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Ten facebookers will receive free large print of any one image they “like” and comment on. – Mark Johnston

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The American Society of Media Photographers invites you to the Strictly Business 3 Conferences, the newest generation of this highly acclaimed series.

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“Perfect Uncertainty – Robert Adams and the American West” (2002)

Robert Adams is preeminent among the many photographers who have concerned themselves with the urban development of the once-wild lands of the American West. He began to photograph on the Colorado high plains in 1965, and the subjects of his … Continue reading

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Ansel Adams Trust Sues Over Negatives – ArtsBeat Blog – NYTimes.com

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Detroit Agency Solicits Car Shoots on Spec – PDN Pulse

the fine print informs photographers that “by participating in this exploratory project, you are agreeing to do so without reimbursement from Latcha or Lincoln.” Link: Detroit Agency Solicits Car Shoots on Spec – PDN Pulse

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Paparazzi Agencies First to Demand Improved iPad App Compensation – PDN Pulse

Several agencies that supply celebrity photographs taken by paparazzi to People magazine have banded together to demand additional compensation for the use of photographs in People’s forthcoming iPad app, according to Hollywood Reporter. Link: Paparazzi Agencies First to Demand Improved … Continue reading

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The Online Photographer: Voja Mitrovic, Printer to the Greats (Part II)

I recently sat down and interviewed Voja Mitrovic for several hours about his experiences as a printer. Several important concepts emerged from this interview. He indicated to me that the three most important things involved in being a great printer … Continue reading

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The Online Photographer: Voja Mitrovic, Printer to the Greats (Part I)

This is the untold story of one of the greatest printers of black-and-white photographs in the history of photography—Voja Mitrovic. It is time that this man, who has literally been in the dark since arriving in Paris from Yugoslavia in … Continue reading

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BILL OWENS: “Bill Owens” (2000)

The USA is often misdescribed as a classless society but Owens, the insider, clearly and categorically states that the subject of his interest was the middle class. The estate in the Livermore Valley was the USA in microcosm. It’s inhabitants … Continue reading

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Questions Grow About Ansel Adams Discovery – NYTimes.com

And now, in the latest complication, court records reveal that Mr. Streets, who set the value for the negatives and is handling the related sales, is a convicted felon with a criminal record for theft and fraud in Louisiana and … Continue reading

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Tracking the Decade When Color Photography Rose – NYTimes.com

“Black and white are the colors of photography,” Robert Frank declared. “Color photography is vulgar,” Walker Evans once wrote in an essay. And Ansel Adams weighed in on a William Eggleston photograph this way: “If you can’t make it good, … Continue reading

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l e n s c r a t c h: John Baldessari and Catherine Opie

One of the best magazine articles I’ve ever read was in Esquire and it was about how to fry an egg. I never cease to think about that humorous and descriptive article when I pull out a small cast iron … Continue reading

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Printed Portfolio vs. iPad Portfolio

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