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    Italian photographer Tommaso Ausili is the overall winner of the L’Iris d’Or/Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year award. Ausili’s series of photographs in the Contemporary Issues category, The Hidden Death, captures an assembly line at an abattoir. Ausili received a $25,000 cash prize plus Sony digital SLR camera equipment and he joins previous L’Iris d’Or winners, David Zimmerman and Vanessa Winship, as a member of the World Photographic Academy.

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    This video is of a conversation that took place on the show floor at NAB 2010 between the infamous video guru Philip Bloom and DSLR video shooter Khalid Mohtaseb. Just in case anyone missed it there has been a vigorous debate here on this very site about the rights and wrongs of a montage of footage the Khalid showcased – the debate even made it all the way to the Huffington post.

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  • Street Photographer tournament

    This spring Tyler Green conducted an interesting experiment on Modern Art Notes . He chose 32 nominees for Greatest Living American Abstra…

    Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2010/05/street-photography-tournament.html

    I’ve decided to set up a similar tournament for Street Photography. I’ve chosen 64 of the best Street Photographers in history, seeded them, and designed a tournament bracket.

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    Thomas Bruso’s already unpredictable life took an abrupt detour. It was the day he ceased being Thomas Bruso and became Epic Beard Man, Internet sensation.

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    The deadline is fast approaching for the first annual LUCEO Images Student Project Award, a cash prize of $1,000 which will be announced at this year’s invite-only LOOKbetween Festival in June. Applications are due via FTP by midnight EST Saturday, May 15.

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    For those photographers contributing with a smile to these “agencies” thinking they bet on the right horse, they will realize soon that they are no better than slime sticking to a rotten ship . Your photos will soon be free, the exact value that these companies have for your miserable little lives. If you think you are in control now, we shall talk in 5 years from now.

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    The Aftermath Project is working on publishing it’s next book, War is Only Half the Story, vol. 3, and the organization needs your help. Each print run costs about USD$20,000. Now, you can buy a print (warning: pdf link) to help fund the publication of the next volume. Prints are available from Ami Vitale, Davide Monteleone, Rodrigo Abd, Saiful Huq Omi, Donald Weber, Asim Rafiqui, Louie Palu, Andrea Bruce, and Sara Terry.

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    This work is from his series, Western Frieze.

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    The LAPD has still refused to return Jonas Lara’s camera equipment despite the judge’s order. When Lara went to the police station to retrieve his equipment the police were “really pissed off,” he says, and attempted to question him further about the February 2 incident.

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    Matt Eich (b. 1986) is a freelance photographer and founding member of Luceo Images. His work is rooted in memory, both personal and collective and he strives to approach every photograph with a sense of intimacy. He believes that stories are the fabric of history and that they have the power to inform and transform open-minded viewers.

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    Finding the Frame is a gathering spot where multimedia journalists can receive feedback on their videos, audio slideshows and multimedia projects from industry professionals and fellow visual journalists.

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    Andrew Spear is a freelance photographer living in Southeast Ohio.  What’s intriguing is without any sort of internship , Andrew has already established himself in a crowded industry, all while still being a full time student.  At only 21 years old and a month from graduating from the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University, he’s already photographed assignments for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and AARP Bulletin. 

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  • Talking to…Photographer Daniele Tamagni

    Milan-based photographer Daniele Tamagni’s book “Gentlemen of Bacongo” features the pageantry of Congalese sapeurs, or dandies – a subculture of men who pay extreme attention to, and take great pri…

    Link: https://boywithgrenade.org/2010/05/06/talking-to-photographer-daniele-tamagni/

    Milan-based photographer Daniele Tamagni’s book “Gentlemen of Bacongo” features the pageantry of Congalese sapeurs, or dandies – a subculture of men who pay extreme attention to, and take great pride in, their appearance and sartorial style.

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    Tyler Stableford is an adventure photographer, and was given the challenge of shooting an ice climbing expedition and perfecting his images with the help of Lightroom 3 beta 2.

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    This project resulted in some 72,000 autochromes, most of which have never been published. The BBC has produced a 9-part series on the collection

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    In February of 2006 I unknowingly began making images that would later become an all-consuming project  lasting for more than four years. I am excited to announce the first real printing of this body of work. Edited by Mike Davis and designed by his wife Deb Pang Davis of Cococello Design, it contains an afterword by Brian Paul Clamp, director of ClampArt in New York. 

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    Inside the rolling hills of Appalachia, the small town of Athens dances to an eclectic vibe that emanates from the bars, locales, farms and people themselves. Many dwellers have found a unique passion they bare honestly and revel in how it makes their life sing.

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    The pictures are made in Abkhazia, one of the small breakaway republics of Georgia. I went there because I was curious about life in a country which didn’t formally exist: What is life like in a country marked by war, isolation and not recognized, with no or limited possibilities to travel abroad or having contact with the surrounding world?

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  • VII Photo – VII Foundation

    VII VII is synonymous with courageous and impactful journalism. In 2001, the dawn of the digital era enabled the creation of VII Photo Agency. It drove VII to prominence during the aftermath of 9/11, the war in Afghanistan, the invasion of Iraq, and the c

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    Choosing only to photograph friends, family members and partners, this personal project, photographed over ten years, seeks to look at beauty and female emotion in an unvarnished and un-retouched way, thus challenging the 21st Century ethos of cosmetic enhancement and air-brushed magazine perfection.

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