• Link: Too Close for Comfort? : CJR:

    The dramatic change in Ricks’s writing about the military in Iraq reflects a broader shift that has taken place in the coverage of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The doctrine of counterinsurgency has received almost uniformly positive press coverage, at times making it appear to be the only possible avenue for the U.S. military, and in the process that coverage has cast it in the most positive light.


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  • Link: At Toronto Film Festival, Cautions on Documentaries – NYTimes.com:

    The report found that documentarians, while they generally aspire to act honorably, often operate under ad hoc ethical codes. The craft tends to see itself as being bound less by the need to be accurate and fair than by a desire for social justice, to level the playing field between those who are perceived to be powerful and those who are not.


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  • Link: Journal entries of AP photographer embedded with US Marines in Afghanistan – The Digital Journalist:

    To publish or not is the question. The image is not the most technically sound, but his face is visible as are his wounds. Many factors come into play. There’s the form we signed agreeing to how and what we would cover while embedded. It says we can photograph casualties from a respectable distance and in such a way that the person is not identifiable. Then you think about the relatives and friends of Bernard. Would you, as a parent, want that image posted for all the world to see? Or even would you want to see how your son died? You’d probably want to remember him another way. Although, it was interesting to watch the Marines from his squad flip through the images from that day on my computer (they asked to see them). They did stop when they came to that moment. But none of them complained or grew angry about it. They understood that it was what it was. They understand, despite that he was their friend, it was the reality of things.


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  • Link: Ethics: Telling the Whole Story – The Digital Journalist:

    The controversy has always involved the conflicting interests of two cultural titans, a military charged with protecting the nation and a free press that has the task of informing the citizenry.

    The military has historically favored less war-related information for public consumption while the journalists have always favored more.


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  • Link: Art Capital Dropping Lawsuit Against Annie Leibovitz:

    A statement issued Friday by both parties said Leibovitz has bought back control of her physical property—presumably including her two houses—and copyrights. Previously, Art Capital had said it had the right to sell Leibovitz’s homes and photo archive under the terms of the loan.


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    Link: Olympus EP-1 Review – PDN:

    In fact, that first day the EP-1 came in, I couldn’t take my eyes off it. This is saying a lot considering that my office is usually filled with photo and consumer electronics gear of all shapes and sizes. While I’m admittedly a bit jaded when it comes to products, the EP-1 kept cooing at me from its place atop the printer: “Take me out, Dan. Take me out and shoot with me. Shoot with me forever….”


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  • Link: PDNPulse: Deadline Approaching E&P News Photos of the Year Contest


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  • Link: Leica S2 First Impressions – Luminous Landscape:

    No definitive evaluation can be made of something as complex as a new camera system in a single day. It can take weeks, even months to get the full measure of a sophisticated system such as this.

    But, understanding that people want to know as quickly as possible how something as exciting as the S2 handles and performs, this report has attempted to provide a feel for what the camera is like and to allow for a first glimpse of image quality.


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  • Link: 1D Mark IV Release Date [CR1] | Canon Rumors


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  • Link: World Press Photo:

    World Press Photo and Anthony Suau have jointly produced a multimedia presentation for the World Press Photo website. In Hard Rain, the title Suau gave to the project, he places his 20 years of working as a war correspondent in broad perspective. “I feel it is imperative when covering any war”, he says, “that you are clear on your intentions and know where and how your work will be seen.”


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    Link: Ian Fisher – American Soldier | The Denver Post | From Basic Training to Iraq and Back:

    Photographer Craig F. Walker chronicled the two-year journey of Ian Fisher from high school to Army boot camp to Fort Carson to deployment in Iraq.


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    Link: Getting Screwed by Flaunt Magazine | Fashion Photography Blog:

    Today is the day I’ve decided to let out some truths about the uglier side of this business. In the past when I’ve wanted to speak frankly about an unpleasant truth about something or someone, I’ve been told, “You can’t say that, Melissa.” Today, no one gets that opportunity.  Here’s one truth that no one likes to talk about: Sometimes shitty things happen to good photographers. Promises are broken, politics are played, back-stabbing takes place, and all kinds of ruthless shenanigans go on in this industry. It has always been this way, and I suppose it always will be.

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    Link: David Farkas Photography Blog: Leica M9 Review: Shooting in Wetzlar, Germany:

    The two most significant advances from the M8 are pretty obvious: it offers a full-frame 24x36mm capture and doesn’t suffer from IR sensitivity. So, no crop factor and no IR filters, precisely what the Leica community has been hoping for. Leica has been telling us for quite some time that both of these items were near impossible obstacles to overcome. So, what happened? The first step was to go further with offset micro lenses. In the Kodak KAF-18500 CCD, the pixel spacing is increased towards the corners to accommodate even greater offsets. The second step was to increase the thickness of the IR cover glass from 0.5mm to 0.8mm, which, combined with a new type of IR-absorbing glass, eliminates IR bleed and still preserves red channel information into the corners. With a new red color filter in the Bayer matrix, the red channel performance is improved further, increasing accuracy and tonal range.

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    Link: Rafal Milach Wins $25K in Blurb Book Competition – PDN:

    The results of the second annual Blurb-sponsored contest were announced Thursday. Rafal Milach’s project Black Sea of Concrete includes a series of images of the coastline of the Black Sea he created in December 2008 on commission for Belgium-based NGO Demos. Milach’s book emerged from the “editorial” category of the competition. Photographers also submitted books in “fine art” and “commercial” categories.


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  • Link: 12 Division – Anne-Marie Jackson | News Photographers Association of Canada:

    Two gangs, six months, nine homicides. Portrait of a neighbourhood under fire.


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  • Link: We’re Just Sayin: Photo Guy In a Middle Seat:

    The reason for my trip in the first place was to attend the Visa Pour l’Image in Perpignan, the 21st version of the festival of photojournalism which takes place in this Pyrenees/Mediterranen town every September. It’s really the perfect place for such an event. Aside from one trip to the beach for a seaside buffet lunch on Saturday, I didn’t’set foot in a vehicle for 5 days.


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  • Link: Snap Art:

    Rizzoli is publishing a new book Shoot: Photography of the Moment, a survey of informal, snapshot-style photography by Stephen Shore, Nan Goldin, Juergen Teller, Wolfgang Tillmans and other pioneers of the style, presented alongside the best new practitioners.  Shore wrote the foreword to the book, which includes essays by London College of Fashion professor Penny Martin and Ken Miller, the book’s author, who considers the snapshot medium’s history and explains its current vibrancy and popularity.


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  • Link: whats the jackanory ? – mad dogs and englishmen:

    Big up to Simon Roberts for giving WTJ? an exclusive preview of his ‘We English‘ show opening tonight at KlompChing in Dumbo. If you can’t make it don’t forget Simon is giving an artists talk at the gallery tomorrow Friday from 6.00pm. I can promise it will be well worth the effort.


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  • Joe McNally: Blogging & Shooting – RESOLVE Blog from liveBooks on Vimeo.

    Master photographer and lighting guru Joe McNally talks with RESOLVE editor Miki Johnson about starting his wildly successful blog – joemcnally.com/blog – and how it has become a community, a source of creativity, and an important part of his business.


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