Author: Trent
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Fujifilm Pulls X100V Promo Video After Backlash Over Photog’s Shooting Style
Fujifilm Pulls X100V Promo Video After Backlash Over Photog’s Shooting Style Fujifilm found itself in the middle of a heated debate about ethics and street photography yesterday, when one of the promo videos it released for the via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/02/05/fujifilm-pulls-x100v-promo-video-after-backlash-over-photogs-shooting-style/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Fujifilm found itself in the middle of a heated debate about ethics and street photography…
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Banksy Is a Control Freak. But He Can’t Control His Legacy. – The New York Times
Banksy Is a Control Freak. But He Can’t Control His Legacy. He’s a master of manipulating the news media and the art market. But will he be remembered as a significant artist? Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/arts/design/banksy-legacy.html He’s a master of manipulating the news media and the art market. But will he be remembered as a significant artist?
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A mystical portrait of America’s backwaters
A mystical portrait of America’s backwaters British photographer Mark Power has spent the last eight years roaming the backwaters of the United States. The decision was inspired by the American television he consumed as a child; particularly the US Westerns brought to life by the likes of John Wayn via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/a-mystical-portrait-of-americas-backwaters/ Photographer Mark…
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Meet Michael Jang, photography’s new cult hero
Meet Michael Jang, photography’s new cult hero After going unseen for decades, Michael Jang’s work is finally gaining the plaudits it deserves – and the 68-year-old is loving every second. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/playlist-archive/michael-jang-who-is-michael-jang-photography/ The 68-year-old’s photography views the world through a mischievous lens. After going unseen for decades, it’s finally gaining the plaudits it…
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Fujifilm Unveils X100V with New Lens, ‘Optional’ Weather Sealing, and More
Fujifilm Unveils X100V with New Lens, ‘Optional’ Weather Sealing, and More After many accurate rumors and leaks over the past couple of weeks, Fujifilm has officially unveiled the long-awaited X100V: a fixed-lens APS-C camera via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/02/04/fujifilm-unveils-x100v-with-new-lens-optional-weather-sealing-and-more/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 After many accurate rumors and leaks over the past couple of weeks, Fujifilm has officially unveiled the long-awaited…
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Welcome to the Kowloon Walled City, One of the Most Misunderstood Places in History – Feature Shoot
Welcome to the Kowloon Walled City, One of the Most Misunderstood Places in History – Feature Shoot When the photographer Greg Girard first ventured into Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong in 1986, he didn’t take any pictures. Instead, he simply absorbed the sights, sounds, and smells… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2020/02/welcome-to-the-kowloon-walled-city-one-of-the-most-misunderstood-places-in-history/ When the photographer Greg…
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Tool to Help Journalists Spot Doctored Images Is Unveiled by Jigsaw – The New York Times
Tool to Help Journalists Spot Doctored Images Is Unveiled by Jigsaw The company, owned by Google’s parent, introduced a free tool it calls Assembler to sort out real images from fake ones. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/technology/jigsaw-doctored-images-disinformation.html The company, owned by Google’s parent, introduced a free tool it calls Assembler to sort out real images from fake ones.
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2019 CIPA Figures Reveal a Rough End to a Terrible Decade for Camera Makers
2019 CIPA Figures Reveal a Rough End to a Terrible Decade for Camera Makers CIPA—the Camera & Imaging Products Association—has released their December 2019 sales breakdown, rounding out a devastating decade for the camera industry via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/02/03/2019-cipa-figures-reveal-a-rough-end-to-a-terrible-decade-for-camera-makers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 CIPA—the Camera & Imaging Products Association—has released their December 2019 sales breakdown, rounding out a devastating decade…
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What Happens When a Major Photo Magazine Shuts Down?
