Link: betweenlands

Betweenlands is part of a project born from the trip that three independent professionals have made in the months of February and March 2011 in these countries, chasing the fall of the Arab regimes. Here they met with the amazing actors of Arab riots and asked them to express on camera their reasons for dissent.

Sol Neelman has just started a new Weird Sports column at Wired.com’s Playbook sports blog.

2011 was a rough year for photoblogs with many falling by the wayside. A few were killed instantly in one post through the heart. Most passed away quietly in their sleep. Some were abandoned in a state of suspended animation, and now haunt the blogosphere as the living dead. And a few rose like Lazarus from the beyond.

Let’s take a moment now to remember those who fell in 2011.

Read on to find a wealth of excellent Twitter feeds that are great for photography students and enthusiasts alike

There are plenty of destinations to find quality work these days but I find there are very few that have a distinct point of view, and finding quality writing about photography is still a challenge. Far too many new blogs and magazines simply want to replicate what’s been done already (me too!) or have misguided editorial missions

An international collective aiming to show the extraordinary within the ordinary using candid photography.

The Photo Society

We are a group of contributing photographers for National Geographic Magazine, committed to telling the world’s stories through pictures.

Reframing Mexico:

The drug war in Mexico captures attention, but there is a vibrant culture beyond the headlines. “Reframing Mexico” explores under-reported stories of challenges and successes in Mexico City. For just eight days in one of the world’s largest cities, students faced language, access, culture, transportation, and interpersonal challenges working extremely long hours in often very difficult conditions. The 12 stories they produced are exceptional and often beautiful. A single mother raising her children in one of Mexico’s largest garbage dumps, a middle age carpenter whose illegal immigration to the U.S. ended when the American dream proved elusive, and a young mother struggling to raise her baby in prison are just a few examples. The stories show a side of Mexico City not often portrayed in the media.

Photographers have used micro-blogging site Tumblr as a tool to share their work with audiences online, many of them building followings that number in the thousands and even tens of thousands.

But photographers also use the site to follow other shooters, keeping up with what their peers are doing and passing along work they like or admire

Tumblr TIME’s Photo Editors on Tumblr

New Yorker:

“Take a picture of a picture from the past in the present”, is the tagline and submission policy for a Tumblr called “Dear Photograph,” created by the twenty-two-year-old Taylor Jones.

Focused:

FOCUSED came out of an idea to rejuvenate some film I had.  I had no idea how that would happen, but all I knew is I wanted it to be a shared effort amongst my favorite photographers. On a three hour trip to Miami to catch a flight to the Bahamas for a shoot, I revealed my idea to my friend and fellow photographer, Brian Blanco, who helped me brainstorm this project down to one simple thought:  one camera.  one click.  one moment.

FOCUSED is rekindling the Decisive Moment one frame at a time.  There will be 200 photojournalists to start – from students to Pulitzer Prize winners – and the list of confirmed names is insane - here.  A photojournalist on the list will be mailed a film camera and a roll of film – with the challenge of getting only one click of the shutter to capture whatever they want and then mail the camera onto the next photojournalist.  Pretty simple concept.  Terrifying to some.  A welcome break to others.

I remember looking at a picture of a farm when I was
a boy. It was an old photo I’d found in a box in my
grandparent’s attic. It was cold and dusty and I knew
I really wasn’t supposed to be there. And yet, in my
hand was another world. I fell into it and, ever so
briefly, I was warm and there were birds in the thick
summer air. The grass was lush beneath my feet. This
was another universe that had been sliced paper thin
there in my palm.

This then is my collection of slices. Enjoy.

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I don’t know exactly how Melissa Lyttle’s blog fell off my RSS map. I’ve been missing out on so many great posts. Right now she’s posting some great photographs from Pakistan, and going through the posts from the past few months will fire you up. Melissa’s passion for photography is contagious. Make sure you check it out.

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The Chain’ is the latest project curated by Stuart Pilkington, (curator of The Alphabet Project and the 50 States Project).

Stuart invited 107 photographers from around the globe to participate in the project at the beginning of 2011.

And in February 2011 each photographer submitted a title/instruction to inspire a photograph by another person in the project. The photographers were connected like links in a chain. They were asked to respond to the title set by the person directly behind them. The title they set was directed to the photographer directly in front of them

The Tumblr blog Kim Jong Il Looking At Things was launched on October 6th, 2010. All of the original photographs were taken and published by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, North Korea’s propaganda wing mainly used to promote Kim Jong Il’s public image and the state’s official Juche ideology.

Link: Kim Jong Il Looking At Things | Know Your Meme

The goal is to build a new resource on the NPPA Web site that will list NPPA members’ blogs with NPPA links to their sites. It’s part of a new effort to build a linked blogging community among NPPA members, Hutchison said.

Link: NPPA Wants To Know: Do You Have A Photo Blog?

The Ten is a highly curated monthly online exhibit of ten photographic images. Each image is available at a 13×19 size in an edition of 25 for $250

Link: L E N S C R A T C H: The Ten: Rachel Barrett