The Amsterdam-based photo agency Noor is offering, through a partnership with Nikon, a five-day workshop for aspiring Eastern European documentary photographers with veterans Stanley Greene, Philip Blenkinsop and Pep Bonet
As popular revolts rapidly depose or threaten one autocrat after the next, there could scarcely be a better time for “Revolution Revisited,” an exhibition of the work of Kim Komenich. But the timing of his show is not directly related to the convulsions in the Arab world. Instead, it is intended to mark the 25th anniversary of the “people power” revolt in the Philippines that brought an end to the regime of President Ferdinand E. Marcos and swept Corazon C. Aquino into power.
I have the great pleasure of having work in another RayKo Toy Camera Show, and I have to say, hands down, that the openings at Rayko Photo Center in San Francisco are the most energized, the best attended, and totally fun, fun, fun. This year, the 4th Annual celebration of all things plastic Camera will open on Friday, March 4th (opening from 6-8pm) and run through April 30th, 2011. If you are not aware of this terrific photo center, check out it’s offerings, workshops, and submission opportunities.
In an interview given to the french blog A l’Oeil, the court appointed administrator of the defunct Corbis Sygma , the french company set up by Corbis after its acquisition of Sygma, declared that he is about to destroy millions of Sygma’s photographs.
Ed Ou and Scott Nelson, photographers on assignment for The New York Times, crossed from Egypt into Libya on Tuesday, with a Times reporter, Kareem Fahim. About five hours after they arrived, Kerri MacDonald interviewed Mr. Ou through an instant messaging service. His responses, somewhat condensed, are reproduced as they came in, line by line.
When did you first know that you wanted to be a photographer? I went to college to study international affairs. I wanted to be a diplomat, but I’m about as diplomatic as a box of grenades. I…
I spent the weekend in Saint Martin/St. Maarten (depending on which side of the island you are on) for an amazing wedding shoot. Dear God, that place is gorgeous. This is coming from a guy who lives on the beaches of Florida.
Photojournalist Bharat Choudhary is the winner of the 2011 Alexia Foundation Grant for professionals, and Amanda Berg and Bob Miller have tied for first place in the student category, the Alexia Foundation For World Peace And Cultural Understanding announced.
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First, let me make it clear that I’m not a man-hater, I don’t advocate violence towards anyone, let alone men, on the whole, I rather appreciate them. I’m not psychologically scarred or disturbed or tormented – I’m just a doll photographer with a subversive sense of humour.
like any project set on the road in America, they inevitably recall the work of photographers such as Stephen Shore or Lee Friedlander – though Robert Frank might be more apt – and that’s quite remarkable, because they were all taken from Google Street View. The US-based photographer, editor and founder of the influential website, American Suburb X, spent 10 months on a virtual road trip, touring through Google’s images of his home country to put together a new take on street photography.