Link: Rolling Through the Shadows: Ed Templeton « The Leica Camera
In 1994 I had a realization that not many people get to live the sort of life I was living as a pro skater and wanted to document it from the inside
Link: Rolling Through the Shadows: Ed Templeton « The Leica Camera
In 1994 I had a realization that not many people get to live the sort of life I was living as a pro skater and wanted to document it from the inside
review Fujifilm X-T1
via Fuji Rumors: http://www.fujirumors.com/first-look-fujifilm-x-t1/
Erika Larsen photographed Garrison Keillor’s hometown for “There’s No Place Like Home,” a personal narrative written by Keillor for the February 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. Included below are excerpts from emails sent from Keillor to Larse
via Photography: http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/28/visual-poetry-erika-larsen-explores-the-world-of-garrison-keillor/
You can’t take it underwater, but the new Fujifilm X-T1is splashproof, dustproof, and freezeproof, making it rugged enough for any of your more challenging shoots.
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2014/01/fujifilm-x-t1/
Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time
via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/01/28/tehran-mental-hospital/#1
Call it insult to injury as the White House press secretary takes over the official Instagram site the day before the State of the Union address.
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2014/01/white-house-photo-access-carney-plays-souza-shoots-press/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28BAGnewsNotes%29
Mike Giant's openings always draw a huge crowd, especially because the graffiti, Rebel 8 fashion designer, and tattoo mainstay hasn't show in…
Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/mike-giant-modern-hieroglyphics-fecal-face-dot-gallery-sf
Freelancer Narciso Contreras, a talented war photographer who was cut off by Associated Press last week after he admitted he had Photoshopped a news photo, told PDN in an e-mail interview that he accepts his punishment, but said, “I’m critical when it com
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/01/photographer-fired-by-ap-says-decision-was-fair-but-process-wasnt.html
via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/Simply-unimaginable-%3A-Chaos-descends-on-Kiev
Link: Ethics Matters » Confluence of ethics matters
My question is this – if the photos are works of fantasy, why should we believe the words? If we can’t believe the photos of Lena Dunham why should we believe the story that accompanies them? If the words are expected to be accurate, shouldn’t the photos be accurate also?
Link: Rutger Pauw: Capturing the Essence of Athleticism « The Leica Camera
The advantage of being part of a certain sport helps in regard to communicating with people; you know how dangerous or painful something can be. It also teaches you what angles definitely NOT to choose, which is important. The tricky part is being so much a part of something that it’s easy to miss the beauty of small things in your surroundings, because they’ve become part of everyday life
One of the great pleasures of attending portfolio review events (this one was Lensculture/FotoFest Paris) is meeting other photographers, and in this case international photographers. Amsterdam photographer, Marieke van der Velden brought a wonderful body
Nearly every sports photographer dreams of being on the field covering marquee events like the Super Bowl or the Olympics. Veteran photographer Peter Read Miller has been living that dream for longer than many of his colleagues have been alive, and he wan
The wonderful Dave Jordano has been a long time observer of Detroit, the city where he was born and traversed with a 35mm as a student, onto a 4×5, and today uses digital capture to document the changing landscape of a city in flux. On February 3rd, I wi
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2014/01/tough-mudder-extreme-obstacle-course-photography.html#slide_ss_0=1
Link: I hate Buzzfeed.
Between the stolen images, vapid content, lame jokes, recycled memes and desperate assimilation of all things pop culture, I feel like I’m dealing with a cultural hydra
Some things never change, as evidenced by the beards and plaid shirts in the photograph above, now a staple at photo events nationwide, but this was before the wearing of hipster glasses (those wire rims have to go!) and the drinking of craft beers. Toda
The Associated Press has severed its relationship with Narciso Contreras, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, for digitally altering a picture, an ethical lapse with severe consequences.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/24/truth-and-consequences-for-a-war-photographer/
In Albania today, one bunker stands for every four people who live there. Built during Stalinist Enver Hoxha’s 40-year rule, the more than 700,000…
via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/01/24/david_galjaard_photographs_albanian_bunkers_in_his_photo_book_concresco.html
Link: Thou shalt not lie | Thoughts of a Bohemian
What we cannot stand is the act of deception. The perceived impression that someone is deliberately lying to us and trying to deceive us. It is not tolerable in real life, even less in photojournalism.