Author: Trent
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Nine pros talk about the present and future economics of a photography career
Link: The photographers interviewed include photojournalists such as Ed Kashi of the VII Agency and Peter Van Agtmael of Magnum, fashion photographer Peter Stigter, Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian, and others
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Favorite Sources for New Photography
Link: With so many venues and platforms displaying new photography every day, how do clients choose where to look at new work? We asked several editors, art buyers and judges of the PDN Photo Annual to name some of their favorite places to find new photo projects and discover new talent
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Live Webinar with National Geographic: Electrifying Photography From Around the World
Live Webinar with National Geographic: Electrifying Photography From Around the World – PhotoShelter Blog What Photo Buyers Want: National Geographic’s Senior Photo Editor, Elizabeth Krist Tuesday June 5th, 2012 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT Simply put, National Geographic has the kind of photography that makes your jaw drop. This award-winning magazine is revered for its…
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Manchuria Crossroads (10 Photos)
Link: Q Sakamaki photographed throughout China’s Northeast which was once called Manchuria. The region was a crossroads, transformed by history through migration, resource exploitation, occupation and war. And now the area is facing new upheaval due to globalization and China’s rapid economic growth, creating a gap between the rich and poor, as well as contributing…
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Carmignac Gestion Foundation offers €50,000 grant in Photojournalism Award
Link: The Carmignac Gestion Foundation is calling for entries for its annual Photojournalism Award, which comes with a €50,000 grant for the production of a photography project
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You Are Here Handmade Catalogue
Link: The handmade catalogues for the LUCEO exhibition, YOU ARE HERE are in a small edition of 100. Each book includes: the Curator’s Essay, 10 hand-printed images on Moab Entrada Rag Bright 190, and one 13″ x 19″ poster, disassembled and cased in a translucent orange wrap. The poster reflects the spirit of how the…
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Trang Bang: 40 Years Later
Link: It’s difficult to explain to someone who has grown up in the world of digital photography just what it was like being a photo-reporter in the all too recently passed era of film cameras. That there was, necessarily, a moment when your finite roll of film would end at frame 36, and you would…
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Look3 Report: Stanley Greene on Luck, Film and Supporting Young Photographers
Link: A central theme of many of Greene’s stories was the recurring role that chance has played throughout his career, in large and small ways. “I honestly believe photography is 75 percent chance, and 25 percent skill,” he said in response to a question from an audience member toward the end of the talk. “In…
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Jason Eskenazi’s Half-Exposures at Look3
Half Photos, Striving to be More Jason Eskenazi’s orphaned, fascinating accidents provoke him to wonder if he should even bother looking through his camera’s viewfinder, and they will be shown at the Look3 photo festival in Charlottesville, Va. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/09/half-photos-striving-to-be-more/?pagewanted=all After developing their film, most photographers snip off and throw away the double-zero…
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Photo of 2001 Alaska oil spill goes viral when magazine says it’s from recent Alberta spill
Link: Interestingly, a few commenters on the Common Ground Facebook post seem happy to ignore the fact that the image isn’t from the recent spill
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AP and top celebrity photographers launch entertainment photo agency
Link: The company is jointly owned by AP and the photographers, with AP holding the majority interest. Their work for Invision will be available through AP Images, AP’s commercial photography division.
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Questions from the Intern, Vol. 3
Link: This is the third installment in our Questions from the Intern series, in which Riley Spencer, Prime’s faithful intern, opens up on one of us. This time, Riley interviews Lance Rosenfield on his project Thirst for Grit and getting his start in the business.
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Interview with Cig Harvey: YOU Look At ME Like An EMERGENCY
Interview with Cig Harvey: YOU Look At ME Like An EMERGENCY – LENSCRATCH Sometimes you come across work you fall in love with, work that resonates with you in such a deep way, and you begin seeing the world through the lens and point of view of a great image maker. I have been a…
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Tadeu Vilani – B & W TV
Link: This project is called B & W TV (Black and White TV), is referring to people living in the suburbs of the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The project consists of scrap through television to give an identity to these people in need of attention in the…
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South Africa: Jillian Edelstein, Truth & Lies
Link: The photographer took a series of portraits just after the end of apartheid, when South Africans were being asked to forgive. The result of four years of work, Truth & Lies bears witness to this reconciliation and questions the idea of South African identity. It documents the Commission of Truth and Reconciliation, which aimed…
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Stevens Point’s Wojcik takes buyout
Link: First there were two full-time photographers at the Stevens Point Journal (circ. 11,000). Then there was one. Now there are none.
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Shahidul Alam by John G. Morris
Link: I regard My Journey as a Witness by Shahidul Alam as the most remarkable book by a single photographer since a messenger brought me a first copy of The Decisive Moment by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1952. It is not that the two books should be compared, although they are approximately the same weight.