Link: Life and Happiness in Siberia’s Cold
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After Recent Ruling, America’s Commercial Drone Pilots Come Out of the Shadows
Matt Gunn, an independent model aircraft or drone operator in Cleveland, says the recent court ruling barring the Federal Aviation Administration from enforcing rules prohibiting the commercial use of drones amounts to “mud being flung in their face.” Gun
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/03/drone-pilots-flying-high/
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Garry Winogrand at the National Gallery: A photographer who saw America like no one else did.
A National Gallery exhibit shows a photographer breaking sharply with the “magazine humanism” of his day.
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Monetizing Getty’s 35M Image Archive via FREE Editorial Uses
Much has been said about the decision by Getty Images to make available to editorial online outlets, over 35,000,000 images, for free. Well,…
Link: http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2014/03/monetizing-gettys-35m-image-archive-via.html?m=1
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Photographer Links Past with Present Creating a Complex Portrait of Her Family – Feature Shoot
“All the kids turned out right, thank God.”—Bianca’s father “Once you have your children, you worry for the rest of your life.”—Bianca’s mother San Francisco-based photographer Bianca Morra attempts to…
via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2014/03/bianca-morra/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bianca-morra#!yY4F2
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Link: GettyMart and Their 35 Million Free Images | Todd Bigelow Photography
So why doesn’t Walmart just follow GettyMart’s example? Why not make 35 million products available for free like GettyMart has? Won’t that solve their shoplifting problem? After all, if you listen to the official word out of GettyMart, they see no other way to combat their electronic shoplifting except to open the doors and say “Hey! Don’t Steal, We’re Giving It To You For Free!” Well, isn’t that nice?
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Photojournalist and Photo Editor Espen Rasmussen on What Makes a Great Website – PhotoShelter Blog
Norway-based photojournalist Espen Rasmussen has been busy. In addition to being a photo editor for VG Helg, the weekend magazine of the biggest daily Norwegian newspaper VG, he has traveled the world documenting a vast number of humanitarian issues, from
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2014/03/photojournalist-photo-editor-espen-rasmussen-makes-great-website/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29
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Juxtapoz Magazine – “Grapevine” by Susan Lipper
Susan Lipper's project “Grapevine” is a collision of the photographer's personal experience and the highly unusual town of Grapevi…
Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/photography/grapevine-by-susan-lipper
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Venezuela in Black-and-White
Though famed for chromatic installations, Carlos Cruz-Diez was first taken by the magic of light as a young photographer documenting Venezuela’s emergence as a modern state.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/venezuela-in-black-and-white/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
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Getty to Let Bloggers and Others Use Photos Free
The photo agency has decided to allow noncommercial websites and social media users to publish its images at no cost using an “embedding” tool.
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Getty’s Craig Peters on Why Free Images Are Good for Photographers, And for the Photo Industry | PDNPulse
Following the announcement by Getty Images that the agency would be allowing non-commercial uses of its images free of charge, we interviewed Craig Peters, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Marketing at Content Images at Getty, to try and fin
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Getty Images Image Embed: Progressive or Destructive? – PhotoShelter Blog
The image above by Flickr contributor Jack Fussell artfully illustrates change, but not the type of “change” that means money. Because I’m using it for free compliments of Getty Images new image embed feature which allows Internet users to use images for
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2014/03/getty-images-progressive-destructive/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29
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Link: Massachusetts court says ‘upskirt’ photos are legal – CNN.com
The high court ruled that the practice did not violate the law because the women who were photographed while riding Boston public transportation were not nude or partially nude.
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9 Features Every DSLR Should Have Now – PhotoShelter Blog
They say that the DSLR’s better days are behind it, but it’s still the choice for most working pros. Rapid advances on point and shoots, ILCs (mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras) and smart phones have left the DSLR looking like the camera of yesterye
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2014/03/9-features-every-dslr-now-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29
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Getty’s Free Image Program: New Revenue Model, or a Surrender to Copyright Infringement? | PDNPulse
Getty Images lit up the Twittersphere today with an announcement that it was making its archive available free of charge for bloggers and other non-commercial users. Some of the big questions are: What is Getty gaining by making images free to the public?
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Art Producers Speak: Topher Cox – A Photo Editor
We emailed Art Buyers and Art Producers around the world asking them to submit names of established photographers who were keeping it fresh and up-and-comers who they are keeping their eye on. If you are an Art Buyer/Producer or an Art Director at an agen
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2014/03/06/art-producers-speak-topher-cox/
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New Guide: Pricing Your Work – Photojournalism – PhotoShelter Blog
Our latest guide, Pricing Your Work: Photojournalism, is for all the aspiring photojournalists out there. Chocked with tips to help you connect with potential news clients and publications, with this guide you’ll learn what fees and terms you should expe
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2014/03/new-guide-pricing-work-photojournalism/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29
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The world’s largest photo service just made its pictures free to use
If you go to the Getty Images website, you’ll see millions of images, all watermarked. There are more than a hundred years of photography here, from FDR on the campaign trail to last Sunday’s…
via The Verge: http://mobile.theverge.com/2014/3/5/5475202/getty-images-made-its-pictures-free-to-use
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What Happened to the Photography Industry in 2013?
LensVid has posted an excellent infographic showing how truly bad 2013 was for the camera industry. At its worst, there was a 40% drop in total camera sales bet
via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2014/03/what-happened-to-the-photography-industry-in-2013/
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