Author: Trent
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Using Crowds, and GPS, to Chart Roadkill – NYTimes.com
Mapping Traffic’s Toll on Wildlife (Published 2010) Projects in California and Maine ask people to photograph and locate dead animals to understand the impact of roads on the environment. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/technology/13roadkill.html To Ron Ringen, a retired veterinarian, roadkill is a calling. Nearly every week for the last seven months, Mr. Ringen, 69, has driven the…
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Video on SLR cameras? Not for me. :: Photocritic
Link: There has been a huge craze storming through the tech world for a while now: The ability of shooting high-end, high-definition video with a dSLR camera. At first, it was a bit of a novelty, and people didn’t really know what the hell to do with it. Then, some photographers realised that it’s actually…
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Olympus E-5 unveiled as new flagship camera – British Journal of Photography
Link: Olympus has unveiled what could be its last mirror-based digital SLR – the E-5, which boasts a 12.3-megapixel sensor
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NPPA Endorses Artists Bill Of Rights For Photography Contests
Link: Nikon has announced the Speedlight SB-700, a new shoe-mount flash unit that incorporates a revised control layout, 24-120mm zoom range, recycle time of 2.5 seconds at full power, the ability to act as a master flash for up to two groups of wireless remote Speedlight
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Nikon introduces Speedlight SB-700
Link: Nikon has announced the Speedlight SB-700, a new shoe-mount flash unit that incorporates a revised control layout, 24-120mm zoom range, recycle time of 2.5 seconds at full power, the ability to act as a master flash for up to two groups of wireless remote Speedlight
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Conscientious | Review: From Here to There by Alec Soth
Link: I suppose I shouldn’t be writing this review on the internet, the place where anything you write can and will be reduced to the one snippet that seems to say something and that then will be taken against you.
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l e n s c r a t c h: Sylvia de Swaan
Link: A series of diptychs entitled “Sub-version” that explore the intersection between public and private domain, and how world events enter our lives no matter how far from the “action” we are. The first pictures for this project were taken on the morning of September 11, 2001, to conjoin the cataclysm emanating from my television,…
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Mark Dubovoy's Photokina Blog – Luminous Landscape
Link: Mark Dubovoy is winging his way across the Atlantic (boy, are his arms tired), to attend the bi-annual Photokina show in Germany and report on it exclusively for The Luminous Landscape. He will be reporting on hardware, software and general developments of interest to our readers. …will be updated continuously during the week of September…
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Aptus back breaks resolution barrier – British Journal of Photography
Link: Leaf Imaging is now claiming to offer the world’s highest resolution with an 80-megapixel digital back that will retail at €23,995
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Leica D-Lux 5, V-Lux 2 and a black X1 announced | Leica News & Rumors
Leica D-Lux 5, V-Lux 2 and a black X1 announced – Leica Rumors Engadget has many pictures of the new Leica products. Full press releases after the break: The new LEICA D-LUX 5 – The compact digital Leica camera with system character Solms, Germany (September 21, 2010) – Leica Camera is proud to present a…
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Picturing War's Wounded and Dead – NYTimes.com
Picturing War’s Wounded and Dead There is no telling how people will react to realistic images and written reports that show war for what it is. But such images do serve a purpose. via At War Blog: http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/picturing-wars-wounded-and-dead/ “For centuries pictures of the dead and wounded have been part and parcel of war communications. Often…
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Photographer to Lead Reuters Pictures – NYTimes.com
Photographer to Lead Reuters Pictures Reinhard Krause is to become the global pictures editor of Reuters. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/photographer-to-lead-reuters-pictures/ Reinhard Krause has spent much of his photojournalism career in some of the most tumultuous and critical places on the planet — including North Korea, Kosovo, Tibet and, most recently, the flooded regions of Pakistan.…
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Q&A: Martin Parr on Brighton Photo Biennial – British Journal of Photography
Link: Martin Parr talks about his latest discoveries, on show in Brighton. In the Q&A with BJP’s editor, he also discusses the international photography scene, and explains why the UK is “handicapped”.
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Storm In A Duck Pond As Leroy Tries To Claim Morel High Ground In AFP Haiti Hijack » The Russian Photos Blog
Link: But Morel didn’t post any pictures on Twitter. Nobody ever has, because – as most 10-year-olds could explain to the NPPA – Twitter is a text message system: it can’t host pictures. Morel’s pictures were posted to Twitpic, an entirely separate legal entity from Twitter, with entirely different terms and conditions; therefore it is…
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Photo Essay: Lord's Resistance Army, DR Congo by Marcus Bleasdale
VII Photo – VII Foundation VII VII is synonymous with courageous and impactful journalism. In 2001, the dawn of the digital era enabled the creation of VII Photo Agency. It drove VII to prominence during the aftermath of 9/11, the war in Afghanistan, the invasion of Iraq, and the c via VII Foundation: http://www.viiphoto.com/showstory.php?nID=1192 The…
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Afghanistan, September, 2010 – The Big Picture
Link: This month, Afghanistan held parliamentary elections with nearly 2,500 candidates for 249 seats. Turnout was very light under threat of violence from the Taliban, and accusations of fraud are widespread. Afghan President Karzai announced the formation of a 70-member peace council, a step towards formal discussions with the Taliban. And American and Afghan troops…
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l e n s c r a t c h: Michael Jang
Link: Bernd Reinhardt, shared the work of his friend, Michael Jang, with me recently. Bernd is inspired not only by his photographs, but by his philosphies and approach to his image making and I have to agree with that assessment. Michael is not your typical photographer.
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Friday Shout-Outs, Winking Smiles, and Rousing Toasts – A Picture's Worth
Link: Congrats to the photographers of Facing Change, a nonprofit collective of well-respected writers and photojournalists “who have come together out of a sense of responsibility,” their website reads.
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Petit Le Mans: UGA Photojournalism Workshop | Luceo Images
Link: I was inspired by the students’ energy and their creativity. I laughed a lot with the girls (there was only one male student) I got to know over the day. I pointed out new ways of seeing–layering images, shooting reflections, ways to give images more depth. I was absolutely thrilled to see some students…
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Inside North Korea: No one said anything
Link: Suddenly, to the accompaniment of loud brass music, soldiers started marching and filling the square. I took a look back at the balcony where Kim Jong-il was supposed to be seated. I spotted him and to his left was his son, Kim Jong-un. Using my long lens, I kept shooting for a while. It…