In photographing those who chose to live apart, the Italian photographer Carlo Bevilacqua found himself reflecting on the pursuit of a simple, contemplative life.
Five years of photographing individuals who live in self-imposed isolation from society did not make Carlo Bevilacqua want to become a hermit himself. But it did make him more conscious of the choices he makes, and more aware of his real material needs.
Sure the iPhone made everyone a photographer, but it also made everyone a spy. Just ask Richard Koci Hernandez: His Instagram stream of surreptitious black-and-white portraits has captured more than 140,000 followers and made him one of the first Instagra
The key to Richard Koci Hernandez’s work is stealth. “Everything changes when people know,” he says, so he avoids looking at his iPhone screen. Earbuds are a go-to prop as well—the perfect red herring to make it seem like he’s distracted by music when he’s really looking for muses
Some photographers do the hard work. They approach strangers and integrate themselves into new worlds, and through that integration, give us insights into situations and experiences we might never encounter. This hard work also connects us to our humanit
Some photographers do the hard work. They approach strangers and integrate themselves into new worlds, and through that integration, give us insights into situations and experiences we might never encounter. This hard work also connects us to our humanity and to the human condition. Louisa Marie Summer is one of those photographers, and Schilt Publishing has recently released a powerful book of her series, Jennifer’s Family.
A camera rests three meters down, its lens protected by a clear glass dome the size of mixing bowl. Al Bello, a 44-year-old Brooklyn native and an award-winning photographer for Getty Images, placed it there a week ago.
A Conversation with Jim Estrin, New York Times Lens Blog David Alan Harvey: You will be the third photographer in a row that I have interviewed, who I know as photographers and who have evol…
JE: There are multimedia platforms for story telling that weren’t available. I love working at the New York Times but for the first half, actually the first fifteen years of my career at the Times, I wasn’t the story teller, even if it was a story I came up with. I was an illustrator, someone else told the story. Now, I can tell the story. I can tell the story with audio, with video, with writing on the web, in a blog…
DAH: Jim, you have really hit the nail on the head better than anybody, and that is the truth. That is the truth of the new media because you and I, when we first started in the business, even though we had salaries, I was also at least three people removed from my audience. You are nobody removed from your audience. You might have an audience of fifteen, but you’ve got fifteen people who know YOU. And actually who you are as a photographer, see, because I had a couple of editors interpreting theoretically to readers whoever DAH was. I had to convince Jack Hunter, one crusty embittered guy on the city desk of my newspaper, that this was in fact a good picture to get published. I mean I had to get to one guy who hated photography to “get” my picture…
Twitter wrongly suspended the account of a journalist who had been critical of its media partner NBC. The account has since been reinstated, but Twitter still needs to decide whether it’s a technology company or a media company — a media company like NBC
But the account takedown itself isn’t even the biggest issue at play. The big question is, Who contacted NBC and why? Odds are this was not a top-level decision. It was probably the action of someone on the Olympics media team, looking out for a partner, and acting on his or her own. (Twitter has subsequently confirmed it was the Olympics media team that reported the tweet.)
Joan Juliet Buck, in explaining the background of her profile of Syria’s first lady, Asma al-Assad, gave new ammunition to critics. They seized on this line, among others: “Syria. The name itself sounded sinister, like syringe or hiss.”
In her article — “How I Was Duped by Mrs. Assad” — Ms. Buck explains how she ended up reluctantly writing the flattering Vogue profile that brought the magazine scrutiny amid the Assad government’s reign of violence in Syria. But some of her explanations as to why she felt “Syria gave off a toxic aura” have set off fresh criticism.
Arguing that its Google Books program makes fair use of copyrighted books by providing an indispensable public service, Google has asked a federal court to dismiss The Authors Guild’s claim that Google is infringing the copyrights of authors on a “massive
“Google’s use of books is fair because it provides vast public benefits without any demonstrated harm to plaintiffs,” Google asserts in its motion, filed in US District Court in New York City on July 27. (Emphasis is Google’s.)
Not only does this particular event smack of heavy-handed special treatment since NBC is Twitter’s corporate partner in covering the Olympics, but it marks the latest milestone in Twitter’s eroding commitment to free speech and keeping its hands off your tweets.
Chris Marker just passed away. This cineast was although a talented photographer. We published him for the 2011 edition of the Arles Festival. The text by Jonas Cuénin
When Alexander Hitchen assumes his new post as photo editor of the Daily News, he will inherit a small fleet of freelance photojournalists who feel as if they’ve just had the wind knocked out of them.
This guest post on using the Nikon D800 as a negative holder for a large format camera + lens setup is by Jan Håkan Dahlström: It’s really quite simple. What you need is a large format camera, a suitable lens and a digital camera body instead of a film ho
It’s really quite simple. What you need is a large format camera, a suitable lens and a digital camera body instead of a film holder. In this case it’s an Arca Swiss 4×5/9×12 rail camera, an Yamasaki Congo 180 mm/4.5 lens and a Nikon D800:
Susan Bright is a photography curator currently based in New York. She has become a prominent figurehead in her contribution to photography by showcasing artists who are pushing the boundaries of the medium. In doing so she highlights exciting movements within photography and keeps the bar high for the next generation of artists.
Anastasia Taylor Lind The National Womb: Baby Boom In Nagorno Karabakh [ EPF 2012 FINALIST ] ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT In 2008 Nagorno Karabakh’s de facto government introduced the R…
Nagorno Karabakhs baby boom was also sparked in 2008 by a mass wedding on the 16th October that was held for 674 couples. The event was funded by private donations from several wealthy Armenian diaspora businessmen and couples who participated receive privately funded higher payments. Figures on the 1st July 2011 show that a total of 693 babies had been born to these mass wedding couples so far.
Chris Ware, who is widely-known to dismiss in self-deprecating tones any personal merit adjoined to his work (rumour has it he is collecting up and destroying one of his earliest published endeavours), is perhaps not ready to receive this thanks or the praise his latest, indubitable magnum opus Building Stories will inspire. But applause it will get (and probably stunned silence quickly followed by imaginative combinations of swear words, as was the case in our studio when this advance copy arrived).
Twelve photographers have been shortlisted for the prestigious fourth Prix Pictet. This year’s theme for the photography prize is Power.
The artists, all with outstanding portfolios, come from ten countries: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, France, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam.
Les Culture is pleased to provide an overview of the finalists’ portfolios here in a high-resolution slide show of 115 images.
We need to find out what other Canon lenses have the more accurate AF. If there are any, we’ll see if we can determine when this change occurred. Then we need to compare the other Canon bodies.
This post will simply compare Canon lenses (shot on the 5D Mk III) to see if we can find which ones autofocus more accurately.
Shortly after the incident, Brand made light of his actions on his Twitter feed with a post that said: “Since Steve Jobs died I cannot bear to see anyone use an iPhone irreverently, what I did was a tribute to his memory.”
