Alix Lambert’s fascinating documentary from 2000 about Russian criminal tattoos, The Mark of Caïn, is available under a Creative Commons license and viewable in full on YouTube.
Category: Video & Multimedia
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“Billions wasted and nothing achieved: nothing, nothing, nothing achieved…”
In October 2010, Simon Norfolk began a series of new photographs in Afghanistan, which takes its cue from the work of nineteenth-century British photographer John Burke. Norfolk’s photographs reimagine or respond to Burke’s Afghan war scenes in the context of the contemporary conflict. Conceived as a collaborative project with Burke across time, this new body of work is presented alongside Burke’s original portfolios.
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In Tender Moments, a War's High Cost
In Tender Moments, a War’s High Cost
Marcus Yam and Philippe Brault win the first-ever World Press Photo multimedia awards.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/in-tender-moments-a-wars-high-cost/
Many poignant ways have been found to express the cost of wartime deployment on the families left behind. Few have affected me as immediately as a moment in “The Home Front” when 12-year-old Isaac Eisch almost lets down his brave-soldier demeanor as he speaks of his father, Sgt. First Class Brian Eisch, who is half a world away in Afghanistan.
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Cameras are getting smaller – and the footage is getting more amazing
Not only is it impressive to see manufacturers make smaller and smaller form factors these days (5k resolution in the EPIC or 1080p inside the tiny GoPro HD!), but it is absolutely amazing what kind of footage these smaller cameras are allowing to be captured. For most of us: smaller cameras are clearly the future.
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Keep moving: photographers embrace filmmaking
via Thomas Hawk Digital Connection |: https://thomashawk.com/2011/05/on-flickrs-change-in-data-retention-policy-and-twitters-new-photosharing-service.html
I think this is great for a couple of reasons. First the leading player in the Twitter photo space twitpic is a total ripoff for photographers. When you use it you are giving them the right to sell your photos through some fine print in the TOS. Many people don’t read TOS agreements and twitpic doesn’t really advertise or clearly disclose that they can screw you over and steal your rights.
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Leica Photographers: Henri Cartier-Bresson, “The Decisive Moment” (video)
via Thomas Hawk Digital Connection |: https://thomashawk.com/2011/05/on-flickrs-change-in-data-retention-policy-and-twitters-new-photosharing-service.html
I think this is great for a couple of reasons. First the leading player in the Twitter photo space twitpic is a total ripoff for photographers. When you use it you are giving them the right to sell your photos through some fine print in the TOS. Many people don’t read TOS agreements and twitpic doesn’t really advertise or clearly disclose that they can screw you over and steal your rights.
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How Tyler Hicks Works In Afghanistan
While researching our latest guide “Starting a Photography Business,” I had the chance to speak with Greg Smith, who helped develop the NPPA’s Cost of Doing Business calculator while servicing on the Business Practices committee in 2003. He had a lot of tough advice for people starting out in the business, and some of what we talked about echoed John Harrington’s advice about day rates.
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Great! All pictures into one…
German photographer Peter Langenhahn has specialized in capturing a particular aspect of sports events in a single photo collage. Langenhahn takes as many as three thousand pictures and then puts them together on his computer to create a single image. One of his compositions documented all the fouls in a football match.
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Leica & Magnum — Portrait of Alex Majoli
On Thursday, June 9, 2011, we had the pleasure of hosting a live judging of our 2011 Student Project Award that was open to the public at The Bridge Public Arts Initiative in Charlottesville, Virginia. Lead Judge Michael Wichita of the AARP Bulletin led a panel of Gillian Laub (Photographer), Larissa Leclair (Indie Photobook Library) and Molly Roberts (Smithsonian) through the difficult task of selecting one winner from our ten talented finalists. We are very fortunate that one of our finalists, Maddie McGarvey was secretly in the small audience, and when she was selected as the winner it was a very sweet moment. Maddie selected LUCEO photographer Kendrick Brinson (Atlanta) as her mentor.
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Lebanon Conflict
Clashes in northern Lebanon have heightened fears of growing sectarian tensions with Syria and should serve to remind the world that this remains a combustible country whose conflicts have long entangled the United States, Iran, Israel and Syria.
In this video by Stephanie Sinclair we take a look at some of Lebanon’s recent conflicts and ask the question, is the past the future?
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Videos Shot From Cameras Mounted on the Tips of Fireworks
My approach for making these images is actually quite different from how
I normally go about making images. In other projects, and most of my daily
work, I attempt to put as much of myself as possible into the photographs to
the point that every image is almost a self-portrait in a way. I shoot very
objectively and work to create an intimate connection with my subjects,
whether it’s a close friend, complete stranger, or even a place or object -
Worth a Look: Gabriela Bulisova’s “Option of Last Resort”
A little while ago Gabriela Bulisova sent us a link to her project “Option of Last Resort: Iraqi Refugees in the United States”. It is a challenging look at the issue of Iraqi refugees who are struggling to settle in the United States. Many of them assisted the Americans during the conflict, as translators or contractors, which put them in profound danger of reprisals.
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Steve McCurry: In the Middle of Extremes
On September 1 Steve McCurry was awarded with the Leica Hall of Fame Award 2011. During this year’s Art Masters in Switzerland the Director of Leica Gallery Salzburg, Karin Rehn-Kaufmann, awarded Steve McCurry with a specially engraved Leica M9-P. We also had the chance to speak with Steve McCurry about his life and experience as one of the most renowned photographers.