Author: Trent
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Ground Control: Christof Plüemacher’s Europe
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: https://time.com/section/lightbox/ In Europe, his camera captures intentionally narrow observations, with all action taking place around the edges, leaving the viewer to fill in the blanks or begin their own narrative. For France, he picked the 2009 Tour de France; for Spain, bullfighting;…
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A CONVERSATION WITH GAVIN WATSON
Link: The images he’s collected for books like Skins & Punks and Raving ‘89 have shown how the smiling, glowering, gurning faces of British youth culture have stretched themselves across decades
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5 Simple Things You Can Do to Make Your Web Images Pop
Link: What’s the secret to making your website images look like visually vibrant eye-candy for your visitors? When preparing images for your online portfolio, it’s important to ensure that the images look their absolute best. Short of hiring a professional retouching expert, what can photographer do to improve the look of their images when they…
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A Chance In Hell: Inside A Combat Hospital In Afghanistan
The Virginian-Pilot The Virginian-Pilot: Your source for Virginia breaking news, sports, business, entertainment, weather and traffic via The Virginian-Pilot: https://www.pilotonline.com Pilot reporter Corinne Reilly and photographer Ross Taylor spent two weeks this spring in Afghanistan with the staff of the NATO hospital in Kandahar. Their job is to save the most critical casualties in the…
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Brian Ulrich: Copia—Retail, Thrift and Dark Stores (8 Photos)
Link: Later this month the Cleveland Museum of Art will present the first major museum exhibition of work by contemporary photographer Brian Ulrich. “Copia—Retail, Thrift, and Dark Stores, 2001-11,” is a decade-long examination of the American consumer psyche. From the Latin word for “plenty,” the artist’s “Copia” series explores economic, cultural and political implications of…
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ANDREAS GURSKY: "From a World's Spirit's Eye View" (2007)
Link: Let us remark that an increase in perspective, even one that goes hand in hand with a zooming in on the details, need not necessarily lead to a dramatic increase in size. The question remains what may have been the reason for Gursky’s predilection of giant size. Before answering this question, let us first…
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Andri Tambunan, Sacramento, CA
Link: In 2009 I started Against all Odds, a project documenting the HIV/AIDS epidemic among indigenous Papuans in Indonesia. Currently, Papua has the highest HIV/AIDS infection rate in the country, 15 times higher than the national average and the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence outside of Africa.
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BBC News editor: We may use social media photos without permission ‘in exceptional situations’
Link: BBC News had wrongly contended that photos posted to Twitter were “in the public domain” because they are “available to most people who have a computer.”
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As They Captured History, Lenses Provided Shield For 9/11 Photographers
Link: For AP photographers working on Sept. 11, none knew the big picture of what was going on. All knew only what was happening right before their eyes, that it was part of something huge, and that it was their job to record it.
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Gordon vs. McGinley case dismissed
Link: Anne Hathaway rapped, “I’m a paparazzi/I don’t play no Yahtzee/I go pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop/My camera’s up your crotch…”
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Syria, Decisively Seen
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: https://time.com/section/lightbox/ In July, while working for the New York Times, photographer Moises Saman journeyed into Syria as the first Western photographer to enter the country since the conflict between anti-government protestors and forces of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad began
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Mike Russell, advertising and street photographer and digital pioneer [2]
Link: The advertising and street photographer Mike Russell has died from cancer. He was an early practitioner of digital technology and a passionate environmentalist.
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Leica S2 as Travel Camera
Link: I read with great interest Mark Dubovoy’s account of using his S2 in Africa instead of the usual big lens DSLRs. By sheer coincidence, I have been out of the country too, putting my S2 through its paces as a travel camera on a workshop in Western China and I thought I’d share some…
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Q&A: Lissy Laricchia, Toronto
Link: Lissy Laricchia is a Canadian photographer who is known for her surreal portraiture work. Working extensively with self portraiture, she combines photography and her imagination to create unique collections of composites that tell the dreamlike stories she imagines. From book and album covers to magazine ads, her unique style has inspired a growing number…
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'Tomorrow, Tripoli'
‘Tomorrow, Tripoli’ Although Bryan Denton has been on assignment in Libya for six months, he had yet to see Tripoli until Sunday night. Mr. Denton wasn’t the only one surprised by the rebels’ speedy advance. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/tomorrow-tripoli/ On Sunday night, the freelance photographer Bryan Denton, on assignment for The New York Times in…
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Nils Orth
Link: Nils Orth’s Untitled Faces aren’t particularly flattering images, but regardless they’re quite compelling, rubbing against many photographic conventions.
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Nikon unveils Coolpix P7100, five other compact models
Link: Nikon has unveiled six additions to its compact digital camera lineup. Leading the pack is the Coolpix P7100, a reworked version of the P7000 that addresses head-on that camera’s various performance and design quirks (and should result in the P7100 being the most capable RAW-shooting Coolpix ever produced), the Coolpix S1200pj, a 14 million…
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Sony A77 First Impressions
Link: It’s impossible to know what the future will bring. But, it’s likely that the Sony A77 will be regarded as one of the most fascinating new camera introductions of 2011. The camera was announced on 24 August, and won’t be released until early October. Thanks to Sony Canada I had an opportunity in early…
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A Few Fuji X100 Tips
Link: Almost two weeks ago, I had the chance to take a Fuji X100 out for an afternoon. After using it for a day and really getting a chance to get to know it, I took the plunge and bought the camera. Since then, I’ve learned a lot more about it. As I’ve used it,…
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Five Reasons Why Google is Winning the War in Photosharing
via Thomas Hawk Digital Connection |: https://thomashawk.com/2011/08/five-reasons-why-google-is-winning-the-war-in-photosharing.html On Facebook photographs seem tolerated. On Google+ photographs seem celebrated. Our world is so visual. Google gets this in a big way.