I’m not sure what first got me to look at Laura El-Tantawy’s I’ll Die For You, but I’m glad I did. It’s an ambitious attempt to photograph and tell the story of farmer suicides in India. The situation is staggering
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Link: La Lettre de la Photographie
For the past few years, a table was covered with hundreds of little prints in one of the rooms in Marc Riboud’s apartment. He moved them around throughout the day and changed them depending on visitors
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Not Just a Jump, but Levitation
Natsumi Hayashi does not take pictures of herself jumping. Ms. Hayashi, known to her Internet audience as Yowayowa Camera Woman, shoots herself levitating.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/not-just-a-jump-but-levitation/?pagewanted=all
Natsumi Hayashi does not call the photos she posts on Yowayowa Camera Woman Diary “jump shots.” A jump, she says, is composed of many movements. And those who go up must come down.
No, Yowayowa Camera Woman is not jumping.
She’s levitating
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Link: Illinois Press Photographers Association
On Saturday, April 14, 2012 the Illinois Press Photographers Association presented John H. White with the first Keep in Flight Lifetime Achievement Award. Former Columbia College student, friend and John’s co-worker at the Sun-Times, Pablo Martinez Monsivais, flew in from Washington D.C. to present John with the special award.
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Photographs have enormous visual power, but on their own they have absolutely no meaning. The meaning of a photograph is a construct that involves a group of people operating against a specific background (news, art, …), subject to the group’s personal, cultural and political biases
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LightBox | Time
Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time
via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/04/22/soup/#1
In her photo exhibition Soup, the British photographer Mandy Barker documents plastic debris that’s been salvaged from the sea, transforming marine detritus into the stuff of art
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Half a World Away, a Familiar Name
Though most of Syd Greenberg’s neighbors knew him as the town photographer, his military service endeared him to many people he never met — half a world away, in China.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/21/half-a-world-away-a-familiar-name/?pagewanted=all
A lot of people know about Syd Greenberg in China. Mind you, he hadn’t been back there since the mid-1940s, when he was an Army Signal Corps photographer assigned to the China-Burma-India theater of operations, documenting how American and Chinese Nationalist troops fought the Japanese.
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How DxO Labs tests hot cameras like Canon’s latest SLR
CNET’s Stephen Shankland went behind the scenes near Paris to see DxO put the highly anticipated EOS 5D Mark III through its paces. It’s a rare look at one of the world’s preeminent camera testers.
via CNET: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57415777-76/how-dxo-labs-tests-hot-cameras-like-canons-latest-slr/
CNET’s Stephen Shankland went behind the scenes near Paris to see DxO put the highly anticipated EOS 5D Mark III through its paces. It’s a rare look at one of the world’s preeminent camera testers.
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Leica & Magnum: Constantine Manos – Personal Documentary
Constantine Manos was born in 1934 in South Carolina to Greek immigrant parents. He went on to attend the University of South Carolina, from which he graduated in…
via Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/40615195
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Link: Sports Shooter Venue Guide – Lazy Elk High School
To avoid any unpleasantries make sure you check in with one of the assistant vice principals before you start shooting. In exchange for your drivers license they will give you a sideline pass. This pass must be worn around your neck and must remain visible at all times.
Next, the school police deputy will point out any players on the team that can’t be photographed, either because their parents haven’t signed a media release or because they’re facing felony charges.
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Inventor of the Web: The Internet is bigger than the music industry
Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, on copyright legislation and the Internet: “Record labels have a very strong voice when it comes to arguing for their particular business model, which is in fact…
The internet is bigger than the music industry. The economic impact of the internet is bigger than the music industry. [The entertainment industry musn’t] take away the rule that you should only punish someone after appropriate court proceedings.
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LightBox | Time
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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/04/19/photographs-not-taken/#1
A new book, Photographs Not Taken, conceived and edited by photographer Will Steacy compiles personal essays written by more than 60 photographers about a time when they didn’t or just couldn’t use their camera.
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DxOMark verdict: Nikon D800 – 95, Canon 5D Mark III – 81 – Nikon Rumors
DxOMark just published their Canon EOS 5D Mark III test results and the Nikon D800 scored better in every category, including low light ISO capabilities. The D800 got the highest score ever given by DxOMark by even topping medium format cameras costing 10
the Nikon D800 scored better in every category, including low light ISO capabilities
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scheduled for delivery at the end of May at an expected street price of US$699.95 in the U.S
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Video Interview with Forbes’ Senior Photo Editor: Killer Portraiture is King – PhotoShelter Blog
Forbes magazine is famous for its in-depth feature stories on the world’s CEOs, entrepreneurs, business owners, and generally just rich people. So when it comes to photography, emotive, sharp, and engaging portraits are essential to completing the story.
In this live video interview, Forbes‘ Senior Photo Editor Michele Hadlow speaks on how the magazine has managed to continue commissioning high-profile shoots despite cutbacks common across most publications. Michele tells us about the top characteristics all killer portraits must have to get featured, and what photographers need to succeed with both their subjects and clients.
Michele also discusses how Forbes hires photographers, and what up-and-coming photographers can do to get noticed. Having been at the magazine for over 14 years, Michele speaks to over a decade of work in the industry
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As you likely know, the new 36 Megapixel full-frame D800 and D800E are exactly the same camera with the exception that the D800E does not have an anti-aliasing filter. Instead, Nikon has replaced it with an optical assembly that maintains the light path (thus allowing the camera to only cost $300 more than the regular D800). In theory the lack of an AA filter allows increased resolution, but also may create potential problems with moire, which it is designed to reduce.
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Leica X2 and one new M lens on May 10th? – Leica Rumors
In addition to the Monochrome M body, I also think that Leica will announce a new X2 compact camera and maybe even one new M lens (probably 50mm Summicron). The silver Leica X1 is already discontinued and not even in stock at B&H, Adorama and Dale. The X2
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When we made the decision to publish, the Pentagon asked us to wait 24 additional hours to protect troops depicted in the photographs. We agreed to push back our publication date until the Pentagon told us they had taken the necessary precautions. In fact, we waited more than 72 hours after their request.
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Photographer’s Showcase: Destino
photo-eye Gallery Photographer’s Showcase: Destino We are happy to present a new edit of Michelle Frankfurter’s Destino portfol…
Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2012/04/photographers-showcase-destino.html
On my most recent trip trip, I brought along an 8×8 copy of my first Blurb edit. I kept it wrapped in a plastic Ziploc bag inside my camera bag. People were extremely enthusiastic about it. A crowd of migrants would invariably gather as soon as I took it out. They saw it as a visual diary of their experiences. They passed it around with a great deal of reverence, as if they were handling a sacred or fragile text.
