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    “You only have 3 ways out of this agreement with facebook: 1. Don’t have a facebook account, 2. Negotiate a special agreement with facebook (good luck!), or 3., Delete your facebook account”

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    I will occasionally receive emails from students or photographers just starting out on their professional or freelance paths and I always try to be helpful and answer any questions they might have.  Lots of folks have helped me out over the years and I’m happy to do what I can to share what I’ve learned.  If I’ve learned anything at all, it’s that I don’t actually know anything, but I can certainly pretend.

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    First, I cannot look into the heart of another man and judge him. If the photographer thought in the panic of the moment that flashing his strobe would alert the train driver, so be it. I do not know how far he was from the victim or how fast the train was going or if he could have pulled the man up or any details about the event. I cannot and will not pass judgment on another man’s motives.

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  • Jim Romenesko

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    The photographer who shot the subway horror photo that appeared on yesterday’s New York Post cover says he’s “surprised at the anger over the pictures, of the people who are saying: Why didn’t he put the camera down and pull him out?”

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    The images in Odd One Out began as found photographs, purchased in antique stores and estate sales, of groups of people during special events, reunions, and family gatherings. The photographs are the spoils of a hunt, the proceeds of afternoons spent looking into the eyes of people I do not know and who may no longer be living. I select images of people who, unlike the rest of the smiling faces in the frame, bear looks of loneliness and longing that stop me in my tracks.

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  • A Photographic Vision in Lourdes

    To secular sorts, the spectacle of pilgrims flocking to Lourdes in France can be puzzling. For Jeppe Boje Nielsen, photographing it was challenging — and humbling.

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    To secular sorts, it’s a hard thing to grasp. For Jeppe Bøje Nielsen, a Danish photographer, it was a challenge. He spent a month last summer amid the throngs who packed the Masses and processions at the French town, intent on avoiding the straightforward documentary approach that other photographers had relied on.

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    Some of Ryan Lanza’s Facebook friends started pointing out that he was still posting messages (after the shooter had already died), specifically denying involvement.

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    Once again we are upon the photography contest season.  And every year I hear photographers ask “Do photo contests matter?” In the opinion of this photo editor, they do! But just don’t take my word for it; here are what some prominent industry professionals think about the value of contests and what you can do to assure your entries are seen in the best light.

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  • Capturing the Accelerating Change in Tibet

    The Dutch photographer Marieke ten Wolde has made frequent trips to Tibet, in search not of vistas and costumes but of a society that is changing so fast she has had to consult her diary to remember if she had been there or not.

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    Like many photographers who visit Tibet, Marieke ten Wolde has thousands of photographs of beautiful mountains, picturesque villages and nomads in colorful costume. But as she immersed herself in Tibetan life, she began to shift her attention from the icons of an ancient culture to the effects of China’s rule.

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    Equipped with a large format view camera, and inspired by the poetry of Richard Hugo, I’ve aimed to hint at narratives and relay the experiences of strangers met in settings that spur my own emotions. Ultimately, this body of work is a meditation on small town life, the landscape, and more importantly, the inner landscapes of common men.—Bryan Schutmaat

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    But the stunt took a horrific and unexpected turn on Friday, when the nurse who answered the call, 46-year-old Jacintha Saldanha, was found dead, an apparent suicide.

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    The result is a list of Best Books that contains between 150-200 titles — not exactly a tidy top 10. But we don’t see this as a problem; we aren’t seeking consensus or a ranking. For us, Best Books is about discoveries

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    “He has lived in the down-on-its-luck small city in northeast Pennsylvania for 69 years — his entire life. He started taking pictures of car wrecks for the local newspaper while he was in high school and ran a photo studio from his house for more than 35 years. In between the weddings, portraits and commercial assignments — on which he raised a family — he shot quirky street images for his own pleasure.

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    “Photojournalist John D McHugh has released a watermarking app on the iPhone in a bid to root out copyright theft on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
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    conflicting reports over an already emotional case became that much more complex today when a WikiLeaks-style site dumped new information about team boosters, the town sheriff, and the alleged “Rape Crew” online — information rounded up, of course, by the anonymous hacking collective known as Anonymous.

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    The photos of North Korea gathered here were taken recently either by official photographers, or by western photographers under government supervision, their subjects and movement restricted

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    The latest exhibition at Los Angeles’s Annenberg Space for Photography presents the work of several photographers who have depicted indigenous cultures throughout the world, from Tibet to Borneo to South Dakota. Called “No Strangers: Ancient Wisdom in a Modern World,” the group exhibition is guest curated by Wade Davis, an anthropologist, author and photographer whose work is also included in the show.

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    Here are 20 unforgettable moments I experienced as a photographer for The Salt Lake Tribune in 2012.

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    In his series of carefully composed black-and-white images that make up “La Famille,” the French photographer Alain Laboile has captured a sense of youthful freedom through the exploits of his six children.

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    “‘You look like you’re dead.’ Those are the opening words of Les pompes de Ricardo Jésus. Pierre Schoendeoerffer utters them upon seeing a photo of Patrick wounded in Cambodia in April 1974. Patrick wrote these lines as he took his first steps on crutches after taking ‘a bullet in the left ankle, a present of the Revolutionary Guards in Tabriz’ in 1980… “

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