My good friend Gerik Parmele has built a new site. Be one of the first to check it out:
Link: Missouri Photojournalism
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Leica Tour: Inside a Camera Company at a Crossroads
Rudi Spiller, CEO of Germany’s Leica Camera AG, has a square jaw and stands as though rooted to the floor. His hair is closely cropped, and behind his rimless glasses his eyes are keen. In opening remarks at a recent press conference trumpeting three new
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2009/10/leica-gallery/
Wired.com visited the Leica factory in Solms, Germany, before the M9 was released and looked behind the scenes to see how Leica builds its renowned cameras. Here’s a glimpse of the historic company, with photos of its meticulous manufacturing process and the looming digital crossroads that will determine its future.
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Link: in defense of a point and shoot | uncommons:I’m editing my portfolio with the help of Sid Hastings, and in some sort of bizarre karmaic twist my jaw drops. Our portfolio edit stuns me, because for the first time in my career my portfolio is led with a photograph made on a point and shoot camera. And, I’m not ashamed of that…in fact I’m delighted. Would you like to see?
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Eddie Adams Workshop
Eddie Adams Workshop 2009
via IBM Watson Media: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/eddie-adams-mowing
I’m editing my portfolio with the help of Sid Hastings, and in some sort of bizarre karmaic twist my jaw drops. Our portfolio edit stuns me, because for the first time in my career my portfolio is led with a photograph made on a point and shoot camera. And, I’m not ashamed of that…in fact I’m delighted. Would you like to see?
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Link: Q&A: Rafal Milach, Warsaw – Feature Shoot:Rafal Milach was born in Gliwice, Poland. Ater graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, and the Institute for Creative Photography in Opava, in the Czech Republic, Milach moved to Warsaw where he started to work as a freelance photographer for Newsweek Poland, Polityka and Przekroj magazine. Aside from his editorial assignments, Milach has been working on personal projects such as The Grey, Disappearing Circus, Ukraine by the Black Sea, and Young Russia.
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Link: Amanda Lindhout still hostage in Somalia | dvafoto:She’s been held hostage for more than a year in Somalia without adequate food, water, or medicine.
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Via: Eugene Richards – The compassionate Eye | duckrabbit – we produce beautifully crafted multimedia
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Link: What is Time magazine thinking? | dvafoto:for a magazine such as Time, which I still believe has journalistic importance and merit, this photo essay of illustrations denigrating Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize in such a ham-handed and childish and poorly-executed way…I’m at a loss for words
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Link: Upstate Girls: What Became of Collar City – Brenda Ann Kenneally – Digital Journalist:As a journalist and activist I have dedicated my life to exploring the how and why of class inequity in America. I am concerned with the internalized social messages that will live on for generations after our economic and social policies catch up with the reality of living on the bottom rung of America’s upwardly mobile society. My project explores the way that money is but a symptom of self-worth and a means by which humans separate from each other. Poverty is an emotional rather than physical state with layers of marginalization to cement those who live under them into their place. The economic crisis as it is called has done some to take the moral sting out of being poor, though the conversation remains centered on economic rather than social stimulus relief. Thus indicating that the crux of the crisis is for those that are recently without money rather than Americans whose ongoing struggles left them unfazed by the headlines.
Intro to story (for gallery click link above)
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On Assignment: Under the Radar in Kandahar
Tyler Hicks of The Times has learned to be careful of where he points his camera in this southern Afghanistan city, and to rely heavily on his translator and driver.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/on-assignment-2/
Tyler Hicks has three rules when photographing in a dangerous, unstable city like Kandahar, Afghanistan. Keep moving, watch the crowd and always listen to your translator and driver.
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Link: lenscratch: Arlene Gottfried:I’ve been seeing Arlene Gottfried’s name (and book titles) for sometime, but really didn’t know that much about her. So I thought I’d dig a little deeper…
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Link: lenscratch: Arlene Gottfried:I’ve been seeing Arlene Gottfried’s name (and book titles) for sometime, but really didn’t know that much about her. So I thought I’d dig a little deeper…
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As of tonight, the issue is still not entirely resolved. Although the IOC seems much more diplomatic at this point than they did in the harsh C&D letter that they originally sent Giles, they still seem to be insisting that he change the license on his photos to all rights reserved.
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Marty Forscher, Who Tended Cameras and Owners, Dies at 87
Mr. Forscher’s intimate knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the camera made him for decades the most sought-after camera repairman in the country.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/nyregion/11forscher.html?_r=1&partner=TOPIXNEWS&ei=5099
Whether one’s camera had plunged into the sea, fallen from a skyscraper, been smashed in a riot or been otherwise sorely treated, Mr. Forscher could almost always find a solution. He knew, for instance, when to give a camera a bath (after an unplanned ocean dip, to flush out the saltwater), when to take it to the gas station (after the curative freshwater bath, to blow out the residue with the compressed-air hose), and when to bake it in the oven (after returning from the gas station, to dry out any lingering moisture).
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Link: dispatches / Beyond Towering Babble: Good Schools, Real News:“I doubt young Americans would pay for newspapers, no matter the quality,” she replied. “My generation is accustomed to free leisure activities. Many of us download music illegally, watch bootleg movies and read newspapers online because we like cheap entertainment. And why shouldn’t we, since real wages keep falling every decade?”
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What to expect from Nikon next week – Nikon Rumors
UPDATE: Nikon Germany and Nikon Sweden websites are/were down today. The “Presse” link has some serious errors on nikon.de & nikon.se. Same on nikon-europe.com. Problems with the new press release(s)? Nikon D3s should be a sure thing. This is a collection
via Nikon Rumors: http://nikonrumors.com/2009/10/10/what-to-expect-from-nikon-next-week.aspx
Nikon D3s should be a sure thing. This is a collection of the rumored Nikon D3s specs
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Link: Live Blogs From 22nd Eddie Adams Barnstorm Workshop – NPPA:Several visual journalists are blogging live from the 22nd Eddie Adams Barnstrorm Workshop that started this weekend at the photojournalist’s old barn in upstate New York. Here are their entries
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Link: A look back at rock photography pioneer | Seattle Times:In 1964, when she was living near Gig Harbor, photographer Jini Dellaccio was asked by a friend if she’d be up for shooting something or someone called The Wailers.
“Living in Gig Harbor with all the fishermen,” she recalls, “I heard ‘whalers’ and I said yes, I’d be happy to do that. I could imagine going out and seeing them in their whaling boats.”
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Link: PDN: Epson Stylus Pro 3880 Review:Let me cut right to the chase. If you’re in the market for a 17-inch inkjet professional photo printer and don’t need a roll feed option, the one you want is the new Epson Stylus Pro 3880. This pigment-based printer, which I’ve had the pleasure of testing for the last several weeks before writing this review, is that good.
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