Category: Photography
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CNN.com's Attrocious Use of Photography – A Picture's Worth
Link: CNN.com is my browser homepage, and I don’t know why.
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Thoughts of a Bohemian » This ain’t Wal Mart
Link: Like Wal Mart, or Target, Getty works for Getty and no one else. They are not around to help this and that photographer, or collection. They are not around to help the MLB or NHL or Soccer league succeed in their photography needs but the opposite. All images providers to Getty are in to…
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Edward Burtynsky: Economies of Scale – PDN
Link: Whether photographing a shoe factory in China, a rock quarry in Portugal or a copper mine in Chile, Edward Burtynsky creates images that use scale to consider the magnitude of human industry and its impact on the landscape. “To me, what’s interesting as art is to begin to define that theater of industry that…
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Lens Culture needs your financial help, please!
LensCulture – Contemporary Photography Discover and share the best in contemporary photography via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com Since our start in 2004, Lens Culture has always been an all-volunteer effort, with absolutely no commercial revenue or paid advertising. But now we need your financial help so we can continue our day-to-day activities, and to expand our educational…
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2010 Street Photography Workshops with Peter Turnley
Link: In 2010, I will be teaching one week workshops on street photography in many of the world’s most visually exciting cities and regions: Buenos Aires, Rio, Seville, Paris, Istanbul, New York, Provence, and Calcutta. These workshops should be a wonderful opportunity for anyone interested in creating a photo essay or portfolio around themes of…
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Sun City: A Sense of Place | Luceo Images
Link: I think this must be my newspaper recovery phase. I feel over-indulgent and greedy in photographing these feature stories just cuz. Just cuz I’m intrigued. This world is so huge and so full of intrigue. I got to shoot so many things that interested me as a staff photographer but so much of it…
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Don’t Wait for the Phone to Ring « Steve McCurry’s Blog
Link: I am often asked by photographers just starting out what advice I can offer. Here are some tips which might be a good start.
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AMERICANSUBURB X: INTERVIEW: "Doing Life – Nan Goldin with Danny Lyon (1995)"
Link: Lyon is a journalist, but not by the usual ’90s definition. Whether he was photographing the Civil Rights Movement in the American South in the ’60s or the guerrilla uprising in Mexico in the ’90s, his journalism is not about the surface, the sensational, the soundbite; it is imbued with his respect for the…
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Hubert Blanz – Conscientious
Link: Hubert Blanz’s photography is digitally assembled. What makes it interesting for me is that you can see that things are not the way they should be, but the different elements of the images are still believable enough.
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Making Music Photography Lucrative
Link: What can make working for a record label worthwhile for photographers, especially jobs with smaller budgets, depends on a number of intangibles, such as the potential for licensing, future assignments in the music industry or the chance to build a portfolio that appeals to advertisers.
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Pricing Debate: Usage Fees vs. Hourly Rates
Link: A PDN reader voices a counterpoint to advice we published on estimating assignments, and two industry experts on artists’ rights offer their views.
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My First Tri-Xmas | Luceo Images
Link: Today marks the beginning of a new holiday in which I am sure will catch on … or not. I hereby declare that January 9 will hence forth be referred to as Tri-Xmas Day. The premise of this holiday is to photograph personal settings on black and white film throughout the year and then…
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PDNPulse: Wedding Photographer Jailed for Cheating Customers
Link: Photographer Jack Holton of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, was convicted Friday
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Survey Results: The 30 Most Influential Photographers of The Decade?
Link: Many of the names on these lists are probably familiar to you, while others aren’t. Do a Google search. There are several photographers here who have become well known within certain circles, without having created work that’s taught in photo schools or published in anthologies
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Please Help – Truth With a Camera Workshop
Link: In Spring 2008, photojournalists Stephen M. Katz and Christopher Tyree visited St. Vincent’s Home for Handicapped Children in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, as part of a documentary project for the Virginia-based nonprofit Physicians for Peace. Seeing so many children in need – so many the outside world was not even aware of – frustrated and inspired the photographers. In that moment, Wéyo,…
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Thoughts of a Bohemian » A piece of Advice (for free)
Link: pro photographer can’t seem to make a living anymore, while photo editors have either no budget or are being laid off by buckets. So what is wrong ? Well, for one, it’s those who manage photography that are sick.
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Miroslav Tichy Show at International Center of Photography – NYTimes.com
An Ogling Subversive With a Homemade Camera (Published 2010) Miroslav Tichy, a Czech who took pictures during the 1960s and ’70s in his hometown, Kyjov, now has a solo show at the International Center of Photography. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/arts/design/12photos.html The photographs are blurry, skewed, badly printed and in terrible condition: dog-eared, scratched, spotted and encrusted with…