Link: PDNPulse: Read The Bizarre Lawsuit Against Tom Brady:
Today we got our hands on a PDF of the suit
Link: PDNPulse: Read The Bizarre Lawsuit Against Tom Brady:
Today we got our hands on a PDF of the suit
Link: Diana / Diana Products / Diana F+ Lens Adaptor:
With the brand new Diana F+ SLR adaptors you can now introduce the whole range of effects achievable with the Diana F+ lenses and accessories to your 35mm Canon EOS or Nikon F series cameras. Bring on Fisheye wackiness, sweeping wide-angles and close-up curiosity – just some of the fantastic effects you can experiment with when you combine the Diana F+ SLR Adaptors with the Diana F+ creative add-ons! Simply attach and twist the SLR adaptor to the Canon EOS or Nikon F mounts and then you are ready to slap on your Diana weapon of choice!
via Wired
Link: An Effective Workflow for Photographers – A Picture’s Worth:
What did I shoot and where? Where are my images stored and are they safe? Having a solid workflow keeps you organized, and allows you to focus more on the creative process than worry about the disposition of your images.
Link: From the Archive: Faded but Still Vibrant – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
There are 11.5 million images stored at 65 degrees in a combination office and storeroom in the basement of the National Geographic Society’s headquarters in Washington. Mr. Bonner’s favorites — among the color slides, Autochromes and photo albums — are 350,000 vintage black-and-white photographs.
Link: BOX OF LIGHT » Blog Archive » Georgia Flood:
This summer I have seen more rain than any year before in my life. I grew up accustomed to terms like “insipid drought,” not swollen rivers or floods. Monday afternoon, David was trying to drive back into the city and what would have been a 45 minute drive turned into hours, as the the rain pounded down, I-85 flooded and was closed. I didn’t realize it had gotten much worse than that until I saw photos from the AJC Tuesday morning. So, when the New York Times called and asked me to meet a reporter and try to hop a boat into a flooded home in Buckhead, I obliged.
Link: NPPA Warns Photojournalists About Police Plans For Pittsburgh’s G20 Summit:
The National Press Photographers Association is warning photojournalists who will be covering the upcoming G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA, to be aware that local law enforcement has stated that the media will be “treated no differently than the public” when they issue an order to disperse.
In other words, photojournalists are just as eligible for arrest as anyone else on the streets, including protesters and other civilians.
Link: Laptop Burka: Tasteless, Useless, Glare-Less | Gadget Lab | Wired.com:
The Laptop Burka is a sheet of “breathable, lightweight fabric” which you drape over both yourself and your computer to cocoon the pair of you in a glare-free, psychologically separate space.
Let’s take a look at some of the “features”.
Link: From the Archive: Not New, Never Easy – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
In two years of global warfare, America had yet to see almost any pictures of dead Americans.
Then, in September 1943, an issue of Life magazine arrived in people’s homes and at their corner newsstands. It forced them to confront a stark, full-page picture by George Strock that showed three American servicemen sprawled on Buna Beach in New Guinea; two face down, one supine; their lifelessness unmistakable even in a still photograph.
Link: Thoughts of a Bohemian » Silence of the Lambs:
While the industry is going through it’s most radical changes since its small and short existence, it seems that everyone is caught staring at the headlights. Many violent issues are affecting the way business is done today, with possible long lasting repercussion, yet it seems that all are taking cover under a business as usual blanket.
When Ed came to Stanford a few months ago for an Aurora Forum on the What Matters book, I was reminded how unsatisfactory the term “documentary photographer” is when applied to someone like him. Years before multimedia became a buzzword, Ed and his wife Julie Winokur were leading the way into “multi-platform” storytelling, including exhibitions, books, websites, videos, multimedia, and educational programs. Ed explains how they are now exploring “feedback loops” between documentarians, their audience, and the subjects, so that the people in the photos and the people looking at them contribute as much to a story as the person behind the camera.
Link: Lynsey Addario Wins $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship – PDN:
“Addario’s dedication to demystifying foreign cultures and exposing the tragic consequences of human conflict is drawing much-needed attention to conflict zones around the world and providing a valuable historical record for future generations,” the MacArthur Foundation wrote in a statement announcing her award.
Link: Apartheid-era scenes the new South Africa would rather forget | guardian.co.uk:
The ‘Bang-Bang Club’ were photographers who risked their lives recording the violence of the townships. But a new film about them has left some of them worried
Link: Letter from Africa: Legends of the ‘Bang-Bang Club’ | guardian.co.uk:
David Smith recalls the South African photographers who documented the township violence of the apartheid era
Link: 60 preview photos: Biennial of World Images in Paris – lens culture photography weblog:
Photoquai, the biennial festival of photography based in Paris aims to to raise the international profile of artists previously unexhibited or little-known in Europe. It also aims to foster cultural exchange — and the vibrant interchange of different world views.
Link: thebestcamera.com:
The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You™, but it’s also an inspirational 3-part “ecosystem” created by world-renowned photographer, Chase Jarvis. Introducing an iPhone app that allows you to shoot, edit and share your images; a book that celebrates photography with any camera; AND a thriving, online community made of iPhone images from around the world.
Link: Readers’ Voices: Public and Private Trauma – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
No subject we’ve tackled in the first four months of the Lens blog has touched quite so raw a nerve as our Sept. 4 post (”Behind the Scenes: To Publish or Not?“) about a decision by The Associated Press to distribute a photograph taken in Afghanistan by Julie Jacobson. It showed Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard, 21, of the Marines, after he was mortally wounded during a Taliban ambush last month.