Author: Trent

  • Today's Pictures: In Memoriam: Burt Glinn, 1925-2008

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    Beloved Magnum photographer Burt Glinn passed away early in the morning on April 9. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Glinn served in the U.S. Army from 1943-46 before studying literature at Harvard University, where he edited and took photographs for the Harvard Crimson. From 1949-50, Glinn worked for Life magazine before becoming a freelancer. He covered Castro’s takeover of Cuba and the Sinai War and created extensive portraits of countries all over the world. One of the first Americans to join Magnum, Glinn became an associate member of the young photo agency in 1951 and a full member in 1954. He served as president of Magnum from 1972-75 and was re-elected in 1987. He is survived by his wife Elena, son Sam, and daughter Norma.

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  • The Exposure Project: Aneta Grzeszykowska & Jan Smaga

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    Polish photographic duo Aneta Grzeszykowska & Jan Smaga’s bird’s eye view images macroscopically investigate domestic space.

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  • Soldier: troubling portraits by Suzanne Opton

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    These are very intimate portraits of young American soldiers who are in between tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sometimes they look like the heads of fallen statues.

    Photographer Suzanne Opton said, “I wanted to take a vulnerable picture of a soldier, which is quite the opposite of how we think of soldiers, usually. But they are vulnerable.”

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  • Reuters Video Photojournalist Fadel Shana, 23, Killed In Gaza Blast

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    Reuters video photojournalist Fadel Shana, 23, was killed today on his way to cover a news story. When the Reuters TV vehicle that he and a soundman were traveling in stopped, Shana got out to start shooting and almost immediately an explosion killed him and two bystanders.

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  • Shoot! Interview: Michael Foley

    Michael Foley is the director of Foley Gallery in Chelsea, and is also outrageously nice and generous with his time. This is a rare thing in the fine art world, which can be a seemingly impossible fortress to penetrate. Foley clearly has a good eye and a good nose for the market; he consistently shows emerging artists who then become both well-regarded and successful. Be sure to check out the new Jessica Dimmock and Chuck Scarborough show which opens at the gallery tomorrow night. Below, a little q&a.

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  • Camcorders that think like cameras: Q&A with Ted from RED

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    Maria got a chance to interview RED’s chief product evangelist Ted Schilowitz during NAB 2008 on how RED’s ultra-high definition camcorders will impact professional photographers. Below is a transcript of that Q&A.

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  • Punknews.org | Ian Mackaye, Mike Watt, Legs McNeil in "I Need That Record" documentary

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    I Need That Record, a new documentary aims to look at the problems facing independent record stores throughout North America. The film focuses on why over 3000 independent record stores have closed across the U.S. in the past decade. The film uses found footage, expository voice over, talking head interviews with artists, musicians, retail owners, and animation to tell the story.

    The film also features commentary from many notable figures including Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth/ Ecstatic Peace! Label, Ian Mackaye of Dischord Records Fugazi/Minor Threat/Teen Idles, Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads, Pat Carney of the Black Keys, Mike Watt of the Minutemen/reunited Stooges, Patterson Hood of The Drive By Truckers, Noam Chomsky, guitar composer Glenn Branca, punk author Legs McNeil, rock photographer Bob Gruen, Bryan Poole guitarist of Of Montreal, Numero Records, Rhino Records, Bloodshot Records, United Record Press (the largest vinyl plant in the U.S.),

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  • Selling Photos as Digital Downloads for Non-Commercial Use – A Pictures Worth

    One of the cool features we released a few weeks ago with the Personal Archive is the ability to sell an image as an electronic personal use license via digital download. Why is this so cool?

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  • Lawyer: Military Only Produced 2 Witnesses Against AP Photog

    The U.S. military produced only two witnesses to testify at Bilal Hussein’s investigative hearing, according to Hussein’s lawyer.

    In the first details to be revealed about the court proceedings, attorney Paul Gardephe says two Marines who arrested Hussein in 2006 testified against him by videoconference. The military also presented evidence including 64 CDs that contained Hussein’s archive of photos and printouts of some of his images. Additionally, the military submitted the result of a positive explosive residue swab test, which Gardephe says may have tested positive because an explosion went off near Hussein’s apartment the day he was arrested.

    “There were no surprises,” Gardephe says. “There was never any evidence that suggested to me that he was performing in any other role than a photographer covering a conflict.”

