Category: Photography
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2point8 » Street Photography’s Killing Me Softly, With Its Song (Part 1)
Docu-photography’s greatest gift is to show the world as it is, but it’s also docu-photography’s greatest failing. Photographing on the street becomes the goal – and once that goal is reached (having the nerve to do it, with verve) the quality of the pictures somehow falls to the backburner. Check it out here.
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Professional photography websites from A Photo Folio. Portfolio websites designed for commercial and editorial photographers.
From A Photo Editor Blog: I’m happy to announce the launch of my new website design company for photographers: APhotoFolio.com Check it out here.
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Why your images are worthless – Nikonian Martin Joergensen
Trying to make money from your photography is a very long shot. The market is so saturated with quality pictures with extremely high availability and extremely low prices that getting a foothold is close to impossible. Check it out here.
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Africa as you've never seen it
Pieter Hugo is a young South African photographer causing a stir and winning prizes for his unsettling images of the continent’s marginal people Check it out here.
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Facebook photo makes him a jailbird – BostonHerald.com
Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party in an orange jumpsuit labeled “Jail Bird.” The resulting photos ended up on the social networking site Facebook, and then in court. Prosecutor Jay Sullivan used the pictures to paint…
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Show Business: The Portfolio Review Diaries
We asked a photographer, Doug Menuez, and a gallery director, Debra Klomp Ching of Klompching Gallery in Brooklyn, to keep notes of their experiences as reviewee and reviewer during Review Santa Fe, the portfolio review organized by the Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is one of the only portfolio events which uses a…
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Liz Wolfe Relaunch – Josh Spear, Trendspotting
Anytime photographer Liz Wolfe releases new work, you know it’s going to be a good day. But when she revamps her website and launches a new online store, that’s even better. Check it out here.
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The weird science of stock photography. – By Seth Stevenson – Slate Magazine
A while back, a friend of mine—a guy who does a lot of directing work—was asked to shoot some rather odd film footage. It was all brief scenes of people ignoring each other. Families talking on cell phones, couples tapping at adjacent laptops, everyone looking in opposite directions. Check it out here.
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When the medium becomes the message (Conscientious)
I sometimes get an email with a link suggestion and a comment along the lines of “these photos are great, they use [add your favourite process here]”. I don’t care much about the process when looking at photography (unless the process is an integral part of the photography, which is almost never the case). What…
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Photos of vehicles in Africa and NYC booksigning – Boing Boing
Here are some great shots of African cars in various states of disrepair. I made these pictures on my travels through West-Africa. Check it out here.
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The Exposure Project: Fran Osborn-Blaschke's Curve Of The Earth
In anticipation of the third issue of The Exposure Project Book, slated for release in late August, I am going to be posting some work that will be included in the publication. Fran Osborn-Blaschke is a Boston-based photographer whose project Curve Of The Earth takes a rather scientific approach to landscape photography. Check it out…
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How Getty Is Killing the Stock Photo Industry – A Picture's Worth
So it’s a flattering to hear that Getty Images is validating our approach and recognizing our success by reaching into the flickr community. No other competitor in their history has forced Getty to change their model. This is a great sign of encouragement for us. Getty’s CEO Jonathan Klein describes this new endeavor as “the…
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The Exposure Project: J Bennett Fitts' Images From The Center Of The Contiguous United States
J Bennett Fitts is an interesting photographer with an acute appreciation for the tradition of banality throughout photographic history. Ultimately, I think the reason his images are so successful is because he can take something that’s been approached innumerable times and breath new life into it. Check it out here.
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Look At Me: A Collection of Found Photographs
Look At Me is an online archive of found photographs that attempts to preserve a legion forgotten photographic moments. Check it out here.
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Domestic Vacations – APhotoADay News
Julie Blackmon’s new book “Domestic Vacations” is filled with conceptual images taken from her everyday life as a mother of three. Check it out here.
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People Pictures
The Art of the Conceptual Photograph 1915 – 1920 Featuring work by: Mole and Thomas, E.O. Goldbeck, and Others Check it out here.
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Strobist: A Father's Day Reminder: Shoot Your Kids
Long-time viewers of this site will likely be familiar with San Francisco-based reader Jason Lee’s long-term project photographing his two daughters, Kristin and Kayla. Check it out here.