Here are a few stunningly simple pieces that have inspired me. Enjoy!
Link: The art of simplicity and a few things you must see – MultimediaShooter
Category: Video & Multimedia
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The art of simplicity and a few things you must see – MultimediaShooter
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Prison Valley – a web documentary exploring the prison industry
A town in the middle of nowhere with 36,000 souls and 13 prisons, one of which is Supermax, the new ‘Alcatraz’ of America. A prison town where even those living on the outside live on the inside. A journey into what the future might hold.
A web documentary by David Dufresne & Philippe Brault.
Link: Prison Valley – a web documentary exploring the prison industry
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Srebrenica Genocide 15 Years Later – VII
Ziyah Gafic made this video at the burial ceremony for some 775 victims whose bodies were exhumed from mass graves to be reburied at the Potocari Memorial Centre in the suburbs of Srebrenica, Bosnia. The story is told by Hasan Nuhanovic, a United Nations translator who was there at the time.
Link: VII The Magazine
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2010 Eddie Adams Workshop Multimedia Projects
2010 Eddie Adams Workshop Multimedia Projects
From October 8-11, 2010, 100 students and dozens of faculty and volunteers attended the 23rd Eddie Adams Workshop, in Jeffersonville, NY. The students we
via MediaStorm Blog: http://www.mediastorm.com/blog/?p=2778
Un-possible retour is a project in which I am reconstructing and re-photographing selected family photographs in the attempt to reconnect with the past. Drawing from a collection of family snapshots, I focus the attention sharply on the concept of aging while ensuring a consistency of location and use time as a collaborative partner, accepting its discrepancies and playing with the results.
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It Only took 61 Still Cameras to shoot these… « Vincent Laforet
here is a pretty awesome series of “shots” by Timeslice Films for RipCurl using 52 Canon T2i cameras. Add a little rain and short circuits, fried computers and hard drives, and of course a few lost cameras and perseverance – and you get something pretty spectacular.
Link: It Only took 61 Still Cameras to shoot these… « Vincent Laforet’s Blog
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Canon EF 8-15 f/4L Sample Videos « Canon Rumors
Canon EF 8-15 f/4L Sample Videos
A lot of people are waiting for this lens. Check out a video made with the upcoming EF 8-15 f/4L Fisheye lens. It’s going to be a very fun lens to use. They us
via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2010/10/canon-ef-8-15-f4l-sample-videos/
The White House is usually quite good at keeping a muzzle on the media after one of its off-the-record sessions with President Obama and senior members of his administration.
But not this week.
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Alex Webb Wonders Istanbul
Alex Webb Wonders Istanbul
Although it’s a few years old, Alex Webb’s Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names is still probably one of the better multimedia projects to ever grace the internet. And if you’re not …
Link: http://boywithgrenade.org/2010/10/12/alex-webb-wonders-istanbul/
Although it’s a few years old, Alex Webb’s Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names is still probably one of the better multimedia projects to ever grace the internet.
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Vandalog » The Making of Crunchy
Ronzo’s Crunchy the Credit Monster stands as a symbol of the recession overlooking the now gentrified Great Eastern Street… Recently, Ronzo and company released a video finally explaining the making of the adorable sculpture.
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::: The Travel Photographer :::: Alixandra Fazzina: UNCHR Interview
Alixandra Fazzina: UNCHR Interview
travel photographer
Link: http://thetravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2010/10/alixandra-fazzina-unchr-interview.html
In July 2010, British photo-journalist Alixandra Fazzina was awarded the annual UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award as a recognition of her work documenting the often overlooked consequences of war. In this video by UNCHR, she speaks about the plight of the uprooted.
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North Korea: multimedia slideshow by Tomas van Houtryve – lens culture
LensCulture – Contemporary Photography
Discover and share the best in contemporary photography
via LensCulture: http://www.lensculture.com/webloglc/mt_files/archives/2010/10/north-korea.html
VII, The Magazine, in partnership with Lens Culture, released a rare glimpse inside contemporary North Korea, with this colorful slideshow. The soundtrack is a trippy heroic anthem called, “The Unforgettable Top Of Mount Osung” and is recorded by The Korean People’s Army Merited Chorus.
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Photofilm, “If he is dead, I need proof, let me bury him” | duckrabbit
Photofilm, “If he is dead, I need proof, let me bury him” — duckrabbit
It’s an argument sometimes given by supporters of the most visually gratuitous forms of photojournalism that we need to see…
via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2010/10/photofilm-if-he-is-dead-i-need-proof-let-me-bury-him/
If you really want to disturb me, like a good horror film, then you need to get me to create the images inside my head. That’s what really sticks
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Report From the Taliban Heartland – NYTimes.com
Report From the Taliban Heartland
I’ve been working here for nine years and it’s become worse and worse.
via At War Blog: http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/report-from-the-taliban-heartland/
New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks gives a first-hand account of a firefight in Afghanistan.
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Baghdad in D Minor – NYTimes.com
Baghdad in D Minor
Chris Hondros is presenting a more nuanced view of Iraq and Afghanistan. Nuanced, and musical.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/baghdad-in-d-minor/
As eight musicians perform works by Bach on Wednesday at John Jay College, there will be a ninth man in the shadows, tapping away at a keyboard, keeping time. That man will be the photographer Chris Hondros, who will be accompanying the musicians on his computer, projecting 900 of his images of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Florian Wagner – The Leica S2 on a Safari (video) | Leica News & Rumors
Florian Wagner – The Leica S2 on a Safari (video) – Leica Rumors
You can see more images from Florian Wagner and a Q&A session at the Leica blog. Related posts: Opening of the Leica Store in Munich (video) Are you afraid of shooting strangers on the street? Watch this video! Chiun-Kai Shih: “Focused on Fashion” (video)
via Leica Rumors: http://leicarumors.com/2010/09/21/florian-wagner-the-leica-s2-on-a-safari-video.aspx/
Four videos from Photokina