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  • Alison on the Behance Network

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    When my daughter Alison was born, in the tradition of a new parent, I began to photograph her, initially in a separate and private body of work. However, in the process of documenting Alison’s growth, I developed a passionate interest in human relationships and capturing intimate moments in the lives of family and friends.

    Check it out here. Via Josh Spear.

  • A Photo Editor – Check Out These 297 Talented Photographers

    Attention art buyers and photo editors, this is a free promo that’s meant to supplement all the other ways you find photographers to hire. I created it see if there might be an easier more efficient way to quickly look at 200-300 photographe

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  • Sigma DP-1 Review

    Which brings us to the Sigma DP-1, the subject of this report. For the first time we have a shirt-pocket sized digicam using a roughly APS-C sized sensor. This is approximately the size used in popular DSLRs such as the Canon 40D and Nikon D300, and slightly larger than the 4/3 format used by Olympus and others in their DSLRs.

    To make the comparison a bit easier to visualize let’s compare the diagonals of these formats. The Ricoh GR2 and Canon G9 (and similar digicams) have sensors with about a 10mm diagonal. On the other hand a 4/3 format DSLR, like those from Olympus, has a 22.5mm diagonal. A typical Nikon or Canon or Pentax DSLR with a roughly APS-C sized sensor has a diagonal measurement of about 28mm. Godzilla was right – size does matter.

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  • Paparazzi accused of framing Heath Ledger for drug video

    The tactics of the Hollywood paparazzi were back in the spotlight yesterday after two photographers were accused of having supplied cocaine to the actor Heath Ledger so they could try secretly to videotape him snorting the drug

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  • AFP: Photographer Amy Arbus: stranger than fiction

    The image is from the latest book by Amy Arbus, the daughter of celebrated late photographer Diane Arbus, who has spent years photographing actors in New York’s theater district — with some deeply intriguing results.
    “The Fourth Wall” explores what Arbus describes as the “bizarre disconnect” of actors, many in period costume, being photographed in modern settings — often just outside Broadway theaters between matinee and evening shows.

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  • Texas authorities confiscate cell phones of FLDS women

    Authorities are confiscating cell phones from women staying at Fort Concho after a newspaper story included images of the crowded conditions inside the state facility, according to an attorney for the polygamous families.
        Rod Parker, a Salt Lake City attorney, said that authorities have told the women to surrender their cell phones or they will be asked to leave Fort Concho.
        “If the conditions at the compound are as good as they say they are, then let the ladies come out and talk to the media,” he said. “It’s as simple as that.”

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  • Feministing

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    Sara Fajardo is a staff photographer at the Orlando Sentinel. Her photojournalism journey has taken her to many places, from local places in the States to covering the rise and fall of president Alberto Fujimori in Peru. You can see some of her photos at her website: http://sarafajardo.com/.

    She’s also the author of a children’s nonfiction book, Enrique’s Day: From Dawn to Dusk in a Peruvian City.

    Here’s Sara…

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  • 2008 Muzzle Awards – The Thomas Jefferson Center For the Protection of Free Expression

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    The 2008 Jefferson Muzzles include the second recipient of a Lifetime Muzzle Award.

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  • There are many villains to blame for Zimbabwe's decade of horror

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    Chris McGreal has reported from Zimbabwe for the past 20 years and watched its slow slide into despair. But who is at fault? Here, he blames British ministers, white farmers and the country’s opposition for misunderstanding the Mugabe regime – and for the complacency that laid the ground for his brutal dictatorship

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  • NOTIFBUTWHEN #2: Jason Lazarus Interview Part 1

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    I think I’ve mentioned before what a fan I am of Jason Lazarus’ work. His current show up in Chicago, This is gonna take one more night is full of smart, endearing, compelling and the Jay-Laz-brand-of-humor images that have come to define him and his work. I decided to do ask Jason some questions about his show.

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  • Camera Test: Sigma DP1

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    It’s too soon to say whether the DP1 — with its handsome good looks, single-focal-length lens, and slip-on, rangefinder-style viewfinder — will garner a cult following like the classic 35mm Contax T2 and Konica Hexar compacts, more recent high-end digital compacts such as the Ricoh Caplio GX100 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2 (a less-expensive version of the Leica D-LUX 3), or even Sigma’s own SD14 DSLR. But we couldn’t wait to put the DP1 to the test in the Pop Photo Lab and the field — especially after waiting a year and half for it since it was announced.

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