Author: Trent
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Classic Photographs Los Angeles : Mmm, mmm, good – The Eye of Photography
Link: Classic Photographs Los Angeles is the comfort food of photography fairs: warm and satisfying, a kinder, gentler throwback to the hotel fairs of the early 1980’s. The Unseen Eye was there to get out of New York and to take a look, do a walkthrough and book signing. He had a yummy time. The…
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One month later the search in Syria for photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed continues | News | National | M&G
One month later the search in Syria for photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed continues The photographer texted his family a day before his capture, saying there was a possibility he would be detained before leaving Syria. via The Mail & Guardian: http://mg.co.za/article/2017-02-07-search-continues-for-shiraaz-mohamed-nearly-a-month-later It’s been almost a month since Johannesburg-based photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed disappeared in Syria while travelling with…
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The Winning Photos from DJI’s 2016 SkyPixel Photo Contest
The Winning Photos from DJI’s 2016 SkyPixel Photo Contest DJI has announced the winning photos of its 2016 SkyPixel Photo Contest, which honors the best aerial and drone photos captured around the world using DJI via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/02/09/winning-photos-djis-2016-skypixel-photo-contest/ DJI has announced the winning photos of its 2016 SkyPixel Photo Contest, which honors the best aerial…
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The Best Things We Saw at PHOTOFAIRS San Francisco | American Photo
Link: Six exhibitions that blew us away
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See the Winners of World Press Photo 2017 | American Photo
Link: This year’s selection is already at the center of a controversy
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Pete Muller Wins POYi Reportage Photographer of the Year; Matt Gade Wins Sports Photographer of the Year | PDNPulse
Link: The surprise winner of POYi Sports Photographer of the Year is Matt Gade, a staff photographer at The Daily Republic in Mitchell, South Dakota. Getty photographers Donald Miralle and Christian Petersen won second and third place, respectively. Gade won for a portfolio that includes dramatic moments from games between local college and amateur teams,…
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Alex Majoli, Skēnē – The Eye of Photography
Link: Italian photographer Alex Majoli documents the thin line between reality and theatre in a series of photographs, which will be on view from February 16 – April 1, 2017 at Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York. The photographs, made in Congo, Egypt, Greece, Germany, India, China, and Brazil between 2010 and 2016, explore the…
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Barring Reporters From Briefings: Does It Cross a Legal Line? – The New York Times
Barring Reporters From Briefings: Does It Cross a Legal Line? (Published 2017) First Amendment experts say the White House decision to bar several outlets from a briefing last week may have been unconstitutional. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/us/politics/white-house-barring-reporters-from-briefings.html “That was unconstitutional,” he said. “If you exclude reporters from briefings that they otherwise have a right to attend because…
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Intimate Distance — Photography Star Todd Hido Looks Back at the First 25 Years of His Career | FotoRoom
Intimate Distance — Photography Star Todd Hido Looks Back at the First 25 Years of His Career If photography was Hollywood, Todd Hido would be a top actor like George Clooney or Brad Pitt. His fantastic images, and his photos of illuminated windows brightening up the nights of America’s suburbs above all, have firmly positioned him…
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Women Photographers: New Grants Launched for Journalists | Time.com
New Photography Grants Launched for Women in Visual Journalism The grants total $12,500 via Time: https://time.com/4702056/women-photograph/ Women Photograph, a database launched by photographer Daniella Zalcman to promote the representation of female photographers in the industry, has launched two grants to finance new or in-progress projects.
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Venezuela: Meridith Kohut Chronicles the Country’s Collapse | Time.com
A Visual Record of Venezuela’s Collapse Meridith Kohut won the Overseas Press Club of America’s Feature Photography prize via Time: https://time.com/4709051/venezuela-meridith-kohut/ Over the last four years, as Venezuela descended into economic and social chaos, Meridith Kohut, a Houston-born photographer based in Caracas, built one of the most complete photographic chronicles of the country’s collapse. Working…
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Duterte’s War on Drugs Through a Local Photographer’s Eyes – The New York Times
Duterte’s War on Drugs Through a Local Photographer’s Eyes Since taking office on June 30, Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has made it open season on drug dealers and users, whose killings have been documented by brave and dedicated local journalists. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/dutertes-war-on-drugs-through-a-local-photographers-eyes/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body&_r=0 “When a President Says ‘I’ll Kill You’” is a Times…
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Announcing the Winners of the Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards! – Feature Shoot
Announcing the Winners of the Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards! We received an overwhelming amount of outstanding submissions to this year’s Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards, and after weeks of a competitive jurying process, we are thrilled to announce a… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2017/04/announcing-winners-feature-shoot-emerging-photography-awards/ Feature Shoot Editor-in-Chief Alison Zavos has selected five photographers to win…
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The Controversy and Contexts of Using Emmett Till’s Image – The New York Times
The Lasting Power of Emmett Till’s Image The controversy over a white artist’s painting of Emmett Till’s corpse raises issues of appropriation without historical context. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/controversy-contexts-using-emmett-tills-image/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body&_r=0 There are few photographs more consequential in African-American history — and our nation’s — than those of Emmett Till’s mutilated corpse. The images from 1955 are…
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The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners
The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners – Longreads This year’s Pulitzer winners include The Salt Lake Tribune, East Bay Times, Colson Whitehead, Heather Ann Thompson, and more. via Longreads: http://longreads.com/2017/04/10/the-2017-pulitzer-prize-winners/ The winners of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize were announced today — on the 170th birthday of Joseph Pulitzer — and though there were some surprises, the…
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Dubai, the World’s Vegas – The New Yorker
Dubai, the World’s Vegas A frictionless layover in a non-place of a city. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/dubai-the-worlds-vegas Photography by Ben Thomas
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Meridith Kohut Wins Chris Hondros Award for Venezuela Coverage – The New York Times
Meridith Kohut Wins Chris Hondros Award for Venezuela Coverage Before Meridith Kohut won the award for documenting Venezuela’s crumbling mental hospitals, she had been mentored by Mr. Hondros. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/merdith-kohut-wins-the-fifth-annual-getty-images-and-chris-hondros-award/ Meridith Kohut, who has been documenting Venezuela’s downward spiral for The New York Times, has won the fifth annual Getty Images and Chris…
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dvafoto’s Deadline Calendar – photo contests and calls for entry | dvafoto
Link: When photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur documents life inside a factory farm, she doesn’t touch a thing. She usually doesn’t have permission from the owners, and she enters at night with a security team. She has never broken anything, and she leaves the location exactly as she found it. She’s there to tell the truth, and…
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Russian Photographer in Oval Office Raises Red Flags, US Media Locked Out
Russian Photographer in Oval Office Raises Red Flags, US Media Locked Out President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian diplomats is being heavily criticized by US photographers today. The administration’s decision to lock out via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/11/russian-photographer-oval-office-raises-red-flags-us-media-locked/ The White House Press pool was locked out, and the only photographers allowed in the room were the official…
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CPOY responds to Souvid Datta photo scandal, sees opportunity to reiterate ethics | Local | columbiamissourian.com
Link: A fabrication by a U.K. photojournalist has led to reviews of his other work and a worldwide discussion about photojournalism ethics, including within the College Photographer of the Year competition at MU.