Link: Conscientious | Use the medium, explore the medium
how is this all going to serve more complex photography? The answer might well be: It doesn’t. More complex ways to treat photography might simply not happen online
Category: Photography
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Use the medium, explore the medium
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Can the web deal with complex photography?
Link: Conscientious | Can the web deal with complex photography?
for any type of photography where there needs to be a connection between images, sites like Twitter and Tumblr pose a problem – unless you simply want to publish everything in one big chunk (which, given the net, will result in a vastly smaller audience, because attention spans have been shortened so drastically).
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Aleppo Photo Festival Holds “Symbolic Opening” in War Zone
Aleppo Photo Festival Holds “Symbolic Opening” in War Zone | PDNPulse
On September 15, the day the 11th annual Aleppo International Photo Festival was scheduled to open in the war-torn city of Aleppo, Syria, founder and organizer Issa Touma held a “symbolic opening” at his gallery. Weeks after PDN first tried to reach him,
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/09/aleppo-photo-festival-holds-symbolic-opening-in-war-zone.html
The northern Syria city has faced constant shelling by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and pitched street battles between the Syrian Army and rebel fighters, forcing thousands to flee their homes. Touma writes, “Today the festival give[s] a message to all, which is: whatever happened in Syria, the photo festival will not stop.”
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What Happens When Photography Becomes A Commodity?
What Happens When Photography Becomes A Commodity? – A Photo Editor
I believe much of photography is already a commodity and I plan to speak about it during the ASMP Symposium next Thursday the 27th in New York at the Times Center. The topic for the event (more details here) is “Sustainable Business Models: Issues and Tre
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2012/09/19/what-happens-when-photography-becomes-a-commodity/
Commodification is a scary thought. It means you are competing on price and racing to the bottom.
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Luminance: On the Intersection of Business, Technology and Photography
Luminance: On the Intersection of Business, Technology and Photography | PDNPulse
Photoshelter’s two-day symposium Luminance, held at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center in Manhattan on September 12 and 13, brought together imagemakers and creative industry professionals for half hour TED-style talks designed to address both curren
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/09/luminance-on-the-intersection-of-business-technology-and-photography.html
The trio of presenters grouped under the theme of The Merchants offered an insightful look at the current landscape in three markets: commercial licensing, fine art auctions and the sale of editioned fine art prints.
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Instagram and the Perpetuation of the “Commonplace Photo”
Instagram and the Perpetuation of the “Commonplace Photo” – PhotoShelter Blog
The New York Times’ James Estrin recently penned an article about the “commonplace photo” where he opined on how the photos of the mundane, like our lunch, is having a significant effect on “serious” photography as well as culture at large. “A photograph
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2012/09/instagram-and-the-perpetuation-of-the-commonplace-photo/
thinking more about the value of what I call “social photography,” and what I’ve concluded is that some of it is not photography at all. Let me explain by breaking down categories of social photography that I’ve observed in my Instagram feed:
Comfort images (food, pets, familiar places, sunsets)
MLIBTY (“My Life Is Better Than Yours”)
Novelty (graffiti, a tiny ice cream cone)
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The 14 Most Memorable Quotes From Luminance 2012 Speakers
The 14 Most Memorable Quotes From Luminance 2012 Speakers – PhotoShelter Blog
What started as a little dream to bring together the movers and shakers of photography – both old and new – was made a reality for us this week at Luminance 2012. We are grateful to all 25 speakers who came out to share their viewpoint on the future of ph
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2012/09/the-14-most-memorable-quotes-from-luminance-2012-speakers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29
While just reading the speakers’ descriptions was enough to get us pumped, we couldn’t have anticipated just how exceptional they all would be. At different points the speakers were everything from uplifting to educational to humorous to shocking – and every other emotion in between.
In recap, here are the the 14 most memorable quotes from the Luminance 2012 speakers.
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Luminance 2012: Day 2
Luminance 2012: Day 2 – by Ingrid Spangler – The Photo Brigade
Ingrid Spangler attended the second day of PhotoShelter’s Luminance 2012 photography conference in NYC and shares her experience.
via The Photo Brigade: http://thephotobrigade.com/2012/09/luminance-2012-day-2-by-ingrid-spangler/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThePhotoBrigade+%28The+Photo+Brigade%29
Responding to an audience member’s question about where he draws the line with authenticity, not using Photoshop, but using actors, costumes and makeup, he threw out, “When you really set somebody on fire, they shit their pants.” Now that’s authentic
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Overheard
Overheard
What follows is a list of quotes I compiled for a while on my website. I’m currently revamping my site and eliminating this page along with …
Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2012/09/overheard.html
What follows is a list of quotes I compiled for a while on my website. I’m currently revamping my site and eliminating this page along with some other things. So I thought I’d post it here to have it somewhere online still. They are various things I’ve heard photographers say in the past 12 years or so…
“Any photo taken today, even the least interesting ones, will be interesting in 50 or 100 years.”
