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    It’s a slice of the lives of the war correspondants in Libya that we are publishing execptionally in spite of the weak definition of the photographs. It’s Patrick Baz, special correspondant photographer for the Agence France Presse (AFP/Getty Images) who gave us his log book in images.

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  • Federal Courts Worry Your Smartphone Might Be a Bomb

    Smartphones could offer journalists and the public an easy and cost-effective method to provide online updates of court proceedings — which is why it’s always been frustrating that many federal jurisdictions don’t allow the devices into courthouses. Now, thanks to a newly issued document, we know why. Terrorism. An 8-page memo issued last week by […]

    via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/2011/03/court-smartphone/

    Smartphones could offer journalists and the public an easy and cost-effective method to provide online updates of court proceedings — which is why it’s always been frustrating that many federal jurisdictions don’t allow the devices into courthouses. Now, thanks to a newly issued document, we know why.

    Terrorism.

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    Fresh from his documentary win at Sundance, cinematic journalist Danfung Dennis has announced some early details of his next project called Condition ONE. It looks to be a highly immersive virtual reality video project which Danfung hopes will allow viewers to experience news events more fully.

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    It’s no secret that I am drawn to the square format. I shoot with a Hassleblad, a twin lens Rolleiflex, a Holga and Diana. I recently purchased a Mamiya 7ii but haven’t fully welcomed it into the fold. So when I see square images, especially stunning ones, it makes me very happy. The other day, Christophe Dillinger shot me an e-mail to let me know about Square Magazine, and well, that made me even happier. And, or course, I wanted to know more.

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    Altaf Qadri, an award-winning Associated Press photographer who had gone missing in Libya on Saturday, has been found “unharmed”

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    I too am developing a real love / hate relationship with this camera. There’s so much to enjoy, yet also so much to frustrate one.

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    As I was working through scripting for the Black & White segment of my new Adobe Camera Raw series, it just kept getting longer, and longer and longer. Which, uhhhh…. might be a problem. But as I dug into it, it also just kept getting more and more interesting! So I decided to spin it out, and turn it into a separate, and completely free tutorial.

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    Aperture has long been a – maybe the – beacon of American photobook publishing. It’s pretty much impossible to talk about photobooks without at some stage running into a book that was done by Aperture. Lesley Martin, Publisher of the Aperture Book Program, has worked on a huge number of those books, often pushing the envelope in unexpected directions. A few weeks ago, I sat down with Lesley to talk about Aperture and about the history and future of photobooks

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    When Erika Hall and I started Mule 10 years ago, we were excited to be able to take on our own clients, make our own decisions, and most of all, to do what we loved to do. One task that didn’t break our top ten was negotiating contracts. And while it still isn’t our favorite part of the job, it is the part that makes everything else possible.

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    After photographing the Chicago Golden Gloves for what seems like months, the first of three nights of finals finally arrived Thursday night.

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    It’s not so much important that you don’t know who I am. I don’t find that it’s necessarily relevant that you know who I am regarding my work. The work speaks for itself and if it doesn’t speak for itself, then I like people to reinterpret it for their own views. I don’t know that knowing what I look like is relevant to what I do. I think people can be a little hung up on what the artist looks like. What are you doing? Are you looking at what they are doing or are you looking at them? Since I play that out in my work, it seems a little pointless to be like, “Hey, here I am. Am I cool? Do you think I’m cool? I’m not?”

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    Would it make sense to rebrand the Deutsche Börse Prize as a conceptual photography prize given the variety of photographers shortlisted over the past years? You decide

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    The APPPF (Agency for the Promotion of Professional Photography in France) has organized the third edition of the photographic prize called “Photographs of the Year”. A competition reserved for European professional photographers meant to promote their know-how.

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  • Photographer #264: Paul D’Amato

    Paul D’Amato, 1956, USA, could be called a “creative non-fiction” photographer. His photographic practice has always inhabited a space betwe…

    Link: http://500photographers.blogspot.com/2011/04/photographer-264-paul-damato.html

    Paul D’Amato, 1956, USA, could be called a “creative non-fiction” photographer. His photographic practice has always inhabited a space between two contradictory truths.

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    I was ecstatic to find out that I am the recipient of the Houston Center for Photography’s 2011 Juried Fellowship for my ongoing Sun City: Life After Life essay. My talented colleague Matt Eich won the same honor in 2010 for his “Carry Me Ohio” essay.

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    Beth Dow is an american photographer who uses historical references and traditional processes to address contemporary issues of land use and our experience of time.

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  • From a Bubble, ‘Sneaking Little Moments’

    Moises Saman has been in a press pool in Libya covering those loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi for more than a month.

    via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/05/from-a-bubble-sneaking-little-moments/

    Moises Saman’s work and words have been featured on Lens 17 times since he was assaulted by tthe police in Tunisia in January. Mr. Saman, who is represented by Magnum Photos, is on assignment for The Times in Libya, where he is in a press pool covering the forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

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    Back in August of 2009, I blogged about having an idea of making a 4×5 out of LEGO bricks. Ten days later I’d made some serious progress on it.

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  • Atrocity exhibition | Xeni Jardin

    Xeni Jardin: The internet is generating new sources of shockingly graphic images of conflict, which the media have to figure out how to use

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    The internet is generating new sources of shockingly graphic images of conflict, which the media have to figure out how to use

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  • Another perspective on the Fuji X100 by Chris Bandera | Steve Huff Hi-Fi and Photo

    (Steve’s full and thorough X100 Review can be seen HERE) The Fuji X100 – Quirky but fun. By Chris Bandera – Chris’s Flickr large? I bought an X100, took it for a test drive, and am now debating on returning it. The camera is beautiful physically, but the

    via Steve Huff Hi-Fi and Photo | Hi-Fi Audio Reviews: http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2011/04/03/another-perspective-on-the-fuji-x100-by-chris-bandera/

    I bought an X100, took it for a test drive, and am now debating on returning it. The camera is beautiful physically, but the interface gets in the way more than anything else. A camera should never get in the way. This camera for some reason already has a huge cult following, so I’ll probably get some flack for highlighting the negative points, but…I bought it and thought I should share my experiences thus far.

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