Czech Photographer Miroslav Tichy passed away this past April 12, 2011, at the age of 85. He was born in Netcice, Moravia on November 20th, 1926.
Link: Death of Miroslav Tichy | La Lettre de la Photographie
Czech Photographer Miroslav Tichy passed away this past April 12, 2011, at the age of 85. He was born in Netcice, Moravia on November 20th, 1926.
Link: Death of Miroslav Tichy | La Lettre de la Photographie
Of course there are “dark horse” images that may seemingly come out of nowhere to win, but one way to guess at what some of the top contender photographs may be is to look back at work that’s already either won significant recognition or received major play in the media during last year’s big stories.
Some think the optimal way of scanning colour negatives is to minimize editing intervention at the scan stage by scanning exactly what the scanner produces unaltered, then opening the image in Photoshop, converting it to a positive and making other adjustments as needed. Stated advantages of this workflow are that no data gets altered or destroyed on the way to Photoshop and there is no need to bother about selecting and possibly re-configuring conversion profiles in the scanning software appropriate for the brand of negative film one is scanning.
With Monday’s 3 p.m. announcement of the 94th edition of the Pulitzers fast approaching, most talk has reflected how little buzz the oldest and most revered of American awards now is garnering
Link: Handicapping the Pulitzers as prize season peaks with the top award | Poynter.
In Part Two of VII The Magazine’s series on Libya Franco Pagetti looks at the rebel movement in the Benghazi area of Libya. Even with the support of NATO and the United States they have achieved little towards any kind of victory. The only certainty in this conflict is that the death toll will continue to rise.
Link: VII The Magazine
New Primes The supertelephotos are done for the moment from Canon. The last 12 months or so have been dedicated to updating and releasing new long lenses. F
via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2011/04/canon-ef-35-f1-4l-ii-cr2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+canonrumors/rss
Is 37mp enough? This is the first bit of info I’ve received about a 1Ds Mark IV in a while. All that was said is the next camera would be 37 megapixels and
via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2011/04/37-megapixel-1ds-mark-iv-cr1/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+canonrumors/rss
Street art depends on disrupting the order and values of everyday life. Except, that is, when it’s riffing off of “Fight Club” and posted on a NATO military base in Afghanistan.
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2011/04/us-soldier-taggers-afghanistan-as-fight-club/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Bagnewsnotes+(BAGnewsNotes)
Gianni Giosue spent over two weeks in the North East of Japan to document the consequences of the gigantic Tsunami which swept away hundreds of kilometers of coast line. Buildings were destroyed, roads stripped, lives were lost and precious memories from inside the houses, like photographs of loved ones, stolen for ever.
You’ll really enjoy the colorful stories Ami shares behind each of these tips, like how Ami’s images from Angola captured the world’s attention because of the unique stories she chose to photograph — despite her editors originally insisting that work from Angola would never get published.
Link: Ami Vitale on Trusting Your Instincts – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter
Dan Winters interview part 3. Part 1 is (here). Part 2 is (here). Rob: So when did you move to Austin? Dan: We moved in 2000. I knew going into this that there’s no market in Austin. There are a lot of photographers here… Rob: It’s amazing how many photog
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/04/15/dan-winters-interview-part-3/
Yesterday the final decision was made to close the School of Journalism and Mass Communication that is not only my part-time employer, but my alma mater. My father also taught photojournalism part time at this school and graduated from its predecessor College of Journalism at the University of Colorado. The old school will be replaced by a double degree in journalism and another discipline at the university, and details of how that will work remain vague.
Though I and many of my colleagues wish a purposeful change of how journalism is taught at CU would have unfolded differently from this, the decision begs an examination of what it means to have a journalism education. This may still be well served by CU’s plan, depending on how it unfolds. I am hopeful.
When I first started making the multiple exposures for this project I was very calculated and made a lot of notes. The first batch looked like I was very calculated and made a lot of notes – which is to say, they were contrived and boring. Except for when I made a mistake. So the second time out I relied almost entirely on intuition and tried to allow the process to flow more naturally. I tried to imagine the camera seeing what was in my mind. The second batch looked exactly how I saw the frames. In fact they were more intricate and beautiful than I first saw them. Since then I have relied on intuition to make these frames.
Photoshop gets used in a huge variety of ways, from editing tiny icons laying out multi-hundred-layer Web designs* to wrangling gigapixel photos. The optimal settings depend on the work you do. Now…
via John Nack on Adobe: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2011/04/how-to-set-up-tune-a-great-photoshop-machine.html
Mr. McConnell’s story, which includes 50 images, won a World Press Photo award this year but has yet to be exhibited outside Spain. Mr. McConnell, who is represented by Panos Pictures, worked for three years as a press photographer in Northern Ireland before traveling through Australia, Asia and Africa, where he is based. He spent four months photographing and interviewing the Sahrawis in refugee camps and in the Polisario-controlled Western Sahara.
Photographer Matt Johnson and designer Wayne Ford, who operate the Web site Photo Book Club, have been hitting the social media channels asking for recommendations for great photo book stores around the world. They’re plugging the recommendations into a G
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/04/photogs-crowd-sourcing-a-global-map-of-photo-book-stores.html
Dan Winters interview part 2. Part 1 is (here). Dan: I worked for Chris for exactly a year. When my year was coming up, and I said, ” two more months left.” And he’s like, “you’re really going to stop?” and I said, “yeah, I want to shoot.” The entire time
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/04/14/dan-winters-interview-part-2/
Q: You photograph both in color and in black and white. Why did you decide to go black and white for this series? Was it a way to tell the long story of this people and at the same time to create a sort of distance from a raw reality?
A: As soon as I arrived I felt I had to use black and white, even though I had plenty of color film rolls with me. It was a clear, strong and crucial feeling.
It’s been a week since the American journalists Clare Morgana Gillis, James Wright Foley, freelancers reporting for TheAtlantic.com and GlobalPost, …
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/04/libya-four-missing-journalists.html