Author: Trent
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Letters: A picture of privatised streets and plain-clothes police
Letters: A picture of privatised streets and plain-clothes police Letters: I was stopped and searched twice near London City airport – for watercolouring via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/dec/18/cities-photography-police-painting-liberties I was stopped and searched twice near London City airport – for watercolouring! I was not even facing the airport. I was painting the Tate and Lyle sugar…
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Guernica / Delta Farce?
Link: The MEND rebels of the Niger Delta are on a charm offensive, hosting press on fact-finding missions. Are they legitimate freedom fighters or environmental profiteers?
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2010 Street Photography Workshops with Peter Turnley
Link: In 2010, I will be teaching one week workshops on street photography in many of the world’s most visually exciting cities and regions: Buenos Aires, Rio, Seville, Paris, Istanbul, New York, Provence, and Calcutta. These workshops should be a wonderful opportunity for anyone interested in creating a photo essay or portfolio around themes of…
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Pictures of the Year International
Link: Pictures of the Year International is privileged to launch its 67th annual competition, setting the gold-standard for documentary photography, multimedia, and visual editing. Online registration and the entry uploading platform is now open and will continue through Friday, January 15, 2010.
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Sun City: A Sense of Place | Luceo Images
Link: I think this must be my newspaper recovery phase. I feel over-indulgent and greedy in photographing these feature stories just cuz. Just cuz I’m intrigued. This world is so huge and so full of intrigue. I got to shoot so many things that interested me as a staff photographer but so much of it…
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Showcase: Romania, Still Beneath a Cloud – Lens
Showcase: Romania, Still Beneath a Cloud On the 20th anniversary of the Romanian revolution, Nadia Sussman reports, Cristian Movila depicts his country as a land of perpetual winter. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/showcase-95/ Cristian Movila was 7 years old when a firing squad executed the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, on Christmas Day…
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Call For Entries: NPPA's 2010 Best Of Photojournalism Contest
Link: The rules and categories for the National Press Photographers Association’s upcoming 2010 Best Of Photojournalism contest have now been posted online, and the Call For Entries has gone out to the world of visual journalism inviting all still and television photographers, photography editors, Web editors, and television editors to take part in the world’s…
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Don’t Wait for the Phone to Ring « Steve McCurry’s Blog
Link: I am often asked by photographers just starting out what advice I can offer. Here are some tips which might be a good start.
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Last Minutes with ODEN
Link: Thank You Jason Wood for allowing us this moment. Oden’s struggle with cancer finally came to an end. May he rest in peace and his memory be eternal.
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AMERICANSUBURB X: INTERVIEW: "Doing Life – Nan Goldin with Danny Lyon (1995)"
Link: Lyon is a journalist, but not by the usual ’90s definition. Whether he was photographing the Civil Rights Movement in the American South in the ’60s or the guerrilla uprising in Mexico in the ’90s, his journalism is not about the surface, the sensational, the soundbite; it is imbued with his respect for the…
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An Inifinite Influence: Robert Frank & The Creation Of Photography « The Spinning Head
Link: Robert Frank’s The Americans may actually be the only book that can safely claim to have influenced the work and inspirations of most any photographer, documentarian and photojournalist born and working since the 1950s. There isn’t a Most Influential Photographers Of The Century list that will not list Frank’s name. This is truly one…
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The Sony A900 – One Year Later
Link: It’s just about a year since I visited Michael’s gallery in Toronto and was exposed (excuse me) to the Sony A900 for the first time. He was a bit like the serpent in the Garden of Eden – he tempted me with his own gear and I subsequently sinned most grievously and bought an…
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Our Troops Send Holiday Wishes For Peace, Goodwill, And Body Armor
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/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FMFT_XMAS.jpg&videoid=71269&title=Our%20Troops%20Send%20Holiday%20Wishes%20For%20Peace%2C%20Goodwill%2C%20An It’s just about a year since I visited Michael’s gallery in Toronto and was exposed (excuse me) to the Sony A900 for the first time.…
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Media Outlets Prepare to Charge for Content Online – NYTimes.com
Adding Fees and Fences on Media Sites (Published 2009) Ads alone are proving inadequate, and in the next several weeks, some publications are expected to take the plunge by erecting pay walls. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/business/media/28paywall.html Newspapers, including this one, are weighing whether to ask online readers to pay for at least some of what they offer,…
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Showcase: On the Beach – Lens
Showcase: On the Beach Wayne Lawrence tries to bring his subjects’ hidden spirits to the surface. They stare through the camera, Candice Chan writes, with a story just behind their lips. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/showcase-98/ Tiffany was photographed at Orchard Beach in the Bronx by Wayne Lawrence, 34, who strives to bring his subjects’ hidden…
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Pricing Debate: Usage Fees vs. Hourly Rates
Link: A PDN reader voices a counterpoint to advice we published on estimating assignments, and two industry experts on artists’ rights offer their views.
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2010: What Does it all Mean?! Also: Hero James Muspratt. | A Photography Blog
Link: I redesigned and relaunched my own portfolio site recently, and I worked with the wonderful James Muspratt to make it happen. So here is an interview with the fellow.