For over fifty years Alan Abel has been creating absurd hoaxes to fool the media. “Abel Raises Cain” is a very touching tribute to Alan, produced and directed by his daughter, Jenny.
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Norwegian black metal is the country’s most controversial musical export — and bane of the wooded Scandinavian enclave’s existence. Dealing as it does with Satanism, arson and murder, the music remains mostly underground; America’s general knowledge of Norwegian rock still starts with a-ha and ends with Royksopp. But recent interest in the notorious subgenre, including the new documentary Until the Light Takes Us and Peter Beste’s just published True Norwegian Black Metal, is shining a new light into the darkness.
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A study by the U.S. Green Building Council in Texas found that the yearly carbon consumption fron a single digital billboard is enough to power 13 homes. Beyond excessive power usage, the light pollution these signs emit is so intense that, for instance, one billboard that was erected this year — near Topanga Canyon and Victory boulevards in the San Fernando Valley — can be plainly seen by hikers on Top o’ Topanga’s scenic overlook, four miles away.
Drivers on La Brea Avenue report being mesmerized by three billboards flashing high-intensity images into their faces near Pico, Olympic and Melrose boulevards. Kevin Glynn, a member of the Miracle Mile Residents Association and Mid-City West Neighborhood Council, says, “It’s just a matter of time before somebody is run over by a driver bedazzled by the graphics. They’re really hideous and cheap. Where are the billboard taggers when we need them?”
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“Dear Folks,” the letter begins, “I think of you when I hear a Beethoven symphony or the words of a childhood hero repeated and more beautiful as I approach my forties. The strength and principles you planted into me at an early age, though inconsistent with the larger culture I grew up in, is now flowering in fertile soil. I see your faces in my mind and remember the courage both of you demonstrated during the McCarthy period when you were alone. How fortunate that Gail and David can grow up in a community that supports their ideals — it shows — they are so strong and independent, you would be proud. I work hard. I’m the administrator of the medical system in Jonestown. It’s the most exciting thing I’ve ever done. There is a song we sing that begins, ‘It feels good to rise with the morning sun,’ and ends, ‘It feels good to see all the work we’ve done and to know the future is now,’ it sums up my feelings about my life here. I am thousands of miles from you, the electronic communications are limited between us, but I am more your daughter than I’ve ever been before.”
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“Always Be Rollin’…” That’s what we teach ’em at The Lenslinger Institute. So whether you’re a rent-a-cop, a shackled crackhead or just some bystander with a bad caffeine buzz, keep your meathooks to yourself. Or you could end up HERE where your lopsided drop-kicks and warbling cries of “Wolverine!” will echo long after your bitter spittle has all dried up. Don’t say we didn’t warn ya…..
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The section I’ve spent the most time in is the Audiotape Project Index, which includes copies of original recordings made by People’s Temple members in California and Guyana
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Some striking photos and a worthy winner to this year’s World Press Photo competition, but where’s the joy asks Guardian head of photography Roger Tooth
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We checked back in with Mike Anzaldi, the freelance photojournalist who was arrested by the Chicago Police Department October 22 at a crime scene. Thinking we’d hear about the status of his arrest, we were shocked to learn he’d been arrested again – and the second offense is even more outlandish than the first!
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Configurator is a simple drag-and-drop tool for creating panels that extend Photoshop CS4. It’s an important step in the process of making the Photoshop UI much more flexible–much better able to be “everything you need, nothing you don’t.”
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This week we caught up with the underground art world’s resident gremlin, NECK FACE
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UPDATE: This has been removed from the site. Sorry.
photographer Alec Soth talks about his career as a photographer at the Society for Photographic Education Conference (SPE West)
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an EF2 tornado tore through Griffith and severely damaged over a dozen homes including the Jelenski house. The next morning I walked up to Jeff and introduced myself to him and walked with him through his house as he told me the story of the night before
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Among the Largest Professional Photography Collection on Web; 97% of LIFE’s Archive Has Never Been Seen By the Public
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I was floored when I picked up the November issue of GQ and saw in it a 32 page photo essay (online here) shot by one photographer. That’s major. There are very few photographers getting 32 pages in magazines all to themselves these days (anytime actually) and a photo essay of this magnitude is a major deal. The photographer was Jeff Riedel. I’ve worked with Jeff in the past and always admired his photography and work ethic but hadn’t talked to him in awhile so I gave him a call to discuss the piece.
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During the long, hot summer of 2008 Getty Images photographer Marco di Lauro spent two months embedded with British Paratroopers who were conducting operations in Afghanistan. It was his second long-term embed in two years and here, in his own words, he describes the role of the British Army and how he documented the hugely contrasting periods of bursts of military action and downtime.
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in a move that will be hailed by photographers around the world, DxO Labs has released DxOMark, a free web site offering the ability to compare test results from more than 45 current amd past camera models. These test results are taken from the raw images produced by cameras, and are directly comparable between cameras.
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I thought it would be cool if I could also offer some advice from my fellow photographer’s at Magnum. I emailed my colleagues and received 35 different responses.