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Getty Images on the New World of Content Licensing
Getty Images on the New World of Content Licensing – PhotoShelter Blog
No matter what your personal opinion on Getty Images is, you can’t argue that they’ve evolved into one of the major powerhouses in the stock industry. But when co-founders Mark Getty and Jonathan Klein got their start in 1995, they were working in a compl
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2012/08/getty-images-on-the-new-world-of-content-licensing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29
Their immense growth means that images licensed through Getty are literally all over the Internet – you almost undoubtedly see at least one every day.
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Photography and Writing
Link: Conscientious Extended | Photography and Writing
This is not a good time for writing, since it’s such a bad time for reading, especially on the web. I’ve been castigating photography for its increasing reliance on what I call one liners – quick photo projects that require at most five minutes of your time and that, of course, are ideal fodder for online consumption. But photography really is just part of a larger culture that does not value thoughts any longer that can’t be summed up in a single sentence or, god forbid, thoughts that can’t even be summed up at all. The horror, the horror! We want certainty, and we want it quickly and easily. So why then even spend more time thinking about photography and writing, when I’m already sounding old or old-fashioned or both?
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Kodak to Sell Off Film and Photo Paper Business
Kodak to Sell Off Film and Photo Paper Business (Update) | PDNPulse
Eastman Kodak plans to sell off its film and photographic paper businesses in an effort to emerge from bankruptcy, the Wall Street Journal reports. In an announcement on Thursday, Kodak chief executive officer Antonio Perez said the company is seeking bu
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/08/kodak-to-sell-off-film-and-photo-paper-business.html
In the professional film market, Kodak’s U.S. professional film revenues rose 20 percent in 2011. However, as demand for consumer and motion picture film continued to decline worldwide, the company faced challenges taking advantage of economies of scale
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Into the Social-Media Abyss
Link: Conscientious | Into the Social-Media Abyss
Part of me thinks that at some stage, more and more photographers will realize that spending all that time on/with social media to try to get some piece of the cake might not be the best thing to do. Here is another reason why the obsession with self-promotion that has large parts of photoland in its clutches eventually only leads into a dead end
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“Nothing will change for our contributors,” says Getty Images’ CEO
Following today’s news that Getty Images has been sold for $3.3 billion to The Carlyle Group, BJP speaks with CEO Jonathan Klein about what’s to come for the company
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The Single Photograph
Link: Conscientious Extended | The Single Photograph
Ask any photographer what they’re working on, and they’re sure to tell you about their project. It’s almost as if these days photographers don’t take pictures any longer, they take projects
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William Eggelston’s Advice on Photographing Strangers
Q: “You never got your ass kicked for taking a picture?”
A: “Occasionally I will. But usually what I’ll say is, [in an overtly upbeat, ingenuous voice] ‘May I take your picture? I’m from Memphis!’
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Abe Frajndlich Tells of Photographing a Difficult Annie Leibovitz
Link: Abe Frajndlich Tells of Photographing a Difficult Annie Leibovitz | Feature Shoot
She knew my work because she had worked for the Allgemeine before I did and they were sending her weekly copies. Her first comment was, “I’m not going to do any of your crazy stuff for you.” I said, “Hey, that’s up to you. We’re supposed to do a story together. If you don’t want to do any stuff at all for me, that’s okay too.”
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6 Questions Nature Photographers Should Ask Themselves Before Pitching to Clients
In this competitive market, it’s very important to know how the editorial selection process works. So we put together 6 questions that you, the nature photographer, should ask yourself before pitching to editorial clients:
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Stop Arguing About Instagram and Go Make a Picture
Stop Arguing About Instagram and Go Make a Picture
The debate over whether iPhone and/or Instagram photos are real photography is stale and pointless. As pointless as whether one needs to use a certain type of camera or lens to make a photo worth looking at.
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/07/instagram-debate/all/1
For a lot of professional photographers, iPhone photography is kind of like masturbating. They do it all the time, but they’re too embarrassed to talk about it.