This series, ‘Dancers Among Us’ is a collaboration with top New York dancers including members of the Paul Taylor, Mark Morris and Martha Graham dance companies
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Guy Lane reviews East of a New Eden, a book by Alban Kakulya and Yann Mingard looking at the new eastern borders of the EU.
Link: East of a New Eden
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Photo Enlargers Loom Like Dinosaurs of the Film Age
There were 204 photo printing labs in and around London in 2006, printing images from film stock to paper. By 2009, only six remained. In each of these labs’ darkrooms were photo enlargers, themselves quite large, that projected the images from film negat
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/01/photo-enlargers/
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The Atlantic Photo
The Atlantic’s Photo section is an expanded home for photography at TheAtlantic.com.
via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/
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In addition to fantastic photos, what features are found in successful online photo portfolios? What are the most important things to consider when presenting your best work? What elements will help you turn page views into photo assignments?
Link: 10 Secrets to Successful Online Photo Portfolios – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter
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Photographer #207: Pep Bonet
Pep Bonet, 1974, Spain, is a photojournalist who has won various awards throughout the years. He has covered many stories throughout Africa,…
Link: http://500photographers.blogspot.com/2011/01/photographer-207-pep-bonet.html
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Think of colour photography and your thoughts will soon turn to Steve McCurry, who shot many of his most iconic images on Kodachrome. So it seemed appropriate that, when Kodak produced the last ever roll of the film, it gave it to him. Rob Hastings interviews the Magnum photographer
Link: The last roll of Kodachrome – British Journal of Photography
in Photography
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Deeper Into Fathomless Afghanistan
On his latest tour of Afghanistan, the photojournalist Michael Kamber finds that the war is becoming more intricate and more complicated.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/deeper-into-fathomless-afghanistan/
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David Alan Harvey comments on behalf of the Magnum Cultural Foundation — duckrabbit
I thank him for being open and he invited questions so massive respect for that. I hope this is not…
via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2011/01/david-alan-harveys-first-comment-on-the-duckrabbit-blog/
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French photographer, Lucas Mebrouk Dolega, is said to be clinically dead, three days after he was shot, in the face, by a tear gas canister while covering the civil unrest in Tunisia, BJP has been told.
Link: Injured French photographer “clinically dead” [update 5] – British Journal of Photography
in Obituaries
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In New Military, Data Overload Can Be Deadly
Raw information helps determine what targets to hit and what to avoid, but sometimes the data is overwhelming.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/technology/17brain.html?_r=1
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Master of Ceremonies, Not Civility
Ricky Gervais, host of the Golden Globe ceremony, was merciless from the start, mocking actors and the event’s sponsor, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/movies/awardsseason/17watch.html
in Film & TV
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The biggest threat remains the gradual demise of copyright and our ability to license our images. Since the US Constitution gave creators the power of copyright, culture has flourished as artists have been able to feed their families while creating, books, paintings, photography, etc. A creative life was sustainable. The system worked beautifully for two centuries and everyone in society benefited.
in Copyright
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Observations From Photo LA 2011 – A Photo Editor
John Eder sent me this entertaining report from Photo LA 2011. I went with my buddy the location scout – he got into that after a career as an assistant. We were gonna play a drinking game where we would have a shot if we saw pictures with: empty swimming
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/01/17/observations-from-photo-la-2011/
in Photography
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Documentary Filmmaker Doesn’t Qualify for a Journalist’s Privilege, a Court Says
Joe Berlinger cannot refuse to turn over footage from his film about an oil field in Ecuador because his work was not based on independent reporting, an appellate court in Manhattan ruled.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/15/us/15crude.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
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New features include a History Browser for comparing image versions or different editing treatments, adaptive contrast and brightness controls, new presets, a selective colorizing tool, and more.
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Cindy Sherman: Me, myself and I
Photographer Cindy Sherman talks to Simon Hattenstone about family, break-ups, $1m pictures… and why she can’t keep herself out of her art
via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jan/15/cindy-sherman-interview
in Photography
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Sometimes a photographer will come to me with a box of prints, and I just keep looking at the pictures until I start understanding what the core is. It’s like the pictures ask me to pull them together in a certain way. A form begins.
I love working with the photographer, I certainly think the photographer is the final editor. And I listen to the photographer, but I don’t think they always see what they have. As an outsider, I can sometimes see more clearly.
Link: Conscientious Extended | Conversations about Photobooks: Alice Rose George
in Books
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