Author: Trent
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Newfound Colors for a Portrait of New York: Reuel Golden's "New York: Portrait of a City" – NYTimes.com
Newfound Colors for a Portrait of New York Does New York need another picture-book portrait of itself? Reuel Golden thought he could find a fresh approach for a tried-and-true format. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/newfound-colors-for-a-portrait-of-new-york/ A picture-book history of New York. Gee, there hasn’t been one of those since — let’s see, what day of the…
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Now Streaming on Netflix: Restrepo
Link: Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm, teamed with photographer Tim Hetherington to spend a year embedded with the Second Platoon in Afghanistan, documenting the hard work, fear and brotherhood that come with repelling a deadly enemy. Hunkered down with the soldiers in one of the region’s most strategic valleys, the filmmakers uncover the…
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Eyes Open, Back Into the Afghan Crucible: Michael Kamber Returns – NYTimes.com
Eyes Open, Back Into the Afghan Crucible How does it feel to be a photojournalist preparing for an assignment that’s left a friend of yours badly injured? Michael Kamber shares his thoughts. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/eyes-open-back-into-the-afghan-crucible/ The night before I leave Paris, Alissa J. Rubin, the Times’s bureau chief in Kabul, e-mails me to say…
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Canon Professional Network – Previous Editor: Sports
Link: In July 2010 CPN readers from around the world submitted their sports images to Editor’s Choice for review by Sports Illustrated’s Photography Editor James K. Colton.
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Photo shoot becomes lesson in business practices – SportsShooter
Link: Throughout your career as a student photographer people will constantly try and pay you less than you are worth. The truth is, not only are you a photographer, you are a businessperson. I know that as a student you typically don’t have many business-related costs– you don’t rent an office, you don’t have assistants,…
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In Mexico, a legal breakdown invites brutal justice
In Mexico, a legal breakdown invites brutal justice Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/08/AR2010120806379.html on Sept. 21, the kidnappings stopped. That was the day a gang of kidnappers with AK-47s burst into Lolo’s seafood restaurant and tried to abduct the 17-year-old cashier. A mob of enraged residents chased down two of the teenage attackers and lynched them in a…
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Post-War Sufferance: An Interview with Andy Spyra « The Leica Camera
Link: Andy Spyra is a young photographer who has made documenting the impacts of the war and genocide in Bosnia his project. This year, the 26-year old was awarded the Oskar Barnack Nachwuchspreis for up-and-coming photographers. During his latest reports, Andy Spyra used the Leica M9 – a camera he appreciates especially “in the context…
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Art & Photography: Jim Kazanjian | Feature Shoot
Link: Jim Kazanjian received his MFA from the Art Center College of Design in ‘92. His BFA was completed at the Kansas City Art Institute in ‘90. He has worked professionally as a commercial CGI artist for the past 18 years in television and game production. Various clients he has collaborated with include: Nike, Adidas,…
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UK Daily Mail Faces Million Dollar US Copyright Suit From Mavrix Photo » The Russian Photos Blog
Link: Can photographers win substantial compensation in a US court from a British copyright pirate? We may be about to find out, courtesy of the Daily Mail.
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PDN Pulse » Davide Monteleone Wins 2011 Aftermath Grant
Link: The Massive Dev Chart app combines the world’s largest film development database from Digitaltruth Photo with an advanced multi-step timer, creating what is probably the best tool ever made for film development.
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Rob Galbraith DPI: A first look at ShutterSnitch 2.0 for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch
Link: ShutterSnitch 2.0 is a significant rework that adds a long list of new features and, more importantly, seriously improves its stability when juggling both large photos and largish collections. This new release of ShutterSnitch, which we’ve been using in beta form for some time, takes what was already a really useful workflow tool and…
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Thoughts on Medium Format Cameras
Link: I do not like 35 mm professional DSLR’s. I make no bones about it. In my view, they are clunky, badly designed with too many buttons and dials and levers in the wrong locations, insane menus and terrible ergonomics. To me they feel made of cheap plastic loaded with lead. They weigh way too…
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Art & Photography: Baudouin | Feature Shoot
Link: He studied the work of his mentors, immersing himself in their universe and techniques, his bedroom walls lined with compositions by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Martin Parr’s color photography and witty images by Elliott Erwitt. Baudouin honed his style; on returning to Paris, he began specializing in color portraits. This work is from his series, ‘I…
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Best of 2010 (whatever that means) | Luceo Images
Link: Righthaven, the Las Vegas copyright troll formed this spring, has moved beyond lawsuits over newspaper articles and begun targeting websites for the unauthorized reposting of images. First up, more than a dozen infringement lawsuits concerning the so-called Vdara “death ray.”
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Respect and Obey Authority
Link: This has been an exceptionally emotional year. Love was lost and new friends were found. People died, but they were replaced with the first breath of birth. I made mistakes and I succeeded. I sinned and was forgiven. I cried and I laughed.
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Best of 2010: Kevin German | Luceo Images
Link: This has been an exceptionally emotional year. Love was lost and new friends were found. People died, but they were replaced with the first breath of birth. I made mistakes and I succeeded. I sinned and was forgiven. I cried and I laughed.
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Best of 2010: David Walter Banks | Luceo Images
Link: My assignment work has taught me so much this year, but nothing more so than the fact that I love meeting and spending time with people whom I would have no reason to ever interact with were it not for this passion for shooting photographs. No matter what our differences may be, I have…
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Unhurt by Two Mines, but Not Untouched: Damon Winter's Close Call in Afghanistan – NYTimes.com
Unhurt by Two Mines, but Not Untouched In the middle of photographing for the “Year at War” series, Damon Winter was confronted by choices that could have made the difference between life or death. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/unhurt-by-two-mines-but-not-untouched/ It was probably the toughest situation I’ve ever been in as a photographer. When the first mine…
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Best of 2010: Kendrick Brinson | Luceo Images
Link: Oddly enough, not one single image in this list of favorites are photos I shot while I was “working,” which wasn’t planned. That’s to say, no editor assigned me any of these shoots. That makes sense, though, because LUCEO is deeply rooted in personal work and that is always my top priority.