Author: Trent
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Hell on a Small Island – The Digital Journalist
Link: Damon Winter and Shaul Schwarz are veteran photojournalists, and have seen more death and misery in foreign lands than most professional soldiers and aid workers would see in 10 lifetimes. But they were both unprepared for the catastrophe they found in Haiti in early January.
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On Assignment: Minders, Fixers, Troubles – Lens
On Assignment: Minders, Fixers, Troubles Yemen is a fascinating and daunting place for a Western photographer, as Michael Kamber learned. There are plenty of subjects; just not the ones you want. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/assignment-25/ It’s New Year’s Eve in Dakar when the call comes from the editor in New York. A Nigerian man, Umar…
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The Motorbike Diaries – Tet | Luceo Images
Link: A few days ago I ventured out of the city with a photographer friend of mine named Quinn Mattingly. Our intention was to drive north to Tay Ninh near the Cambodian border for the day. But once we hit the town of Cu Chi, I became tired of driving on the highway with the…
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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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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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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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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.
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PicScout and PhotoShelter Are Partnering
Link: PicScout has pioneered a digital fingerprinting technology called PicScout ImageIRC™ (index, registry and connection platform). Image buyers and creative pros who use PicScout’s ImageExchange™ browser add-on see an (i) icon on every fingerprinted image, anywhere it resides online. Anytime a potential buyer is perusing blogs and social networks, news sites, and even search engine…
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* PHOTO AWARDS * | Daylight Magazine
Link: In recognition of our mutual interest in documentary and fine art photography, Daylight Magazine and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University have started an international competition, the Daylight/CDS Photo Awards, to honor and promote talented and committed photographers, both emerging and established.
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Rick Valenzuela Wins 2010 Gordon Yoder Award
Link: The National Press Photographers Foundation, Inc. has awarded multimedia editor Rick Valenzuela of The Phnom Penh Post the 2010 Gordon Yoder Award of $1,000 to assist with the expense of tuition and attending the National Press Photographers Association’s 2010 NewsVideo Workshop in Norman, OK, in March.
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Don Kirby's Dark (Room) Arts
Link: When fine art photographer Don Kirby realized that photographing the American prairie would force him to change his darkroom techniques, he embraced the challenge and produced his most technically difficult work to date.
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Think Tank Photo to ship Retrospective shoulder bag series this spring
Link: Also unveiled today by Think Tank Photo is a series of three soft-sided shoulder bags and two lens changers. Called Retrospective and available in both black canvas and a patterned canvas called Pinestone, the new series is meant to evoke the classic look of earlier pro camera bags.
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Imagine: Journalist for Nintendo DS
Rakuten UK: Shop Cashback deals on the best offers & savings Rakuten Link: http://www.play.com/Games/DS/4-/10537828/Imagine-Journalist/Product.html?source=9593 Start as a columnist for a local newspaper and end up as an international reporter, heading your own TV show Get your own press pass Have fun with the full range of journalists’ accessories: notepad, handheld recorder, mic, camera Catch your…
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AMERICANSUBURB X: THEORY: "Lee Friedlander – Just Look At It" (2005)
Lee Friedlander: “Just Look At It” (2005) By Rod Slemmons Lee Friedlander was born in the logging mill town of Aberdeen, Washington in 1934. He began photographing in 1948 because of a “fascination with the equipment,” in his words. His first paid job was a Christmas card photograph of a dog for a local madam…