Jose Gaytan was the consummate salesman. How good was he?
He could persuade jaded Brooklynites to see the beauty of the Gowanus Canal. When he wasn’t selling high-end photo gear in Manhattan, he and his dogs Lola and Rudy explored Brooklyn’s decrepit urban waterway and shot lyrical pictures full of color, clouds, light and even love
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Macro-Lens Embedded in Rubber Band Fits Any Phone
This might just be the smartest and simplest cellphone add-on lens yet seen. It’s called the Macro Cell Lens Band, and it is little more than a macro lens embedded in a rubber band. The widget comes from the photo-gadget supremos at Photojojo, and thanks
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/12/macro-lens-embedded-in-rubber-band-fits-any-phone/all/1
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If I walk away with the same pictures I’ve made before I feel like a complete failure.
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2012 Photo Business Plan Workbook – PhotoShelter Blog
Earlier this fall, we gave you Your Year-End Photography Business Plan. Now that we’re fast approaching the end of 2011, it’s time to start planning how you’re going to start off 2012 with a bang. Cut to our latest free resource, the 2012 Photo Business P
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Ben Lowy on ‘The Daily Show’
A photographer on a talk show? You coulda knocked me down with a feather. (Longtime readers know that one of my pet peeves is that 90% of the guests on talk shows are actors, because the same people that own…
via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/12/ben-lowy-on-the-daily-show.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FZSjz+%28The+Online+Photographer%29
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Alex Webb’s Dialogue With the Streets
Alex Webb’s book, “The Suffering of Light,” spans 30 years and several continents. An exhibition opens Thursday at Aperture in New York.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/alex-webbs-dialogue-with-the-streets/?pagewanted=all
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For the Leica owner
Wondering what to get the Leica owner in your family this holiday season? We carry a full line of Leica accessories. Please consider these i…
Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2011/12/for-leica-owner.html
in Leica
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2011: The Year in Photos, Part 3 of 3
via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/12/2011-the-year-in-photos-part-3-of-3/100205/
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Leica V-Lux 3 camera is now officially announced – Leica Rumors
The new Leica V-Lux 3 camera ($949) is now official: Solms, Germany (December 8, 2011) – Leica Camera AG presents the Leica V-Lux 3, a new compact digital camera with an extensive range of features. The camera is extremely versatile, making it ideal for a
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Video Interview with Sports Illustrated’s DOP – PhotoShelter Blog
Steve Fine, the legendary Director of Photography at Sports Illustrated, doesn’t waste time sugar-coating things – he has an opinion and he knows what he wants. Having been at SI for over fifteen years, Steve has amassed a lot of entertaining stories that
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CPOY Awards: What Winning Means
The 66th annual College Photographer of the Year awards were announced last month, selected from among more than fourteen thousand submissions. What kinds …
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2011/12/cpoy-awards-what-winning-means.html?currentPage=all
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Amid a Horrific Scene, Tears
As a photographer based in Kabul for Agence France-Presse, Massoud Hossaini has seen violence in the past. But never, he said, like the scene he saw Tuesday in Kabul.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/in-the-midst-of-a-horrific-scene-tears/?pagewanted=all
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Worst Wurst by The Little People Project
Artist and photographer Slinkachu recently created Worst Wurst for his ongoing series of miniature street art installations at The Little People Project.
via Laughing Squid: http://laughingsquid.com/worst-wurst-by-the-little-people-project/
in Art & Design
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2011: The Year in Photos, Part 2 of 3
via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/12/2011-the-year-in-photos-part-2-of-3/100204/
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Introduction to Digital Printing Part III
By Ctein [Before we get started, a brief aside: My Minolta DiMAGE Multi Pro AF-5000 scanner has died and is in need of electronics servicing. Precision Camera no longer works on this model. If you know of someone in the…
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The complexity of portraiture is based on its power relationships. Each and every portrait I have taken is a photograph of me too. What I decide to see, or more likely, how I confront the things I see will inevitably determine the final image. But more than that, the intensity of the moment shared with the subject controls the portrait as we stand there with our grave faces, breathing the same heavy air, acutely aware of each other’s details. One is blind and lost without seeing his own appearance, the other is desperately trying to reach the perfect moment. The way people act in front of the camera is truly fascinating. They are desperately searching for their mirror-face that, paradoxically, only exists in their mind. Everyone is aware of their better side and even more acutely of their flaws that they are unsuccessfully trying to hide. They recognize the same in me, and this realization makes me feel extremely insecure, I need to hide myself from their gaze.
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Jonathan Yi’s amazing video review of Canon’s C300… via Laughing Squid
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In our latest photo essay made in collaboration with Magnum Photos, we follow Bruce Gilden to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Bruce Gilden first traveled to Haiti in 1984 and made 19 trips over the course of 10 years, culminating in his book titled, quite simply, “Haiti”. In February and March 2010, he went back to Port-au-Prince to witness firsthand what had happened in the wake of the earthquake. What he found was a city destroyed and people who are poor of everything but grace, pride and a distinctive soul
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Here it is: A visual time capsule, capturing our world at seven billion people — and counting. Below, you’ll find a virtual quilt that weaves together about 400 of the more than 1,000 photographs we received. There is little rhyme or reason to the order you see. We sought a mega-snapshot of our world — different regions, subjects, viewpoints.
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Facebook Flaw Exposes Private Photos
A flaw in Facebook’s image reporting tool allows users to view the private photos of other users, including those of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg — like the one at the top of this story. The flaw was found by members of a bodybuilding forum, who disco