Homebrew narco-tanks of the Mexican drug war
Here’s a brief article from a June 2011 number of the NYT by Damien Cave detailing the bizarre improvised tanks used by Mexican drug gangs: Over the weekend, Mexican authorities found two mor…
Here’s a brief article from a June 2011 number of the NYT by Damien Cave detailing the bizarre improvised tanks used by Mexican drug gangs: Over the weekend, Mexican authorities found two mor…
A photographer turned the camera on celebrated subjects who were usually behind it.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/opinion/sunday/photographing-photographers.html?pagewanted=all
We sat down this week with Toshiaki Akagi, an engineer and senior manager at Nikon in Japan, as well as a key figure in the development of the company’s newest flagship digital SLR, the D4. In an hour-long chat at the 2012 International CES trade show in Las Vegas, Akagi, whose title is General Manager, 1st Designing Department, Development Headquarters, Imaging Company, answered our questions about D4 autofocus, image quality and more.
Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time
via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/01/13/leon-borenszteins-american-portraits/#1
I went to join friends and family and see this amazing country with a bit of inside perspective. I went because Myanmar is in a time of transition and I wanted to see it before everything changes.
Stuart Gibson is a photographer from Tasmania, Australia. His introduction to photography was one of accident, quite literally
[Video Link] On Monday night, Jermaine Green, a recently returned US Army veteran (who served tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan), videoed an LA County Sheriff Deputy strike a mentally handicapp…
via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2012/01/12/sheriff-deputy-punches.html
Breaking from tradition, their new exhibition “Greater Than The Sum” combines a broad curation of each photographers work into one 163′ run that spans the entire gallery. Rather than selling individual prints, LUCEO is selling CUTS which give guests the opportunity to hand-cut a 24×24″ section of the print they most want
Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time
via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/01/12/coming-of-age-in-america-the-photography-of-joseph-szabo/#1
A French journalist was killed during a government tour in Syria.
via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/gilles-jacquier-french-journalist-killed-in-syria/2012/01/11/gIQADWkuqP_blog.html?wprss=blogpost
UPDATE: Although the offending language was removed (see below) in response to questions from a reporter for phillymag.com, DRPA spokesperson, Tim Ireland issued a follow-up statement, saying “amateur photographers and members of the general public may
via NPPA Advocacy Committee: http://blogs.nppa.org/advocacy/2012/01/10/nppa-objects-to-patco-website-page-equating-photography-with-terrorism/
And while Garcia waited for his day in court, his White House press credential expired. Normally renewed as a mere formality, this time around Garcia’s credential was denied.
British Journal of Photography
Magnum photographer Christopher Anderson has joined New York Magazine as its first photographer-in-residence
With most of the country experiencing hard times for the last few years, many young adults, and young journalists in particular, are feeling uncertain about their future. Heading out on the road can be a way to take back control of one’s destiny and grow
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/01/when-hard-times-hit-young-journos-hit-the-road/all/1
Apple itself named Snapseed “App of the Year” for the iPad
The Lightroom team is proud to introduce the fourth major version of the product designed for and by photographers. It was 6 years ago today when we introduced the very first public beta of Lightroom at MacWorld on January 9, 2006. (Yes, it was Mac only, smaller in footprint than most raw files and didn’t have a crop tool!) Since 2006 we’ve been hard at work improving an application that’s intended to be as easy to use as it is powerful. This release builds on the fundamental performance architecture and image quality improvements in Lightroom 3 to provide a truly complete workflow solution. I kept hearing from customers that they love Lightroom but needed to leave the Lightroom to complete X, Y or Z. Lightroom 4 tackles those issues with improvements to image organization, adjustment tools and comprehensive publishing options.
This is a list of various resources dedicated to educating photographers about Lightroom 4 public beta
Covering politics over the decades, he has seen tremendous changes – both in the style of the campaigns and the technology he has used to photograph them. In recent weeks, he’s been covering the Republican presidential campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire, focusing almost entirely on Mitt Romney