The targeting of Stockdale Farm, where unarmed squatters have done little more than plow one field and hang around, is part of a surge in recent attempts by cronies of President Robert Mugabe to confiscate the last of Zimbabwe’s white-owned properties, farmers’ advocacy groups say.
Under the leadership of Kim Jong Il, the country cannot feed its people. Perennially dependent on food aid, North Korea has become a truculent ward of the wealthy countries it threatens. It is the world’s first nuclear-armed, missile-wielding beggar — a particularly intricate challenge for the Obama administration as it begins to formulate a foreign policy.
The photography exhibition “Regarde-moi dans les yeux” (or “Look me in the eyes”), at the Russian Tea Room Gallery is an attempt to study the question of identity of Russian photography. Through the portraits of their comrades, the photographs exhibited here approach the issue of Russian photography like a magnifying glass, trying to answer two crucial mirroring questions: “What is a Russian portrait?” and “What does Russian photography truly look like?”
It is also the world’s first digital camera to feature a Sweep Panorama technology, which allows you to capture eye-catching shots of wide landscapes, church spires, skyscrapers and other panoramic scenes.
This photo of Mike Shannon tagging out Bill Sudakis is arguably the most famous photo taken by any Post-Dispatch photographer. Everyone knows it as the “Out, Safe” photo.
As soon as I snapped the photo above, a guard rushed over to admonish me that photography is not allowed in the show. “I’m not using a flash,” I replied. “Is that OK?” Nope, came the reply. “Must I obey?” I asked. “Yes,” she answered, missing or — more likely — ignoring my too-cute-by-half reference to Fairey’s trademark street-and-clothing campaign about authoritarian imagery, dubbed “Obey Giant.”
VII, the exclusive photojournalism co-op that caps its membership at 14, has just admitted its 12th member: Stephanie Sinclair.
The FADER’s spring style issue has just been released as a PDF and I thought you’d be interested in the great photography in the issue. It really is lovely. It’d be great if you could check it out and spread the word. You can check out the free PDF below.
FADER 60 PDF:
http://thefader.cachefly.net/thefader_issue60.pdfFADER 60 Mp3 Podcast:
http://thefader.cachefly.net/thefader_issue60_audio.mp3
I greatly admire the work of Christopher Griffith, but I never had the opportunity to work with him when I was photo editing. Each time I tried he was booked solid.
But just how does photography work? The typical life story of a distinguished photographer begins in a small town in the Balkans or in backwoods Japan. He or she was probably a dreamer and widely read in escapist literature
Many photographers dream of setting up a Web site to sell prints of their work, then sitting back while the orders (and the money) come in.
The difference between a good photo book and a great one is often that in the latter case, somebody paid attention to detail. Sometimes, the smallest things can make a huge difference. Adam Bartos’ Yard Sale Photographs provides an excellent example.
I have ordered quite a few books from Blurb.com in the past months I think I can now say a few things with an education so you don’t have to learn yourself.
