The medium format camera system will include models with 40, 50 and 60 megapixel image sensors as well as 50 and 200 megapixel multi-shot versions.
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James Nachtwey’s 9/11: Eleven Years Later, Like Night and Day – Reading The Pictures
9/11 in 2011 9/11 in 2001 Unfortunately, the Bush administration used the emotional power of the images of 9/11, including mine, to justify and gather support for an ill-conceived invasion of Iraq, a country that had absolutely no connection to the attack
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2012/09/james-nachtweys-911-eleven-years-later-like-night-and-day/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28BAGnewsNotes%29
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Leica X2 Review – by Chip Litherland – The Photo Brigade
Sarasota, FL-based photographer Chip Litherland reviews the compact Leica X2 while on location in the Caribbean.
via The Photo Brigade: http://thephotobrigade.com/2012/09/leica-x2-review-by-chip-litherland/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThePhotoBrigade+%28The+Photo+Brigade%29
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Ben Lowy Instagrams the Conventions
Over the past two weeks, Ben Lowy was in Tampa to Charlotte, using Instagram to cover the Republican and Democratic National Conventions for The New …
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/09/ben-lowy-instagrams-the-conventions.html#slide_ss_0=1
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Meet Stipple – An Attribution Tool For Images – A Photo Editor
I’ve followed Paul Melcher’s Thoughts of a Bohemian blog for many years, because he had an insiders perspective of the stock photography industry and was a harsh critic of the old guard not keeping up with the digital age (similar to my own blogging on ma
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2012/09/10/meet-stipple/
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Link: Newspapers get $1 in new digital ad revenue for every $25 in print ad revenue lost | Poynter.
The newspaper industry’ s effort to cover print advertising losses with digital ad gains, weak in 2010 and 2011, deteriorated further in the first half of this year.
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A Panoramic View of China’s Cultural Revolution
The photographer Li Zhensheng documented China’s Cultural Revolution for his local paper in Harbin, but soon started taking pictures that didn’t align with the Community Party dogma and, fearing retribution, hid them.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/through-a-thwarted-cinematographers-eye-chinas-cultural-revolution/
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LightBox | Time
Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time
via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/09/10/the-end-of-al-qaeda-on-patrol-in-yemen-by-yuri-kozyrev/#1
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Horrific Photo from Aleppo: War Porn or Stellar Journalism? – Reading The Pictures
My question is: is the picture of Syrian rebels at the moment of death a stellar piece of journalism and an essential contribution to our knowledge of the Syrian civil war in particular and war overall, or is this photo more a profound illustration of voy
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2012/09/horrific-photo-from-aleppo-war-porn-or-stellar-journalism/
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What’s Wrong With this Picture: the Gabby Giffords DNC Appearance and Gun Violence – Reading The Pictures
With the party congratulating itself for programming Gabby Giffords’ final convention night recitation of the pledge of allegiance, and so many news outlets having extolled Gabby’s proud but not exactly fluid or easy rendition as a brilliant Hallmark mome
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2012/09/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-the-gabby-giffords-dnc-appearance-and-gun-violence/
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Grand Dreams on the Far Edges
Going beyond the obvious angles of the amusement park and the beach, a photographer explores Coney Island.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/08/grand-dreams-on-the-far-edges/
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Link: Visa pour l’image 2012: Stephanie Sinclair | Le Journal de la Photographie
Stephanie Sinclair’s first encounter with child marriage occurred in 2003 while doing a story on self-immolation in Afghanistan. All the victims she met had been married very young, some only 9 years old, and to much older men. Meigon in Herat told how her drug addict father sold her into marriage when she was 11, and detailed the rape by her husband. That was when Stephanie decided to devote herself to the subject, covering Afghanistan, Nepal, Ethiopia, India and Yemen. She was determined that her images would have an effect on people’s understanding of the issue, highlighting the urgent need to work within these communities for change.
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Link: DSLR News Shooter | Red go all black and white: Epic-M monochrome announced
Following on the heels of Leica’s M monochrome digital stills camera, Red have surprised me with the announcement of a black and white version of their flagship Epic cinema camera
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Overheard
What follows is a list of quotes I compiled for a while on my website. I’m currently revamping my site and eliminating this page along with …
Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2012/09/overheard.html
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In Focus – Q&A with Photo Editor Jim Colton – The Photo Brigade
In his new column “In Focus”, Alex Federowicz interviews successful photo editors and industry leaders. In this Q&A, Alex speaks with legendary photo editor Jim Colton and discusses his career and what makes a great image.
via The Photo Brigade: http://thephotobrigade.com/2012/09/in-focus-qa-with-photo-editor-jim-colton/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThePhotoBrigade+%28The+Photo+Brigade%29
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Shepard Fairey Sentenced on Criminal Charge in ‘Hope” Poster Case | PDNPulse
Artist Shepard Fairey was sentenced to 300 hours of community service and fined $25,000 today in a federal courtroom in Manhattan today for destroying documents, falsifying evidence “and other misconduct” in his civil litigation two years ago against the
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/09/shepard-fairey-sentenced-on-criminal-charge-in-hope-poster-case.html
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Link: Worth a look: Christopher Anderson’s portraits from the RNC and DNC | dvafoto
Christopher Anderson’s, of Magnum and staff photographer for New York magazine, photos are always inventive and cut deep into his subject matter. His portraits from the Republican and Democratic National Conventions this week and last for New York magazine are my favorite coverage of the political conventions, and they look like no one else’s
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Link: Visa pour l’image 2012: La Corée du Nord – AFP | Le Journal de la Photographie
North Korea, one of the world’s most secretive countries, invited hundreds of foreign journalists to witness celebrations in April to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of leader Kim Il-Sung, and the launch of a rocket considered by the US and its allies to be a cover for a ballistic missile test. Pedro Ugarte and Ed Jones described their experience of the hard-line communist state as “traveling back in time.”