Link: Photographer says Spokesman-Review’s drone-shot video occurred in a ‘gray area’ | Poynter.
“The fact that there might be some FAA concerns has certainly gotten our attention,” Graham said, adding that “there wasn’t much discussion ahead of time” about the camera ship recordings.
James Estrin is usually the one writing about new photography exhibitions. The senior staff photographer and co-editor, with David Gonzalez, of The New York Times’ Lens has presented the work of hundreds of photographers, often for the first time, in the
Link: Fred Mortagne: a.k.a FrenchFred: Putting Skaters in their Environment and Beyond, Part 2 « The Leica Camera
Here is the second part of our interview with renowned skateboarding filmmaker and cameraman, Fred Mortagne (a.k.a. FrenchFred). He shares more images taken with the Leica M Monochrom and his career as a photographer.
Link: Foto-Grafo | Italy, Street-Photography and the Law
The clash between the right to take pictures in public places, on the one hand, and, on the other, the (often mistaken) right to ownership of the personal image together with the (even more mistaken) right to “privacy” is not peculiar to Italy, but Italian law does have certain peculiarities of which a casual street photographer should be aware when traveling around this country. But please – reader – take into account that what follows is a general account, and as such it may need to be adapted to the specific circumstances related to the time, space and place of the photography in question.
Link: Fred Mortagne a.k.a FrenchFred: Putting Skaters in their Environment and Beyond, Part 1 « The Leica Camera
The internationally renowned skateboarding filmmaker and cameraman, Fred Mortagne – a.k.a FrenchFred – shares in this two part series a selection of images taken with a Monochrom in Paris, Barcelona, Lisbon, Lyon, among others. He also shares his thoughts on his career and the evolution of this urban culture that he has been part of for over 30 years now. This work is presented as part of the Red Bull Illume competition, which Fred Mortagne was a winner of during its first edition in 2007, and which Leica is a partner of this year.
An airline crash that became international news. Celestial events. Championship seasons. Not-so-good seasons. A new bridge finally opening six years behind schedule. Bay Area News Group photographers covered it all in 2013. Here are our photographers’ fav
At the end of every year, there is an onslaught of Top Ten lists, proclaiming the best books, photographs, movies, new restaurants, etc etc, but MY favorite activity on an annual basis is to explore the photograph that YOU think is your favorite (and took
German photographer Philipp Ebeling meanders through the many eclectic avenues and rambling streets of one city’s forgotten communities in London Ends. Ebeling documents the edges of a metropolis he has called home for 15 years, seeking out those neighbor
Veteran Associated Press photojournalist Dave Martin collapsed on the field at the conclusion of the Chick-fil-A Bowl Game at the Georgia Dome on New Year’s Eve. First responders and team medical staff began immediate and vigorous cardiopulmonary resuscit
A federal judge today upheld a President Barack Obama administration policy allowing U.S. officials along the U.S. border to seize and search laptops, smartphones and other electronic devices for any reason.
In September 2010 the National Press Photographers Association joined an important federal lawsuit in a Constitutional challenge of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s laptop search policy at the border. On Friday a U.S. District Judge dismissed th
I just can’t get enough live TV news bloopers. Fortunately, there’s this video: “Best News Bloopers 2013” Great work, everyone. Keep fucking that chicken.
The late Molhem Barakat is someone whom one might find quite difficult to pigeonhole between these two documenters of conflict, falling somewhere between activist/propagandist and photojournalist.