A federal district court judge has dismissed photographer Janine Gordon’s suit against photographer Ryan McGinley, and also offered a useful refresher course on the basics of copyright law. In June, Gordon sued McGinley and his galleries, alleging that th
Gordon’s “apparent theory of infringement would assert copyright interests in virtually any figure with outstretched arms, any interracial kiss, or any nude torso,” the judge wrote. “Such a conception of copyright law has no basis in statute, case law, or common sense.”
The relationship between photographic authorship and Google Street View authorship could probably be compared to the relationship between musicians who compose and record music and artists who remix already recorded music.
The space shuttle Atlantis completed its final flight last month, bringing pride and bittersweet nostalgia to many Americans. But what about our beloved, symbolic astronaut? What will he do now that he’s out of the hero business? Piggy-backing on the mixe
Piggy-backing on the mixed emotions of the country about the end of NASA’s space shuttle program, photographer Neil DaCosta and art director Sara Phillips produced a darkly comic project by staging fictitious last moments of a distraught anonymous, unemployed astronaut.
Managing your photos across a range of devices (phones, tablets, computers, cameras) really starts to suck. We’re exploring some interesting solutions that go beyond what others have announce…
No matter which device is in your hand, you see your entire photo library. So those hundreds of photos you took while touring through Italy with your smartphone would also appear in the library on your tablet device and at home on your laptop…just like that.
Admittedly I have a strong personal bias toward generators. I find it hard to take seriously anyone who writes about photography without making images themselves. It’s a prejudice I know, but one I find hard to overcome. My secret fantasy is for every photoblogger out there to stop analyzing for one day and show ten recent photos of their own. Seeing ten photos would give me more insight into someone than reading ten years of their writing.
The space shuttle Atlantis completed its final flight last month, bringing pride and bittersweet nostalgia to many Americans. But what about our beloved, symbolic astronaut? What will he do now that he’s out of the hero business? Piggy-backing on the mixe
Piggy-backing on the mixed emotions of the country about the end of NASA’s space shuttle program, photographer Neil DaCosta and art director Sara Phillips produced a darkly comic project by staging fictitious last moments of a distraught anonymous, unemployed astronaut.
With the summer movie season in full swing we thought it would be fun to take a look at the unique portrait style of Antonin Kratochvil as he turns his lens on movies stars, pop singers and others.
25-year old Kazuma Obara (Twitter), a native of Japan’s tsunami-hit Iwate prefecture, is the first photojournalist to enter the Fukushima Daiichi plant and photograph what conditions are like…
25-year old Kazuma Obara (Twitter), a native of Japan’s tsunami-hit Iwate prefecture, is the first photojournalist to enter the Fukushima Daiichi plant and photograph what conditions are like for the cleanup workers.
No Man’s Land (more images here) is a disturbingly large selection of Google Street View screen-grabs of (presumably) prostitutes awaiting customers on the back roads of Italy by Mishka Henner
The first volume of Conversations With Photographers is now available. The book contains conversations from this site plus exclusive follow-up interviews that are only going to be available in print (a total of five interviews). This first volume contains conversations with Brian Ulrich, Hellen van Meene, and Christopher Anderson.
Agence Vu photographer David Sauveur was the victim of a violent aggression on August 3 near 2 am while on vacation in the small French port of Collioure near the Spanish border. He remains in a coma.
AP Photo/NBC, Peter Kramer Actress Anne Hathaway has explained the reason behind her gangsta rap on late night TV earlier this week – she’s taken to writing rhymes to exercise her anger…
This image tells us nothing of the reason for the riots, nor does it show us what happened to the woman. However, because of its simplistic form and key pictorial features it is set become an image of historical relevance, an image that will be brought from the archives time and again; it is destined to become a recurring image of national significance.
Blink magazine a labor of love by Korean native Kim Aram. The magazine features personal work by emerging, established and undiscovered photographers. Issue 5 has just been released. Heidi: How do you select the images, do you choose a theme for each issu
Blink magazine a labor of love by Korean native Kim Aram. The magazine features personal work by emerging, established and undiscovered photographers. Issue 5 has just been released.
FOCUSED came out of an idea to rejuvenate some film I had. I had no idea how that would happen, but all I knew is I wanted it to be a shared effort amongst my favorite photographers. On a three hour trip to Miami to catch a flight to the Bahamas for a shoot, I revealed my idea to my friend and fellow photographer, Brian Blanco, who helped me brainstorm this project down to one simple thought: one camera. one click. one moment.
FOCUSED is rekindling the Decisive Moment one frame at a time. There will be 200 photojournalists to start – from students to Pulitzer Prize winners – and the list of confirmed names is insane – here. A photojournalist on the list will be mailed a film camera and a roll of film – with the challenge of getting only one click of the shutter to capture whatever they want and then mail the camera onto the next photojournalist. Pretty simple concept. Terrifying to some. A welcome break to others.
The City of Denver has agreed to pay $200,000 and change its police training procedures to settle a lawsuit over mass arrests of protesters during the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The settlement was announced by the American Civil Liberties Union
The City of Denver has agreed to pay $200,000 and change its police training procedures to settle a lawsuit over mass arrests of protesters during the 2008 Democratic National Convention
*Busted* Another spec list torn apart by the community. The crop factors are off to a lot of people. APS-C isn’t 1/1.6. Received 8 spec lists today! I expec
The public today is more visually sophisticated than ever before. The overwhelming dearth of information available on the internet tends to weaken the impact of content. Important stories get lost in the fray. So as photographers – as creatives and not just journalists – we have the added task of developing a connection to our audience. We need an image that will engage the viewer, that makes our audience question what they are seeing, that allows them to take a step closer to the image and thus the content.
