If you’re one of those people that keeps the plastic coating over the screen of a new phone for as long as possible until the optimum time when you can slowly peel it off, then you will enjoy this few minutes of spine-tingling satisfaction courtesy of Leica.
Whether the picture subverts the background, the composition, the lighting or the athlete’s expression, what at least a handful of Klamar’s photos “accomplish” is to slight the plasticized image of the Olympic athlete perpetuated throughout the quadrennia
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2012/07/a-few-words-about-joe-klamars-viral-and-obviously-terrible-olympic-portraits/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28BAGnewsNotes%29
So whether Klamar was hoping for something more polished or these were the results he was aiming for, what’s most interesting is how much these photos have captured widespread imagination for unconsciously deviating from the slickest standard.
How does one photograph a story that has not yet occurred? How does one evoke a sense of what might happen, or of what could? This was the challenge for …
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/07/zalmai-photographs-from-afghanistan.html?currentPage=all
How does one photograph a story that has not yet occurred? How does one evoke a sense of what might happen, or of what could?
This was the challenge for the Afghan-Swiss photographer Zalmaï: to capture the sense of foreboding that, as Dexter Filkins writes in this week’s issue, permeates Afghanistan as American troops prepare to withdraw
Recently, Burn Magazine announced Matt Lutton, a Belgrade-based U.S. photographer, as the winner of the Emerging Photography Fund for 2012. We talked to Lutton about the origins of the work, the complex politics of the region and what he plans to do with
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/07/matt-lutton/all/1
Recently, Burn Magazine announced Matt Lutton, a Belgrade-based U.S. photographer, as the winner of the Emerging Photography Fund for 2012. Lutton’s winning portfolio Only Unity is a long term documentary project about Serbia and the Serbs “in the aftermath of Yugoslavia”.
Link: Witnesses to War – NYTimes.com
Michael Kamber decided that someone had to gather all of his fellow photojournalists’ accounts and unpublished images in one place so there would be, in his words, “an accurate history.” So he took on the task himself and started formally recording his colleagues. He has collected 39 of these interviews in a book, “Photojournalists on War.”
Danny Wilcox Frazier Lost Nation: America’s Rural Ghetto [ EPF 2012 FINALIST ] For ten years now, I have photographed throughout the Midwest, the agricultural and industrial heart of America.…
Rural America has lost over twelve million people since 2000, with the latest figure putting its share of the nation’s population at just 16 percent, the lowest in history in 1910, that figure was 72 percent. My photographs document those fighting to continue living in these forgotten communities, the individuals working to maintain traditions that symbolize rural life. Swaths of the Great Plains, Midwest, and Appalachia, as well as numerous Southern states are in the greatest danger. Many towns in these regions are likely already lost, and my work will simply document these communities before they fade away.
As a woman, mother, and photographer, I am so grateful to the incredible Alexia Foundation for their $25,000 grant to acknowledge the abuse of women in the United States. This is the first year that the organization has offered this specific grant and an
As a woman, mother, and photographer, I am so grateful to the incredible Alexia Foundation for their $25,000 grant to acknowledge the abuse of women in the United States. This is the first year that the organization has offered this specific grant and any photographer may apply. However, this award is for an individual photographer; collaborative applications are not accepted.
Link: Rob Galbraith DPI: Alamy releases white paper on the current state of image licensing
the white paper, called “Image Licensing: Time for a Change?”, is available as a free PDF download.
Photographers who post their work online run the inherent risk of having their work stolen. But stolen by another photographer? Come on, that’s just disgraceful. Now one Tumblr user has decided to put these photo-stealing photographers to shame, by public
The blog named stopstealingphotos.tumblr.com speaks for itself. “Photo Stealers”, as it’s officially named, is a self-proclaimed wall of shame “dedicated to photographers that feel that it’s okay to steal other’s work and post it as their own.”
Alec Baldwin got physical with ANOTHER photog in New York City moments ago … verbally blasting the guy in the middle of the street, squeezing his arm and ordering him to scram.
via TMZ: http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/29/alec-baldwin-paparazzi-attack-explodes-new-york-threat/
The source also says … when one resident asked the photog to stop “harassing everyone,” the photog told the person, “f**k you.”
Visa Pour l’Image is coming back to Perpignan, but an increasing number of photo agencies are skipping the show, Corbis being the latest one to withdraw its support. BJP speaks with festival director Jean-François Leroy
A new camera concept, called Iris, aims to use eye-tracking technology and biometric detection to provide an impressively frictionless device for taking photos.
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/06/futuristic-concept-camera-iris/all/1
Our photo director, Jim Merithew, once said that he hates cameras – he just wants to blink to take a picture with his eyes. Now he can.
Link: 2012 Press Release | Journalism Center on Children & Families
A playful 9-year-old, walking home to feed his parakeets, was shot and blinded by a bullet meant for someone else. April Saul’s photographic narrative documents the struggles of Jorge Caragena and his family who were traumatized by gun violence in the streets of Camden, N.J. As a result of this coverage, a local charity helped Jorge move to a new house in a safer neighborhood, readers donated money and the Camden Police Chief became the boy’s friend and mentor.
via NPPA
The new version of the LFI app is out. In addition to reading the current issues of the magazine, you can now also download every issue of the magazine since 2004 for a “special price”. Related posts: Leica Fotografie International (LFI) app now also avai
via Leica Rumors: http://leicarumors.com/2012/06/29/new-version-of-lfi-ipad-app.aspx/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LeicaRumors+%28LeicaRumors.com%29
Link: Simple Act of Waiting – The Photo Society
Often the act of waiting is anything but simple.
Many people hate to wait because they are waiting to do something,
get something, or go somewhere
This Saturday, a hundred and ninety-eight cyclists are expected to start the ninety-ninth edition of the Tour de France. The three-week race will cover …
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/06/tour-de-france-turns-99.html?currentPage=all
To celebrate this year’s Grand Départ, I’ve compiled a selection of vintage Tour de France photos and facts for your cycling enjoyment.
The American government’s bid to extradite copyright infringement king Kim Dotcom to the United States was dealt a body blow Thursday, when a New Zealand High Court judge ruled that the raids on Doctom’s home earlier this year were “illegal.” The decision
The American government’s bid to extradite copyright infringement king Kim Dotcom to the United States was dealt a body blow Thursday, when a New Zealand High Court judge ruled that the raids on Doctom’s home earlier this year were “illegal.” The decision may doom the entire prosecution of the founder of the file-sharing site Megaupload; New Zealand authorities are appealing.
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Ion Orchard sunset. Leica S2, 70/2.5 Summarit-S Here’s an interesting thought: sensor resolution is way past the point of far more than most people need – look at that recent Nokia 808 …
via Ming Thein | Photographer: http://blog.mingthein.com/2012/06/28/infinite-frames-in-a-crop-compositional-building-blocks-or-the-future-of-compacts/
how many images are there in an image?
