Link: “Went the Games Well?” Seamus Murphy’s Olympic Short Film : The New Yorker
As a special tribute to this year’s summer Olympics in London, the photographer and filmmaker Seamus Murphy set out to create a short film that would capture the city’s new spirit
In a conversation with James Estrin, Mickey H. Osterreicher, a lawyer for the National Press Photographers Association, discusses a troubling trend of arrests for photography in public spaces.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/criminalizing-photography/
Literally every day, someone is being arrested for doing nothing more than taking a photograph in a public place. It makes no sense to me. Photography is an expression of free speech.
Since 9/11, there’s been an incredible number of incidents where photographers are being interfered with and arrested for doing nothing other than taking pictures or recording video in public places.
Q: “You never got your ass kicked for taking a picture?”
A: “Occasionally I will. But usually what I’ll say is, [in an overtly upbeat, ingenuous voice] ‘May I take your picture? I’m from Memphis!’
Link: The Day the Mountain Light Faded – The Photo Society
This past weekend marked the tenth anniversary of the tragic death of Galen Rowell and Barbara Rowell. I can still remember the shock I felt when I heard the news on August 11, 2002 that the Rowells, both friends and colleagues at the National Geographic and beyond, had died in a plane crash near their home in Bishop, California
Starting this week, web sites that have received high numbers of removal notices for unauthorized use of copyrighted content will rank lower in Google’s search results, the search engine giant announced on its Inside Search blog on Friday. Because Google
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/08/google-changes-search-engine-to-penalize-copyright-infringers.html
When most of us look at yard sales we see piles of junk and the occasional deal. But when photographer Greg Ruffing looks at yard sales he sees the sociological underpinnings of America.
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/08/greg-ruffing-yard-sales/
When most of us look at yard sales we see piles of junk and the occasional deal. But when photographer Greg Ruffing looks at yard sales he sees the sociological underpinnings of America.
Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time
via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/08/13/last-launch-dan-winters-and-the-shuttle-program/#1
Dan Winters, who grew up during the golden age—the Cronkite Age—of space reporting, is one of the photographers who has mastered the craft best. As the images that follow—taken from his new book, Last Launch—show, he has proven himself a virtuoso at his work. His pictures can practically singe your eyebrows and set you squinting with their brilliance, while at the same time capturing the black smoke and deep clouds that are often the counterpoint to the fires of liftoff
The photographer Gail Albert Halaban takes pictures of people through their windows, with their permission.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/they-know-they-are-being-watched/
The photographs here come from her continuing project/obsession, “Out My Window,” taken from the apartments of people who like to look into their neighbors’ lives. Fifty images from the series will be published in book form by powerHouse on Sept. 18.
Link: Portraits of ‘Preppers’ Readying for the Apocalypse | Feature Shoot
Emil Hartvig, a documentary/art photographer based in Copenhagen, recently returned from the Midwest where he photographed ‘preppers’ in their homes and surrounds. Preppers are those who are actively preparing for the end of the world—for society as we know it to collapse
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Link: Overburdened: Central Falls, RI | Luceo Images
As I develop this project and continue to visit more cities in bankruptcy to speak with the people who live there, I am touched by the sheer weight of burden and the levity in small moments of daily life used to get by. Meals shared amongst neighbors, extended family day care (and night care for shift workers) where cousins take care of one another, religious halls with nightly events all help to make ends meet, and make life a little less heavy.
Link: 2012 London Olympics: The Final Week – In Focus – The Atlantic
The 2012 Summer Olympics come to their conclusion this weekend, and the 10,000 athletes from 200 national Olympic committees around the globe who have gathered in London for the 17-day event will soon be returning home. Collected here are some small glimpses of the final week of the games — moments of triumph, exhaustion, dejection, celebration, and much more. [55 photos]
Link: Scenes from the top of the city. – Photographs – NYTimes.com
It’s one of the unspoken rules of summer in New York: if you can’t get out of the city, go up. In search of open space, better views and relief from the heat and noise, New Yorkers take to the rooftops. These pictures — all posted on Instagram, all submitted by readers last month — are glimpses of life on top
Link: lens culture: Andy Freeberg, Guardians
photographs by Andy Freeberg
In the art museums of Russia, women sit in the galleries and guard the collections. When you look at the paintings and sculptures, the presence of the women becomes an inherent part of viewing the artwork itself. I found the guards as intriguing to observe as the pieces they watch over.
Link: Patrick Gilliéron Lopreno’s Prison Photo Puzzle « Prison Photography
In 2012, Swiss photographer Patrick Gilliéron Lopreno documented – alongside journalist Jean-François Schwab – three prisons: Prison Champ-Dollon and Prison La Brenaz in Geneva and Bochuz Prison in Vaud, Switzerland. The result was the series Puzzle Carcéral.
Link: Awesome Geek Expo Portraits Showcase Playful American Characters | Raw File | Wired.com
With an anthropological approach, Warga — who has bylines with This American Life, NPR’s All Things Considered, American Public Media’s Weekend America, and PRI’s The World — has photographed attendees at over a dozen expos and conventions, including cat ladies, comic-book heroes, sex freaks, steampunks and zombies.
Link: Overburdened: Stockton, CA | Luceo Images
Earlier this year I visited Stockton to see the effects the bankruptcy was having on its already fragile economy and on its citizens. Crime is up, its social services have been cut. Prostitution and gang violence have been increasing, as have its growing homeless population. Local churches have been picking up some of the slack. Offering day care for working parents and places to sleep for a handful. But it is a city so burdened by its debt, that those most in need have fallen off the radar. It may soon find its way out of bankruptcy, but will it find its way home for the people who live there?
Link: Chang W. Lee Photographs the London Olympics – NYTimes.com
Making a different picture is one thing, but making a great picture is another.
You can use techniques like slow shutter speeds that will make photos look different, but the best pictures are always about the human story. For me, the best picture doesn’t necessarily have to be different. The Olympics is about enduring hardships for one goal, for that one moment
