Author: Trent
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Strange “jihadi” video of Austin Tice, U.S. reporter missing in Syria
Link: It’s like a caricature of a jihadi group. It looks like someone went to the Internet, watched pictures of Afghan mujahedeen, then copied them.”—Joseph Holliday,
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Dramatic Portraits Taken On the Narrow Streets of Seville
Link: Manolo Espaliú is a fine art photographer based in Seville, Spain. We asked him some questions about his series, 42º, which recently won him the Nuevo Talento FNAC de Fotografía 2012 award.
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Gerd Ludwig: The Long Shadow of Chernobyl
Link: Since his first visit in 1993, Gerd Ludwig has been documenting the aftermath of the accident in dramatic and compassionate photographs — the failed reactor, the contamination of the land, and the countless victims in the fallout areas.
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The Leica Monochrom Review Part 1. Understanding the Camera and vs FILM
The Leica Monochrom Review Part 1. Understanding the Camera and vs FILM. | Steve Huff Hi-Fi and Photo The Leica M Monochrom Review Part 1. Understanding the Camera and VS film. After reading this, Part 2 is now up HERE. Part 2.5 is up HERE – Part 3 is up HERE The Monochrom and Zeiss…
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Photographers from Central Eurasia to Document Human Rights Issues in Their Home Region
Photographers from Central Eurasia to Document Human Rights Issues in Their Home Region The Open Society Documentary Photography Project announces winners of the 2012 Production Grant to Individual Photographers from Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Pakistan. Link: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/photographers-central-eurasia-document-human-rights-issues-their-home-region The 2012 grantees are: Fraidoon Poya (Afghanistan); Fardin Waezi (Afghanistan); Arthur Lumen Gevorgyan (Armenia);…
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The Internet as a Photography Archive
Link: when I read that someone writes how people mistrust photography I always wonder why there are 300 million new photographs on Facebook every day when nobody trusts photography. That aside, Facebook and the internet as a whole appear to be a pretty spectacular archive or library of photographs
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Brussels Fotofever 2012
Link: Cécile Shall, founder and director of the festival aims to show to the visitors the diversity of contemporary photography. She also wishes, that the festival be a platform for the new artists by promoting new talents
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Rankin: Shooting S-Magazine with the new Leica S
Link: John Rankin Waddell is better known by his working name – Rankin. He is a London based photographer who takes gripping portraits, publishes books and directs films. The third issue of S-Magazine features all photographs taken by Rankin with the new Leica S.
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lens culture: Paris Photo 2012
Link: Lens Culture is pleased to present a high-resolution slideshow preview of 276 photographs that will be featured at Paris Photo 2012 in November. This is the largest and most important photography art fair in Europe — so in many ways, this is what the international art market looks like right now for photography.
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A Conversation With Carlos Javier Ortiz on Facing Change: Documenting America
Link: Sara T’Rula, the interviewer, is a photographer working on cultural and political issues, and is based in Liverpool, England. In addition to shooting her own projects, she assists John Davies and Ed Clark. At photokina 2012, she grabbed ten minutes to talk with Carlos Javier Ortiz about FCDA where he delves into what the project…
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Luc Delahaye : Prix Pictet 2012
Link: The 4th Prix Pictet was awarded on Tuesday, October 9, to the French photographer Luc Delahaye. The winner was chosen for his ten pictures on the theme of “Power,” which continue the excellent work he has done over the past decade
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Canon EOS 7D Magic Lantern Alpha Available
Canon EOS 7D Magic Lantern Alpha Available Get Magic Lantern for you Canon EOS 7D Below is information provided by the Magic Lantern team. it was primarily tested on one 7D, and a few days on three via Canon Rumors Buyers Guide: https://www.canonrumors.com/canon-eos-7d-magic-lantern-alpha-available/ Features Audio meters while recording Zebras Focus peaking Magic Zooom (via half-shutter,…
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Werner Bischof, Sardinia 1950
Link: We might as well admit now that photographs don’t tell stories the way words do it. Words tell stories very, very slowly. You need to read them one at a time, and the story then slowly builds. A photograph, in contrast, is not the equivalent of one word. If we stay with Soth’s phrase,…
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Franck Allais : Le poids des mots
Link: Instead of seeing cars and trucks, I saw words floating by like a visual dialogue, messages bombarding my cerebral cortex that were instantly forgotten. I realized I had hit on something both playful and disturbing.
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How to tune Photoshop CS6 for peak performance
Link: We might as well admit now that photographs don’t tell stories the way words do it. Words tell stories very, very slowly. You need to read them one at a time, and the story then slowly builds. A photograph, in contrast, is not the equivalent of one word. If we stay with Soth’s phrase,…
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Graphic Photographs of Commuters at Berlin Central Station
Link: I use a form of robotic image acquisition. I usually set up a camera very much like a scientific experiment, to obtain technically optimized input, triggering the shutter automatically whenever suitable subjects enter the field of view. Those images, typically recorded by the thousands during the first stage of a project, are the building…
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A Conversation with Danny Wilcox Frazier on Facing Change: Documenting America
Link: This video showcases Danny Wilcox Frazier’s work documenting rural issues across the United States for the Facing Change: Documenting America (FCDA) project. FCDA is a non-profit collective of prominent photographers and writers who have come together to explore the United States during one of the most enduring times in the nation’s history.
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Prix Bayeux 2012 Ed Ou
Link: Barely 26 years old, Ed Ou is one of the most promising members of Reportage by Getty Images. He just received the ‘Young Reporter’ prize at the 19th edition of the Prix Bayeux-Calvados for war correspondents
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Emerging Talent: Megan McIsaac’s Honest Film Photography
Emerging Talent: Megan McIsaac’s Honest Film Photography 22 year old Megan McIsaac makes honest, beautiful film photography. Read her interview with Chase Jarvis. via Chase Jarvis Photography: https://www.chasejarvis.com/blog/emerging-talent-megan-mcisaacs-honest-film-photography/ At only 22 years old, LA resident Megan McIsaac has a truly impressive body of work under her belt. She has a way of capturing the world…
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Joel Meyerowitz by Jonas Cuénin
Link: For the past five decades, the American photographer Joel Meyerowitz has roamed the streets of the world, countrysides and beaches in search of life in blue, green, yellow and red. In the 1970s, his sense of modernism contributed to accept color photographs as works of art.