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Edmonds had the camera to his eye when the President started to wave, and as would-be assassin John Hinckley, Jr., fired his gun, Edmonds made the famous sequence of three images that would be published around the world. “Sometimes you make your own luck, and I just happened to be at the right place at the right time and ready when this happened,” he recalled.
New York based photographer Ken Shung says he set out to make images that embody the idea of the “Pretty Picture.” He captures disjunction, viewing social spaces in search of a magical decisive moment that shows something ominous, paradoxical, or timeless.
Link: Decisive Moments of Chaos (5 photos) | PDN Photo of the Day
The Scraper Bike Movement, as its participants refer to it, was spawned from East Oakland’s vibrant car culture around 2006. Like the Buicks and Oldsmobiles riding on rims 24” and larger, Scraper Bikes are often equipped with car stereos and are themed for everything from candy to fallen friends.
As photographers, we all pretty much want the same things. In short, we want to be rewarded for our individual creativity, and make a decent living making the pictures that we enjoy making. Yet, so many photographers feel that this is lacking in their lives. What can be done about this?
“To ask NYTimes.com’s 33 million unique monthly visitors to switch to a cash-for-manufactured-goods-based model from the standard everything-online-should-be-free-for-reasons-nobody-can-really-explain-based model is pretty fearless. It’s almost as if The New York Times is equating itself with a business trying to function in a capitalistic society.”
Link: NYTimes.com’s Plan To Charge People Money For Consuming Goods, Services Called Bold Business Move
Jonathan Blaustein speaks with Darius Himes and Mary Virginia Swanson about their new book. In my experience, every photographer would like a book of his or her work. It’s a given, like the misery of next month’s tax deadline. Whether we’re talking about
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/03/30/publishing-your-photography-book/
In my experience, every photographer would like a book of his or her work. It’s a given, like the misery of next month’s tax deadline. Whether we’re talking about an artist monograph proffered by an established publisher, or a 21st Century-style photo album of the family trip to Puerto Rico, everyone wants a book. Yet the process is complicated, and often opaque for the average photographer.
Mary Virginia Swanson, who’s had a long and illustrious career in the photography industry, and Darius Himes, a writer and co-founder of Radius Books, have just published Publish Your Photography Book, (Princeton Architectural Press) which I mentioned in my article about the PDN Photo Plus Expo this past fall. They allowed me to preview a pdf of the entire book earlier this winter, and agreed to answer some questions.
Leica & Magnum: Past Present Future from leica camera on Vimeo.
For over 60 years, Magnum photographers have traveled around the world with their own agendas carrying their camera of choice, which was more often than not a Leica. These photographers produced iconic images of major world events including wars and revolutions, as well as everyday scenes of the world at work and at play. Magnum has allowed these photographers to share their unique visions and, as Alice George mentions in the video, Leica has become Magnum’s “passport to the world.” Leica and Magnum’s shared history and common mission gave rise to a technological and photographic collaboration which Alfred Schopf, CEO Leica Camera AG, and Magnum photographer Jonas Bendiksen, President of Magnum Photos International Inc., signed into being in December 2010 and was announced in February 2011.
Link: Leica & Magnum: Past Present Future « The Leica Camera
If you ignore power-plugs and adapters, then my posts here on Gadget Lab skew rather heavily to notebooks (the paper kind) and photography. So I am almost contractually obliged to write about this field notes notebook from Etsy maker fabriKate. The book (
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/field-notebook-records-exif-metadata-for-film-photographs/
The book (which is not from the actual Field Notes company) is a way to record “EXIF” metadata for your film photos. After snapping a frame, you can write down the date and time, the frame number, the exposure and location of the photograph.
Delays? Not hearing a lot of positive things about current products and new products because of the Japanese earthquake. The latest info I’ve received says
via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2011/03/the-bad-news-cr2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+canonrumors/rss
Not hearing a lot of positive things about current products and new products because of the Japanese earthquake.
The latest info I’ve received says all of Canon, Nikon and Sony are still unsure what the near future is going to bring.
Ten photojournalists have been awarded $1,000 each for the Yunghi Kim grant—a grant meant to bring awareness of the importance of copyright registration.
