Link: Fresno for The New York Times » Prime Collective
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Leica M type 240 DxoMark score: better than the M9, not as good as Nikon’s full frame cameras – Leica Rumors
DxOMark published their test results for the new Leica M type 240 camera. The latest digital rangefinder from Leica show significant improvements over the previous M9 model, but the full frame cameras from Nikon still show slightly better dynamic range an
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Art Producers Speak: Jeff Luker – 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/2013/03/14/art-producers-speak-jeff-luker/
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Link: NY Post quietly acknowledges ‘Cannibal Cop’ front page is Photoshopped | Poynter.
Perhaps more corrosive than the Post’s assault on photo-ethics standards: the dining puns made in its story about Valle’s guilty verdict: “Reality bites! Cannibal cop guilty, facing life on prison diet” reads one piece, which notes that several pieces of evidence “cooked Valle’s defense.”
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VP Biden’s Press Office Apologizes for Demanding that Reporter Delete Photos
Vice President Joe Biden’s press secretary apologized to a Capital News Service reporter and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism Wednesday after a press office staffer demanded the reporter delete photos taken at an event in Rockville.
via CNS Maryland: http://cnsmaryland.org/2013/03/13/vp-bidens-press-office-apologizes-for-demanding-that-reporter-delete-photos/#.UUHCtsTFQno.twitter
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Photographers’ Oral History of the Iraq War
A new book, “Photojournalists at War,” is an oral history of the Iraq war from the perspective of three dozen photojournalists who documented it from the front lines.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/photographers-oral-history-of-the-iraq-war/
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Link: Gérard Musy: Lustres & Lamées | Le Journal de la Photographie
Two series by Swiss photographer Gérard Musy, Lustres et Lamées, take us back to the seductive nights of the 1980s. In these sophisticated black-and-white photos, genders and classes blend together into a potent cocktail of nocturnal energy.
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Jennifer Kaczmarek
Florida photographer, Jennifer Kaczmarek, has a natural affinity for capturing the essence of a child. She has been a participant observer in her own children’s lives, but she also creates work about children and families facing challenging situations.
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Link: Conscientious Extended | On Process
It’s fairly safe to assume that tor a sizable part of photoland, a digital image that looks like a wet-plate image cannot be judged the same way as a an actual wet-plate one. In the following, I will try to explain why that is a pretty severe mistake
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Link: Eye Level in Iraq (6 Photos) | PDN Photo of the Day
Photojournalists Kael Alford and Thorne Anderson documented the impact and aftermath of the United State’s invasion. In an attempt to get closer to the daily realities of Iraqi citizens, Alford and Anderson worked outside the confines of the US military’s embedded journalist program. Civilians are the primary subject of their photographs, learning how the war and political and cultural shifts affected ordinary people
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Link: Lynsey Addario’s Photos of Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis – NYTimes.com
Lynsey Addario entered Syria this year on assignment for The New York Times to show a broader, more human aspect of the conflict there. Her work took her to Aleppo Province, home to Syria’s largest city and site of some of the fiercest fighting. In a phone conversation with James Estrin from London, Ms. Addario, 39, discussed her recent work. Their conversation has been edited.
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Link: An American Epic: The Work of Garry Winogrand – LightBox
And yet if Winogrand authored a modern epic, what is equally striking was his acknowledgment of the limits of photography throughout his career. As a documentarian of the everyday, he believed his pictures were mere windows into a moment, at best a surface level description of life
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Link: Japanese Photography: A Tale Of Two Artists : The Picture Show : NPR
There’s no way you can really reduce the photographic history of a place to just a few artists, let alone two. But the curators at L.A.’s J. Paul Getty Museum are trying — in the forthcoming exhibition, Japan’s Modern Divide.
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Link: Photographer waiting for the new pope with a Nikkor 1200-1700mm f/5.6-8P IF-ED lens | Nikon Rumors
photographer Dylan Martinez who is hoping to capture the new pope at Saint Peter’s Square with the monster Nikkor 1200-1700mm f/5.6-8P IF-ED lens
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Link: Fuji X100s first look video and low light samples | STEVE HUFF PHOTOS
Many have been waiting for this one from Fuji as it starts the beginning of a new era for Fuji X cameras as from here on out I expect them all to have worthy AF. Again, the AF in the X100s is superb. I shot it in good light and low light and the focus was spot on each time. No miss, no hunting, just press, lock and fire. Bam, it worked.
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Link: More thoughts on Winogrand | B
The rush is on. Spurred by the SFMoMA retrospective, several articles about Winogrand have appeared recently, some in relatively unlikely places. For example, I don’t recall Mother Jones or Harper’s taking much of an interest in street photography before now, not to mention Huffington Post. What’s next? Time? People? I’m guessing we’ll see a spate of crossover reviews in the next few weeks before Winogrand once more settles into cultish obscurity. So we might as well enjoy his moment in the sun while it lasts. Bring on the press!