Author: Trent
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Jennifer Aniston was the force behind new paparazzi bill
Link: Aniston’s activism was instrumental in the success of Assembly Bill 524, which takes effect from Friday, according to Democrat and Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, who has revealed the actress’ horror stories prompted her to fast track the legislation.
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lenscratch: My Personal Favorites of 2009
Link: Tomorrow I will be featuring your personal favorite images of 2009, but today, I share some of my own favorites
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One More Last Year Thing – Best 2009 Viral Videos from Videogum
Link: Due to my general laziness after the holidays I see that Andrew Phelps, the fine photographer and blogger of the booksite Buffet, has beaten me to the punch by mentioning Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen’s newest publication Sanatorium.
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Patrick Smith || Sundancing skiers
Link: As for shooting overexposed pictures on purpose, I personally credit every starting photographer who has ever picked up their Dad’s Nikon F2 and later wondered why after all that time in the dark room resulted in his or her photo paper still being all white; maybe except for, let’s say the dog that was…
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It Was All Started By a Mouse (Part 2) – Opinionator
It Was All Started By a Mouse (Part 2) The conclusion of a closer look at a child’s toy among bombed-out ruins, and at what it’s like photographing a war. via Opinionator: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/it-was-all-started-by-a-mouse-part-2/ BEN CURTIS: So there should be 19 pictures, numbered 101 to 119. Basically, I spent the whole day out and then came…
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On Assignment: Yemen, With Nuance – Lens
On Assignment: Yemen, With Nuance Karim Ben Khelifa is among the many journalists who are arriving in Yemen, now that it’s at the top of the news. The difference is that he once lived there. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/assignment-18/ Journalists are now descending on Yemen. Among them is Karim Ben Khelifa, who arrived Friday packing…
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Q&A: Chris Zedano, New York – Feature Shoot
Link: Chris Zedano, originally from Lima, Peru, has been living and working in New York since 2002. For this project, Staple Street, he has photographed some of New York’s most interesting characters on a street in Tribeca (Staple Street) that dates back to at least the early 19th century.
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Call For Entries: NPPA's 2010 Best Of Photojournalism Contest
Link: The entry period is now open for the National Press Photographers Association’s 2010 Best Of Photojournalism contest, and the rules and categories and FTP instructions have now been posted online and the Call For Entries has gone out to the world of visual journalism.
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Making Music Photography Lucrative
Link: What can make working for a record label worthwhile for photographers, especially jobs with smaller budgets, depends on a number of intangibles, such as the potential for licensing, future assignments in the music industry or the chance to build a portfolio that appeals to advertisers.
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Finding a new voice… « IPA
Link: As a photojournalist, I felt like I was using my gift for good. I was giving a voice to the voiceless. As a wedding/commercial/gun-for-hire photographer I’ve started to feel like a sell out.
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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.
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PDNPulse: Wedding Photographer Jailed for Cheating Customers
Link: Photographer Jack Holton of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, was convicted Friday
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Magnum's Dennis Stock, 81
Link: “I’ve never taken an assignment,” Stock said when he addressed a gathering of photojournalism students at the University of Texas in Austin’s School of Journalism in 2009. “I’ve always photographed what I wanted to be photographing, and then worried about selling the pictures or doing something with them afterwards. I’ve always shot for myself,…
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Flying With Camera Gear Post 25 Dec, 2009
Link: It’s my guess that this is the new normal in air travel. Greater scrutiny, longer and slower lines, more hand inspections, and overall just a greater pain in the ass. No one would argue that we don’t need the security, and I’m sure that some very bright people within the TSA and the airlines…
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Lens Culture Conversations with Photographers: Simon Roberts
Link: British Photographer Simon Roberts chooses to embark on long-term, in-depth visual studies of people and the places they live. He describes his work as socio-documentary photography, which when viewed as a whole, can be seen as a rich, subjective source of visual anthropology of contemporary life.
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With Resources Limited, the Media Struggle to Convey Disaster – NYTimes.com
Media Struggle to Convey a Disaster (Published 2010) Reporters and news anchors rushed to earthquake-stricken Haiti, and professional reporting was supplemented with Twitter and cellphones. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/world/americas/15media.html In some cases, reporters and anchors were arriving well ahead of international relief organizations. In other cases, they were hitching rides with them. “Wherever you are,” Anderson Cooper…