Author: Trent
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Nikon-D800-or-D800e
Link: So, if you want the highest resolution that this camera can provide, then the “e” model is the way to go. But, there’s a price to be paid, and that is the possibility of moiré under some circumstances. As well, there’s the need to use exceptional shooting technique to really realize the advantage that the…
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How to make a photobook
Link: My headline is slight disingenuous: There actually is no simple recipe for photobook making. If you asked ten people about how to make a photobook, you’d probably end up with ten different answers. That said, from what I can tell, most photobook makers seem to agree on quite a few things. So I thought…
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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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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.
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Andrew Southam’s Personal Way Of Seeing
Andrew Southam’s Personal Way Of Seeing I worked with Andrew Southam quite a bit in the past, so when he told me about a personal journey he recently underwent, I asked to publish an account of it on the blog. I think you will find his h… via A Photo Editor: https://aphotoeditor.com/2012/03/21/andrew-southams-personal-way-of-seeing/ I worked with Andrew Southam quite…
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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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Make Some Mischief Today!
David Shrigley and Jan von Holleben: Make Some Mischief Today! – LENSCRATCH Happy April Fool’s Day….I think we are taking ourselves too seriously these days…and I think a little irreverant mischief might be just what is needed in our depressed economy and changing times…ALWAYS love the work of David Shrigley and Jan von Holleben, and…
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Photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind wins Center’s Project award
Link: VII Photo member Anastasia Taylor-Lind has won the Project Award 2012, organised by Center, a non-profit photographic organisation in Santa Fe
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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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Tom Stoddart: The Siege of Sarajevo
Link: On this 20th anniversary of the conflict in Bosnia, Tom Stoddart shares the story of the siege he documented.
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Winners of Visa de l’ANI 2011
Link: The final selection included JP Lopez ’ reportage on starving children in Guatemala, Colin Delfosse on military sites in Kazakhstan, and Misha Freidman on the tuberculosis epidemic in former Soviet states. Their work will be exhibited at the Bar Floréal in Paris in September 2012.
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Herb Ritts at the Getty Museum
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: https://time.com/section/lightbox/ “He always had a vision about how he wanted every picture,” Campbell says. “He liked strength in his pictures, and he got you to do things that you never thought you could do. He was very encouraging and would talk to…
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Photojournalist’s Federal Lawsuit Defends Right To Record Police
Link: Today a federal civil rights lawsuit was filed on behalf of Philip Datz in the Eastern District of the U.S. District Court that challenges Suffolk County’s policy and practice of obstructing the First Amendment right of the press and the public to record and gather the news about police activity in public places.
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The 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winner: Massoud Hossaini
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: https://time.com/section/lightbox/ Columbia University has announced the 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners—and they include Afghan photographer Massoud Hossaini, whose picture of a girl reacting to a suicide bombing took the title in the category of breaking news photography.
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Ladies and gentlemen, here are this year’s Pulitzer winners
Jim Romenesko via Jim Romenesko: http://jimromenesko.com/2012/04/16/ladies-and-gentlemen-here-are-this-years-pulitzer-winners/ – Breaking News Photography: Massoud Hossaini, Agence France-Presse – Feature Photography: Craig F. Walker, Denver Post | Story
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Paul Szynol: Looking For Short Stories Everywhere
Link: Paul Szynol has a passion for street photography in the great tradition of narrative photojournalism. He came of age in Warsaw, Poland and first came to the United States in 1984, which, as he ironically observes “was the year that New York City’s transit fare rose from 75 cents to 90 cents, 33 previously…
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Cincy Enquirer apologizes for photo with F-word
Jim Romenesko via Jim Romenesko: http://jimromenesko.com/2012/04/17/cincy-enquirer-apologizes-for-photo-with-f-word/ Presses were stopped at Cincinnati Enquirer over the weekend after someone spotted “F*ck” in a photo. Thousands of Sunday papers were tossed out and the photo was changed for the new run.
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Washington Post, WSJ opted against Pulitzer-winning image
Link: Massoud Hossaini’s photos of the carnage following a suicide bombing at a mosque in Kabul were so powerful that The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal all published them on their front pages on December 7. But each ran different images from the same scene.
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LA Times publishes graphic front page photo of US soldiers with Afghan corpses
Link: Times Editor Davan Maharaj said, “After careful consideration, we decided that publishing a small but representative selection of the photos would fulfill our obligation to readers to report vigorously and impartially on all aspects of the American mission in Afghanistan, including the allegation that the images reflect a breakdown in unit discipline that was…