The Prague Post – Vojtěch Sláma chronicles the poetry of ordinary moments:
At a time when even traditionally minded photographers have moved to digital equipment for much of their work, Vojtěch Sláma remains resolutely committed to analog technology – in particular, using old-fashioned equipment like the 6×6 cm twin-lens reflex camera, and continuing to make his own black-and-white, square-format enlargements in the time-honored way.
Gardens of Eden – Christian Cravo – The Black Snapper:
As a photographer, I seek to understand people through the images that arise in the course of my journey. I make my eye an instrument that tells a story that is, above all, “human.” The aim is to represent humankind through an iconographic structure based on specific themes.
In this regard, I see Haiti as the supreme expression of the human essence. This is a society with very unique characteristics – intensely spiritual, replete with symbolism, in which people show their lack of prudishness through the purest of elements.
Report: AP Sued By Dutch Royals Over Ski Photos:
The government information agency, RVD, told the paper that the photos constitute a violation of the so-called “media code,” an arrangement observed by the Dutch media that the royal family can only be photographed at official functions. RVD said they would drop the lawsuit if the AP removed the pictures from its database.
On Assignment: The Afghan Election – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
Lynsey Addario, a freelance photographer who has been taking pictures in Afghanistan since 2000, returned recently to shoot photos of the campaign leading up the presidential election on Aug. 20. Ms. Addario says she has never seen Afghans as excited about an election. “People are talking about change, people are talking about who might win,” says Ms. Addario, who is represented by VII photo agency and whose work appears regularly in The Times.
AMERICANSUBURB X: THEORY: “The End of the Age of Photography by Danny Lyon (2007)”:
Many years ago I was being driven along central park west in a NYC Taxi and talking with Robert Frank whom I sat beside. When I spoke of using words with photography, texts, as part of what were then called “photography books”, Robert said, “well, then that’s the end of it.” . The year was 1969, and it was “not the end of it.” As a young photographer, deep into a career of making picture books, with texts, I couldn’t help but feel that Frank’s comment smacked a bit of kicking out the ladder. After all, the work of Frank that had stunned the world was a virtually wordless portrait of America, done with a Leica and a couple lenses.1
Thirty six years have passed since that conversation in a taxi cab, and as I sit here
at the east end of Long Island, watching my fishing boat “the Nanook” bob and dip at its moorings, pounded by strong southwest winds, I wonder if I am recreating Frank’s error with what I am now writing.
31 for 31. – A Photography Blog.:
Ohh it’s my birthday, woot woot woot. I had this idea that I was going to post the top 31 things I love about photography, but my head got confused and too peppy after my grande toffee latte and I sort of just found a vaguely chronological visual remembrance of my years in photography.
Thoughts of a Bohemian – Those who are about to die salute you, Getty:
The truth needs to be told that Getty Images is ruining the market for pro photographers with prices like these. They license editorial images as low as $3.63 to major outlets like Yahoo.
PDNPulse: Edgar Martins Regrets “Confusion” Over NYT Magazine Photos:
Last month, The New York Times Magazine withdrew a photo story by photographer Edgar Martins after it became apparent that Martins had digitally manipulated the images. Martins has now responded to the controversy with a 2,900-word essay (plus footnotes) published on his Web site.
This Man is Not a Photojournalist:
If all you know about Tim Hetherington is conflict photography, think again.
SARAH PALIN DIVORCE SCANDAL | Weekly World News:
Sarah Palin, who recently abdicated as Governor of Alaska, refuses to abdicate the spotlight. This week rumors began to surface that she may be getting a divorce from her husband Todd. Sources claim it would be for the love of a Bigfoot.
Getty Images Introduces Tiny Files Starting at $5 – PDN:
Getty Images, which angered some photographers in 2007 when it introduced $49 licenses for low-resolution stock images, has started offering tiny image files at even lower prices.
Magazine hints at Olympus E-P2 before year’s end, Leica M9 for September:
the M9 will reportedly be a full-frame camera
RAMIN RAHIMIAN | RABBITS:
essay on a sustainable ecovillage called Dancing Rabbit in rural northeastern Missouri. The community consists of a little bit more than 50 visitors (who stay for 3 weeks), residents (on their way to membership), and full time members. They grow a lot of their own food. They build their own houses from renewable and reclaimed building materials. They are fully off the grid: using only solar and wind power. It is a very tight-knit community of people just trying to build a true community that is ecologically and socially responsible and conscientious
Telephone Terrorist – The Smoking Gun:
A TSG investigation unmasks the leader of Pranknet and the miscreants behind a year-long wave of phone call criminality
Impossible but real scanner images of busy urban environments – lens culture photography weblog:
Hungarian-born artist Adam Magyar (now living in Berlin) creates magical, long, thin, stretchy images that look like parades of people all moving in the same direction.