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/12/16476.html
Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington visited Columbia University to discuss their documentary Restrepo, that as you will know, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. For me, the most important part of their discussion was how they don’t define themselves within one box, “I write”, or “I take photos”, or “I shoot video”. Tim and Sebastian are extraordinary for pushing the boundaries of what defines us as journalists… they both use whatever tools necessary to tell the story. Part I of this series is Sebastian’s path to being a journalist and where the comparisons lie between conflict photographers and soldiers.
Link: Restrepo: A Conversation with Sebastian Junger | Prime Collective
Adam Dean, a Beijing-based photojournalist represented by Panos Pictures, arrived in Japan roughly 20 hours after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeastern coast of the country. After he returned home to Beijing on March 26, Dean
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/03/adam-dean-on-covering-japans-devastation-3.html
Adam Dean, a Beijing-based photojournalist represented by Panos Pictures, arrived in Japan roughly 20 hours after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeastern coast of the country. After he returned home to Beijing on March 26, Dean (one of the 2011 PDN 30 emerging photographers) answered our questions about the logistical challenges of covering the catastrophe, and also wrote about the story’s emotional impact.
Matt Eich:
A few months back Constantin Nimigean was kind enough to include my project “Love In The First Person” in Oitzarisme’s inaugural “Love” issue, along with some wonderful work by folks like Steven Beckly, Felix R. Cid and others
Link: Love In The First Person in Oitzarisme “Love” Issue | Luceo Images
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Online crowdfunding has proven to be a popular and viable means of financially supporting creative projects. Sites like Kickstarter.com have enabled individuals to appeal directly to an audience and realize a range of ideas that otherwise would have had limited chances of getting off the ground. But there hadn’t been a site for photojournalism until now.
A month after the launch of the new crowd funding platform for photojournalism, Emphas.is, one of its users reports from the road. Belgian photographer and Emphas.is fundraiser Tomas van Houtryve tells us about the good, the bad and the future of this wor
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/03/crowd-funding-for-photography-gets-off-to-shaky-start/
“Emphas.is isn’t a magic bullet that will solve every problem plaguing visual journalism, but I think it is turning out to be a good model for long-term documentary projects,” says van Houtryve. “I have a crowd of very supportive people behind me, and it is clear that they have a stake in the project’s success. It’s very inspiring.”
Otto Schulze runs a full-time fine art wedding photography studio based out of Denver, Colorado. He gets to travel all over the world to document that special day in the lives of his clients. Otto does not manage to capture all the beautiful emotion, anticipation and expectation of each wedding day on his own, however. He relies on the team of the Leica M9 and new 35mm f/1.4 Summilux ASPH lens, his equipment of choice. Recently, Otto had the opportunity to field-test the Leica X1 and share his thoughts with us.
A few days ago, US District Judge Deborah A. Batts ruled that Richard Prince had violated Patrick Cariou’s copyright when using some of the images from the Yes Rasta book to produce Canal Zone. Much has since been written about this ruling, here are a few of the reactions/takes: Rob Haggart/A Photo Editor, Ed Winkleman, Donn Zaretsky, Paddy Johnson. In a nutshell, photographers for the most parts are giddy that Prince lost, whereas the non-photo art world is appalled by the ruling
Desperate for shade from the desert sun in Burkina Faso, Paul Patrick Borhaug realized how much photography meant to him.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/photos-that-come-from-not-giving-up/
Paul Patrick Borhaug, known on his Web site simply as Paul Patrick, is 21 and lives in Oslo. His current project is “The Violence of Silence.” He spoke with Kerri MacDonald for the Turning Point series.
Photojournalist Tomas Van Houtryve has been testing alternative funding methods for his photography projects and I asked if he would give us a report on how it’s working out for him. His latest project is called “21st Century Communism” and he’s using Emp
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/03/28/tomas-van-houtryve-tries-alternative-funding-methods/
Photojournalist Tomas Van Houtryve has been testing alternative funding methods for his photography projects and I asked if he would give us a report on how it’s working out for him. His latest project is called “21st Century Communism” and he’s using Emphas.is to fund it (here). Here’s what he had to say: