It’s hard to stop working on a photo project. Sometimes there is relief that the undertaking is done. Sometimes there is longing for more. Sometimes, this time, I don’t think there will ever be a complete ending. While my trips will never be frequent again, I don’t think I’ll ever come to a point where I never want to return to Sun City.
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Our Top Ten Photo Books of 2011
It was not unlike a political caucus. The candidates — in this case, nearly 100 photography books published this year — took over every inch of available counter space in the photo department, where they were carefully scrutinized by a group of opinionate
via The 6th Floor Blog: http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/our-top-ten-photo-books-of-2011/?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
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A question of ethics: Photographers in the spotlight
In the fourth of a week-long series by guest bloggers, Max Houghton looks at the ethics surrounding the creation and publication of certain news photographs.
via BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-16282985
in Ethics
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LightBox | Time
Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time
via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/12/27/nikas-journey-growing-up-with-hiv/#1
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In Memoriam: Photoblogs 2011
2011 was a rough year for photoblogs with many falling by the wayside. A few were killed instantly in one post through the heart. Most passe…
Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2011/12/in-memoriam-photoblogs-2011_26.html
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12 Ways of Looking at North Korea
David Guttenfelder, Tomas van Houtryve, Ari Hatsuzawa, Seung Woo Back and Joao Rocha are among the photographers in “North Korean Perspectives” at Museum of Contemporary Photography.
via PDN Photo of the Day: http://www.pdnphotooftheday.com/2011/12/12242
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The Boombox Project, A Photobook of Vintage Boomboxes
http://vimeo.com/20664159 The Boombox Project: The Machines, the Music, and the Urban Underground is a photo book by photographer Lyle Owerko featuring
via Laughing Squid: http://laughingsquid.com/the-boombox-project-a-photobook-of-vintage-boomboxes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+laughingsquid+%28Laughing+Squid%29
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Some of us start to break a sweat when we even hear the words “marketing plan”. There’s no need to get tripped up on terminology, but every smart marketer understands that you need multiple campaigns through multiple channels to get on people’s radars. Putting together a list of current and future marketing activities will help you in your efforts to get noticed, sell photography and in general, power your photo business. So here’s video #3 Create a Marketing Plan.
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More Noise Comparisons, C300 vs Red Scarlet
Bring on the noise It was inevitable, but now we have a comparison of the Canon EOS C300 & Red Scarlet when it comes to high ISO noise performance. From
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2011 LENSCRATCH Holidays Exhibition
Happy Holidays Lenscratch readers! I wish you all wonderful celebrations, full of family, friends, frolic, and fun. Right about now I’m still in my pajamas, probably starting my first mimosa, watching my children plow through their stockings, and feeling
via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2011/12/2011-lenscratch-holidays-exhibition.html
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THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF SPORTS
I got a rule: if a Weird Sport is happening less than a mile from mi casa and there’s money light and red Santa outfits AND the promise of beers, I’m soooooooooo there.
And that’s how I ended up revisiting a classic Portlandia Weird Sport: Urban Golf.
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Deconstructing Santa
In Brent Clark’s series “Season’s Greetings,” Dec. 25 is an excuse for over-the-top consumerism characterized by excessive decorating, sometimes whimsical, at other times verging on the surreal.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/deconstructing-santa/?pagewanted=all
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2011 in Review: The Year Secrecy Jumped the Shark
As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for a free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. The government has been using its secrecy system in
via Electronic Frontier Foundation: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/2011-review-year-secrecy-jumped-shark
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Next in our 9-video series is #2 Determine Your Audience & Addressable Market. This section asks you consider your intended audience and the relative size of that audience: Who are your potential customers and what are their needs? Is your audience big enough to sustain your business? These are the key questions that you’ll need to consider in order to truly target your market and build a stronger photography business.
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Jesse Rieser
I thought it would be fun to use the opportunity of Christmas Eve to showcase Jesse Rieser’s wonderful project, Christmas in America: Happy Birthday, Jesus. Santa (and Jesus) has been very good to Jesse this year. Here are a few of the accolades he reciev
via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2011/12/jesse-rieser.html
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Copyright troll Righthaven in its death throes, domain going up for auction
Copyright troll Righthaven was conceived of as a way of extorting money from websites on behalf of newspaper owners when quotations from those newspapers were posted to the web. The idea was that t…
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Year in New York Pictures
Compelling photographs from New York and the region, including Occupy Wall Street, the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and Hurricane Irene.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/year-in-new-york-pictures/?pagewanted=all
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Swedish Photographer, Reporter Convicted in Ethiopian Show Trial (Update) | PDNPulse
An Ethiopian court has declared Swedish photojournalist Johan Persson and reporter Martin Schibbye guilty of supporting terrorism and entering the country illegally, according to an AFP report. “Guilty as charged, period, unanimous vote,” the judge declar
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/12/swedish-photographer-reporter-convicted-in-ethiopian-show-trial.html