Horrifying vegans everywhere it was recently uncovered that VegNews Magazine has been using stock pictures of meat and passing them off as vegan dishes. Quarrygirl.com a vegan blog with the tag line “meat is murder” posted the side-by-side comparisons (he
There is one company that I am aware of that has devoted themselves to meeting the needs of the neurotic perfectionist photographer in the digital era. That’s the Swiss camera maker Alpa.
Color is just as important to photography as composition, light , and moments. I generally rate it higher than any of those just for the pure fact that it is the common thread throughout all of them. Color evokes mood, emotion, visual responses. It helps add contrast in certain situations. It can make a photo sing. It can make a photo sink. I promise you’ve I’ve edited out a better moment out of a series of photos, just because an “off” frame has better color. It is that important.
This is an e-mail sent this morning from C.J. Chivers to the editors at Getty Images and Vanity Fair, describing events in Benghazi, Libya, since the remains of Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros arrived at the Benghazi port Thursday night. Mr. Hetherington, the conflict photographer and director of the Afghan war documentary “Restrepo,” and Mr. Hondros, one of the top war photographers of his generation, were killed Wednesday in Misurata, Libya.
In lieu of flowers, the loved ones of Chris Hondros kindly request donations be made to The Chris Hondros Fund. This fund will provide scholarships for aspiring photojournalists and raise awareness of issues surrounding conflict photography.
The Chris Hondros Fund
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50 Bridge Street #414
Brooklyn, New York 11201
The death of an incomparable photojournalist, killed on April 20 while covering the conflict in Libya, is recounted by his collaborator, confrère, and friend.
In a dreadful instant on Wednesday, the 27-year-old Guy Martin was propelled from his cohort of Promising Young Photojournalists into the honorable — if unsought — company of those who have been injured or killed in the line of duty.
Infrared photography used to be dead easy. You’d buy some IR film and put a dark, dark red filter on the front of your lens. Then you’d turn the focus ring a notch to the left to compensate for the fact that the IR light focuses differently. Apart from no
Something I don’t do often enough is congratulate photographers when they go above and beyond.
New York City based photographer Melanie Burford has done that time and again. This time, she spent a large swath of the past year telling a story of the oil spill to a depth that few photographers reached.
When the first Western photojournalists covering the conflict in Libya were killed Wednesday, the world found out about it through Facebook and Twitter. Now the Facebook page of one of the photographers has become a defacto memorial for the online communi
Freelance photojournalist Guy Martin, who was severely injured yesterday in the mortar attacks in Libya that killed photographers Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, remains in critical condition after undergoing surgery for eight hours yesterday. “The su
Oscar-nominated British film director and photographer Tim Hetherington (L) climbs from a building in Misurata on April 20, 2011. Getty Images photographer Chris Hondros walks in Misurata on April 18, 2011. Both men, 41, were killed and two other Western
In the end, I believe, that the supreme way to honor Tim and Chris is to do my best, love my family and friends, live life to the fullest and never forget.
Outside magazine called over a month ago to ask if I would interview a photographer for their summer interview issue. I immediately pitched them Tim Hetherington whose work I admired although I’d never met or spoken with him before. The body of work he cr