Author: Trent
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ColoRotate
Link: My colleagues and I developed ColoRotate because, while color is inherently three-dimensional, all color pickers were flat. From the feedback we received during beta testing, it seems that those who engage in computer color selection and design also felt that vacuum. They found some features of ColoRotate especially appealing, such as gaining more control…
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Wonderful Machine » Haiti From Our Photographer’s Eyes
Link: My arrival in Haiti was shocking…the amount of people in the streets, people wandering around wounded from the earthquake (broken limbs, open head wounds etc.)…people were now living on the streets for fear of another earthquake or due to the loss of their homes.
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Sandy Dyas, Iowa City, Iowa
Link: She is an artist, freelance photographer and a Lecturer in the Art & Art History Department at Cornell College.
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Showcase: Lifting the Veil, Part Way – Lens
Showcase: Lifting the Veil, Part Way Under their face veils, Catalina Martin-Chico has found four Yemeni sisters who indulge in hip-hop, blue jeans and lipstick, as Kerri MacDonald reports. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/showcase-118/ Hip-hop. Blue jeans. Lipstick. Dreams of moving away. The photojournalist Catalina Martin-Chico came face to face with all these things during her…
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Los Angeles – The Price of Shooting Stars
Link: Pic agencies and magazines say images that once sold for $1,500 (which equated to a half- or quarter-page in a magazine) now sell for as little as $150. So without the incentive, photo agencies aren’t investing big to obtain shots, magazines are reusing old pics, and earnings are generally way down. The photographer driving…
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Nikon digital SLRs used to capture stunning timelapse photos of Vancouver
Link: Nikon digital SLRs were used to capture a collection of timelapse photos of Vancouver, Canada, site of next month’s XXI Olympic Winter Games. The photos, which have been assembled into a five minute video showcasing the city, are a stunning example of the power of timelapse photography and is well worth a look.
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AMERICANSUBURB X: INTERVIEW: "Monkeys Make the Problem More Difficult – A Collective Interview with Garry Winogrand" (1970)
Link: Garry Winogrand (1928- ) spent two days in Rochester, New York, in October, 1970. On Friday, the 9th, he was the guest of the Rochester Institute of Technology. On Saturday, the 10th, he visited the Visual Studies Workshop, also in Rochester. The format was identical on both occasions: Winogrand, without comment, showed slides of…
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Starbucks Tries Social Media on Flickr, Fails, Locks Down All Discussion Threads to Silence Their Critics | Thomas Hawk
via Thomas Hawk Digital Connection |: https://thomashawk.com/2010/01/starbucks-tries-social-media-on-flickr-fails-locks-down-all-discussion-threads-to-silence-their-critics.html The question about whether or not photography is or is not allowed in Starbucks stores still seems very much in the air, and from the request that photographers now check back with the group in the “months” ahead (after having this issue linger since September of last year)…
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National Press Photographers Foundation Announces $16,500 In Scholarships
Link: The National Press Photographers Foundation Inc. will award seven $2,000 scholarships in 2010 including the new Jimi Lott Scholarship, NPPF treasurer Frank Folwell has announced.
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Is managing your own image archive worth the work? | RESOLVE
Link: I signed up with my very first company that offered an “archive hosting” service five years ago. At that time, my idea of what that meant was vague at best. Would they sell my pictures or just provide storage and display? Would the web system be user friendly? Would I need to buy a…
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AMERICANSUBURB X: THEORY: "Standing on the Corner – Reflections Upon Garry Winogrand's Photographic Gaze – Mirror of Self or World?" (1991)
Standing on the Corner – Reflections Upon Garry Winogrand’s Photographic Gaze – Mirror of Self or World? Part II (1991) Whenever I see it, I immediately hear a voice singing, “Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by.” Yes, it is a sexist work. But that is a fact about Winogrand we must…
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Thoughts of a Bohemian » A piece of Advice (for free)
Link: pro photographer can’t seem to make a living anymore, while photo editors have either no budget or are being laid off by buckets. So what is wrong ? Well, for one, it’s those who manage photography that are sick.
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Entertainer, Photographer Drew Carey Joins NPPA Board Of Directors
Link: “If I wasn’t a comic or television star, I really wanted to be a photojournalist,” Carey told Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch in 2005 as the photographer and his cameras followed the United States Men’s National Soccer Team.
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Miroslav Tichy Show at International Center of Photography – NYTimes.com
An Ogling Subversive With a Homemade Camera (Published 2010) Miroslav Tichy, a Czech who took pictures during the 1960s and ’70s in his hometown, Kyjov, now has a solo show at the International Center of Photography. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/arts/design/12photos.html The photographs are blurry, skewed, badly printed and in terrible condition: dog-eared, scratched, spotted and encrusted with…
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On Assignment: Up for the Downhill – Lens
On Assignment: Up for the Downhill To photograph subjects who’ll be moving past him in a flash, Doug Mills spends weeks of preparation. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/assignment-32/ The regimen begins long before he arrives at a Winter Olympics site. Doug Mills, just shy of 50, calls himself a “survivor skier,” who must train for a…
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PDNPulse: Film Commissioned For Olympiad Shows Off DSLR Capabilities
Link: Toronto-based photographer and filmmaker Ryan Enn Hughes used still images and strobes to create a unique new short film appearing online and throughout Vancouver during the Olympic Winter Games, which open this weekend.