My DAM changes (Digital Asset Management) | JarvieDigital Photography
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The Black Snapper:
The magazine has gone live on August 1st 2009 and is working with guest curators such as Abbas of Magnum Photos, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan, International Photo Festival Bangladesh, Centro de la Imagen in Peru and The New York Times Magazine. In the Netherlands, guest curators include nrc.next, Vrij Nederland magazine and Canvas International Art.
Each day The Black Snapper presents a different photographer selected by one of the many guest curators, who switch places on a weekly basis. Visitors of the online magazine can expect to see a new series of some eight to twenty photos each day.
via Conscientious
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Iraq Censorship Laws Move Ahead – NYTimes.com:
“We are living in such a dangerous time that we need to control things,” said Majeed H. Jasim, director of the State Company for Internet Services.
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The Legacy of W. Eugene Smith « Steve McCurry’s Blog:
One of his quotes summarizes his philosophy: “What use having a great depth of field, if there is not an adequate depth of feeling?”
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The most important questions in the NYT vs. Edgar Martins case not answered – Conscientious:
most people noted that Martins’ piece did not address what is seen as the most important question, namely why he told everybody he was not manipulating his images (even pre-Times) when, in fact, he did. If you want to know, you’re in good company: I want to know, too.
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5B4: Anna Fox: Photographs 1983-2007:
The work of Anna Fox may be off your radar but she is an important figure in British color photography that arose from the West Surry College of Art and Design in the mid 1980s. Her highly charged photographs, lit by flash, are a mix of social observation and personal diaristic projects which placed her apart from the male crowd of Paul Reas Martin Parr, and Paul Graham who were forming the ‘second wave’ of color photography. A recent mid-career retrospective book Anna Fox: Photographs 1983-2007 published from Photoworks covers 25 years of her work.
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PDNPulse: Is Time Magazine Even Trying Any More?:
Here’s an idea for a news magazine cover: Dress up President Obama as a doctor!
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One in 8 Million — Talk to The Times:
The New York Times staff members involved with producing the Metro feature called One in 8 Million are answering questions from readers Aug. 3-7, 2009. Questions may be e-mailed to askthetimes@nytimes.com.
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The Laboratorium: The AP Will Sell You a “License” to Words It Doesn’t Own:
I paid $12 for this “license.” Those words don’t even come from the article they charged me 46 cents a word to quote from (and that’s with the educational discount). No, they’re from Thomas Jefferson’s letter to Isaac McPherson, in which Jefferson argues that copyright has no basis in natural law.
via Boing Boing
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Hybrid Camera and Projector Planned by Nikon? | Gadget Lab | Wired.com:
Nikon is certainly focusing (ahem) on the more interesting side of photography. Since it dropped out of the megapixel race we have seen some amazing work on low light imaging, an extraordinarily good strobe (the SB 900) and a consumer camera with built in GPS. A camera with a projector inside doesn’t seem so far-fetched now, does it?
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Sports Shooter Kahuna’s Blog:
Robert Hanashiro is the founder of Sport Shooter, which started 12 years ago as a simple email newsletter sent to about a dozen of his friends and colleagues. It has now grown into a monthly circulation of over 7,500 and has spawned the popular SportsShooter.com website and several educational workshops including the Sports Shooter Academy.
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Alec Soth, Trolling for Strangers to Befriend – NYTimes.com:
ALEC SOTH has created a photographic career out of finding chemistry with strangers. On his frequent road trips through America, he’s drawn to loners and dreamers he spots from his car; sometimes he will do several pass-bys before striking up a conversation. Often that will lead to a portrait session with his large-format 8-by-10 view camera.
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lenscratch: Monica Denevan:
I recently received the new issue of The Sun magazine, and was happy to see the stunning image by Monica Denevan on the cover. Monica has consistantly produced amazing imagery from her trips to Burma and China.
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CLICK NOTE: This piece, on the New York Times error-riddled Walter Cronkite obit, is an example of proper transparency when things go wrong in the newsroom.
The Public Editor – How Did This Happen? – Op-Ed – NYTimes.com:
Though the correct date of the moon landing was fresh in his mind, Manly said, he read right over that mistake. Catching it might have flagged the need for more careful vetting. For all her skills as a critic, Stanley was the cause of so many corrections in 2005 that she was assigned a single copy editor responsible for checking her facts. Her error rate dropped precipitously and stayed down after the editor was promoted and the arrangement was discontinued. Until the Cronkite errors, she was not even in the top 20 among reporters and editors most responsible for corrections this year. Now, she has jumped to No. 4 and will again get special editing attention.
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Photos By Formula | Matt Slaby:
You know before you even touch the shutter that they’re going to hate the picture. All the tricks that photographers use to make a photograph flattering are kinda pulled out from under you by the procedures set forth by the United States Department of State ‘Composition Checklist’ for making what they call a “successful photo.” No hats, no glasses, no outrageous jewelry, neutral expression, flat light –it all culminates in a photograph that is hard to be proud of and even harder to hand to someone without apologizing.
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