His close-up style, influenced by Bernd and Hilla Becher, puts all of his subjects — no matter their status — on equal footing, revealing similarities as well as differences. Though well known for photographing the famous, Mr. Schoeller has always been attracted to a broader range of subjects.
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Toward the end of that fight, when the Marines and Loomis were evacuating the area, he had to make a decision. Was he only a photographer, or was he going to put down his cameras and help a young Marine, Lance Cpl. Aaron Austin, who had been shot several times through the chest during the battle? Loomis remembered the admonition of veteran photojournalist David LaBelle, who always said, “Be a human first,” and helped carry Austin out of danger.
Link: PhotoMedia Magazine Online » Blog Archive » Rick Loomis: Unforgotten Casualties
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1D Mark IV in the Field.
From Jeff Ascough Jeff had a chance to take the new 1D Mark IV on location to a wedding to test the lowlight AF and higher ISO quality. I can’t think of too ma
via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2009/11/1d-mark-iv-in-the-field/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+canonrumors%2Frss+%28Canon+Rumors%29
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Photographer Blogs I’ve Been Following – A Photo Editor
Here’s a list of blogs I’ve been reading recently. It’s always changing but some of these may be new to you: http://gregceoblog.com/ http://richardrenaldi.blogspot.com/ http://webbnorriswebb.wordpress.com/ http://dansaelinger.com/blog/ http://spoonfedatla
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/11/24/photographer-blogs-ive-been-following/
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When I read the interview I thought it would be of interest for more people than just the Germans. In the interview, Ute and Werner talk about life as photographers in East Germany, and what photography meant for them
Link: An Interview with Ute and Werner Mahler – Conscientious
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Never in the history of journalism have the news media suffered such a heavy loss of life in one day
Link: Breaking: Twelve Journalists Killed in Philippines | dvafoto
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Post temporary removed – Leica Rumors
There was a lot of confusion about the Leica student program and I received a tons of emails on this topic. I am taking this post down until I can get a clarification on all the details. Related posts: Leica’s student/educator program is now discontinued
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A Survey Shows Pain of Recession for Artists
A major new survey of American artists and how they are weathering the economic downturn has found that slightly more than half experienced a drop in income from 2008 to 2009.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/arts/design/24study.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
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Photography competitions are everywhere. A quick Google search will reveal hundreds of them across the world in any given month. Fabulous, you might think. I’ll enter a few and hopefully get some recognition, win a prize, be able to call myself an award-winning photographer… So I’m preparing to send off some of my very best images when the terms and conditions catch my eye. Hold on a minute, what does, “you grant a perpetual and irrevocable right to use your images worldwide and in all media without further recompense to you” actually mean?
Link: Photo Competitions: What Many Organisers Don’t Want You to Know – A Picture’s Worth
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Something of the Night: Weegee
Capturing the soul of his beloved New York, in all its grit and glory, was what the photographer Arthur Fellig – aka Weegee – lived for. But he wasn’t exactly a stickler for realism, writes Lucy Davies
via Telegraph.co.uk: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/6616026/Something-of-the-Night-Weegee.html
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Flash photography: the Heat portraits
You could be forgiven for thinking Heat magazine is all sweat patches, cellulite and beer bellies. But it has also published some of the most inventive celebrity portraits of the past decade
via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/22/heat-magazine-celebrity-portraits
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Insight Timer – Meditation, Relaxation and Sleep
12 million people use Insight Timer to sleep better, reduce anxiety, improve their happiness and learn to meditate. With more than 35,000 free titles, Insight Timer has the largest free library of sleep tools, music tracks, and guided meditations on earth
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What we are seeing is the disappearance of knowledge. Most of the photo editors being let go from magazines, newspapers, websites are those who have spent many years building the foundations of our industry withtalent. They are the ones who knew a great image from a bad one, who could spot a talented photographer from the masses of mediums ones. They are the ones who created “names” by publishing their work. They are the ones who did look at photo books, went out to exhibits and photo festivals, no only to see and discover new talents but to personally connect with those they already knew.
Link: Thoughts of a Bohemian » Blog Archive » Smoke gets in your eyes
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I don’t think that I’m going to pay up $800 just yet for the new Drobo, but it looks like the previous model (which has FireWire 800) has dropped in price and is now offering a $30 rebate. At $319.95, after rebate, this is the cheapest I’ve seen this model yet. If you’ve been thinking about picking up a Drobo, now might be the time to do it.
Link: New Faster 5 Bay Drobo S Released for $800 | Thomas Hawk Digital Connection
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If one hears ghostlike murmurs while looking through Christopher Payne’s photographs in “Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals,” it may be because the people who once occupied these imposing and forbidding places are still among us. But they no longer dwell within the fortresses — or were they sanctuaries? — into which Mr. Payne now guides the reader.
Link: Showcase: Emptied but Still Secret – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com
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aaron joel santos – orphans of agent orange
[slidepress gallery=’aaronjoelsantos-orphansofagentorange’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Aaron Joel Santos Orphans of Agent Orange play this essay …
via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2009/11/aaron-joel-santos-orphans-of-agent-orange/
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Secret second world war aerial images go online
The Aerial Reconnaissance Archive of historic second world war photographs is available online to the public from today
via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/nov/23/secondworldwar-secret-photographs-online
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New TTL flash gun trigger for Nikon – Nikon Rumors
Strobist reports about a new TTL remote for Nikon and Canon DSLRs. The “speculations” came from the Strobist flickr group. Here are specs: TR-331 is using FSK 2.4GHz frequency channel, 15 specific channels . Operating distance range is 65M or above. The d
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Associated Press loves fair use (we just wish they’d share)
The Associated Press, a organization with so little respect for fair use that they expect you to pay for a license to quote as little as five words from its articles, describes how it relied on fai…
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