Author: Trent
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Friends, colleagues remember Rémi Ochlik
Link: Rémi Ochlik was killed in Homs, Syria on 22 February. Friends and colleagues tell BJP what made the young photographer one of a kind – “a man who knew better than take unnecessary risks.”
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Mary Ellen Mark on Iconic Images
Link: It’s not every day you get to hang out with a living legend of the photographic world and watch her do what she does best. That’s exactly what we were fortunate enough to do when we spent a day in New York City’s Tompkins Square Park with an icon of documentary photography, Mary Ellen…
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A Century on Film: How Kodak Succumbed to the Digital Age
Link: The most important moments of the 20th century were captured on Kodak film. But the once-dominant American company could not compete in the digital age. Eastman Kodak’s bankruptcy has left the company’s remaining employees with uncertain futures.
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Photoshop Touch for iPad is here!
Link: Now, let me anticipate two questions which go hand in hand: Why does the app require an iPad 2, and why is the maximum image size 1600x1600px? The iPad 2 has twice the RAM, twice the processing cores, and ~5x the graphics grunt of the iPad 1. PS Touch brings some seriously powerful algorithms…
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Off the Shelf: Luigi Ghirri’s It’s Beautiful Here, Isn’t It…
Off the Shelf: Luigi Ghirri’s It’s Beautiful Here, Isn’t It… via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/off-the-shelf-luigi-ghirris-its-beautiful-here-isnt-it One of our favorite photo books from the past few years is Aperture’s “It’s Beautiful Here, Isn’t It…” It was the first American publication of the work of Luigi Ghirri, who at the time was little known in the U.S.,…
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Canon 5D MKIII – my thoughts
Link: To be frank, this camera has a few minor (but quite important to higher end users) upgrades to it’s little brother. There are in effect a lot of SMALL yet very IMPORTANT changes that will have a significant impact on those using this camera in actual PRODUCTIONS.
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Wireless radio comes to Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT
Link: The standout feature of the Speedlite 600EX-RT and Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT is the ability to command and trigger remote 600EX-RTs with a wireless radio signal, thereby eliminating the misfires associated with optical signaling
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Magdalena Solé: New Delta Rising
Link: The Delta images have been created for a book titled “New Delta Rising”, distributed by the University Press of Mississippi. The photographs are the result of nine trips to the Delta over two years, a total of 12 weeks and more than 10,000 miles in search of people and their stories.
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Iowa farm photography bill signed into law – illegal to lie to access farms
Link: While the law no longer has language specifically addressing photography or video recording, both opponents and supporters of the law say that its intent is to prevent videos of farm operations from being made. Under the law, fraudulently entering a farm would be punishable by up to 1 year in prison and a $1,500…
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Lightroom 4.0 Now Available
Link: new pricing for Lightroom 4: $149 for those new to Lightroom and $79 for the Upgrade and Student/Teacher editions
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The Dark Side: Roger Ballen’s ‘Asylum’
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: https://time.com/section/lightbox/ Roger Ballen’s photographs are as much alluring as they are unsettling. For nearly 50 years, Ballen has used photography to explore some of the most upsetting parts of the psyche—and, in that period, he has created some of the most exquisite…
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Lightroom 4.0 Resources
Link: Lightroom 4 is out and we’re compiling a list of online resources dedicated to educating photographers on Lightroom 4
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Another photographer fights and wins against Shepard Fairey
Link: photographer Dina Douglas has come forward with some details regarding her dispute, and eventual settlement, with Shepard Fairey over Fairey’s usage of her image of a cancer survivor
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Chimping – A documentary of photojournalists
Link: Featuring Pulitzer Prize winners Preston Gannaway and Rick Loomis, Emmy Award winner Paula Lerner, along with Todd Maisel, Chris Usher, Angela Rowlings, Edward Greenberg, Stan Wolfson, and Rita Reed.
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NY Post scolded by photographer
Jim Romenesko via Jim Romenesko: http://jimromenesko.com/2012/03/16/ny-post-scolded-by-photographer/ The New York Post declared this week that “Pinterest is the new Facebook,” and used the photo on the right to illustrate its story. The credit line said, “Courtesy Tory Burch via Pinterest.” Actually, the photo was taken by Leela Cyd, and here’s an excerpt of the letter she’s…
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Better by Design: The role of design in the making of five modern photobooks
Link: Jörg Colberg focuses on an overlooked aspect of the photobook, discussing the role of design in the making of five modern classics.
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A Conversation with Anouk Kruithof
Link: Anouk Kruithof is one of the recipients of this year’s ICP Infinity Awards. Over the past few years, she has produced a string of cutting-edge books, many of them self-published. So there were many reasons why I wanted to talk to her about her work.
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Video: 34 Award-winning photographers & multimedia makers
Link: A 22-minute presentation of the winners of the Lens Culture International Exposure Awards 2011 — some of the best in global photography and multimedia today.