Author: Trent
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Report: Majority Of Newspapers Now Purchased By Kidnappers To Prove Date
Link: “These are sick, sick individuals,” Ridell added. “God bless them for saving our industry.”
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photo-eye | Magazine — Shoot
Link: Shoot, Photography of the Moment is a compelling look at a wave of photographers who deliberately present seemingly offhand images in a fine art or editorial context, and thus strive to create “perfectly imperfect” images.
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Showcase: Infernal Landscapes – Lens Blog
Showcase: Infernal Landscapes Lu Guang, a Chinese freelancer, has won this year’s $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his project, “Pollution in China.” via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/showcase-65/ Any effort to describe the photography of Lu Guang by reference to the work of other artists would almost certainly invoke the name of W.…
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Chris Jordan – current work
Link: These photographs of albatross chicks were made just a few weeks ago on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific. The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plastic by their parents, who soar out over the vast polluted ocean collecting what looks to them like…
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Held by the Taliban – A Five-Part Series by David Rohde
7 Months, 10 Days in Captivity (Published 2009) A Times reporter, David Rohde, and two Afghan colleagues were kidnapped by the Taliban in 2008 and held for seven months in Pakistan. This is the first installment in a five-part series offering his account. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/world/asia/18hostage.html Living side by side with the Haqqanis’ followers, I learned…
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Canon announces 16.06 million image pixel EOS-1D Mark IV
Link: Canon has revealed the details of its next 1-series digital SLR, the EOS-1D Mark IV. The new model is an evolution of the EOS-1D Mark III and features a 16.06 million image pixel, 1.3x crop sensor, top ISO of 102,400, 1080p video with external stereo mic jack, a revamped 45-point AF system and a…
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AP photographer James Finley inducted into Hall of Fame | PICTURES | STLtoday
Link: Long-time Associated Press photographer, James A. Finley was inducted into the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame in a 2009 class that also included Bill Eppridge of National Geographic/Life Magazine/Sports Illustrated and Ival Lawhon Jr. of the St. Joseph News Press.
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Post Season Baseball: Not Just Swings & Pitches « Sports Shooter Academy
Link: Baseball is the sports I grew up playing as a kid and a sport I love to watch. But as a photographer it can be just as frustrating as it is exciting.
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AMERICANSUBURB X: "Mary Ellen Mark with Constance Sullivan (1990)"
Link: To me a documentary photographer and a photojournalist are pretty much the same thing. If I have to make a distinction, I’m more a documentary photographer–I don’t think of myself as a photo-essayist in the sense that I always consider a magazine layout when I’m working. To be honest with you, I always try…
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Canon PowerShot G11 – Hands-On and Compared
Link: The Powershot G11, which started to ship in October, 2009, continues that trend, but it does so in a new environment. So, before looking at the G11 itself and how it compares to its predecessor the G10, let’s see where it fits into the current taxonomy of cameras.
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Homage to Abu Ghraib? « Prison Photography
Homage to Abu Ghraib? It may not be wise to question a photography project that was conceived of, and produced, in honour of the photographer’s father who was tortured in Stalinist labour camps. But, is not Anton … via Prison Photography: https://prisonphotography.org/2009/10/26/homage-to-abu-ghraib/ It may not be wise to question a photography project that was conceived…
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PDN: Denver Post Photogs Win Top Prize In E&P Contest
Link: A panel of distinguished judges has awarded The Denver Post team of Craig F. Walker, Meghan Lyden, and Tim Rasmussen the grand prize in Editor & Publisher’s 2009 Photos of the Year competition.
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CNN.com's Attrocious Use of Photography – A Picture's Worth
Link: CNN.com is my browser homepage, and I don’t know why.
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Free Webinar This Wednesday For NPPA Members
Link: The National Press Photographers Association has partnered with PhotoShelter to bring NPPA members a “Virtual Short Course” in an exclusive series of five free Webinars for visual journalists, and the first Webinar in the series is this Wednesday.
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PhotoPlus Expo 2009: Testing the Leica S2 (Sample Images)
Link: When I received an invitation to shoot with a final version of the elusive 37.5-megapixel Leica S2 at an off-site studio during PhotoPlus Expo last week, it didn’t take me long to juggle my already-packed schedule to make room to test this $23,000 (body only) camera.
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U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan
The Onion | America’s Finest News Source. The Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from America’s finest news source. via The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/u_s_continues_quagmire_building?utm_source=onion_rss_daily According to sources at the Pentagon, American quagmire-building efforts continued apace in Afghanistan this week, as the geographically rugged, politically unstable region remained ungovernable, death…
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Brooklyn – Valery Rizzo
Link: Valery Rizzo is a New York City based stock, assignment and fine art photographer, specializing in lifestyle, food and travel imagery, with a focus on portraiture and green living.
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Phase One releases Capture One 5 PRO
Link: Capture One 5’s simple, intuitive interface is designed to achieve superior image quality through easy-to-use tools that match a professional photographer’s daily workflow requirements. Now pros can: – Get an instant view of image focus with the Focus tool and use the Focus Mask for quick selection of images with correct focus;
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They Shoot Porn Stars Don't They – Susannah Breslin
Link: At a certain point during the week that I spend in Los Angeles, interviewing adult performers, visiting adult movie sets, and talking to those who live in the San Fernando Valley and work in the adult movie industry about the recession and how the current state of the economy is affecting their livelihood, I…
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Worth a Look: Fader’s Double Vision, America Now | dvafoto
Link: To coincide with their latest photo special issue the good people over at The Fader magazine have released a new photo website called Double Vision.