What Happens When a Major Photo Magazine Shuts Down? Last week, Emerald Expositions, the owner of Photo District News (PDN), announced that PDN would no longer publish new content online or in print. The via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/02/03/what-happens-when-a-major-photo-magazine-shuts-down/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Like a local newspaper shutting its doors, I can’t help but wonder what we are losing when niche…
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Massao Mascaro: Jardin, a Rumination of Plots – AMERICAN SUBURB X
Massao Mascaro: Jardin, a Rumination of Plots The garden is a space in which experiments and critical thought are born and carried out. It is a space in which growth is mediated within the flora of its inhabitants, but also in the contemplative mental space of its guardian. Work and toil produce chal via AMERICAN…
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The Legacy of Issei Suda (1940-2019) : Human Memory
https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/the-legacy-of-issei-suda-1940-2019-human-memory-gg/ Miyako Yoshinaga presents The Legacy of ISSEI SUDA (1940-2019): Human Memory, the first posthumous exhibition in the United States of renowned Japanese photographer Issei Suda who passed away in early 2019. This is the gallery’s second exhibition of the artist, following the 2014 exhibition “Life in Flower: 1971-1979.”
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Thomas Alleman: Social Studies | LENSCRATCH
Thomas Alleman: Social Studies I never get tired of looking at Thomas Alleman’s remarkable photographs. His curiosity takes him into worlds personal, familiar, and unknown, and no matter the destination, he finds gold where ever he points his lens. His powerful project about his mother via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2020/02/thomas-alleman-social-studies/ I never get tired of looking at…
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Joining the Dots: Episode One with Ed Templeton
Joining the Dots: Episode One with Ed Templeton DJ, filmmaker and subcultural superstar Don Letts sits down with a new guest to discuss their life and work. This week, he meets legendary skateboarder and artist Ed Templeton. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/joining-the-dots-ed-templeton/ Joining the Dots is a new Huck podcast. Each week DJ, filmmaker and subcultural…
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Welcome to Brexit Britain: Is this what freedom looks like?
Welcome to Brexit Britain: Is this what freedom looks like? On June 26 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. In the three and a half years since that moment, there has been room for little else on the political agenda as politicians wrangled over the issue. “Brexit means Brexit,” we were…
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Own Your Workflow and Goals (and don’t get too distracted by the mantras of others) – 35mmc
Own Your Workflow and Goals (and don’t get too distracted by the mantras of others) – 35mmc One of the wonderful things about photography is how broad it is as a pastime. The options are absolutely endless, from capture media, camera type, process to display. In fact, with the revival of film photography, combined with…
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Dead and Alive – Photographs by Klaus Bo | Essay by Gina Williams | LensCulture
Dead and Alive – Photographs by Klaus Bo | Essay by Gina Williams | LensCulture Klaus Bo’s stark images documenting death rituals from around the world are a rare visual record of cultural traditions via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/klaus-bo-dead-and-alive Klaus Bo’s stark images documenting death rituals from around the world are a rare visual record of cultural…
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The things that kill themselves – Thoughts of a Bohemian
The things that kill themselves – Thoughts of a Bohemian The particularity of the photo industry is its deathwish. At its core, everything and everyone in this industry seems hell-bent into destroying itself and, along with it, the whole industry. via Thoughts of a Bohemian: http://blog.melchersystem.com/the-things-that-kill-themselves/ The particularity of the photo industry is its death…
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Athletic Upskirting at the Australian Open – Reading The Pictures
Athletic Upskirting at the Australian Open – Reading The Pictures These newswire photos from the Australian Open help create a culture that undercuts women athletes and endangers women more broadly. via Reading The Pictures: https://www.readingthepictures.org/2020/01/calling-out-tennis-upskirt-photos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28Reading+The+Pictures%29 The Reuters coverage of this year’s Australian Open tennis tournament features all the staples of the genre: feats of athletic…
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The Destruction of the Amazon in Photos – Feature Shoot
The Destruction of the Amazon in Photos – Feature Shoot The destruction of the planet at the hands of imperialist forces bears out Biblical prophecies of Armageddon, though what we are witnessing today was a long time coming. “The Europeans… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2020/01/the-destruction-of-the-amazon-in-photos/ Italian photographer Tommaso Protti is doing just that. As recipient of…
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Les Mois Noirs – The Leica camera Blog
Les Mois Noirs Stéphane Lavoué’s series is a multi-layered, sensitive homage to his new home in Brittany.