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  • What is life really like for a conflict photographer?

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    What is life really like for a conflict photographer? Cengiz Yar has seen a few things in his time. But it was away from the frontlines that he came to value a universal right: having a patch to call one’s own. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/playlist-archive/cengiz-yar-the-grass-conflict-photography-iraq/ Photographer Cengiz Yar has seen things – from the rebels’…

  • The Erasure of Political History at the National Archives | The New Yorker

    The Erasure of Political History at the National Archives | The New Yorker

    The Erasure of Political History at the National Archives In altering photos from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington, the National Archives engaged in the very opposite of what it had been created to do: forge a clear and accurate historical record. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-erasure-of-political-history-at-the-national-archives-womens-march Last month, a photographer named Ellen Shub died,…

  • North Korea. The Power Of Dreams – The Leica camera Blog

    https://www.leica-camera.blog/2020/01/20/north-korea-the-power-of-dreams/ It was already the ninth time that the photographer Xiomara Bender was able to travel to North Korea

  • Susan Berger: Life and Soul: American Streets Honoring Martin Luther King | LENSCRATCH

    Susan Berger: Life and Soul: American Streets Honoring Martin Luther King | LENSCRATCH

    Susan Berger: Life and Soul: American Streets Honoring Martin Luther King – LENSCRATCH Today marks the birthday of iconic civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. and on this MLK Day when we consider past and current heartbreaking histories, we are featuring a project that celebrates the streets that reflect his name, all across America. …

  • National Archives Edited Photo to Remove Anti-Trump Messages

    National Archives Edited Photo to Remove Anti-Trump Messages

    National Archives Edited Photo to Remove Anti-Trump Messages The National Archives is an independent government agency that’s tasked with preserving and documenting government and historical records. An authority on via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/01/18/national-archives-caught-doctoring-photo-critical-of-trump/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 The photo at the center of the controversy was captured by Getty Images photographer Mario Tama on January 21st, 2017, as a massive…

  • 50 Artists Donate to Support the Australian Bushfire Photo Appeal, Launching Today – Feature Shoot

    50 Artists Donate to Support the Australian Bushfire Photo Appeal, Launching Today – Feature Shoot

    50 Artists Donate to Support the Australian Bushfire Photo Appeal, Launching Today – Feature Shoot All across Australia, bushfires are burning at an unprecedented scale. On January 14, the Australian government announced that the fires have devastated estimated 46 million acres (72,000 square miles), killing… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2020/01/50-artists-donate-to-support-the-australian-bushfire-photo-appeal-launching-today/ Laurence Watts, a photographic artist currently…

  • How 17 Outsize Portraits Rattled a Small Southern Town – The New York Times

    How 17 Outsize Portraits Rattled a Small Southern Town – The New York Times

    How 17 Outsize Portraits Rattled a Small Southern Town Newnan, Ga., decided to use art to help the community celebrate diversity and embrace change. Not everyone was ready for what they saw. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/19/us/newnan-art-georgia-race.html But it turned out that only a few dozen white nationalists attended the rally, and the Newnan they had imagined no…

  • “Relentless Absurdity”: An Army Photographer’s Censored Images | The New Yorker

    “Relentless Absurdity”: An Army Photographer’s Censored Images | The New Yorker

    “Relentless Absurdity”: An Army Photographer’s Censored Images Ben Brody’s book has no narrative, because, from the perspective of an American infantryman in Baghdad, the war had none. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/relentless-absurdity-an-army-photographers-censored-images In his new book, “Attention Servicemember,” Ben Brody recounts being sent to a Rotary Club luncheon near Fort Stewart, Georgia, to present a…

  • Roberta Bayley, the queen of punk, on New York’s raw years

    Roberta Bayley, the queen of punk, on New York’s raw years

    Roberta Bayley, the queen of punk, on New York’s raw years After living in London in the early ’70s, California native Roberta Bayley arrived in New York in 1974 because it was the only return ticket she could afford back to the States.  Serendipity served Bayley well. She soon met a young musician by the…

  • Photographing Impeachment Proceedings Against Three Presidents | The New Yorker

    Photographing Impeachment Proceedings Against Three Presidents | The New Yorker

    Photographing Impeachment Proceedings Against Three Presidents David Burnett, whose images from the Watergate hearings and Clinton impeachment have become iconic, will be on hand as the Senate decides the fate of Donald Trump. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/photographing-impeachment-proceedings-against-three-presidents For more than half a century, David Burnett has been photographing impeachments, wars, revolutions, Olympic Games, and…

