Author: Trent
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"Vietnam: Unseen War, Pictures From the Other Side"
Documentary (2002). “Many Americans think they know the full story of the Vietnam War, but there’s a side of the conflict few of them have seen — how the North Vietnamese media covered the war. National Geographic Video: Vietnam’s Unseen War is a documentary hosted by photographer Tim Page, who visits former soldiers and journalists on both sides of this 30-year struggle and uses the work of North Vietnamese photojournalists to offer an unusual perspective on the tragic consequences of the war, and how it shaped Vietnam’s political and economic climate.” ~ Mark Deming
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Demotix | The Street Wire
Demotix, an uncensored, unedited user-generated newswire today announced its official launch. At www.demotix.com any individual anywhere in the world in the world can upload any image or video. The content is then made available for media publishers to purchase for publication, and Demotix splits the revenues with the contributor.
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road trip: teaser…..
nothing happens until it happens , but things are happening…cracking, buzzing, and yes burning bright…we will launch soonest a working model of BURN magazine (or journal or??)….the house will not be finished…we still need to get in the wiring and plumbing and it will be a long time before all the furniture is chosen and the interior is decorated and we all feel “at home”…but, at least you will have a sense of it….and you will have a “place at the table”….
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In Russia, a Grisly Message Marks Rise in Hate Crimes
The e-mail that arrived Monday night in the inboxes of two organizations tracking hate crimes in Russia carried a disturbing message and an even more disturbing photo — that of a man’s severed head resting on a wooden chopping block.
“This surprise was prepared for Moscow officials by concerned Russian people who can no longer tolerate the invasion of foreigners in their native city,” the message declared, accusing darker-skinned migrant workers from the Caucasus and Asia of “an unprecedented wave of criminality that has swamped our capital.”
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Iranian Woman Blinded by Spurned Suitor Persuades Court to Punish Him Similarly
“At an age at which I should be putting on a wedding dress, I am asking for someone’s eyes to be dripped with acid,” she said in a recent interview, as rain poured against the windows of her parents’ small apartment in a lower-middle-class neighborhood of Tehran. “I am doing that because I don’t want this to happen to any other women.”
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Adobe previews "Infinite Images" technology
Our system does not assume the photographs are of a single real 3D location, nor that they were taken at the same time. Instead, we organize the photos in themes, such as city streets or skylines, and let users navigate within each theme using intuitive 3D controls that include pan, zoom and rotate…
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LensAlign
LensAlign from RawWorkflow.com is a precision designed and built device that allows you to accurately measure and then adjust the focusing accuracy of your camera (assuming it has Micro-AF capability) within just a few minutes
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jackanory films presents . . . .
Our first effort an interview with Benjamin Lowy on his epic foray in to the fashion world for New York Magazine’s Look, their bi-annual fashion spectacular.
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SFGate: Daily Dish : Wentz In 'Struggle To Sell' Baby Snaps
A source tells the publication, “Pete and Ashlee have approached every single celebrity magazine with offers to sell their first photos, but nobody wants them. Covers of them tend not to sell well.”
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A Photo Editor – Chris Buck Interview
“I think there’s a certain arrogance that goes with wanting to do something like this.”
That’s Chris Buck telling me what it takes to become a photographer; it’s one of many astute insights he had when I talked to him on the phone several weeks ago.
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The Most Awesome Viral Videos of 2008
Curated by Videogum, via BoingBoing.
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Leica the most expensive lens in the world | Leica Rumors
I think this is the most expensive lens in the world: the LEICA APO-TELYT-R 1:5.6/1600mm is worth 16 million HKD (2,064,489 USD)
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International Photography Contest 2008 – National Geographic
Photo and caption by Shibnath Basu, India.
CLICK NOTE: I found a lot of these winners to appear highly ‘Shopped. Can someone please explain to me how the clouds in this National Geographic International Photography Contest winning photograph are true reflections? Sure looks like a hideous photoshop job to me.These shallow waters are mainly famous for flamingos at Nal Sarovar near Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The picture shows the reflection of clouds on water.
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Clients Reveal Their Most Creative Efforts of the Year
Yes, even in bad economic times, there’s room for creative risk-taking and innovation. We continue this month’s Create feature online by asking more ad agency creatives and magazine photo editors to describe the undertaking their most proud of this year. Many shared their thoughts on how to stay creative and innovative in times of uncertainty.
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Homemade DVD’s: Going, Going, Gone?
he registration area while attendees stand in line. No problem, I thought: I’ve got all of the original iMovie projects backed up on DVD, in clear cases, neatly arrayed in a drawer next to my desk. (My hard drive wasn’t big enough to hold those 50 videos a year.)
Guess what? On the Mac I use for video editing, most of the DVD’s were unreadable. They’re less than four years old!
