Author: Trent
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W. Eugene Smith's Madness 1959 – Conscientious
Link: W. Eugene Smith was one of the greatest photojournalists of the 20th Century, but I think he would probably have a hard time if he was still alive and decided to enter World Press Photo, which just decreed that only “retouching which conforms to currently accepted standards in the industry is allowed.”
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Between What I Dream and What I Forget | Luceo Images
Link: In a time where coverage of Mexico and Guatemala by the mass media is saturated with crime and despair an amazing culture and vibrant people people still remain. In my travels I searched for my ideal Latin America, a land with an indescribable energy in the air, a land of music, art, ritual, life,…
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Red Sweater Blog – MarsEdit 2.4
MarsEdit 2.4 – Red Sweater Blog As an indie software developer, one of the biggest challenges I face is keeping a schedule. A real schedule that means I’ll actually ship software every so often. When you work for somebody else, there’s usually somebody in charge of making sure that you stick to a schedule. These…
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The Visual Student » Learning As You Go: Ryan C. Henriksen
Link: It is a wonderful and unexpected honor to be named the 64th College Photographer of the Year. So far, it has been a very surreal experience and I am not quite sure what to expect. Winning CPOY was something I had never really thought much about, because it seemed beyond my grasp and an…
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20×200 : Print Information : 28 Camera Drawings
Link: 28 Camera Drawings by Christine Berrie I enjoy creating images that contain a lot of detail. In terms of subject matter, cameras are a current favourite, with a plethora of little buttons, switches, levers and dials. As cameras in the digital age become increasingly sleek, streamlined and monochrome in design, here is a visual celebration…
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Canon Professional Network – Volker Lensch unveils his Editor's Choice selection
Link: Volker Lensch, photo editor of Stern magazine, has picked a tightly edited shortlist of images from the photographs submitted to the fourth edition of Editor’s Choice – an entry that showcased the talents of emerging photojournalists and the power of black and white imagery.
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Worth a Look: Benjamin Lowy’s “The Afghan High” | dvafoto
Link: I’m usually wary of photo essays about poverty and drugs. Eugene Richards has unleashed a torrent of imitators, and the results are often voyeuristic and exploitative–unless there’s an underlying story, photos of depraved debasement do little more than serve as a vehicle for gawking at the unmentionables, grotesques without empathy. Benjamin Lowy’s “The Afghan…
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More Dave LaBelle video from Francis Gardler
Link: If you’re interested I’ve added the DVD extras to my Vimeo account. They go into more detail about Dave and his life and his teaching. Click on the following links:
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Discovery – The Digital Journalist
Link: mostly I found people struggling to survive widespread poverty and corruption; cultures ill-equipped as their environments undergo tremendous upheaval; places where people worry about their next meal, not issues like global warming or overpopulation. I am a photojournalist and don’t dream of doing anything else. I am fortunate and often overwhelmed as I document…
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Customs Officer Threatens Photographer «
Customs Officer Threatens Photographer Do the usual laws not apply to Customs and Border Protection officers? There’s one in Tampa who thinks so. When Jay Nolan, a Tampa Tribune photojournalist, arrived at the scene of a three-car… Link: https://boywithgrenade.org/2009/12/07/customs-officer-threatens-photographer/ When Jay Nolan, a Tampa Tribune photojournalist, arrived at the scene of a three-car crash today and took photos, he was detained…
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PDNPulse: Voyeurism or Art?
Link: A new collection of images by Manhattan photographer Yasmine Chatila is causing quite a buzz throughout the city. That’s because “Stolen Moments” captures unaware New Yorkers during very private, very intimate times in their day, all played out in front of their apartment windows
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A Conversation with Mark Steinmetz – Conscientious
Link: Having spent a lot of time with Mark Steinmetz’s books South East and Greater Atlanta, I was curious about the history and photographer behind the work. So I asked Mark for an interview, and much to my delight he agreed to it.
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lenscratch: Anthony Goicolea
Link: New York photographer, Anthony Goicolea’s website is a little bit like a candy store, rich in sweet imagery in all shapes and sizes.
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Award-Winning Television Photojournalist Bob Brandon Dies In New York
Link: “The word legend is sometimes overused, but in Bob’s case it was the real thing.”