HIMANSHU Vyas has won the IFRA Gold Award for News Photography for this picture of an Indian woman from a village near Jodphur breastfeeding a fawn and her daughter at the same time.
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Author: Trent
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Woman Breastfeeding Fawn Wins Photo Award
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World Press Photo Interviews
The Story Behind the Photographs
Each image awarded by World Press Photo tells its own story. But there is much more to tell. About what it was like to work in a war zone, or what restrictions were placed on a photographer at a major sports event. Or about what happened before and after a winning image was made. In our interviews with prize-winners you can hear the full story, first-hand.
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NOTIFBUTWHEN #2: Photography.Book.Now Blurb Competition
Photography books seem to be finally having their heyday. With access to the distribution, promotion and production of books through online sources, it seems weekly I’m dazzled by another self published photographer and at the same time overwhelmed that I’m being so finicky about putting out my own. One could trace the enthusiasm to the gang at Photoeye, or the Dashwood Books, maybe even more likely is Martin Parr and Gerry Badgers excellent History of Photobooks books or perhaps simply the big publishers Aperture, Steidl, Schaden, Chronicle, Nazreali or the newer ones Loosestrife, Radius, etc., add to the mix fantastic Photobook blog 5b4 and it’s easy to see a small part of ‘why the boom’.
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Are you in Expansion Mode or Contraction Mode?
So in checking on where they are photographers can look to find themselves in one of two existing modes or conditions. One condition might be what we call the Expansion Mode.
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Adobe Updates Digital Negative Specification
Adobe today released an update to the Adobe Digital Negative specification (DNG), a publicly available archival format for the RAW files generated by digital cameras.
This update provides new and expanded specifications that provide the digital imaging industry with increased flexibility and improved workflow for their RAW images. A DNG Codec for Windows Vista has also been released on Adobe Labs, allowing photographers utilizing the Windows Vista platform to work with raw files in a more seamless manner.
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PDN Photo Annual 2008 Gallery
PDN welcomes you to another year in pictures. This year, the judges for PDN’s Photo Annual had the opportunity to choose from a vast array of entries from all over the world. The following pages showcase work from a diverse range of photographic talent, both new and seasoned.
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Joe Galloway Was Not on the Pentagon 'Propaganda' Bus — As These Emails Show
In light of the current uproar over the Pentagon’s “propaganda” program involving retired military officers deployed on the media, it is worth recalling that famed military reporter Joe Galloway took issue with the official line long before he retired nearly two years ago.
In fact, two years ago this month he went out with a bang in a lengthy re-mail exchange with Pentagon spokesman (and a key cog in the “propaganda” program), Larry DiRita.
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Magnum Blog / Larry Towell's Indecisive Moments Documentary
Initially Larry Towell wished to document the birth of a nation, following the Oslo-Agreement. Instead he ended up documenting what he would later refer to as “the World’s largest open-air prison”. In 2001 he was given a small video camera and began to maintain a video diary while working in Israel and Palastine. In his 40 minute documentary “Indecisive Moments” – which won the “Achievement in Filmmaking for a Documentary” award at the 2007 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, also known as “the voice of indie film” – Larry Towell documents events and perspectives of those caught up in violence. The result is a highly personal documentary from the perspective of one of the world’s most acclaimed photojournalists. “Indecisive Moments” bridges the gap between artist and reporter bringing the viewer inside Towell’s highly stylized world.
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'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love' | The Observer
Two weeks ago, The Observer revealed how 17-year-old student Rand Abdel-Qader was beaten to death by her father after becoming infatuated with a British soldier in Basra. In this remarkable interview, Abdel-Qader Ali explains why he is unrepentant – and how police backed his actions. Afif Sarhan in Basra and Caroline Davies report
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Netflix: Pez
What happens when those colorful little candy dispensers we all love actually come to life? Pez-sized adventures! These two animated tales are sure to please children, families and collectors of the candy novelty items alike. Bonus material includes a behind-the-scenes tour of the Pez factory that reveals how the popular sweets and their dispensers are made.