  • Where is Photography Banned? – Feature Shoot

    Where is Photography Banned? – Feature Shoot

    Where is Photography Banned? – Feature Shoot In the last decade, photographers covering stories for The New York Times, Getty Images, National Geographic, and more have been arrested for taking pictures on US soil. Authorities cracking down… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2020/01/where-is-photography-banned/ “Post-9-11 was the real start of this (in this century, at least), and it…

  • Celebrating the Pioneering Colour Photography of Harry Gruyaert | AnOther

    Celebrating the Pioneering Colour Photography of Harry Gruyaert via AnOther: https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/12187/magnum-photographer-harry-gruyaert-on-a-life-behind-the-camera “I photograph all the time – it’s a way of being alive and being connected,” the Belgian photographer says, as his first US solo exhibition is staged in New York

  • The liberation of limitation – The Leica camera Blog

    https://www.leica-camera.blog/2020/01/17/the-liberation-of-limitation/ Alan Schaller, an early adopter of black and white photography in the digital age, was among the first to get his hands on the new Leica M10 Monochrom.

  • Life and the big picture – Columbia Journalism Review

    Life and the big picture Editor’s note: For decades last century, American magazines used beautiful imagery and brave, honest writing to introduce readers to whole new worlds. They invented a visual language, and gave voice to people we’d otherwise never have heard from or see via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/special_report/life-magazine.php Editor’s note: For decades last century, American magazines used beautiful imagery…

  • Leica Unveils 40MP M10 Monochrom with ‘Unrivalled’ Detail and Sharpness

    Leica Unveils 40MP M10 Monochrom with ‘Unrivalled’ Detail and Sharpness

    Leica Unveils 40MP M10 Monochrom with ‘Unrivalled’ Detail and Sharpness Almost 5 years after the last Leica M-Monochrom (Typ 246) was announced in 2015, Leica has ditched the “Typ” number, increased the resolution, and via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/01/17/leica-unveils-40mp-m10-monochrom-with-unrivalled-detail-and-sharpness/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Almost 5 years after the last Leica M-Monochrom (Typ 246) was announced in 2015, Leica has ditched the…

  • Leica M10 Monochrom camera officially announced – Leica Rumors

    Leica M10 Monochrom camera officially announced – Leica Rumors

    Leica M10 Monochrom camera officially announced – Leica Rumors The Leica M10 Monochrom camera is now officially announced: US price: $8,295 UK price: £7,250 Leica M10M hands-on review Sample photos Leica M10 Monochrom stories More info at Leica’s website and Reddotforum Leica M10 Monochrom camera basic specifications via Leica Rumors: https://leicarumors.com/2020/01/17/leica-m10-monochrom-camera-officially-announced.aspx/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LeicaRumors+%28LeicaRumors.com%29 New 40mp full frame black…

  • Female in Focus: championing a gender-equal photography industry – British Journal of Photography

    Female in Focus: championing a gender-equal photography industry Female in Focus is a platform purposed to discover, promote and reward a new generation of women-identifying photographers around the world In 1985, feminist art collective the Guerilla Girls famously posed the question on a public billboard: “Do women ha via British Journal of Photography: https://www.bjp-online.com/2020/01/female-in-focus-championing-a-gender-equal-photography-industry/ As…

  • Documenting the invisible effects of a nuclear disaster – British Journal of Photography

    Documenting the invisible effects of a nuclear disaster – British Journal of Photography

    Documenting the invisible effects of a nuclear disaster On 11 March 2011, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Japan unleashed a tsunami that roared through the country’s Tōhoku region, devastating its northeastern coast and killing around 20,000 people. At Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant, the wav via British Journal of Photography: https://www.bjp-online.com/2020/01/giles-price-restricted-residence/ Giles…

  • Trailblazers of Light – Pioneering women of photojournalism

    Trailblazers of Light – Pioneering women of photojournalism

    Home Women of the “Silent Generation” who paved the way. A tribute to and acknowledgment of the accomplishments of women photojournalists of the film era, through the decades, before the adoption of digital photography.. via Trailblazers of Light: https://trailblazersoflight.com This site has been developed to acknowledge the accomplishments of women photojournalists during the film era,…

  • Senate Blocks Photographers from Shooting Delivery of Impeachment Articles

    Senate Blocks Photographers from Shooting Delivery of Impeachment Articles

    Senate Blocks Photographers from Shooting Delivery of Impeachment Articles The Senate has sparked outrage among photojournalists after revealing a new set of restrictions on journalists, including barring any photographer from via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/01/15/senate-blocks-photographers-from-shooting-delivery-of-impeachment-articles/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 The rules come after a months-long “standoff” between the authorities on Capitol Hill and The Standing Committee of Correspondents, which represents journalists…