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    For seven decades Rich Clarkson has had a front row seat to sporting history and through his eyes–or more precisely, through his camera lens–he has shaped the way the rest of us remember many of the game’s greatest moments. Clarkson has photographed all the greats. His photos have appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated 33 times, on the pages of Time and Life magazines, and as the cover art of countless books. Here Clarkson shows some of his favorite images and tells the story behind each one.

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    When the teams finally came together, we loaded up with food and water so we would be self sufficient and then split into two teams to head up north.  We drove for hours through the cold night.  It was pitch dark as there was no electricity in the affected areas and we were shaken awake whenever the van drove over the gaps and cracks gaping on the roads.

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    Wayne Martin Belger created the blood camera, which incorporates HIV-infected blood that acts as a red filter for portraits of HIV+ people.

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    The residents of communities in Ghana live half of their lives in the dark, without electricity, from the time the sun sets at 6pm and rises at 6 am. “Life Without Lights” began as a brief story idea for DiCAmpo while he was living & volunteering in rural Ghana. During that time DiCampo says, “I realized how deeply the lack of electricity affected the lives of my neighbors. It impeded their progress in the sectors of health, education, development, agriculture, gender equality and the list goes on.”

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    Categorizing photography is controversial. For example, the category of ‘photojournalism’, in my opinion, is an exceedingly narrow definition. It traditionally demanded that photography be defined as close to events as they unfolded avoiding interpretation. When I started working with GEO in the 70’s, it meant something extremely narrow and factual, and today we might, perhaps, call it ’hard news’. It was then solely defined in terms of factual parameters. Magnum photographers were the exception to the rule. They each saw the world with their own eyes.

    I believe that now, a more interpretative, personal photography is seen in documentary photography. For example, we have chosen 5 images by Richard Mosse, still lives of the borders in the American side of Mexico. They are, without doubt, documentary photographs. Alongside Richard we show Shaul Schwarz’s work. He worked extensively on ‘Narcos’ in Mexico. Shaul’s work is hardcore journalistic, yet he has a unified vision in his documentary photography. At the New York Photo Festival, these two photographers will be exhibited side by side in one room to show how they are close in terms of subject yet radically different in terms of their visual interpretation.

    Documentary Photography nowadays is more inclusive than exclusive, and it can go from portraiture to fine art to landscape and still life. There definitely is room for interpretation. Some people see it with a much narrower perspective. In my opinion, a photographer is documenting events in a broad sense. It can go from merely showing what is there to interpreting it in a highly personalized way.

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    Phase One today released Capture One 6.2.  An upgrade to the popular raw conversion and image editing software that supports both professional medium format systems and more than 170 different DSLR camera models, Capture One comprises a full digital workflow to produce beautifully detailed and richly rendered images.

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    ROBERT CAPA GOLD MEDAL AWARD Best published photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise. Winner: AGNES DHERBEYS Freelance for The New York Times – “Violence Erupts in Thailand”

    THE OLIVIER REBBOT AWARD – Best photographic reporting from abroad in magazines or books. Winner: LYNSEY ADDARIO, National Geographic – “Veiled Rebellion: Afghan Women”

    JOHN FABER AWARD – Best photographic reporting from abroad in newspapers or news services. Winner: DANIEL BEREHULAK, Getty Images – “Pakistan Floods”

    FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD – Best feature photography published in any medium on an international theme. Winner: RODRIGO ABD, Associated Press – “Guatemala ER”

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    Several people have mentioned this lately so I thought I’d start down a path on the subject here. Honesty in photography is an issue that has been around for decades and will never go away but it’s only an issue in the purist of journalistic environments. Which makes sense, I guess.

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    It’s a few weeks after the latest Richard Prince brouhaha, and as expected things haven’t changed. The art world has come down on the side of Richard Prince, with the argument basically being that it’s a terrible ruling for appropriation art because it’s a terrible ruling for appropriation art. I might be missing something, but in none of the articles I’ve read any of the defenders of Richard Prince has given an actual explanation of why this particular case is a valid case of appropriation art

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    While Argentinian Alejandro Chaskielberg won the top prize at the Sony World Photography Awards, more than 30 photographers have received commendations in 13 professional categories

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    GeekFest. The most frequently asked question is “what is it?!”

    Well, it’s the best little photo conference with the worst, geekiest name out there.

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    Though you were in New York, thousands of miles away from where the two were killed, you immediately publicly criticized these photographers—both with decades of experience—for their own deaths.

    Your Facebook post reads, “Four guys hit with the same round were too close together.” In fact, they may have been climbing into a truck to retreat, they might have been helping wounded civilians, they might have been running for common shelter.

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    Lightroom 3.4 and Camera Raw 6.4 are now available as final releases on Adobe.com and through the update mechanisms available in Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3.  These updates include bug fixes, new camera support and new lens profiles.

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    But Flav isn’t giving up on the catering business – he’s secured a deal to open Flavor Flav’s House of Flavor in Las Vegas next month. The venue will feature a restaurant, a bar, a studio and a stage for live performances.

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    I remember my mother pulling a picture out of our local Seattle Times newspaper for me, running large on the third page. A news picture tucked inside the paper, sitting on its own, was odd to see. It was as if the editors thought they had to get a great picture published even if it wasn’t ‘newsworthy’ for a local paper. I was blown away, I’m sure I said outloud that this picture would win a Pulitzer.

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    I have talked a lot over the years to war photographers about their work. But I had to wonder this week when it becomes too much. In several interviews, some of the best visual artists of this generation talked about how they realized it was time to step away. They’re still focused on conflict but in different ways.

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    Yep, this was my first trip to The Bluegrass State, an eye-opening, eyebrow-singeing voyage to photograph the semi-annual Machine Gun Shootout in the sticks outside of Louisville.

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    The exhibition Maelstrom of photojournalist Philip Jones Griffiths at Howard Greenberg gallery in New York covers his work on the Vietnam War and the conflict in Northern Ireland during the 1970s.

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    Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington were killed yesterday in Misrata, Libya. I didn’t know Tim. I respected his work and how he went about creating it. I did know Chris. He was a friend and a man I deeply admired.

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  • The Fuji X100 Digital Camera Real World Review by Steve Huff | Steve Huff Hi-Fi and Photo

    The Fuji X100 Real World Review Does it live up to the Hype? By Steve Huff WooHoo! The Fuji X100 is HERE and my review is EARLY! The Fuji X100 has been one of the most anticipated camera releases of recent memory, and understandably so. It is so much diff

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    Fuji says that the X100 was designed by photographers, for photographers. Even Fuji themselves consider the X100 the “professionals choice” and at $1200 it is priced up there with some very good DSLR cameras, but those who are interested in this camera are NOT interested in a big old DSLR. Nope, those who want the X100 are looking for something fresh, new, exciting, small and classic. As I recently found out for myself, the X100 is all of that and more.

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