Ed Kashi’s new book “Witness Number 8: Photojournalisms” (Nazraeli Press 2012) is a collection of images, diary entries and letters to his wife, Julie Winokur. Mr. Kashi spoke about the book with James Estrin this month at the National Press Photographers Association’s Northern Short Course in Fairfax, Va. Their conversation has been edited.
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So have they succeeded in creating a great camera?
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A Sign of Restive Times: Policeman Punches Photojournalist | PDNPulse
Although this image of a Greek police officer punching a news photographer at an Athens street protest was shot last fall, it didn’t come to our attention until yesterday. But the passage of several months makes it no less dramatic or shocking. And it rem
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/03/a-sign-of-restive-times-policeman-punches-photojournalist.html
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Israel Bans Use of Underweight Models | PDNPulse
Israel has passed a law that bans the use of “underweight” models in advertising, and mandates that ads that are retouched to make models appear thinner must include a disclaimer. According to reports, a fashion photographer and model agent named Adi Bark
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/03/israel-bans-use-of-underweight-models.html
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Nikon D4 tested at DxOMark, gets second best overall score – Nikon Rumors
DxOMark published their test results for the Nikon D4 camera. The D4 automatically took the #2 spot, based on overall test score and just 2 points after the PhaseOne IQ180 digital back. Another interesting aspect is that the Nikon D3s got a better low-lig
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Bruce Haley’s Panoramic Landscapes
Colin Pantall’s blog about photography, writing, art and politics
Link: http://colinpantall.blogspot.com/2012/03/bruce-haleys-panoramic-landscapes.html
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LightBox | Time
Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time
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Link: British Journal of Photography
The British Institute of Professional Photography is considering banning judges from entering its annual competition after four of this year’s jurors received prizes in the organisation’s Professional Photography Awards.
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LightBox | Time
Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time
via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/03/19/inside-syria-photographs-by-rodrigo-abd/#1
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After Camps, New Horizons
Pete Pin spent five months photographing a small Cambodian community in the Bronx. For him, the work is personal: he was born in a refugee camp in Cambodia.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/after-camps-new-horizons/?pagewanted=all
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Not Ruining the Photo — duckrabbit
Recently I spoke at a conference about the American conflict in Vietnam. This was the first time I had presented…
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Friday Happy Hour: 10 of History’s Most Controversial Photographers & More – PhotoShelter Blog
We came across a good handful of news stories and blog posts that this week were somewhat controversial in nature: there was Flavorwire’s roundup of “Art History’s Most Controversial Photographers”; the marketing agency who turned the homeless into mobile
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David Guttenfelder is now the only Western photographer able to photograph on a regular basis there. He has used all of his extensive talents – and added a new one: acting as an unofficial diplomat between North Korea and the United States. “I represent the U.S. and the outside world to them,” he said. “But the big responsibility is representing them to the outside world through my pictures – to understand what I see, to try to be as fair as I can and to dig as deep as I can.”
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Link: La Lettre de la PhotographieJakob Tuggener’s Fabrik, published in Zurich in 1943, is considered to be a milestone in the history of photography books. The series of 72 photographs in this Photo Epos of Technology is oriented toward the expressionist aesthetic of the silent movie. It imparts a sceptical view of the destructive potential of unbridled technological progress, at the time the Swiss military industry was producing weapons for World War II.
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From Argentina to Cambodia, Picturing the Disappeared
In this week’s issue, Francisco Goldman writes about the forced disappearance of as many as thirty thousand people by the military junta that ruled …
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/03/the-disappeared.html?currentPage=all
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PDN’s 30 Panel: Perspective and Persistence Key to Success for Young Photogs | PDNPulse
At the first in a series of educational seminars organized as part of the 2012 PDN’s 30 programming, three photographers named to this year’s PDN’s 30 spoke about the importance of establishing and unique esthetic perspective, and about being persistent i
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/03/pdn%E2%80%99s-30-panel-perspective-and-persistence-key-to-success-for-young-photogs.html
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My journey into Syria’s nightmare
The contact from Syria called: “Be ready in 30 minutes,” he said. “If you want to go, we have to go now.”
via Reuters: http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2012/03/14/my-journey-into-syrias-nightmare/
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For the first World Press Photo Multimedia Contest, the jury announced six winning productions across two categories, linear productions and interactive productions.
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In April of 2001, I posted what I believe to be the best letter ever written by a journalist as he left a newsroom. The author is Mark Schlueb, who was laid off from the Akron Beacon Journal, a Knight Ridder paper eleven years ago.
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Who should win this years ‘sanctioned incest’ @ worldpressphoto multimedia awards and why they probably won’t — duckrabbit
This afternoon the winners of the World Press Photo Multimedia awards will be announced. Last year the panel was chaired…