Microsoft’s “Scroogled” campaign (no relation) boastfully compared Hotmail’s privacy framework to Gmail’s, condemning Google for “reading your mail.” Now, …
This week Allen and I cover a lot of ground regarding drones – excuse us – quadcopters, as well as AP’s most recent concerns about their photographers lack of access to the Obama administration. Links are below so you can follow along. Links AP’s Whit
It’s troubling to think that the last word on Molhem’s reputation might hinge on the slideshow, the visual association to a thickening scandal and a more nominal connection to suspect deeds.
When you do find people that you connect with deeply, nurture those connections and build upon them. There are some absolutely wonderful, intelligent, forward thinking people swimming with the sharks. Find them, expand our fucking minds, show us new persp
Link: The Rarely-Seen Lives of Palestinians Photographed by Tanya Habjouqa – Feature Shoot
East Jerusalem-based Tanya Habjouqa’s photographs of daily life in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem are striking in a way they shouldn’t be. People doing normal things that many of us do on a daily basis should not be such arresting images, and yet they are, remarkably so
George J. Rosa III, the former owner of the Hallmark Institute of Photography, the photography school in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, pled guilty March 11 to charges of bank fraud and tax evasion, according to a report by Springfield, Massachusetts, TV s
Arthur Meyerson The Color of Light I never planned on becoming a photographer. But just like a great photo, it was a matter of coincidence… a combination of, “right time, right place”. I was lucky.…
Link: Cedric Nunn: Gazing at the South African Landscape to Reconnect the Present with its History « The Leica Camera
Cedric Nunn, born in 1957, is a South African photographer. In the course of the interview, he connects his past steps as an engaged photographer against apartheid with his current concerns for social justice in his country and beyond. He also focus here on his latest project “UNSETTLED: One Hundred Year Xhosa War of Resistance,” claiming the urgent need to reflect on the past traumas to understand contemporary South Africa. A first portion of this work was shown during the 2013 Rencontres d’Arles as part of the French/South African photographic mission, “Transition”, and will soon consist of a complete touring exhibition and book.
Link: Interview: Marija Janković’s “GAK” | dvafoto
A few months ago, at a Belgrade photo night called Periskop, I saw Marija Janković present one of her new projects about her time as a patient at a Serbian maternity hospital, which she calls GAK. The first time I saw this work, with Serbian text, I could only really react to the photographs and the audience around me, who were often left gasping
London-based Giacomo Brunelli’s The Animals features the multitude of creatures he encountered on daily morning walks while living in his native Italy. After moving to London in 2008, he followed up with a second series, The Animals II. Brunelli first too
We caught up with the company responsible for saving instant film at this year’s SXSW conference in Austin, to learn more about the amazing Impossible Instant Lab.
By Jim ColtonGeorge Eastman, founder of the Eastman Kodak company, once said: “Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.”
Award-winning photojournalist Chris Hondros was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade while covering the Libyan conflict in 2011. As a book of his images and writing is published, Jonathan Klein, CEO of Getty Images, shares his memories
In response to a story last week in The New York Times that raised serious ethical questions about the practices of some news photographers in Syria following the death last year in Aleppo of an 18-year-old Reuters freelancer, the news agency issued a sta
Our supposed ally had a special desk devoted to managing Osama bin Laden. How can the U.S. fight extremism when we’re unable to confront it where it really lives?