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60 Photography Links You Can’t Live Without
I’m pretty much addicted to photography. Methods, gear, news, you name it. It really is kinda scary. To keep my addiction in check when I’m not shooting or shopping, I need a steady flow of photo content to keep the shakes and withdrawl symptoms from popping up so I put together a list of what i consider to be some of the best photo-related content out there. Read on for more photo link porn than you can shake a stick at including 25 blogs, 20 AMAZING photographers, and some other fun stuff that will make those days you feel stuck at your desk wishing you were shooting go a bit smoother…
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Photojournalist pays with life to capture live gun battle
Photojournalist Ashok Sodhi ran ahead of his colleagues and ignored police warnings as he ventured forth to capture pictures of the house where militants were holed up, firing at security forces Sunday morning.
Sodhi died in the exchange of fire.
“He ignored all warnings and stood right in front of the house from where the hail of bullets was coming,” recalled Faheem Tak, a reporter with a local TV channel.
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John Nack on Adobe: Photoshop Express now does Flickr
The subject line pretty much says it all: you can now browse and edit your photos stored on Flickr right from within Photoshop Express.
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Photography student who pictured notorious suicide sites for university project is found hanging from a tree | the Daily Mail
A 21-year-old student who was carrying out a project photographing sites where people commit suicide was found hanging from a tree, an inquest heard today.
Christian Drane, originally from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, was studying at Southampton Solent University when his body was discovered in woods in the Polygon area of the Hampshire city on March 16 this year.Check it out here.
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Home with the Hassy, and Christine Tran – Shoot The Blog
I think my interest in the home/square combo could very well have something to do with Christine Tran’s series, Homesick. I think I pretty much just want to take these pictures. Tran nails the nostalgia without it feeling treacly, and her narratives are lovely and filmic. I’m into those grays
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American Street » A nation turns its stony eyes from you
Last week I had to put down my newspaper in the Metro for a long time. The front page news photo — connected with the story “U.S. Role Deepens in Sadr City” — was this:
Two-year-old Ali Hussein is pulled from the rubble of his
family’s home in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad,
Iraq, April 29, 2008. (Karim Kadim/AP photo)Check it out here.
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Up the Yangtze – Trailer
In China, it is simply known as “The River.” But the Yangtze—and all of the life that surrounds it—is undergoing a truly astonishing transformation wrought by the largest hydroelectric project in history, the Three Gorges Dam. Canadian documentary filmmaker Yung Chang returns to the gorgeous, now-disappearing landscape of his grandfather’s youth to trace the surreal life of a “farewell cruise” that traverses the gargantuan waterway. With Altmanesque narrative agility, a humanist gaze and wry wit, Chang’s Upstairs Downstairs approach beautifully captures the microcosmic society of the luxury liner. Below deck: A bewildered young girl trains as a dishwasher—sent to work by her peasant family, who is on the verge of relocation from the encroaching floodwaters. Above deck: A phalanx of wealthy international tourists set sail to catch a last glance of a country in dramatic flux. The teenaged employees who serve and entertain them—now tagged with new Westernized names like “Cindy” and “Jerry” by upper management—warily grasp at the prospect of a more prosperous future. Singularly moving and cinematically breathtaking, UP THE YANGTZE gives a human dimension to the wrenching changes facing not only an increasingly globalized China, but the world at large.
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Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: PicLens, The Most Beautiful Way to Browse Photos on the Web
Well I’ve been using PicLens for a few months now, and I’m a bit late with this post, but if you haven’t installed PicLens yet for browsing photos on the web you are missing one of the most beautiful ways to view photography on the internet yet.
The screenshot above does not do justice to the visual experience. PicLens is hands down the best I have ever seen photos look online.
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Out In The Streets – Inside Aperture
For the last couple of weeks I have been searching for the perfect street camera.
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