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    A manager for G4S, a security firm, has said that security guards working to protect the Olympic site in London are trained to deter people from taking photographs, it has been claimed

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  • LightBox | Time

    Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time

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    TIME photographer Dominic Nahr has been on assignment in South Sudan’s ironically named Unity State, whose northern edge includes disputed boundaries with its enemy Sudan — one of which is marked only by a white cargo container

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    Jim McCrary, the former A&M Records staff photographer who shot the cover of Carole King’s Tapestry and other rock-and-roll albums, died on April 29, 2012, “of complications from a chronic nervous system disorder,” the Los Angeles Times reports. He was 72 years old.

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    Éric Dessert’s work seems to be nourished and regulated by his travels, Romania, Georgia, Estonia, Japan, and here, China, shown at the Camera Obscura Gallery until May 26, 2012. A different China, far from the dazzling changes of the past few decades. Rural China. It is no surprise that from 2002 to 2009, Eric Dessert visited four rural provinces of China, Sichuan, Guizhou, Xinjiang and Ganau, for, as he comments, “The notion of rural seemed essential, not only for China, but for what remains elsewhere. All of my pictures for the past 25 years have dealt with this issue.”

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  • What to expect from Leica next week: M9-M, X2, 50mm Cron lens (updated) – Leica Rumors

    This is an update to my previous post on my expectations and rumors for the Leica announcement in Berlin next week. Leica M9-M Monochrome rangefinder: All black camera body with no red dot or any other markings on the front, there will only be a Leica Monochrome engraving on the top plate (similar to the M9-P). The M9-M […]

    via Leica Rumors: https://leicarumors.com/2012/05/05/what-to-expect-from-leica-next-week-m9-m-x2-50mm-cron-lens.aspx/

    All black camera body with no red dot or any other markings on the front, there will only be a Leica Monochrome engraving on the top plate (similar to the M9-P). The M9-M will  basically be a M9-P but with a monochrome sensor.

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    This is a business of bounces, sharp turns, unexpected events, lean times, occasional joyous celebrations, and bouts of euphoria measured in slices of seconds. No matter what, be it an excellent day in the field, or a humdrum day filing pictures or doing billing, it is punctuated almost incessantly with the intrusive reality of just how difficult this is to do, over the long haul. Wonderful, but tough at the same time.

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    It’s unlikely anyone will ever step forward to claim the credit for that particular piece of ingenious public relations, for it’s clear that AFP and Getty are already bracing themselves for a crushing defeat. Buried deep in their memorandum is a plea to the court that should it find in Morel’s favour, damages should be limited to a maximum of $240,000. That’s a far cry from previous ringing declarations that “in the end, we shall prevail”.

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    The problem here is that using a Hipstamatic/Instagram app is not at all “a different aesthetic than people are used to seeing” – everybody and their grandmother are now using those apps or filters. On top of that, these apps mimic old film cameras. So it’s not a different aesthetic at all – it’s a trendy aesthetic. In fact it’s so trendy and popular that Facebook just paid $1b to buy Instagram – a site centering on those kinds of images!

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    “I’ve personally apologized to [student photographer] Andy Duann for the mistaken assumption that the CU Independent owned the copyright to the falling bear photo, and the resulting controversy that ensued. At Andy’s suggestion, we’re working on a new policy that will assign use of content to the CU Independent but allow content producers to retain the copyrights to their material.”

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    On Saturday the Associated Press issued a “photo elimination” of Andy Duann’s falling bear pictures, advising its members to “eliminate from your systems and archives” AP’s “Campus bear” photos shot by Andy Duann and credited to the CU Independent, the student publication of the University of Colorado Boulder, where Duann is a student

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    Shot in winter 2011, this movie invite you to spend one night in Paris with the street artist Invader.

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    Already an award-winning photographer of contemporary Afghanistan, Simon Norfolk returned this time to follow the footsteps of a relatively unknown Irish war photographer, John Burke, who had documented the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880). An immensely engaging book presents the works of both photographers, as well as compelling essays that offer context to this subtle and complex work.

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    The Galerie Duboys knows how to take risks, and it shows in their new exhibition, 3ème tour, musique d’une campagne. The gallery has given five artists carte blanche to express their feelings about this season’s French presidential campaign, which came to a close last Sunday

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  • Parting Glance: Horst Faas

    Horst Faas, a prizewinning combat photographer with The Associated Press for nearly a half-century, died on Thursday. He was 79.

    via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/a-parting-glance-horst-faas/?pagewanted=all

    Mr. Faas was a brilliant planner, able to score journalistic scoops by anticipating “not just what happens next, but what happens after that,” as one colleague put it.

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    M Leicas are a niche product. Ignoring collectors for the moment, these cameras are for people who understand and appreciate the gestalt of rangefinder shooting. A digital M Leica is also old school, though having digital and old school in the same sentance may at first seem an oxymoron. Prime lenses, manual aperture ring and shutter speed dial, and little else. Just what you need and little more. But the Leica Monochrom is even older school because it hearkens back to the days of shooting B&W film. Put the two together and you have a niche product within a niche.

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  • LEICA APO-SUMMICRON-M 50 MM F/2 ASPH: THE NEW MILESTONE IN LENS CONSTRUCTION – Leica Rumors

    Solms, Germany (May 10, 2012) – Leica Camera AG presents a new milestone in the history of lens construction: the Leica APO-Summicron-M 50 mm f/2 ASPH. With the goal of creating a lens that fully achieves the opportunities offered by high-resolution camera systems, Leica engineers have successfully redefined the limits of what is technically possible. […]

    via Leica Rumors: https://leicarumors.com/2012/05/10/leica-apo-summicron-m-50-mm-f2-asph-the-new-milestone-in-lens-construction.aspx/

    With the goal of creating a lens that fully achieves the opportunities offered by high-resolution camera systems, Leica engineers have successfully redefined the limits of what is technically possible. The result is an extremely high-performance lens that sets entirely new standards and currently stands as an exceptional talent amongst the standard lenses of the Leica M portfolio.

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    Even though I am a photographer, I try to avoid being a voyeur. It has always been my ambition not only to look, but also take part in life, which can be quite frustrating, especially if you have a tight deadline. If I meet someone playing soccer in the street, I immediately feel like playing with them instead of just watching. I never found it interesting to look at someone from the other side of the street, or to be “invisible” as a photographer. I hope this is the reason why people never feel like a voyeur looking at my images– because you feel that you are taking part.

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