Author: Trent
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Escape From North Korea | Magnum In Motion
Link: Inside the rolling hills of Appalachia, the small town of Athens dances to an eclectic vibe that emanates from the bars, locales, farms and people themselves. Many dwellers have found a unique passion they bare honestly and revel in how it makes their life sing.
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A Photo Student › Shooting Gallery – The limitations of photojournalism and the ethics of artistic representation
Intro Website of visual Artist James Pomerantz Link: http://www.aphotostudent.com/2010/06/07/shooting-gallery-the-limitations-of-photojournalism-and-the-ethics-of-artistic-representation/ The winning press photos by Hetherington and Guttenfelder on the one hand and McQueen’s art work on the other can be seen as two poles defining the spectrum of possible representations of war with a camera – one employs the rhetoric of reportage, the other uses…
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A Conflict Between the Press and the President in the Gulf Spills Into View – Media Decoder
A Conflict Between the Press and the President in the Gulf Spills Into View The spill in the Gulf seems uncontainable, but the press is frustrated that information about it seems very much under control. via Media Decoder Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/a-conflict-between-the-press-and-the-president-in-the-gulf-spills-into-view/ “I am here to tell you that you’re not alone. You will not be abandoned.…
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The Oil Spill Story Finally Hits Home
Link: Associated Press photographer Charlie Riedel’s up-close images of brown pelicans soaked in oil finally brought home the effects of the Gulf oil spill catastrophe last week. They showed scenes that photographers have had much difficulty documenting, not only because of the location of the spill, but because BP and government officials have worked to…
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MJR – Weekly Collection 69
Link: That ducky has been present at many historical moments. It was with me when I witnessed women voting for the first time in Afghanistan. It was once a few feet away from President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at his palace in Kabul. It was with me when I crazily walked into northern Iraq from…
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Rare Visions of Rural North Korea – TIME
Link: In 2008, Chinese photographer Liu Yuan and his wife embarked on a train journey across North Korea. While riding the rails, Liu photographed out the window of his private compartment. “When a male inspector found my Canon 1Ds NMARK III with it 28-300 mm lens, he raised his eyebrows in surprise and quickly brought…
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In Legal Trouble, Photographer Appeals for Help – PDN Pulse
Link: Seattle photographer Mike Hipple reports that he has run out of money to defend himself against a copyright infringement claim by a sculptor, and he’s now trying to raise money by selling a self-published book.
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Photographer Couples: Nicole Frugé and Preston Gannaway
Link: Preston is on staff at The Virginian-Pilot and I’m a freelancer. I left my job at the San Antonio Express-News to live with Preston and work on personal projects. It’s a sacrifice to give up a good newspaper job in this economy but it doesn’t feel that way. It’s liberating to try something new.…
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How To Hack Panasonic GH1 to Shoot Super High-Quality 24p Video and More | Gadget Lab
How To Hack Panasonic GH1 to Shoot Super High-Quality 24p Video and More Canon isn’t the only game in town when it comes to hacking camera firmware. The famous CHDK firmware hacks now have a rival, at least if you are shooting with a Panasonic GH1, and especially if you are using the Micro Four…
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lens culture: #26
Link: Volume 26 of Lens Culture is online now. As always, it’s filled with a wonderful and eclectic mix of contemporary photography from around the globe. Photographers whose work appears in this new issue include: Pierre Torset, Charlie Ferguson, Tamas Paczai, Allen Ginsberg, Lennart Nilsson, Vee Speers, Marie Docher, Andrzej Mitura, Tony Ray-Jones, Massimiliano Clausi,…
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CNN drops AP wire service – Yahoo! News
Link: Deep within the treacherous terrain of the Uzbin Valley, young soldiers of the French International Security Assistance Force had a mission to fulfill: to take the valley, the same valley that saw a dozen French soldiers killed in an ambush by Afghan militants in August 2008. During the course of six months, the troops…
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10 New Things To Do With Your PhotoShelter Website – A Picture's Worth
Link: It’s been two weeks since we announced the release of significant new PhotoShelter features that included many user-suggested improvements in usability. One such feature is the addition of 2 new (empty) website pages to use however you want. Having the flexibility to customize 2 more pages is a really powerful addition to a PhotoShelter…
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lens culture: Les Rencontres d'Arles 2010
Link: This is the 41st year of the world-renowned photo festival, Rencontres d’Arles. As always, the festival will attract a worldwide audience of photo lovers, photographers, experts, curators, scholars and collectors, who congregate in the small Roman town in the south of France for a month every year.
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matt eich – carry me ohio | burn magazine
matt eich – carry me ohio [slidepress gallery=’matteich-carrymeohio’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls EPF 2010 Finalist Matt Eich Carry Me Ohio play this essay Once known for … via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/06/matt-eich-carry-me-ohio/ In this series of images I show the isolated and trapped residents of Southeastern Ohio. From Hercules…
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Rolling with Sports Illustrated during the NBA Finals « Sports Shooter
Link: Nobody covers the NBA Finals like Sports Illustrated. Two photographers, three assistants, hundreds of pounds of gear and hundreds of man-hours in set up and travel time. Shawn Cullen and Jordan Murph (along with Kevin Liles) worked tirelessly setting up remotes and helping SI staffers John McDonough and Bob Rosato with their coverage.
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Thoughts of a Bohemian » It’s Official : Media and Photography Break up !!
Link: Award-winning photographer Peter Turnley talks to CNN’s Jim Clancy about his experience in Haiti and challenges ahead.
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Conscientious | Announcing: Conscientious Portfolio Competition 2010
Link: I’m excited to announce the Conscientious Portfolio Competition 2010, the second of its kind (after a great start last year). As before, the winner(s) will have their work featured here on this website, in the form of an extended conversation/interview. This year, two guest judges, Elisabeth Biondi (New Yorker magazine) and Susanna Brown (Victoria…
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Home Office reviews photography rights in anti-terror law rewrite – British Journal of Photography
Link: A new camcorder from Sony lets movie-makers use SLR lenses to shoot pro-level footage for just $2,000. The NEX-VG10 uses the same APS-C sensor as the NEX mirrorless line-up, and also uses their E lens-mount, Sony’s equivalent of the compact micro-four-thirds format. With an adapter, you can also use any of Sony’s Alpha mount…
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Passion and Personal Photo Projects with Nick Vedros – A Picture's Worth
Link: As we pack our bags (complete with extra wet naps for a little bbq) and put the finishing touches on the event details with the folks at Digital Labrador, we thought we’d take a moment to check in with the man behind our day two shoot, Canon Explorer of Light Nick Vedros. What’s he…
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New Eyes | Luceo Images
Link: There’s this thing a lot of people don’t realize about running a photography business and that’s that we never sleep. We rarely have days off. We don’t have a lot of time to go out with friends or to enjoy lazy Sundays. Granted, we’re living our dreams. We’re doing exactly what we want to…