Author: Trent

  • Vellas: Leica – ‘Soul’

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    Link: As we increasingly take our mobile phones for granted David Hoffman suggests that photographers should be alert to the dangers of carrying a sophisticated monitoring device in their pocket, especially when working abroad.

  • Gay Pride and Same-Sex Marriage Around the World

    Gay Pride and Same-Sex Marriage Around the World

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    A Timely Victory via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-timely-victory Ladakh, nestled in the northernmost realms of India between the Kunlun and Himalaya mountain ranges, is one of the last remaining strongholds of Buddhism in South Asia.

  • Prix Pierre & Alexandra Boulat: Arnaud Bach

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    Link: The Grant Pierre & Alexandra Boulat 2013, supported by Canon France of 8 000 euros and given to a professional photo-journalist in order to allow him or her to produce a story for which he could not find support , has been given to Arnau Bach, a spanish photographer who presented a remarkable work…

  • Steichen’s Family of Man Restored: New Life for a Photographic Touchstone

    Steichen’s Family of Man Restored: New Life for a Photographic Touchstone

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: https://time.com/section/lightbox/ In 1955, a decade into the Cold War, the Museum of Modern Art in New York opened its doors to a monumental photography exhibition, an aesthetic manifesto visualizing ideas of peace and “the essential oneness of mankind.” Edward Steichen, then director…

  • Valentino Bellini’s BIT ROT Project

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    Link: Valentino Bellini wrote to us recently to share his new project BIT ROT, about the troubling issue of electronic waste worldwide that results from “rampant consumerism” and products that are “designed for the dump

  • While diversity in newsrooms is stagnating, not plummeting, there are still concerns

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    Link: In its most recent survey, the American Society of News Editors found 90 percent of newsroom supervisors are white. White men were also most likely to appear on broadcast networks and CNN, according to Media Matters.

  • Veteran photographer recounts his first Afghan war assignment

    Veteran photographer recounts his first Afghan war assignment

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    Veteran photographer recounts his first Afghan war assignment Pulitzer-prize winning photojournalist Michel du Cille discusses his experience documenting the Afghan military’s preparation for the withdrawal of coalition forces. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/07/16/veteran-photographer-recounts-his-first-afghan-war-assignment/ My (Michel du Cille) recent trip to Afghanistan was in a word, challenging. I did not set out on my first Afghan war…

  • Looking Back To Move Forward: 13 Years Of Photographing Afghanistan

    Looking Back To Move Forward: 13 Years Of Photographing Afghanistan

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    Looking Back To Move Forward: 13 Years Of Photographing Afghanistan Saying goodbye to something you’ve known for a decade can be a landmine of emotion — even if that thing is a war. via NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2013/07/22/202736337/looking-back-to-move-forward-13-years-of-photographing-afghanistan On his most recent trip to Afghanistan, NPR staff photographer David Gilkey shot this personal iPhone photo essay in…

  • A Period of Transition in South Africa

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    Link: “‘Second Transition’ is the term that came to mind when I was photographing in Brits, Ga-Rankuwa, Marikana and Rustenburg,” says Sekgala. “Second Transition” describes a new phase of negotiations under Apartheid,” he adds, referencing the farms located between Brits and Rustenburg, an area of about 40 miles, that were assimilated and eventually became the…

  • Yemeni president pardons reporter Obama wanted kept in jail

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    Link: he earned the ire of U.S. and Yemeni authorities for his reporting that revealed that a December 2009 bombing in the village of Majalla in the southern province of Abyan was an American cruise-missile attack that killed dozens of civilians, including 14 women and 21 children,rather than a Yemeni airstrike on an al Qaida…

  • The Fuji X-Pro1, A Post SLR Future

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    Link: I had not intended to get into the mirrorless game yet, but here we were and since that first image on June 9th, I’ve been totally hooked.

  • The front of the crowd

    The front of the crowd

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    Link: often in a breaking story there is a crowd of citizen journalists all pointing at the action and recording it in intimate detail, and doing a fantastic job. But in front of them all is sometimes one individual, their back to the action, looking  towards the crowd of onlookers and recording their response: whether…

  • Syria: Jonathan Alpeyrie hostage by Michel Puech

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    Link: On April 29, they tell me that they’re going to see another group of fighters. It was a trap. I got into a 4×4 with the katiba officer, my fixer and two soldiers. We came to a checkpoint where masked men took me out of the car, forced me to kneel and pretended to…

  • Panasonic GX7 is a 16MP Mirrorless with In-Body Stabilization and a Tiltable EVF

    Panasonic GX7 is a 16MP Mirrorless with In-Body Stabilization and a Tiltable EVF

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    Panasonic GX7 is a 16MP Mirrorless with In-Body Stabilization and a Tiltable EVF Panasonic has officially announced the GX7, a sleek new high-end mirrorless camera with some features that are being introduced for the first time in a via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2013/08/01/panasonic-gx7-is-a-16mp-mirrorless-with-in-body-stabilization-and-a-tiltable-evf/ Panasonic has officially announced the GX7, a sleek new high-end mirrorless camera with some…

  • Now in Beta: Amazon’s Platform for Selling Fine-Art Prints

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    Link: Other photographers whose prints are sold through Amazon include Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mark Laita, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Vik Muniz, Michael Kenna, Julie Blackmon, Harry Benson, William Abranowicz, Camille Seaman and Jennifer Shaw. Among the participating galleries are Modernbook Gallery, Oxenberg Fine Art, Holden Luntz Gallery, RoGallery, Afterimage Gallery and Soulcatcher Studio.

  • Daniel Zvereff: Unecha

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    Link: As I walk around Unecha, I wonder what it is about this place that feels so nostalgic to me. I can’t help but think about all the events that took place in order for me to be here as a stranger: the Russian revolution and World War II, which sent my father’s side of…

  • Judge Dismisses Privacy Lawsuit Against “Voyeur” Artist Arne Svenson

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    Link: “An artist may create and sell a work of art that resembles an individual without his or her written consent,” Judge Rakower wrote in her decision, underscoring a central principle of the case. 

  • Photo Essay: Chasing Meth in Laurel County, Kentucky

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    Photo Essay: Chasing Meth in Laurel County, Kentucky Stacy Krantiz’s intimate look at methamphetamine addicts and the cops trying to to nab them. via Mother Jones: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/photoessay-meth-laurel-county-kentucky-kranitz/ The first call we went on was in an abandoned trailer with no running water or electricity. The walls were covered with cryptic texts and morbid poems. Jason…

  • Emerging Talent – Samuel Wilson

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    Link: The most difficult part is being okay with not knowing what is going to happen in the future. Maybe I’ll be able to find people who want my work, maybe I’ll have to wash dishes and live in my car, but as long as I can keep meeting new people and listening to their…

  • The Curse of Digital Photography

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    The Curse of Digital Photography by John Shingleton | Steve Huff Hi-Fi and Photo The Curse of Digital Photography by John Shingleton – His website is HERE I am convinced that digital photography is ruining the travel experience for many travellers. They are blindly snapping away and not taking in what they are looking at.…