Category: Portfolios & Galleries
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james chance – the dead at burn magazine
In the middle of the bustling Philippine city of Manila, home to almost 11 million people, lies the North Cemetery. Founded in 1904, it is the final resting place for several Filipino Presidents, celebrities, and hundreds of thousands of the city’s Catholic dead. However, since the 1960’s a new, living population has grown. In this…
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lens culture: David LaChapelle
American Pop photographer David LaChapelle is in the art-world spotlight this year, with a big mid-career retrospective exhibition in Paris (February 6 – May 31), and a simultaneous solo show that just opened in Mexico City. Check it out here.
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Ghana Street Portraits
West Africa-based freelance photographer Olivier Asselin has a nice series of Ghana street portraits. Check it out here.
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Supremely odd vintage photo collection – Boing Boing
Joanna of Morbid Anatomy found delight and wonder, as I now have, in this collection of vintage photos that are bizarre by their nature, juxtaposition, or just the lack of context. Check it out here.
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Paolo Pellegrin Turns in a Great Performance of His Own
Pellegrin traveled around the world to capture these movie stars in various locations. He also had the help of a post production team in Europe and the US to retouch the images. But I don’t think it dimishes the images — we want our movie stars to look immaculate and mythological. And these pictures do…
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lens culture: Dita Pepe
Czech photographer Dita Pepe uses self-portrait photography to explore ideas of how personal identity can seem to change dramatically in relationship to the other people in our lives, and the surrounding circumstances. Check it out here.
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Sounds Cooler if you Call it the Pre-After After Party
Sundance is over,…within minutes after the awards are given, the chairs disappear, the lights dim and DJ’s, caterers, and a wide range of dance moves, both awful, haunting and beautiful begin to appear. Check it out here.
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My LIfe at f/22: Best of '08: Sports
Photos by Chris Detrick Here are my favorite sport-related pictures from 2008. The first ten pictures are what I included in my sports portfolio for various contests this year. Check it out here.
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The Inauguration of Barack Obama by Mustafah Abdulaziz
The Inauguration of Barack Obama photographed by Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal on 01/20/09 Check it out here.
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The Big Show | My Waking Life
I’m now pretty much in a hallucinogenic state induced by lack of sleep and over-stimulation but it was an exciting day and an exciting week. Check it out here.
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Escaping North Korea
Photographs by Chien-Chi Chang Escape From North Korea Defection is daunting. So is starting a new, free life. Check it out here.
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Far Sighted: MISSING
On Sunday, I covered the first day of searching for 6-year-old Adji Desir. He was last seen outside of his grandma’s home in Farm Workers Village in Immokalee, Fla. — a migrant town about 40 miles outside of Naples. They have kept searching with no leads. Check it out here.
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LAST MISSION/LAST HOUR
A double amputee Iraqi translator lives as a refugee in America. Photos by Ramin Rahimian Check it out here.
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James Whitlow Delano – From the "Train of Death" to the "Wall of Shame"
Much has been made of the perils undocumented workers face crossing the southern border of the United States in search of work and a better life. For Central Americans, the U.S. border marks the end of one of the longest, most treacherous migrations on the planet. Still there has been a rise of 50 percent…
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Retired Blade photographer's favorite work
There’s something magical about a camera, the way looking through it changes one’s view of the world and how with one click it can freeze time. Few know that better than Herral Long, a photojournalist with The Blade for more than 50 years. Check it out here. Via APAD.
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A Nice Find
The year-end portfolio of the OMAHA WORLD HERALD’s Matt Miller is really a nice body of work. Check it out here.