Ohh it’s my birthday, woot woot woot. I had this idea that I was going to post the top 31 things I love about photography, but my head got confused and too peppy after my grande toffee latte and I sort of just found a vaguely chronological visual remembrance of my years in photography.
Thoughts of a Bohemian – Those who are about to die salute you, Getty:
The truth needs to be told that Getty Images is ruining the market for pro photographers with prices like these. They license editorial images as low as $3.63 to major outlets like Yahoo.
PDNPulse: Edgar Martins Regrets “Confusion” Over NYT Magazine Photos:
Last month, The New York Times Magazine withdrew a photo story by photographer Edgar Martins after it became apparent that Martins had digitally manipulated the images. Martins has now responded to the controversy with a 2,900-word essay (plus footnotes) published on his Web site.
Sarah Palin, who recently abdicated as Governor of Alaska, refuses to abdicate the spotlight. This week rumors began to surface that she may be getting a divorce from her husband Todd. Sources claim it would be for the love of a Bigfoot.
Getty Images Introduces Tiny Files Starting at $5 – PDN:
Getty Images, which angered some photographers in 2007 when it introduced $49 licenses for low-resolution stock images, has started offering tiny image files at even lower prices.
essay on a sustainable ecovillage called Dancing Rabbit in rural northeastern Missouri. The community consists of a little bit more than 50 visitors (who stay for 3 weeks), residents (on their way to membership), and full time members. They grow a lot of their own food. They build their own houses from renewable and reclaimed building materials. They are fully off the grid: using only solar and wind power. It is a very tight-knit community of people just trying to build a true community that is ecologically and socially responsible and conscientious
Impossible but real scanner images of busy urban environments – lens culture photography weblog:
Hungarian-born artist Adam Magyar (now living in Berlin) creates magical, long, thin, stretchy images that look like parades of people all moving in the same direction.
The magazine has gone live on August 1st 2009 and is working with guest curators such as Abbas of Magnum Photos, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan, International Photo Festival Bangladesh, Centro de la Imagen in Peru and The New York Times Magazine. In the Netherlands, guest curators include nrc.next, Vrij Nederland magazine and Canvas International Art.
Each day The Black Snapper presents a different photographer selected by one of the many guest curators, who switch places on a weekly basis. Visitors of the online magazine can expect to see a new series of some eight to twenty photos each day.