PDNPulse: Photo of Average-Size Woman Astonishes Glamour Readers:
The latest issue of Glamour features a photo by Walter Chin showing 20-year-old model Lizzie Miller. In the picture (seen here at right) the model appears radiant, beautiful, and (shock!) a little curvy in the tummy and thighs.
Showcase: The Bang Bang Club (Part 2 of 2) – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
In the second of a two-part series on the Bang Bang Club — a group of four young photographers who unblinkingly chronicled the upheaval in South Africa in the 1990s — Greg Marinovich recalls the torment of watching deadly violence unfold before him. In an instant, he had to decide whether he could do more good by intervening personally or by chronicling the moment to let the world know what was happening. His pictures of a man being burned alive won a Pulitzer Prize in 1991. Readers are cautioned that this scene and several others in the audio slide show are quite disturbing.
Flickr v. Free Speech. Where Is Their Courage?:
One thing I’ve learned over the years is this – screwing over your users while yelling “the lawyers made me do it!” rarely ends well. Particularly when the lawyers are just being lazy, and free speech rights are at stake.
Flickr really stepped in it this time. And they’ve sparked a free speech and copyright fascism debate that is unlikely to cool down any time soon.
10 years of The Week in Pictures – msnbc.com:
“The Week in Pictures” begins its second decade of publication, we take a look back at the best images published in The Week in Pictures and the Year in Pictures since the slideshow began October 1998.
via APhotoADay Blog
miss kim by eric lafforgue…. | burn magazine:
Miss Kim is a guide in the War Museum in Pyongyang, North Korea. She speaks perfect French as she lived in Algeria when she was a kid. So in 2008, she took care of the 25 French tourists who came in her museum.
Showcase: The Bang Bang Club (Part 1 of 2) – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
Though legendary in photojournalism circles, the Bang Bang Club never formally existed. It was really more of a bond among four young photographers — Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich, Ken Oosterbroek and Joao Silva — united by their ideals, their photography and the historical events unfolding in South Africa in the 1990s.
lens culture: Dana Popa:
Photographer Dana Popa travelled to the Republic of Moldova to document, through photography and collected stories, the experiences of sex-trafficked women and their families. ‘Natasha’ is the nickname given to prostitutes with Eastern European looks. Sex trafficked girls hate it.
AMC – Blogs – SciFi Scanner – John Scalzi’s Guide to the Most Epic FAILs in Star Wars Design:
Stormtrooper Uniforms
They stand out like a sore thumb in every environment but snow, the helmets restrict view (“I can’t see a thing in this helmet!” — Luke Skywalker), and the armor is penetrable by single shots from blasters. Add it all up and you have to wonder why stormtroopers don’t just walk around naked, save for blinders and flip-flops.
Poll Shows Most Americans Oppose War in Afghanistan – washingtonpost.com:
Overall, seven in 10 Democrats say the war has not been worth its costs, and fewer than one in five support an increase in troop levels.
Republicans (70 percent say it is worth fighting) and conservatives (58 percent) remain the war’s strongest backers, and the issue provides a rare point of GOP support for Obama’s policies. A narrow majority of conservatives approve of the president’s handling of the war (52 percent), as do more than four in 10 Republicans (43 percent).
Los Angeles Film+TV – Quentin Tarantino Serves Up Hitler’s Head in Inglourious Basterds – page 1:
Some would say he went on to make that movie over and over again, others that he’s one of world cinema’s premier auteurs. Either way, today a surprising number of his contemporaries — among them Hong Kong director John Woo, his hero from way back when — have either dropped off the map or are struggling to stay in the game. For his part, Tarantino has become a durable superstar, crisscrossing the hazy line between studio and indie darling with a steady output (notwithstanding a six-year break between Jackie Brown and Kill Bill) of big successes (notwithstanding Death Proof) under his belt. All but one of his films have come from original scripts he wrote himself, and every last one is a loving homage to the infinite elasticities of genre. The questions remain: Are his films any more than that? Do they need to be?
College Football Media Policy Draws Protest Letter – PDN:
The SEC also says it “shall have the right to purchase prints of any published photographs… at the most favorable financial terms offered to third parties… and Bearer hereby grants the SEC and its member institutions a license at no additional charge to use the photographs for news coverage purposes and for display on their official websites and in their official publications.”
Leagues Restrict Access as Fan and Financial Interests Intersect – NYTimes.com:
The rules are aimed not at the casual fan who might post a few pictures of Saturday’s football game on a personal Web site, but rather those who copy television broadcasts, create their own highlight reels and post them on sites charging for access or advertising.
Behind The Scenes: Latest Threat to Photographers – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
Covering Afghanistan is an extremely dangerous assignment for any photojournalist — avoiding ambushes, snipers, roadside bombs and kidnappings take priority over taking photographs. Now there is another concern. Afghan police are threatening photojournalists by pointing guns at them.
Q&A: Tim Mantoani, San Diego – Feature Shoot:
When Tim Mantoani’s not shooting on assignment, he’s documenting venerable lens men who have collectively captured decades of culture and celebrity with their own cameras. Legendary rock photographers Jim Marshall and Ethan Russell have sat for 20 x 24-inch Polaroid portraits, as have Walter Iooss, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Pete Turner, Mary Ellen Mark, Elliott Erwitt and Roberto Salas. He sees the story in each face, and in each place, and lives to gives them voice through his work.
“Less is More” with New Pro Compact Cameras from Canon:
Piemonte added that along with dropping overall resolution on the G11 to create larger individual pixels on the imaging chip that absorb more light, the new buzzword for the G11 is its “high sensitivity system.” The system combines the new 10MP chip; optical image stabilization; and the camera’s Digic IV image processor to produce better images in low light at high ISOs, she said.
PDNPulse: Twitter Photographer Asks Sky News to Pay Up:
Neale told OJB that his experience shows the dangers of social media for citizen journalists. We think it also illuminates a new dynamic that’s evolving in news coverage. Social media users can quickly share other people’s photos and videos without assuming any risk. Not so with news outlets—who have budgets and reputations at stake.
Letter from Top News Outlets Protesting Off-The-Record Briefings Sent to 600 Press Secretaries:
Added Rick Blum, coordinator of the Sunshine in Government Initiative: “In today’s age of Twitter and blogs, an ‘off-the-record’ speech will be publicized, just not by reporters. It just doesn’t make sense anymore and the practice should stop.”
Essay: Storytelling With Pictures – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
I was nine years old, living in a small town in south Florida, when I read Grey Villet’s “The Lash of Success” in Life magazine — one of the very few extras my family could afford. The pages of Life were filled with images of President John F. Kennedy, the space program and rising stars of television. Yet it was the subject and style of “Lash” — about a businessman sacrificing his humanity in pursuit of success — that had the greatest impact upon me. I have never forgotten it.
Seeing Money: Stop sabotaging your profit margin | RESOLVE — the liveBooks photo blog:
So far in his “Seeing Money” column, Doug Menuez has covered several important topics for starting a photo business: getting loans, managing your expenses, and staying on top of Accounts Payable and Receivables (see his blog for more on cash flow and “must pays”). Here he explains why being “busy” is not the same thing as being profitable — and how to figure out which one you are.