A couple of months ago my friend Darko Stanimirović in Belgrade mentioned that he was hoping to organize some of his friends in town to create a Serbian street photography collective of sorts. Over the following weeks the groundwork for Belgrade Raw was developed through memorable nights full of Montenegrin wine and impassioned debates. I’m proud to present my friends’ efforts here and invite you to see some awesome work by six Belgrade photographers. I invited Darko to answer a few questions about the project:
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BelgradeRaw is a collective of six photographers showing a different Belgrade. We don’t care about common touristic & glam stuff, instead we focus on real people and places.
Link: Belgrade Raw: showcasing street and alternative photography of Belgrade, Serbia
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If Matt Logue could make his photographs a reality, he would make many an Angeleno very happy. His series, Empty LA, has just been published
Link: lenscratch: Matt Logue
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sportfolio
I am a photojournalist because of my love of sports and sports photography. As a teen, my bedroom wall was a shrine to two people Farrah Fawcett and Walter Iooss, Jr.. Each week when Sports Illustr…
via shooting from the hip: http://strazz.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/sportfolio/
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Link: The Year in Pictures 2009 – Photo Essays – TIME
via: Rob Galbraith DPI: TIME slideshow features the best of ’09
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Annie Leibovitz Tries to Regain Financial Footing
Annie Leibovitz is selling limited editions and weighing book deals in an effort to regain control of her homes and the copyrights to her work.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/arts/design/11leibovitz.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
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Man Sues Police for Photo Detainment
West Virgina is a hotbed of photographers rights infringements lately, huh? A man whose photos of a police cruiser using two handicapped spaces resulted in a confrontation with a state trooper is s…
Link: http://discarted.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/man-sues-police-for-photo-detainment/
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face time
By popular demand, (actually only Bryan Mitchell requested it) here is the first of “my favorite images of 2009” posts. Due to an equal mix of indecision and narcissism, I will be break…
via shooting from the hip: http://strazz.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/face-time/
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Nina Berman, James Casebere, Ari Marcopoulos and Stephanie Sinclair
Link: PDNPulse: Four Photographers Chosen For Whitney Biennial 2010
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It’s work Jim, but not as we know it… — duckrabbit
Superstar snapper Mr. Jimmy Nachtwey needs some unpaid help. Maybe your unpaid help. For three months. You’ve got to be…
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Leica D-Lux 4 firmware v2.10 released – Leica Rumors
Leica D-Lux 4 firmware v2.10 was released today. The following improvements have been implemented: 1. Improved auto white balance performance. 2. Auto Focus speed-up. 3. Recording function with an aspect ratio of 1:1 has been added. 4. A white balance (WB
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The first Leica S2 has shipped – Leica Rumors
Delivery of the LEICA S2 has begun. The first camera goes to Jim Rakete, the prominent photographer from Berlin. Jim Rakete is considered to be one of Germany’s most famous photographic artists. His work is particularly characterised by perceptive portrai
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Showcase: Asian Crossroads in Africa
The book, “China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing’s Expansion in Africa,” documents the more than 500,000 people from China who have immigrated to Africa.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/showcase-91/
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Bokeh Masters Kit is Tackier Than the 1980s
Every decade has its photo-cliches. Back in the 80s we had the tobacco-grad, which would turn skies a smoky orange-brown. We also had the starburst filter which would add a cheesy sparkle to any highlights, just like the visual “ting!” in a toothpaste ad.
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Michael Rubenstein is a freelance photographer with Redux Pictures and is located in Mumbai, India. Rubenstein previously worked as a contract and freelance photographer for the Oregonian in Portland, Oregon. Rubenstein has an environmental studies degree from Prescott College in Prescott, Arizona and studied photojournalism in the graduate program at Ohio University.
This is the first segment in a four-part series on international photography.
Link: The Visual Student » Working Abroad: Michael Rubenstein
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Making a Name for Himself, With Just 3 Letters
B.N.E., a surreptitious graffiti writer, painter and “sticker,” is the focus of an exhibition sponsored by an ad agency.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/nyregion/09bne.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
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Another holiday soundtrack to fill your home with warmth, a free downloadable playlist from the ficitonal fundamentalist polygamists of HBO’s Big Love.Tracks include:
We Three Wives
Deck the Compound
and, Silent Wife
Listen and download your favorite compound classics
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Basford, who had taken his camera, interviewed Rensberger once he was in custody. The officer asked him why he’d taken a photograph of a girl still on his camera. The photo is of a choir in the Town Center Mall. It was taken from the second floor of the mall, looking down. A figure is sitting, watching the choir in the bottom left of the frame.
“I’m not even sure it’s a little girl,” Rensberger said. “I said, ‘I didn’t know it was against the law to take a picture of an officer in uniform.’ He [Basford] said, ‘It’s not against the law to take a picture of a police officer unless they don’t want you to.’”
Link: Scott Rensberger Arrested At Mall After Shooting Holiday Photos
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George Lois Rips Today’s Magazines A New One – A Photo Editor
In a interview with Blackbook (here) George Lois doesn’t pull any punches on the state of magazine design today. I was at the SPD awards ceremony when he received a lifetime achievement award of sorts and remember getting so charged up after listening to
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/12/10/george-lois-rips-todays-magazines-a-new-one/
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