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    Link: Commercial & Editorial Photographer | Southern California | Matt Mallams:

    new essays, two new journals, and much much more


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    Link: Welcome to the World Press Photo Contest Archive:

    For over fifty years the World Press Photo contest has captured images of our times. Our archive of winning photos is not only a record of more than half a century of human history, but a showcase of successive styles in photography and reportage.

    The archive gallery comprises some 10,000 images. It includes photos that have become icons, by some of the leading names in the profession. World Press Photo has put them online with the aim of sharing our knowledge, resources and experience with the widest possible network.

    This site was made possible with the support of the Mondriaan Foundation and VSB Foundation.


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  • Behind the Scenes: A Camera as Therapy

    Alexandra Avakian has led a fearless life, covering uprisings, civil war, famine and genocide. What she discovered in the shower one day, however, chilled her.

    via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/behind-18/

    On Sebastian’s seventh birthday, in October, I underwent a lumpectomy, followed by four months of intensive chemotherapy and then radiation treatment. As a photojournalist, I had seen so many people suffer. Now it was my turn.


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    Link: An M9 In Paris – A Field Review – Luminous Landscape:

    Choosing a Canon over a Nikon, an Olympus over a Pentax, or any other combination, comes down to matters of brand preference, feature comparisons, and personal whim. They all pretty much do the same thing, but of course with some differences in user interface, control placement and specific features, which may or may not appeal to any one individual. In addition there are a wide range of models (with new ones introduced every few months) to satisfy just about any budget. That’s fine. That’s the nature of the mass market and it means that we have some amazing cameras available to us at ever decreasing prices.

    But for some the camera that they use is about more than being a tool for getting a certain task done – whether its a feature magazine assignment or simply recording a family vacation. For these photographers the camera becomes an extension of their ability to see and record, a tool for actualizing that process. The tool and the process become inseparable. It is for photographers that approach their work in this manner, and who have developed an appreciation for a minimalist esthetic that the M Leica appeals.


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    Link: A little portrait series I’m working on……. at thoughts.and/or.etc:


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  • David Hilliard

    MW What inspired you to start taking photographs, and what is the primary inspiration for you to keep working in this field? DH My father…

    Link: http://2waylens.blogspot.com/2009/09/david-hilliard.html

    I think an artist knows when the work is ready. When it’s as good as it can be at THAT moment…and perhaps when it needs an audience.


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  • Link: A Conversation with Christopher Anderson – Conscientious:

    After publishing my review of Christopher Anderson’s Capitolio, I ended up exchanging emails with him about the work and its purpose and reception. Things got so interesting that I thought this would be a great opportunity to take things public and to have a conversation with him on this blog.


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  • Link: PDNPulse: MoMA’s “New Photography 2009” Showcases Artists That Push The Boundaries of Photography:

    In her introductory wall text, Respini writes that “most of the artists actively work in other disciplines, and their photographs relate to drawing, sculpture, video, and installation.” Though the show is called “New Photography,” it seems sure to inspire some debate as to how far photography can be pushed before it becomes another medium.


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    Link: Q&A: Sebrina Fassbender, New York – Feature Shoot:

    Sebrina Fassbender was born in Harvard, Illinois, and the U.W. Madison Art program for painting and drawing. While there she was introduced to Diane Arbus’s Photography in an Art History class, a moment that inspired her to pick up a camera. After obtaining a photography degree in Minneapolis, Fassbender eventually moved to New York in 2004 and started work on her photo series of Women on the Streets, which lasted five years.


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  • DB speaking at Barnes & Noble in Bethesda, about 44 Day from David Burnett on Vimeo.

    David Burnett speaking (the first 35 minutes) at Barnes & Noble in Bethesda, on occasion of the publication of “44 Days: IRAN and the Remaking of the World.”


