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    Magnum’s Georgian Spring is an incredibly interesting project, and possibly a turning point in photojournalism and agency work. This book, print, web and ‘multimedia’ project is a collaboration with the Georgian state itself, funded by the Ministry of Culture and arranged by photographer Thomas Dworzak with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, and independently curated by publisher Chris Boot.

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    Whether photographing a shoe factory in China, a rock quarry in Portugal or a copper mine in Chile, Edward Burtynsky creates images that use scale to consider the magnitude of human industry and its impact on the landscape. “To me, what’s interesting as art is to begin to define that theater of industry that is almost beyond our imagination,” Burtynsky says.

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    I’ve been debating a bit on whether or not to post this one – but I think it’s necessary – so here goes:

    New technology is great.  It allows us to do things we previously thought impossible.  It empowers us to “push the envelope” if you will.

    That being said, one of my favorite axioms came to mind after I read the PDN Article at left, namely: “Just because you can – doesn’t mean you should.”

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    Seconds2real is an international collective of street photographers. Our muses are found predominantly in public spaces. We document every day life on streets and squares, always on the lookout for the special in the usual
    – the mystery of the moment.

    For us a good street photographic image encloses the following qualities:
    – interesting
    – from a real, public and everyday surrounding
    – well observed, documentary and authentical
    – mostly direct and near
    – grasps a certain aspect or decisive
    moment of an exemplary scene
    – the content is more important than
    technical circumstances
    – will mostly contain people, however, it
    does not mandatory have to

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    The 64th Annual College Photographer of the Year winners are posted on the CPOY site. The College Photographer of the Year is Ryan C. Henriksen.

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    We’ve packed quite a bit of information in the website, so we thought we’d make a movie to show you how to navigate. We suggest you spend a few minutes looking over the video before you dive in.

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    Take the 12.2 Megapixel Sony-fabricated sensor that’s likely the same one found in the Nikon D300, put it in a pocket-sized Leica-designed body with a Leica 24mm f/2.8 Elmarit lens, have someone else build it but complete the assembly and testing in Solms, Germany, and what do you have? The Leica X1, if course.

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    What is Phoot Camp?

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    Online pokies for real money Australia gamblers can enjoy gaming sessions that are more enjoyable and stimulating by being familiar with the relevant rules and regulations. Being aware of what is at stake with each bet can help players make educated decis

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    Truth With A Camera workshops is pleased to announce and open registration for the next workshop which will take place in Quito, Ecuador from January 9-17, 2010. Registration is now open, and typically the workshops have filled up fast.

    With a population of 2 million people, the capital of Ecuador is one of the most modern in the country, although the presence of social inequality and the urban poor remain powerful reminders that thousands of people live below the line of extreme poverty.

    This will not be a vacation. During this intensive week, you will work with Ecuadorian students from some of the best universities from across the country. At the end of each day, you will edit your images with some of the leaders in the field of documentary photography from the U.S. and Ecuador. Your work will be shared with our partnering NGOs, which gives you the opportunity for your work to stand as a witness and defense of the lives of your subjects. It is an opportunity to strengthen your skills while donating your work to an NGO at the same time.

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    The software product in question is the ALPA Lens Corrector. The product should be available in its final version by the time you read this. Come to think of it, it makes all the sense in the world for ALPA to develop a software product that corrects lens aberrations such as barrel distortion, pincushion distortion and other kinds of distortion. After all, many of their customers are architectural and interior photographers, and many of their cameras are also used for scientific purposes. No one else was likely to develop a lens correction product for the vast array of Schneider, ALPA and Rodenstock lenses in the ALPA line.

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    LeicaShots aims to show some of the best pictures from the thousands of unknown Leica shooters worldwide. They get a chance to tell their stories behind the pictures, as well as why they choose a Leica as their trusted companion.

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    Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb are both photographers. They also happen to be married to one another. Alex, a member of Magnum Photos, is known for his lyrical street photography, collected in books including Istanbul, Crossings, and Amazon. Rebecca published her first photography book, The Glass Between Us: Reflections of Urban Creatures, in 2006 to wide acclaim. Just this month they released their first photo book together, Violet Isle, which explores Cuba through both their cameras, seen more clearly, in a way, from two different angles. (Not surprisingly, their joint blog is called “Two Looks.”)

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    The U.S. has blocked the release of photos showing clear evidence that the United States is responsible for torture in Iraq and Afghanistan. We think someone with access to the photos should simply leak them on the web, saving tax payers a load of cash and letting people know just what it is our twin occupations are really about. We are calling on anyone who has access to the images to leak them and anyone else to copy this message and post it in order to increase the chance of it reaching anyone who might have access.

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    If you missed Slideluck Potshow XIV at Aperture this past Friday night here is a reprise of my presentation.

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    “So, at this point we are asking you, our loyal readers, who number more than 10,000, to help us,” Halstead wrote. “Effective immediately, we have set up a Paypal link on The Digital Journalist and urgently ask for pledges so that we can continue our work which will help you all. We have never solicited paid subscriptions, but these dire times call for dire measures.”

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  • 7D Reviews: Shit are happen!

    Hello and welcome. This is your favorite camera guru reporting to you live from my office here at Canon USA. I’m sitting here burning some really good ganja so there’s a lot of smoke in…

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    Hello and welcome. This is your favorite camera guru reporting to you live from my office here at Canon USA. I’m sitting here burning some really good ganja so there’s a lot of smoke in the room, and in fact visibility is so low right now I’m having some difficulty seeing my monitor. Yeaaahh mon. I figured I needed to relax after all the shit that’s been going on recently. And it’s either getting high and relax, or snapping and picking up my double barrel shotgun to do some serious damage around here.

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    Here’s a first, something I’ve been thinking about for a while: Video artist talks. This one, the first of its kind, has Michael Wolf talk about his project The Transparent City, which is currently on view at Aperture.

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