to their X1 camera


The Naked Sensor

[caption id="attachment_185603" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Nikon D800E - Bayer Pattern Sensor, "Optical Low Pass FilterWithout Anti-Aliasing Properties"[/caption] A little more than a year ago Michael Reichman,