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    Rippling sea waves, dried river skeletons and endless fields. Water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. Each family needs about six pitchers of water a day, and they have to walk seven miles to get it. Ignoring knee-deep mud in rainy season, braving the biting cold of winter. In the seventeen sub-districts of southwestern Bangladesh, the normal flow of water has been ripped to shreds by the dagger of ‘Development’.

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    Timothy Briner was born in 1981 in Chesterton, Indiana and currently lives in Brooklyn. He is the recipient of the Hallmark Institute of Photography Grant and this project, Boonville, has been supported by Cannery Works.

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    You probably already know Christopher Morris‘ work. One of the founding members of VII, his conflict photography is unparalleled and his recent work on American politics, including the book “My America,” has redefined visual coverage of the White House. You might not know that Morris has been making videos in addition to his still coverage of American politics.

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    My own views about the power and benefits of multimedia fusions of still photography with audio and video were challenged by others who claimed that film, print media, and gallery walls still afforded more creative control over content messages and superior aesthetics to that offered by digital media. While I see multimedia fusions as opening the possibilities for deeper, more complex story narratives, some of my fellow masters saw the fusions as degradations of the intentionality of still photography when practiced by highly skilled professionals.

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  • Bob Willoughby obituary

    American photographer whose informal shots defined the youthful glamour of the 1950s and 1960s

    via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jan/18/bob-willoughby-obituary

    American photographer whose informal shots defined the youthful glamour of the 1950s and 1960s

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    Eleven years in the making and compiling more than 30 years of material, Ed Templeton’s scrapbook of his upbringing in suburban Orange County California is a much-anticipated book. Its photographs give a sun-drenched glimpse of what it might be like to be young and alive in the “suburban domestic incubator” of Orange County, conveyed in the idiom of Nan Goldin or Larry Clark (and with a sharp eye for the streets that recalls Garry Winogrand or Eugene Richards).

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    the journalism sky is far from crashing down around us, although photojournalism purists would call this the end of an era.

    Instead, I steadfastly believe that this is a new horizon for the industry to take the undiluted craft of visual storytelling to a level that only enhances the medium. Even if the job titles aren’t the same.

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  • via Thomas Hawk Digital Connection |: https://thomashawk.com/2010/01/happy-martin-luther-king-day-i-wish-photos-were-allowed-at-the-national-civil-rights-museum-in-memphis.html

    I was disappointed this morning to learn that the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis (which is housed in the motel building where Dr. King was assassinated at) that I was going to visit this morning does not allow photography.

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    thanks to Chole Aftel’s blog, I discovered the work of Vivian Maier. It’s a fascinating story of a young woman who worked as a nanny in Chicago and spent her free time roaming the streets taking photographs.

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    the Editors choose the Leica M9 as an Editors Choice subject. The capture reads: finally a digital rangefinder that lets you think like a 35mm photographer. How is it to think like a 35mm photographer? The explanation notes that the M9 now has the same angle of view as the M7 or earlier Leica M bodies when you switch lenses with the same focal length. The explanation that the M8’s sensor increases the focal length by 1.3x is wrong. The M8 sensor can do magical things but not change the optical characteristics of the lens. A 50mm lens keeps its focal length of 50mm on an M8 as it did when you used the rare 18x24mm Leica 72.

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    Haiti could be the story of the year, and scores of international photojournalists are there now, more than a week after the devastating earthquake. Their work has been powerful and has unquestionably influenced the amount of aid headed there in the aftermath.

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    In June of this year, The New York Times unveiled a major redesign of their Sunday magazine, the first in almost a decade, and one of only a handful ever in its more than 100 years. Under the leadership of Design Director Arem Duplessis, a more lithe version of the magazine (smaller by about 9% in trim size) has been greeted with much appreciation around the design community for its subtle transitions of typography and color palette that exude new energy while staying true to the NYT Magazine everyone knows and loves

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    This project was created to benefit Doctors without Borders. Connecting passionate photographers with a responsible charity and a reputable sponsor, creates a safe way to donate images for relief in Haiti and the world. Our photographers are world class and you will be purchasing these valuable images at a great price, simply because our artists want to help.

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    2009 was my first real year of living and working in Serbia and it was wrought with more questions than answers.

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  • Wonderland: A Fairy Tale of the Soviet Monolith (Reprint) by Jason Eskenazi

    Originally Wonderland: A Fairy Tale of the Soviet Monolith was published by De.MO but only half the print run was realized so it sold out q…

    Link: http://5b4.blogspot.com/2010/01/wonderland-fairy-tale-of-soviet.html

    The style of Eskenazi’s photography follows the lead of the likes of Gilles Peress — an accomplishment considering the plethora of bad photojournalism that is far too wrapped up in visual geometry and gymnastics at the expense of deeper content. Eskenazi has learned to make compelling photographs that have the strength of both form and content.

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    Michael was kind enough to ask for my opinion on the letter. I shared some thoughts with him and he then encouraged me to write these as a “counterpoint” to his letter. Rather than being a counterpoint, I would suggest that my thoughts represent a slightly different point of view that is complementary in most areas.

    So, without further ado, here are my thoughts.

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