Category: Photography
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Is the rich-hued Kodachrome era fading to black?
If Kodachrome should vanish, “we’d either change to a different type of film or do it digitally,” Link says, but long-term studies that hinge on image consistency might suffer. Alarm bells have been ringing since Kodak exited the film-processing business in 1988. One by one, its Kodachrome home-movie and still-film formats have been discontinued, and…
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MARK'D – Drinking with a Dead Man
When will we band together and demand to be compensated for the last 15 years of the digital revolution? Maybe it will have to wait for the Mark X’s. In the meantime I’ll sit back and watch as the industry continues to make its largest profit directly from the photographer himself, as we sink deeper…
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Chase Jarvis RAW: Kung Fu
Move over Ninjas. Replace those swords, smoke machines and bikini-clad women with a new, fiercer battle featuring a Kung Fu master who uses his bare knuckles to fend off fire, earth, wind and water. This behind the scenes vid highlights my recent great fortune of collaborating with the design and live action wizards over at…
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PHOTOSHELTER COLLECTION COMES TO A PREMATURE END – Vincent Laforet’s Blog
Some things you just don’t see coming – and those really tend to sting the most – and leave a mark. The PhotoShelter Collection will leave a mark – and in more ways than one. Check it out here.
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Photo Issues, Pt. II | Storyboard from Wired.com
I’m the photo editor on this experiment. I guess I’ll fill you in on the juice of what happens next with the photo shoot attempts. First, I get the contact info for the subject from the editor. She gets it from the writer, and busts it back to me. My contact was Sony’s publicist—he has…
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THE PHOTOSHELTER COLLECTION IS CLOSING
Today, we regret to announce our plans to close The PhotoShelter Collection, our stock photography marketplace, effective October 10, 2008. Going forward, PhotoShelter will focus our energy and resources on enhancing the PhotoShelter Personal Archive our original product that today provides thousands of photographers worldwide with bulletproof backup storage and robust ecommerce capabilities for managing…
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'Underground' pics bring together N.Y., Mexico City
Next time you hop on a crowded subway, remember not only to keep your cool, but also your smile — Aaron Alamo Fernández might be taking a picture. The 37-year-old Mexico City native has been taking snapshots of unsuspecting straphangers ever since he moved here two years ago, and he says people hardly notice. “I…
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the life of m: Tabula Rosa
To start anew is to go back to that sense of wonder and awe Check it out here.
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The Year in Pictures: Garry Winogrand – Part 1
I also came across this uncredited biography of Winogrand on the Temple University website. I thought it was worth copying whole, but if you have to skim, don’t miss out on John Szarkowki’s final quote. As always, he said it better than anyone. Check it out here.
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Anti-War Billboards – APhotoADay News
An article published in today’s New York Times (New York Edition) reports on some last-minute censorship of anti-war billboards scheduled to be displayed in St. Paul during the GOP convention next week. Check it out here.
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Photographer Susan Bank captures a culture living off the land in rural Cuba
Philadelphia-based photographer Susan Bank was drawn to a different side of the island nation, however. She wanted to go beyond the borders of the big city and back even farther in time. Toting an unobtrusive 35 mm Leica, Ms. Bank traveled to Cuba’s rural Pinar del Rio province and got to know the people well…
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Wandering Light: Belgium beer
Surrounded with some of my closest friends and wonderful photographers, we debated about what made us tick. What drives us? What makes us successful? What is the most important part about photography? Do you want to know what the secret to photography is? I mean really want to know? Check it out here.
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Fall Fashion 2008 – Why Juergen Teller Thinks Fashion Photography Isn't Sexy — New York Magazine
Juergen Teller, the photographer, has spent much of this summer Tuesday editing a shoot commissioned by W Magazine about the art world in New York. The star of the shoot is the 47-year-old actress Tilda Swinton, who has been dressed up as everyone from an artist to a gallerist to an insecure collector mid–Botox procedure.…
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New Agency on the Block: Wonderful Machine – Shoot The Blog
I heard today from the very cool Lou Mora about a new kind of photo agency that seems almost like a collective. I’m psyched about the name– Wonderful Machine (!), and I’m psyched about the very simple interface. Photo Editors- you know when you need a photographer in Missoula on one day’s notice? Check it…
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All-new Lens Culture Issue #17 online now
We’re very happy to announce that an all-new issue of Lens Culture is now online! This issue features wonderful and diverse photography and photo-based art from all over the world. Check it out here.
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Thinking in Themes
If you ask a photographer what kind of images he or she makes, the answer most commonly refers to a list of divergent subjects. Check it out here.
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3 Winners of Lens Culture – Rhubarb 2008 Photo Book Awards – lens culture photography weblog
This year’s winners are: Kurt Tong, China/UK Mimi Youn, Korea/UK Nigel Dickenson, France Check it out here.
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The Peddecord Show: How to Rate Your Photos
Sometimes it seems like a long amount of time goes without any appreciable work between fits of genius. Which brings a lot of boredom. And a lot of riding my Bianchi. And this new system to help score your photographs as being either brilliant or rubbish. Check it out here.
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WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Pimply Teenagers! The Photography of Lyndon Wade
I have seen Lyndon Wade’s (nsfw) photography before in big magazines and print ads Check it out here.
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FACES OF EVIL: ENGLISH
shows the faces of the cruellest and most infamous dictators of our time, from Mao to Hitler to Mugabe. Hans Weishäupl took photographs of over 350 people in each dictator’s country and pieced particular parts of them together to create a new and alarmingly lively look for each of them. All seem familiar and yet…