The Canon Digital Learning Center has posted a lengthy article on the autofocus system in the new EOS-1D X and an also lengthy FAQ on the Cinema EOS system.
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Thoughts of a Bohemian
Andreas Gursky’s photograph called “Rhein II”( apparently his second try at this) has just be sold for $4.3 million at Christies. Yes, you read this correctly :$4.3 million, making this the most expensive photograph in the world.
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In short, the idea of a sliding camera sling isn’t an amazing new invention. It’s just a really good idea that’s been around for a while and has been iteratively developed. Neither we nor our lawyers believed that the USPTO would grant a patent for the claims related to this concept. It was a surprise, then, when our competitor was granted a patent covering the concept on November 1st, 2011. To say that we’re disappointed that the USPTO couldn’t find the prior art around the idea is an understatement.
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British Journal of Photography
A man accused of killing photojournalist Trent Keegan has been acquitted due to a lack of evidence
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Critical Mass: Michelle Frankfurter
Looking at portfolios from Critical Mass 2011…Documentary photographer, Michelle Frankfurter, was born in Israel, lived in Nicaragua, worked in Haiti, and now calls Takoma Park, Maryland, home. She was worked for a number of editorial publications, has
via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2011/11/critical-mass-michelle-frankfurter.html
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Mexico: moderator of online discussion forum about narcos reported as tortured, decapitated by narcos (UPDATED)
UPDATE: One media outlet in Mexico reports that there is no proof that the man killed in Nuevo Laredo on Wednesday was a social media user. Police say they are still investigating. Unlike in previo…
via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/in-mexico-online.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29
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“As a student, he seems willing to push his skills to follow long-term projects, but he is not afraid to do daily assignments or simple reportage. In the last two years I have watched him take on daily ‘event’ work for the college. He does this daily work with the same energy that he brings to his personal projects. He’s a visual storyteller.”
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Chris Killip & Graham Smith: “Another Country” (1985)
Helen and Hula-Hoop, Seacoal Beach, Lynemouth, Tyneside, UK, 1984 by Chris Killip
His affection for the land and its people never blinded him to the toughness of ordinary existence.
By Richard Cork, Review of Another Country at Serpentine Galler
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Benjamin Lowy: War Photographer
The photographer Benjamin Lowy was recently awarded the Duke Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography for his book “Iraq …
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2011/11/benjamin-lowy-iraq-perspectives.html
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This is an old site that I linked to way back, but it’s still one of the greatest photo projects I’ve seen. Just had to put it up again. So amazing…
Exactitudes
Photographer Ari Versluis and profiler Ellie Uyttenbroek have worked together since October 1994. Inspired by a shared interest in the striking dress codes of various social groups, they have systematically documented numerous identities over the last 16 years. Rotterdam’s heterogeneous, multicultural street scene remains a major source of inspiration for Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek, although since 1998 they have also worked in many cities abroad.
They call their series Exactitudes: a contraction of exact and attitude. By registering their subjects in an identical framework, with similar poses and a strictly observed dress code, Versluis and Uyttenbroek provide an almost scientific, anthropological record of people’s attempts to distinguish themselves from others by assuming a group identity. The apparent contradiction between individuality and uniformity is, however, taken to such extremes in their arresting objective-looking photographic viewpoint and stylistic analysis that the artistic aspect clearly dominates the purely documentary element.
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Two of the most exciting things about the Canon C300 are the sharpness of the image, and also the “organic” or granular structure of the noise pattern the sensor produces.
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Helping the People Beyond the Pain
Donna Ferrato started chronicling sexual adventurers on the edge of eroticism. But she was jolted into action when she confronted domestic violence. Thirty years later, she is still photographing — and advocating for — victims of abuse.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/helping-the-people-beyond-the-pain/
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photo-eye Book Reviews: Suburban Dreams
Suburban Dreams , Photographs by Beth Yarnelle Edwards . Published by Kehrer Verlag, 2011. Suburban Dreams Reviewed by George Sla…
Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2011/11/photo-eye-book-reviews-suburban-dreams.html
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Feature Shoot
Evgenia Arbugaeva was born in the remote town of Tiksi on the Siberian coast of Russia. She studied Art Management at the International School of Moscow and in 2009 graduated from the ICP’s photojournalism and documentary program. She now works between Russia and New York.
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The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions, A Book of Fraternal Lodge Prank Devices
The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions is a book of pranking devices by New Yorker cartoonist and freelance illustrator Julia Suits. Twenty
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Misha Erwitt, Lens:
These days, it’s completely normal to see someone totally oblivious to his or her surroundings yakking away on crowded sidewalks. Cellphones and digital cameras have become ever smaller and commonplace. Inadvertently eavesdropping on someone’s private conversation or being bumped into by someone busily texting and walking is part of the urban landscape.
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LightBox | Time
Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time
via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/11/08/stephen-ferry-recipient-of-first-tim-hetherington-grant/#1
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Enable Secret Panorama Feature in iOS5
A small tweak to your iOS5-equipped iPhone can enable an Apple-designed panorama mode. By just altering a preferences file in the bowels of your device, an image stitching mode can be switched on. Discovered by hacker Conrad Kramer, the hidden feature is
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/11/enable-secret-panorama-feature-in-ios5/
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Critical Mass: Susan Worsham
Looking at portfolios from Critical Mass 2011…I am a long time fan of Susan Worsham’s photographs. Her color palette, her ability to combine still life and portraiture, and her quiet realism of things past and present always feel genuine and true. Of th
via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2011/11/critical-mass-susan-worsham.html