Category: Photography
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Pete Souza Named Obama's White House Photographer
Photojournalist and NPPA member Pete Souza has accepted the position of official White House photographer for President-elect Barack Obama, he told News Photographer magazine tonight. Check it out here.
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JPG magazine closes its doors by Photocritic
I just received an e-mail from the editor over at JPG magazine, bearing a rather quite sad message: They’re shutting the doors for good. Check it out here.
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Vacation Pics
Photos By John L. White I went home for vacation a couple of weeks ago and instead of hauling around a bulky SLR camera, the kind I use every day at work, I decided to give the camera on my iPhone a try. Normally, cellphone cameras produce grainy and unusable in real life photos but…
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Having your work reviewed (Conscientious)
Following my earlier request, Suzanne Revy kindly sent me some comments about getting your work reviewed at a portfolio review. Check it out here.
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PDN's Top 40 Online Stories of 2008
Here we present, in the tradition of Casey Kasem, a countdown of the Top 40 most popular stories on PDN in 2008. Check it out here.
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Leibovitz Picture Declared "Worst Photograph Ever Made"
Mike Johnston, on his site The Online Photographer, has written a critique of what he calls “The Worst Photograph Ever Made.” It’s an image shot by Annie Leibovitz for the 2009 Lavazza espresso calendar. How bad is it? We’ll let the picture speak for itself: Check it out here.
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Demotix | The Street Wire
Demotix, an uncensored, unedited user-generated newswire today announced its official launch. At www.demotix.com any individual anywhere in the world in the world can upload any image or video. The content is then made available for media publishers to purchase for publication, and Demotix splits the revenues with the contributor. Check it out here.
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Clients Reveal Their Most Creative Efforts of the Year
Yes, even in bad economic times, there’s room for creative risk-taking and innovation. We continue this month’s Create feature online by asking more ad agency creatives and magazine photo editors to describe the undertaking their most proud of this year. Many shared their thoughts on how to stay creative and innovative in times of uncertainty.…
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Fans bid farewell to Polaroid film – CNN.com
Every day for a year, Tacey Willis looked for an eye-catching photo subject — a ballerina, a rocker dude in a bookstore or three older ladies from the Red Hat Society. She allowed herself one shot each day, with only one piece of instant film. But halfway through that year, Willis abruptly took the money…
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Media taking mug shots — foreign, familiar — to bank
Newspaper, magazines, Web sites and a few book publishers are tapping into a curious American fascination: mug shots. Publications like Local MugSHOTS run nothing but photos of recent arrestees in a community. You don’t have to commit a violent crime; you don’t have to be convicted; you don’t even have to be a celebrity (though…
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WFMU's Beware of the Blog: More Treasures From The Life Magazine Photography Archives
a super-colossal chunk of LIFE magazine’s photographic archives have been posted online, hosted by Google. Ever since then I’ve been compulsively ogling this embarrassment of visual riches. Here are a couple of handfuls of my favorite discoveries. I had to force myself to quit hunting for and, inevitably, finding more images to link to. Check…
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Work for Free? « Vincent Laforet’s Blog
IF YOU ARE WORKING FOR FREE – simply to get “a” job – you risk destroying the entire business for everyone. In fact – your dream job – that you do for free – will be a job that some qualified person will no longer be getting paid for. And you’ll hurt that person’s…
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Strobist: Four Reasons to Consider Working for Free
I would like to talk about working for free. Check it out here.
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upskirt photography, online voyeurism, street harrassment | Salon Life
When it comes to voyeurs who photograph or videotape up a woman’s skirt (known as “upskirting”) or snap a photo down a woman’s shirt (“downblousing”), though, “there are not many practical, legal remedies available to people who find themselves the victim,” says Anita Allen, a privacy expert and professor at Penn Law. That’s if the…
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road trip: basic instinct….
obviously, i am the type of person/photographer who enjoys close contact, either attained quickly or after weeks of growing relationships…i do not think that is a mantra for photographers at all…it just happens to be my way Check it out here.
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Learning To Take Photographs the Martin Parr Way – By Peter Terzian – Slate Magazine
We are on the Isle of Wight, a roughly diamond-shaped piece of land in the English Channel, for an educational weekend with Britain’s pre-eminent documentary photographer. Occasionally Martin Parr discusses technique and technology with individual members of the group, but mostly we learn by watching him. The lesson is simple: Photograph what you love. Check…
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PDNPulse: Google Images Hosting Millions of LIFE Photos
Among the Largest Professional Photography Collection on Web; 97% of LIFE’s Archive Has Never Been Seen By the Public Check it out here.
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Magnum Blog / Wear Good Shoes: Advice to young photographers – the photo blog of Magnum Photos
I thought it would be cool if I could also offer some advice from my fellow photographer’s at Magnum. I emailed my colleagues and received 35 different responses. Check it out here.