From State of the Art: A Different View on Iraq by Jehad Nga:
The New York Times website has some photographs that deserve to be seen. The pictures were made by a young photographer named Jehad Nga (“Inga”), who was one of American Photo’s Emerging Artists in 2007.
From Shepard Fairey, In Latest Legal Defense, Argues AP Copied His Poster:
The latest filing by Fairey’s attorneys includes 12 examples of images from the AP photo archive that show other works of art, including depictions of Fairey’s Obama poster.
Jesse Epstein interviews retouchers and talks about, among other things, the French government’s desire to mandate the disclosure of image manipulation.
From THE OXFORD PROJECT – Peter Feldstein & Stephen G. Bloom:
In the spring and summer of 1984, Peter Feldstein used a red marker to make a sign announcing that he wanted to take free portraits of everyone in Oxford, Iowa (pop. 673).
via Fraction.
From the Journal and Courier:
Andrea Bruce has seen much of the world through a camera lens. Bruce is a photojournalist for The Washington Post and has been in some of the world’s hottest spots.
via APAD.
From The Guardian:
As well as the photo being sepia, there appears to be a subtle soft pink hue on Madonna herself. I guess this is the colour of reassuring, concerned maternity. You can imagine Madonna and her team thinking this through in the same way an advertising campaign is orchestrated.
From Josh Spear, Trendspotting:
San Francisco-based photographer Geoffrey Ellis’ photo journal blog Sadkids is aptly named: its coverage can be as blue (with posts entitled “Sometimes, progress can suck it” and “Burn Santa burn”) as it can be lighthearted and youthful (”Easter valley of the sun” and “Hawaii + Halloween = Hawaiiloween” come to mind). But no matter the mood, the imagery featured has the same lovingly cluttered, colorful aesthetic as Ellis’ self-published photo zine of the same name, now in its fifth edition. The winner of the Bay Area’s Phelan Award in Photography, Ellis chose the name for his photo collections as a tribute to 1960s paintings featuring large-eyed kids, cats and dogs in the style of Walter and Margaret Keane.
From what it all looks like: Heidelberger Schloss:
Sitting with my back against the wall, Mitch and I gathered determination for a midnight hike from inside a glowing yellow bar in the center of Heidelberg. Looking down the establishment and through the giant front windowns I could see the castle glow hit the clouds. We climbed up the path to the castle gardens, walking through soaking orange patches of streetlight mixed with night. I saw the steps into the garden and the dark shadow where my dad hid and scared me over fifteen years earlier. So good to be back.
From The Bigger Picture:
The BIGGER PICTURE, a blog produced by the Smithsonian Photography Initiative (SPI), presents an inside look at the Smithsonian’s photography collections and invites audiences to engage in an online discussion about photography’s powerful impact on our world.
via Fraction.
From 5B4:
Two of the most embarrassing displays of booksigning insanity have happened at Robert Frank events. At the public library a couple years ago, physical altercations broke out. At a recent Steidl event at Walter Reade theater Robert was visibly uncomfortable when a crowd descended upon him with open books. One dealer who had lent his book as an example during the actual discussion opportunistically approached Robert to sign his book while on stage. That copy appeared for sale online within a couple days along with “ephemera” from the event. Had the guy had identified himself as a bookseller and asked Robert if he’d sign the book so the he could make an extra 500 dollars do you think Robert would have signed the book? Josef Koudelka had an event at Aperture last year and expressed his disappointment afterwards in finding many copies posted the next day on Ebay. He told me he’d never do that again..
From Advertising – Newspaper Ads Expected to Show Up to 30% Drop – NYTimes.com:
Publishers will start to report first-quarter results this week, but people who follow the industry and have had a glimpse of the 2009 numbers say it is clear that once again, even the most pessimistic predictions were not dark enough.
From grain edit · Janine Rewell: Graphic Design & Illustration:
Finnish designer and illustrator, Janine Rewell, has a wonderful way of fusing colorful detailed illustrations with clean, simple type. There are surprises in every corner of her work
From PDNPulse: Slain Afghan Fixer Subject of New Documentary:
Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi, a documentary about the life, work, kidnapping and murder of an Afghan fixer who worked with many Western photographers and journalists, will debut April 26 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