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  • Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy)

    About a week ago, Typhoon Ketsana (known in the Phillippines as “Ondoy”) made landfall, and according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Ketsana dropped 455 mm (17.9 in) of rain on Metro Manila in a sp

    via Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/09/typhoon_ketsana_ondoy.html

    About a week ago, Typhoon Ketsana (known in the Phillippines as “Ondoy”) made landfall, and according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Ketsana dropped 455 mm (17.9 in) of rain on Metro Manila in a span of 24 hours on Saturday – the most in 42 years.


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    Link: Showcase: Sisyphean Days in Cuba – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:

    The words came to Ernesto Bazan as he stirred awake one morning in Palermo.

    “You need become a photographer.”

    Guided by that revelation, the 17-year-old boy decided his future.


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  • Link: PDNPulse: Just One Photographer Still Covering Returning Military Dead:

    The Examiner reports that the AP usually sends the same photographer to every transfer, but fails to mention his name. So we will: Steve Ruark. AP spokesperson Paul Colford tells us Ruark sometimes makes two trips in a single day to Dover to photograph these ceremonies. The AP covers the transfers on behalf of its member newspapers, correctly realizing that every returning soldier has a hometown paper somewhere.


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  • Wooster Collective: Shit We’re Diggin: Geoff Hargadon’s “Cash For Your Warhol” Prank

    via Wooster Collective: http://www.woostercollective.com/2009/09/shit_were_diggin_geoff_hargadons_cash_fo.html

    The Examiner reports that the AP usually sends the same photographer to every transfer, but fails to mention his name. So we will: Steve Ruark. AP spokesperson Paul Colford tells us Ruark sometimes makes two trips in a single day to Dover to photograph these ceremonies. The AP covers the transfers on behalf of its member newspapers, correctly realizing that every returning soldier has a hometown paper somewhere.


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    Link: DSLR News Shooter


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    Link: 100Eyes: Photography Magazine and Photo Workshops for Emerging and Professional Photographers:

    French photojournalist and documentary film maker Christian Poveda was murdered on September 3rd in El Salvador, as he drove back from filming in La Campanera, a poor, overcrowded suburb and a Mara 18 stronghold. Arrests were made this past week that a jailed Maras gang-leader, who had reportedly tried to extort money from Poveda, who had made a 2008 documentary about the gang named “La Vida Loca.”

    This essay by Nanni Fontana is presented as a tribute to Poveda’s work, and the essay by Carlos Lopez-Barillas that follows intends to initiate a discussion on the changing landscape for documentary journalists.

    via: APhotoADay


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  • Link: Techtonic Shifts : Don’t Bail Out Newspapers–Let Them Die and Get Out of the Way:

    Frankly, a lot of newspapers just stink. People worry about the fate of the San Francisco Chronicle, but that paper has been an embarrassment for decades. The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press are in trouble, but they deserve it: for one thing, they spawned  Mitch Albom; for another, they’re both pretty awful. The Boston Globe, my current hometown paper, is smug and provincial, and the writing is embarrassingly bad. Much of the Globe reads like a college newspaper. Would any of us really be worse off if these crusty, crappy old relics suddenly disappeared?


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  • Link: Photographers Making a Difference – PDN:

    This month we celebrate photographers who are not just documenting problems, but actively working to solve them—on their own, in partnership with existing charities, or by recruiting fellow photographers to give their time and talent. Each of the personal projects highlighted here is backed up by proven results as well as photographic merit. And the photographers behind these projects show the ingenuity and creativity it takes to get the attention of people who can put the pictures and stories to use.


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  • Link: Behind the Scenes: A Different Battleground – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:

    In late 2002, Benjamin Lowy was showing his portfolio to various photo agencies in New York City, with little success. “We have people.” “You’re really young.” “You know, I really think you should go back to school.”


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  • Panasonic updates firmware for DMC-LX3

    Panasonic has posted a firmware update for its Lumix DMC-LX3 digital compact camera. Version 2.0 brings a host of additional functions as well as feature improvements for the 14-month-old camera. Changes include a 20% AF-speed increase at the wide-ang

    via DPReview: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0909/09092801panalx3firmwareupdate.asp

    The adoption of new algorithms makes it possible to speed up the AF time by approx.20%


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