Globe-trotting photo essayist Jack Byron Fields dies at 87

Komenich and Chinn said that Mr. Fields not only taught students the craft of photography, but also schooled them in running a good business and maintaining ownership of their work.

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A Photo Editor - Talking About Photography

There are many ways to use photography at a magazine. The worst is to use photos as decoration or as a literal translation of the story into pictures.

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SMILE WHEN YOU’RE LYING: Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer - Books - Review - New York Times

Chuck Thompson demolishes the dream in “Smile When You’re Lying,” his acidic take on travel journalism and the multitudinous horrors that lie just beyond the airline check-in counter

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My Photo Books of the Year (Conscientious)

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The Year in Pictures: Pieter Hugo

One show not to miss is Pieter Hugo’s “The Hyena and Other Men” at Yossi Milo (through January 12)

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UNICEF photo of the year - Boing Boing

Stephanie Sinclair won the UNICEF photo of the year for her haunting picture of a 40-year-man and his 11-year-old bride in Afghanistan.

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Bubble Video: This Thing Ain’t Over

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Oktomat Lomography Camera - ThisNext

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MPAA rejects Gibney’s ‘Dark’ poster (Conscientious)

Ironically, the original Shaun Schwarz photo was censored by the military, which erased his camera’s memory. The photographer eventually retrieved the image from his hard drive."

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NOTIFBUTWHEN #2: Signing My Name 226 Times (and then some) 20x200

I like the idea of making prints for the many people who love the work but can’t throw down the big bucks

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Saints photo on cover of SI - Helena Independent Record

Little did he know that during that celebration Saturday at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tenn., a photographer with the Associated Press had captured his moment of utter elation with one frame left in his camera.

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In the frame - Reuters Photographers

many a hapless individual has been caught, camera down staring into space. These are the pictures that pinned to the office notice board, we unwittingly walk past for days on end to the delight of our workmates, until the penny finally drops

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The Vice Photo Book - Miami - Music - Picture Perfect

The usual names in über-cool, raw photography are represented here: Ryan McGinley, Terry Richardson, Richard Kern, Dash Snow, et al.

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