Link: Lifting the Veil of Mere Pixel Perfection – NYTimes.com:
Concerned that girls and women feel excessive pressure to live up to the digitally botoxed and liposuctioned images of human perfection they see in glossy magazines, lawmakers in Britain and France are trying to get marketers to acknowledge the tweaking done to the photos. Under their proposals, ads containing altered photos of models would be required to carry disclaimers.
Link: Newspapers still producing great journalism | dvafoto:
The Dallas Morning News’ exceptional “Choosing Thomas,” chronicles the story of T.K. and Deidrea Laux’s choice to bring their son into the world knowing he would die soon after birth. The piece will leave you in tears. Journalism this intimate and powerful is a rare thing, indeed.
Link: APhotoADay Blog » A grant for those with one foot still stuck in the film world:
Too Much Chocolate has teamed up with Kodak to offer a grant to 10 emerging photographer (photogs w/ gallery or agency representation need not apply).
Link: Hasselblad Announces H4D Digital Medium Format System with new True Focus AF (Updated):
Inspired by technology used in Nintendo’s Wii gaming console, Hasselblad developed True Focus. The demonstration of True Focus seemed to suggest Hasselblad has tried to translate the accuracy with which gamers can target what they want to shoot or hit using a Wii to autofocus selection in the H4D’s new AF system.
a professional thesis project completed by Nacho Corbella in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Link: Touch me I’m slick: Daniel Johnston rolls toward Laurie in Hi How Are You | Offworld:
if you don’t need that introduction1, then you probably will have by now had the same reaction I had several months back when I heard whisperings that Peter ‘Dr. Fun Fun’ Franco and Steve ‘Smashing Studios’ Broumley — former art and technical director, respectively, at the now-defunct Austin branch of Midway — were working on a game featuring Daniel Johnston’s art and music: I’ve more or less been waiting for this day since the early 90s.
Link: Rob Galbraith DPI: Hasselblad unveils H4D series, Phocus 2.0:
With the release of the new H4D-60, the first H4D camera and most recent addition to the Hasselblad H System, Hasselblad marks the beginning of a new chapter in the history of medium format DSLRs. The H4D-60 will feature True Focus with APL (Absolute Position Lock), making auto-focus substantially easier and more accurate for photography professionals.
Link: PDNPulse: TIME’s Detroit Cover: How Much Toning is Too Much?:
Does the version of the photo on TIME’s cover go too far with photo manipulation?
From Momenta:
Join legendary Magnum photographer David Alan Harvey and Momenta for a free slideshow and party celebrating the American Family.
Bring friends, colleagues and co-workers and join us for great photos from our workshop, great music and a great party! It’s open to the public and all are welcome. Cash bar with beer, wine and drink specials starting at $3.00.
FREE ADMISSION.
Where: Coda Jazz Club, 1710 Mission Street @ Duboce in San Francisco
Two blocks from the Mission and 16th BART station, 4 Blocks from the Van Ness Muni station or the number 49 bus line runs right by the bar.When: Monday, Sept. 28 – 6:00 p.m. until closing!
Doors open at 6:00 with the slideshow at 7:00.
Link: D. Mark Andrews, San Francisco – Feature Shoot:
D. Mark Andrews is a photographer living and working in San Francisco. Of this work he says, ‘Unnatural Curiosities is a series of still life images composed of an amalgamation of everyday objects arranged into a new context—a context symbolic of our hidden desires, motivations, and anxieties.
Link: PDNPulse: Read The Bizarre Lawsuit Against Tom Brady:
Today we got our hands on a PDF of the suit
Link: Diana / Diana Products / Diana F+ Lens Adaptor:
With the brand new Diana F+ SLR adaptors you can now introduce the whole range of effects achievable with the Diana F+ lenses and accessories to your 35mm Canon EOS or Nikon F series cameras. Bring on Fisheye wackiness, sweeping wide-angles and close-up curiosity – just some of the fantastic effects you can experiment with when you combine the Diana F+ SLR Adaptors with the Diana F+ creative add-ons! Simply attach and twist the SLR adaptor to the Canon EOS or Nikon F mounts and then you are ready to slap on your Diana weapon of choice!
via Wired
Link: An Effective Workflow for Photographers – A Picture’s Worth:
What did I shoot and where? Where are my images stored and are they safe? Having a solid workflow keeps you organized, and allows you to focus more on the creative process than worry about the disposition of your images.
Link: From the Archive: Faded but Still Vibrant – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
There are 11.5 million images stored at 65 degrees in a combination office and storeroom in the basement of the National Geographic Society’s headquarters in Washington. Mr. Bonner’s favorites — among the color slides, Autochromes and photo albums — are 350,000 vintage black-and-white photographs.
Link: MJR:
We are MJR — A dynamic collective of young creatives focusing on narrative-based imagery.
MJR is
Mustafah Abdulaziz, Wei Ying Ang, Matthew Craig, Sean Flanigan, Julius Metoyer, Brandon Thibodeaux
Link: BOX OF LIGHT » Blog Archive » Georgia Flood:
This summer I have seen more rain than any year before in my life. I grew up accustomed to terms like “insipid drought,” not swollen rivers or floods. Monday afternoon, David was trying to drive back into the city and what would have been a 45 minute drive turned into hours, as the the rain pounded down, I-85 flooded and was closed. I didn’t realize it had gotten much worse than that until I saw photos from the AJC Tuesday morning. So, when the New York Times called and asked me to meet a reporter and try to hop a boat into a flooded home in Buckhead, I obliged.
Link: NPPA Warns Photojournalists About Police Plans For Pittsburgh’s G20 Summit:
The National Press Photographers Association is warning photojournalists who will be covering the upcoming G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA, to be aware that local law enforcement has stated that the media will be “treated no differently than the public” when they issue an order to disperse.
In other words, photojournalists are just as eligible for arrest as anyone else on the streets, including protesters and other civilians.
Link: Laptop Burka: Tasteless, Useless, Glare-Less | Gadget Lab | Wired.com:
The Laptop Burka is a sheet of “breathable, lightweight fabric” which you drape over both yourself and your computer to cocoon the pair of you in a glare-free, psychologically separate space.
Let’s take a look at some of the “features”.