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Inside Sudan’s War-Torn Darfur
Photographer Adriane Ohanesian followed refugees hiding in the Marra Mountains
via Time: http://time.com/3834434/sudan-darfur-rebels-civilians-photos/
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Discover African Migrants’ Long Journey Through the Sahara
Before reaching Europe, migrants travel through the lawlessness of the Sahara
via Time: http://time.com/3835789/africa-migrants-niger-pictures/
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Behind the Scenes of the Fast-Paced, Small-Budget Movies of Dhallywood
Growing up in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sarker Protick would look forward to Friday afternoons, when, on the national television channel, he could count on…
via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/04/27/sarker_protick_photographs_the_bangladeshi_film_industry_in_his_series_love.html
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A Complex Self-Portrait of Africa
A prizewinning Nigerian photographer has devoted himself to documenting his nation’s social and political growth, offering an alternative narrative to the usual story of Africans as victims.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/a-complex-self-portrait-of-africa/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog
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Follow the 2015 PDN’s 30 Photographers on Tumblr, Instagram | PDNPulse
A list of links to the Tumblr blogs and Instagram feeds of 2015 PDN’s 30 photographers.
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2015/04/follow-the-2015-pdns-30-photographers-on-tumblr-instagram.html
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Episode 2.18 – Khalik Allah
He was suggested by a few people as a potential guest for the show. It was a no brainer. We were finally able to bring over to the studio to talk about what he’s been up to and where he thinks he might be going. One hour was hardly enough time to dig into his brilliant and ambitious mind, but we hope you enjoy what we were able to capture.
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The Ruins of Nepal
Nepalis started fleeing their devastated capital of Kathmandu on April 27 after Saturday's earthquake killed more than 3,700 people and toppled entire streets, as the United Nations prepared a “massive” aid operation.
via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/04/what-nepals-earthquake-left-behind/391559/
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Fact and Fiction in Modern Photography
There is a struggle going on in documentary photography between proponents of journalistic ethics and practices and those who believe that new visual and storytelling strategies are needed to communicate effectively in the modern world. The controversies surrounding this year’s World Press Photo awards have amplified this debate.
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Jordi Cohen: Act of Faith
I make fundamentally social reports. My work attempts to convey emotions linked to cultural aspects of different countries and civilizations. I try to photograph emotions, in an intuitive picture style. In many of my reports, I show people in situations of ecstasy, outside themselves
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City Paper photo editor J.M. Giordano beaten by police at Freddie Gray protest
In a video shot by City Paper Managing Editor Baynard Woods you can see Giordano, wearing a green jacket, and a protester, both of whom had just been knocked to the ground by police, being beaten as Woods yells, “He’s a photographer! He’s press!”
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Brave New Camera
Photography is evolving to change the connections we have to one another, and to ourselves.
via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/brave-new-camera-3ae466a3cb84?section=[object
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Winners of the 2014 Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest
The editors of Smithsonian magazine have announced the winners of their 12th annual photo contest, selected from more than 26,500 entries.
via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/04/winners-of-the-2014-smithsonian-magazine-photo-contest/390876/
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Phyllis Dooney: CENTER’S 1st Place Editor’s Choice Award
Congratulations to Phyllis Dooney for her 1st Place win in CENTER’s Editor’s Choice Awards for her Project, Moonflowers. Juror Alice Gabriner, International Photo Editor of TIME magazine shared this statement: I was immediately intrigued by the first pict
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2015/04/phyllis-dooney-centers-editors-choice-award/
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Winners: Sony World Photography Awards 2015 – Photographs by the winners of the Sony World Photography Awards | LensCulture
Come see our full-screen slideshow featuring our favorite work from this year’s winners, including that of the L’Iris d’Or/Photographer of the Year: John Moore
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/sony-world-photography-awards-winners-sony-world-photography-awards-2015
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Decorated And Admired Picture Editor Mark J. Edelson, 64
Mark J. Edelson, the multimedia director for The Palm Beach Post who was one of the most decorated and respected picture editors in the profession’s history, died Thursday evening after a hard-fought, two-year battle with three different types of cancer.
via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/decorated-and-admired-picture-editor-mark-edelson-64
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Rebuilding Lives After a Factory Collapse in Bangladesh
An hour after the Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Abir Abdullah got to the scene unsure where to begin taking pictures. More than a thousand people had died and hundreds more were trapped alive in the rubble. Injured workers were screaming and crying all around him as rescue workers pulled bodies from the debris.
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Andrew Hetherington Interview – A Photo Editor
Jonathan Blaustein: You’re from Ireland. Is that right? Andrew Hetherington: Correct. Yes. JB: How far does a good accent take you? AH: Good question. It certainly helped get my foot in the door and I have certainly laid it on thick at times to break the
via A Photo Editor: http://aphotoeditor.com/2015/04/23/andrew-hetherington-interview/
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Eli Reed’s Long Walk Home
A major retrospective of Eli Reed’s work shows how the Magnum photographer has sought beauty and understanding of the human condition.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/eli-reeds-long-walk-home/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog
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The photo generation – Kaptur
It is the first thing they do in the morning and last thing they see before going to sleep: the way Teens interact with photography will change our world.
via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/the-photo-generation/
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