AMERICANSUBURB X: INTERVIEW: Student Chat with Gilles Peress (1998)”:
On March 18, 1998, Gilles Peress participated in a chat with students of Gretchen Garlinghouse’s advanced photography class at College Preparatory School in Oakland. Preston Tucker, Technology Integrator at College Prep, was College Prep’s liaison with the Connecting Students to the World project. Students prepared for the chat by studying Farewell to Bosnia by Gilles Peress (Scalo Publishers, N.Y., 1994). They also studied an online curriculum comprising Peress’s interview in the Conversations with History series and two web sites by Peress, one produced by New York University and the other by The New York Times.
Documentary Filmmaker Christian Poveda Shot Dead In El Salvador:
Poveda was driving back from La Campanera, an overcrowded ghetto that is a stronghold of the Mara 18 gang, when he was apparently ambushed, The Times reported from London. Poveda’s body was discovered in a car in the poor, rural area.
Showcase: Neighborly Hatred – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
PERPIGNAN, France — If you want to understand why Justyna Mielnikiewicz has spent eight years photographing border disputes and ethnic conflicts in the South Caucasus, you should know two stories from her childhood.
David Bailey’s Nokia experiment and the future of photography | Technology | guardian.co.uk:
Until recently, camera phones have been the snapshot camera’s poor relation, but some have reached the point where they can take serious pictures, even at night. That, at least, is Nokia’s sales pitch for the N86. It commissioned David Bailey to produce Alive at Night, an exhibition of photographs taken with the mobile phone to promote its launch on Orange.
Vitale a number of opportunities. She was able to step outside her normal photojournalistic practice, travel to remote areas of the world that most people have never seen, and find a new outlet for her work. “It’s so interesting how it’s this domino effect, because once you start with one project that’s outside the lines of what your traditional role was, they sort of build on each other,” says Vitale.
The Visual Science Lab: Don’t optimize your purchase, optimize your technique:
Here’s the secret that drives lens junkies crazy: All good lenses are great two stops down from wide open. Almost without exception. Take a 14-24 Nikon and compare it to an Sigma 10-20mm lens and at f5.6 or f8 you’ll probably be amazed to find that they are pretty darn close.
THE AFTERMATH PROJECT War is only half the story, | duckrabbit – we produce beautifully crafted multimedia:
Many of the photographers I admire work the aftermath. There’s little glory to be found in it, but as the now struggles to reconcile with the past, how we record the aftermath will shape the future, whether blood binds itself to blood, or hope.
Media Offer Cash For Interviews In Jaycee Dugard Case:
When Robinson asked what they were doing, a British reporter told Robinson his deadline was coming quickly and offered him $2,000 if he would quit talking to everyone else and provide them an exclusive showing of his backyard.
Under Pressure, Photo Festival Drops Text From Gaza Exhibit – PDN:
Organizers of the Noorderlicht photo festival have removed a text essay about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from an upcoming photo exhibit, blaming pressure from the Associated Press, which supplied some of the pictures.
PDNPulse: One Year Later, Iraqi Photojournalist Remains in Military Prison:
Iraqi photojournalist Ibrahim Jassam remains in a military prison in Iraq a year after his September 2, 2008 arrest. U.S. officials insist he remains a security threat, despite an order last year by an Iraqi court order that he be released.
Photographing Gaza – do pictures speak of politics? | David Campbell — Photography, Multimedia, Politics:
It seems AP threatened to withdraw their Palestinian photographers’ work or purse legal action against the exhibition organizers. Outraged by AP’s attitude, Franklin withdrew the essay and left the photographs without accompanying text, while Noorderlicht charged AP was acting contrary to any principle of free speech.
Leave it to big business and old thinking to try and control Social Media. In a report released this week the NFL has revealed their plan for a Social Media Policy. One of the new rules of the policy would prohibit players or anyone representing them from posting to social media networks during a prohibited block of time spanning from 90 minutes prior to kick off to 90 minutes after game time. This new rule applies not only to players but also to coaches, team personnel, and officials. The media has also been put on notice.
Leica’s Flat and Fast Panasonic Pancake Lens | Gadget Lab | Wired.com:
Leica shows just how small a lens can be, if you have a camera with a half-sized sensor and no big mirror-flipping gap between it and the lens itself. This is the new LUMIX G 20mm ƒ1.7 ASPH, and it aptly belongs to the class of lenses called “pancake”.
