I tried staying on the periphery today — details… the crowd… the lights… secret service agents… all caught my eye.
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Author: Trent
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the life of m: Rough Edges
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Jo Sittenfeld: Camp
Each month, the PRC exhibits a photographer’s work online as a part of Northeast Exposure Online. May’s featured photographer was Jo Sittenfeld, an MFA candidate at RISD. I was particularly interested in Jo’s photographs of children at Killooleet, a small traditional, coed camp located in my home state of Vermont, where she has worked for nine summers.
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TV commercial shot with Canon EOS-1D Mark III
a Canon Rebel XSi commercial with a twist: the majority of the 30 second spot was shot with EOS-1D Mark IIIs for a powerful visual effect when the photos – shot simultaneously from different angles by ten different photographers – are sequenced together.
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Benji Madden: 'I Should Run America'
Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden is convinced he could run America more successfully than the “idiots” currently in charge under President George W. Bush’s leadership.
The guitarist, who’s dating socialite Paris Hilton, is appalled at many of the decisions made by U.S. politicians, who he accuses of lacking the intelligence required for such a high-powered job.
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Video: Ryan Pyle On Covering the China Earthquake
PDN spoke yesterday to Ryan Pyle, a freelance documentary photographer based in China. Pyle is working in Chengdu, a city that was heavily damaged by the May 12 earthquake. Below is a video with excerpts from our phone interview, along with photos of Pyle’s earthquake coverage
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In Dubrovnik, compelling pictures of the war that tore apart Yugoslavia
If you’re in heading to Dubrovnik this summer, you might want to check out a cool museum that is often left off the usual tourist itinerary. It’s called War Photo Limited.
It’s a small space, located just a block up a small street that is off Dubrovnik’s main pedestrian thoroughfare. Sleek and modern, it’s full of creaky wood floors and exposed beams. But it is usually what is on display that makes a visit worthwhile.
This museum is dedicated to the work of the war photographer. Founded a few years ago by New Zealand photojournalist Wade Goddard, it’s only open half the year — May to October — and features usually two major exhibits. Past exhibits have focused on Iraq, Lebanon and the Muslim world. In a few months, one about child soldiers in Africa will arrive.
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My Winnipeg – Trailer
Have you ever wanted to relive your childhood and do things differently? Guy Maddin (THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD) casts B-movie icon Ann Savage as his domineering mother in attempt to answer that question in MY WINNPEG, a hilariously wacky and profoundly touching goodbye letter to his childhood hometown. A documentary (or “docu-fantasia” as Maddin proclaims) that inventively blends local and personal history with surrealist images and metaphorical myths, the film covers everything from the fire at the local park which lead to a frozen lake of distressed horse heads to pivotal and factually heightened scenes from Maddin’s own childhood, all laced with a startling emotional honesty. MY WINNIPEG is Maddin’s most personal film and a truly unique cinematic experience, winning the best Canadian film at the Toronto International Film Festival and the opening night selection of the Berlin Film Festival’s Forum.
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The Future of Digital Photography, Geotagging Baked Inside the Camera
The Holy Grail for geotagging for me of course will be when Canon actually includes GPS in a professional grade digital SLR built in — or at a minimum offers an external battery grip type GPS device that can be added to a Canon digital SLR to add geotags based on GPS.
Bottom line is though that we are only seeing the beginning of geotagging photos. I think it’s only a matter of time until every digital camera produced includes geotagging capabilities.
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A Photo Editor – Michael Norseng- Director of Photography, Esquire
I consider Esquire to be one of the great publishers of editorial photography in the history of magazine making. Like any publication there are ups and downs but their standards remain very high and Michael does a tremendous job filling those very big shoes.
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Reasons To Love Photography: Readers Respond
In our May photo annual, PDN published 46 Reasons To Love Photography Now, a highly opinionated list of inspiring artists, innovations, idiosyncracies and current trends compiled by PDN’s editors. And we asked you to send us the things that inspire you about photography today. Readers have told us- in prose and even verse—about the timeless joys that still excite them about this business.
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Gallery does justice to great Champions League soccer final
The New York Times features a gallery of images from the UEFA (Union of European Football Association) between Manchester United and Chelsea played on a rain-soaked field in Moscow yesterday. After playing to a 1-1 draw in regulation time and two 15-minute overtime periods, Manchester United finally won on penalty kicks in this emotionally-charged contest.
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Subliminal Projects Release – Obey Giant
This Saturday, 5/24, Subliminal Projects Gallery will be releasing a very limited amount of this week’s OBEY Lotus Ornament print . We are implementing a new program for local fans in Los Angeles. Prints are going to be $45 (tax included) and can be purchased by CREDIT CARD only. Beware Ebayers! We are going to be making some policies regarding the prints so anyone who intends on ebaying their print, thanks but no thanks, you are not welcomed! Please visit subliminalprojects.com for hours and info.
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Photojournalist Documents Gangs in the Wake of El Salvadoran Civil War
The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin hosts “Inside El Salvador,” a photography exhibition of more than 100 black-and-white images concerning the country’s civil war and its aftermath.
More than 30 images taken by award-winning documentary photographer Donna DeCesare, an associate professor in the School of Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin, focus on the end of the civil war and its consequences on the population.
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Michael Savage plays Dead Kennedys song "in some respect for" Sen. Kennedy
On the day it was announced that Sen. Ted Kennedy had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, nationally syndicated radio host Michael Savage opened his show by interspersing audio of Kennedy singing “Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes” with clips of news reporters discussing Kennedy’s diagnosis and audio from Kindergarten Cop in which Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character says, “It’s not a tumor.” Later, Savage played the Dead Kennedys song “California Über Alles” after stating: “The poor guy’s been suffering for years, you know? Unfairly he’s been accused of alcoholism, but we see now that it was something much more deep-seated. And so, to cut this out in some respect for Ted Kennedy, here’s a tune coming at you from the Dead Kennedys. Go ahead and play it, please.”
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Judge at R.Kelly Trial Boots 'Chi Tribune' Sketch Artist
The judge in R&B singer R. Kelly’s child pornography trial has ejected a newspaper’s sketch artist from the courtroom.
Judge Vincent Gaughan says the artist for the Chicago Tribune violated the strict code of conduct he’s established for the courtroom by creating images of jurors for publication.
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RANGERS SET TO STRIKE RANCH, WANT MEDIA TO GO AWAY FIRST
At this hour there are at least 6 media trucks parked just outside the gates of the ranch.
Around 2 this afternoon, the Texas Rangers were set to strike, and aborted the strike once they saw the trucks.
They then ordered sheriff Doran to get the media trucks away from the ranch.
Everyone inside the Ranch expects the raid to commence once the media leaves, or for the rangers to corral the media “For their own safety” away from the compound so they can do their “Search”.
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Mag takes sexy quake pics: World: News: News24
A Chinese magazine has been shut down for printing pictures of scantily clad women posing in rubble for a special report on the country’s devastating earthquake, officials said on Wednesday.
The New Travel Weekly, a small lifestyle magazine, ran photos of sultry models in their underwear amid the debris in an issue that hit the stands on Monday – the first of three days of national mourning.
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