I should have been on the phone continuing to make calls to prospective clients. I should have been working on the two book projects I have in front of me. I should have been swimming or running. But instead I was writing a piece about a $499 camera that will be obsolete in a few months and lost to nearly everyone’s memory in a year.
Newspapers should take a hard look at* their largely feeble attempts to draw readers with web video. It’s a misuse of their shrunken resources. It’s not working. Though visits to newspa…
Newspapers should give up their largely feeble attempts to draw readers with web video. It’s a misuse of their shrunken resources. It’s not working. Though visits to newspaper websites keep growing, a small minority of visitors watches videos there.
Instagram has relented, and another update to the Lomo-tastic photo-sharing app fixes many of the awful tweaks forced upon users in v2.0. While fans of the high-contrast B&W “Gotham” filter will be disappointed, the folks at Instagram have fixed almost ev
I love street photography and the German and Austrian collective, Seconds 2 Real, is one of my favorites. Guido Steenkamp shared that Seconds 2 Real will be opening an exhibition, Facination Street, in Berlin on October 15th. The show will run for two wee
I love street photography and the German and Austrian collective, Seconds 2 Real, is one of my favorites. Guido Steenkamp shared that Seconds 2 Real will be opening an exhibition, Facination Street, in Berlin on October 15th. The show will run for two weeks, showing more than 100 prints at Meinblau Kunsthaus.
There are places and times where the politics that drive wars fade and then fade more, becoming abstractions to the people who fight or who are in a fight’s way. And there are moments when politics entirely disappear, and more elemental actions and emotions replace them.
These are the seams and the instants that Tyler Hicks has sought, and repeatedly found, in his decade photographing the latest Afghan war.
Kathy Ryan, the Director of Photography at The New York Times Magazine, is famous for cross-assigning—hiring a war photographer to shoot celebrities, or commissioning a large-format landscape photographer to capture news close up. In 2008, Ryan asked photojournalist Paolo Pellegrin to create the Times Magazine’s annual Great Performances portfolio, which offered an intimate look at celebrities who are often highly controlled by publicists. When the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, Kathy’s news instincts led her to look into a larger, more global view of refugee camps. She sent Simon Norfolk, a large format, landscape photographer, to record displaced people in three different countries with his 8×10 camera. Any number of photojournalists could have executed that assignment, but Simon’s unique eye found incredible detail in each of those scenes, and distinguished the work from other news pictures.
Combine, Edit, Share. I’m delighted to introduce Adobe Photoshop Touch, a new tablet app for creative imaging. With PS Touch we’re bringing Photoshop fun & power not only to new pla…
Combine, Edit, Share. I’m delighted to introduce Adobe Photoshop Touch, a new tablet app for creative imaging. With PS Touch we’re bringing Photoshop fun & power not only to new platforms, but to a whole new audience.
While studying abroad in Istanbul in 2002, Swedish photographer Stefan Bladh had a friend show him neighborhoods on the outskirts of the city to get a fuller view of Turkish society. One morning, they passed a motorway bridge and saw a group sitting around a campfire. When he went over to talk to them, the family of 11 welcomed Bladh and his guide with tea. “They were very open and told us about their situation and life,” he says. “I got very touched. They were so humble and had an open mentality, so I decided to go back.”
Sometime in early November, Florida photographer Chip Litherland will load five 35mm cameras with color film, carefully pack them into shipping cases, and mail them to five different photographers around the globe. Each photographer who receives a camera
Sometime in early November, Florida photographer Chip Litherland will load five 35mm cameras with color film, carefully pack them into shipping cases, and mail them to five different photographers around the globe. Each photographer who receives a camera will be challenged to shoot just one picture before they have to ship the camera on to someone else.
On September 29th, digicame-info published those Nikon D800 specs (Google translation): What number of pixels is 36 megapixels. 4 frames per second continuous shooting in body only, about 6 frames per second will be used to DX mode with the optional batte
Over the last 48 hours I have received nearly a dozen requests to voice an opinion on an alleged fake photo. The photo, by Reuters photographer Anis Mili, is described as “A rebel on crutches fires a rocket propelled grenade while fighting on the front line in Sirte September 24, 2011”. The photo, taken from right behind the RPG as it is launched, is truly amazing.
The benefits of increased access and transparency are many, and democracy’s first principles strongly support the people’s right to know how their government works.
TODAY, the nation welcomes back nine justices who toil quietly and, for the most part, outside public view. But there is no reason the public should be denied access to their consideration of and arguments about urgent questions — from global warming to health care — that affect us all. Cameras in the courtroom of the United States Supreme Court are long overdue.
Giulio Di Sturco War at the Edge of Heaven In August 2008, thousands of Muslims filled the streets of Srinagar, the capital of Indian-ruled Kashmir, shouting “azadi” (freedom) and raisi…
In August 2008, thousands of Muslims filled the streets of Srinagar, the capital of Indian-ruled Kashmir, shouting “azadi” (freedom) and raising the green flag of Islam. That was the start of a new revolution In Kashmir.
I have been making photographs since I was 17 years old, so after putting over 30,000 hours into this, I still find it to be something that makes me feel magical at the moment I snap that shutter at something that moves me emotionally in an event or interacting in a portrait sitting.
Is Bob Dylan–that champion of the poor, the tired, the oppressed–a brazen rip-off artist and infringer of photographers’ copyrights? And if so, who’s going to stop him? Reports (here and here) about the exhibit of Dylan’s new paintings called “The Asia Se
Is Bob Dylan–that champion of the poor, the tired, the oppressed–a brazen rip-off artist and infringer of photographers’ copyrights? And if so, who’s going to stop him?
The most beautiful thing about street photography is that you are able to capture real slices of life and capture them forever. Not only that, but street photography is open to everybody. You don’t need a fancy camera or expensive lenses to capture “The Decisive Moment”. All you need is passion and a curiosity of everyday life. If you ever wanted to learn how to become a better street photographer, read some of these tips below.
by Jonathan Blaustein If you’ve read any of my travelogue/art criticism articles on APE, you’re aware of my willingness to speak frankly and critically about photography on the wall. This feature, though, is a little different. Our goal is to highlight so
If you’ve read any of my travelogue/art criticism articles on APE, you’re aware of my willingness to speak frankly and critically about photography on the wall. This feature, though, is a little different. Our goal is to highlight some cool and interesting books that have been recently released out into the wild. So consider anything you see below to be recommended for purchase.
Balcony Jump, an agency representing photographers Nick Turpin, Phil Toledano and Ralf Pulmanns among others, has released an iPad app to promote its work
