Chip:
I don’t know why I never did this at the paper more, but running around the sidelines with a 50mm was a very welcome break from tradition – even though its about as traditional a lens as you get.
Chip:
I don’t know why I never did this at the paper more, but running around the sidelines with a 50mm was a very welcome break from tradition – even though its about as traditional a lens as you get.
TID : Bryan, thanks for your time. Please tell us some of the background of the image. BRYAN : Abandoned. Summer. Camp. I don’t…
Link: http://imagedeconstructed.blogspot.com/2011/08/spotlight-on-bryan-derballa.html
Someone said what you’ve been thinking (please read the full post here on the excellent LPV magazine) “I bought a…
via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2011/08/into-the-wild/
Alison Nordstrom, the curator of a retrospective of the work of the early 20th-century photographer Lewis Hine, has come to know him as the Walt Whitman of picture-taking.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/lewis-hine-photographer-activist-character/
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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/08/26/the-mexican-suitcase/#1
For three years, the Magnum photographer Abbas and Melisa Teo have journeyed through the spiritual worlds of Buddhism, Shamanism and Hinduism, photographing the same subjects but with contrasting perspectives and styles.
This new book titled Free Ride by Robert Levine a former features editor for Wired looks to be a must read for content creators. The book is currently available in the UK and goes on sale in the US onOctober 25th. Copyhype has a review of the book (here).
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/08/26/free-ride-how-technology-companies-are-killing-the-culture-business/
After a staffer for U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) ordered police officers to seize video cameras from members of the public during a town hall meeting earlier this week, the office has announced that it will allow videotaping at future events
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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/08/25/brian-ulrich-copia-retail-thrift-and-dark-stores/#1
Zuma Press photographer Narcisco Contreras of Mexico and freelance photographer Showkat Shafi of India were beaten by police and government forces, then arrested while covering a violent street protest in Srinigar, Kashmir on August 19, the Committee to P
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/08/photojournalists-assaulted-in-kashmir-by-indian-police.html
Sports Illustrated photographer Lou Capozzola, seen here with Kevin Durant, passed away at age 61 on Aug. 18. Lou began his career at SI in 1980 and shot countless hockey games, among other sports, for the brand. Here’s a sample of some of his most memorable photographs.
If only every year was like 2008.
Three years on, at the time of this writing, only the Nikon D3 has been replaced with the slightly enhanced D3s. (HD video anyone?) It’s also worth noting that we haven’t seen any full-frame DSLRs released in nearly two years.
In 2012 The Aftermath Project will award a $20,000 grant to a photographer exploring the lasting effects of conflicts on civilian populations. The work of the grant winners and four finalists will be published in the sixth volume of War is Only Half the S
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/08/call-for-applications-20000-aftermath-project-grant.html
via Rob Galbraith
Mr. Crowley has photographed the Washington Monument dozens of times over the years as part of “Crowleygraphs,” a personal project that Lens described as revealing “unvarnished truths” behind Washington politics
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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/08/25/collateral-crisis-the-catastrophic-famine-in-somalia/#1
Poynter:
Melissa Lyttle: It’s the one that was our lead photo the first time around, where [Bernie Lierow is] hugging her and she’s just kind of dangling, lifeless and limp, and not hugging back. And that scene happened again … I made this picture in the living room this time where he was hugging her. It’s very clear: She’s holding his head. She’s kind of playfully biting his nose and kissing him back. … It’s the same down to the fact of lensing and composition and moment.
Photographer Kenneth Jarecke announces his new publishing venture eyeQ Press and their first book, “Husker Game Day 2010 – Farewell Big 12”.
via Mostly True: http://kennethjarecke.typepad.com/mostly_true/2011/08/eyeq-press-the-first-book.html
Magnum Contact Sheets is a forthcoming October 2011 release by Thames & Hudson,
“There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson I went a little crazy this week and went on a personal mission to research the lighting …
via Confessions of a Mad Photo Assistant: http://madphotoassistant.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/lighting-title/