Kim Jong-Il looking at things
The Dear Leader liked to look at things. Good night, sweet prince.
Link: http://kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com/
the dear leader likes to look at things.
updated every other day and sometimes on the weekends too.
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A cryptographic system used by Canon to ensure that digital images haven’t been altered is flawed and can’t be fixed, according to a Russian security company that specializes in encryption.
Link: Analyst finds flaws in Canon image verification system
via: Boing Boing
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This slide show is taken from the memory card that was in Joao Silva’s camera on Oct. 23 when he stepped on an anti-personnel mine at Checkpoint 16, near the village of Deh-e-Kuchay, Afghanistan. Mr. Silva, a contract photographer for The New York Times, and Carlotta Gall, a Times correspondent, were on patrol with a squad of 10 or 15 American soldiers and a unit of Afghan soldiers and police officers.
Link: ‘It’s the Photographer’: Joao Silva’s Fateful Assignment in Afghanistan – NYTimes.com
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Jess T. Dugan
MW What inspired you to start taking photographs, and what is the primary inspiration for you to keep working in this field? JTD In r…
Link: http://2waylens.blogspot.com/2010/11/jess-t-dugan.html
I am always photographing other people, but in some ways my images are always a reflection of myself. If there is something I don’t understand about myself, or something I’d like to explore, I make images about it until I do understand.
in Interviews
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Children Heading Households in Moldova
Left behind by parents who must seek work abroad, Moldovan children have to fend for themselves, as Andrea Diefenbach explains to Isabel Castro.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/children-heading-households-in-moldova/
Andrea Diefenbach was shocked by what she saw in a first-grade classroom in Cirpesti, Moldova, in 2008. When asked whose parents had emigrated to Italy, two-thirds of the students raised their hands.
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Rio’s drug war
A small war took place last week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between Brazilian forces and hundreds of drug traffickers holed up in the shantytown complex dubbed Complexo de Alemão. After recent efforts by officials to pacify Rio’s drug and gang-related vio
via Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/rios_drug_war.html
A small war took place last week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between Brazilian forces and hundreds of drug traffickers holed up in the shantytown complex dubbed Complexo de Alemão. After recent efforts by officials to pacify Rio’s drug and gang-related violence ahead of the upcoming the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics Games, drug gangs struck out last week – attacking police stations and staging mass robberies. After days of preparation, Brazilian security forces launched a raid in the Complexo de Alemão, where between 500 and 600 drug traffickers were holed up. At least 42 people were killed in the violence last week, with security forces taking control of many neighborhoods. A relatively low number of arrests were made, and authorities warn of further conflict as continue to flush out more suspects in Rio’s maze of favelas. (40 photos total)
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Newspapers Reveal Diplomatic Cables Provided By WikiLeaks
The first news reports from WikiLeaks’ long-expected disclosure of a quarter-million State Department diplomatic cables appeared on major newspaper websites on Sunday, though WikiLeaks’ own website was unavailable, purportedly due to a traffic-flooding cyberattack.
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Andrew Spear was just recognized by College Photographer of the Year as a runner-up for Photographer of the Year and his documentary Glouster, Ohio: The Magic City won an Award of Excellence. I met Spear in Washington D.C. at Obama’s Inauguration in January 2009 and we’ve kept in touch. He is working on a number of great projects and I wanted to share some of his work. I asked him a few questions about “The Magic City” project
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A Bully Finds a Pulpit on the Web
Vitaly Borker welcomes customer complaints, saying they vault his business higher in Internet search results.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/business/28borker.html?_r=1
“What the hell am I supposed to do with these glasses?” she recalls Mr. Russo shouting. “I ordered them from France specifically for you!”
“I’m going to contact my credit card company,” she told him, “and dispute the charge.”
Until that moment, Mr. Russo was merely ornery. Now he erupted.
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Of this series, ‘The Roughriders’, he writes, ‘In late November 2009 I traveled to Calgary to work on a special project for The Canadian Football League. The project was to shoot portraits of fans just prior to the start of the 97th Grey Cup at McMahon Stadium.
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Jeff Malmberg has created a film, Marwencol, about artist/photographer Mark Hogencamp,”a former alcoholic who was beaten into a coma after a night at a bar
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the talented group of photographers that comprise this issue: James Whitlow Delano, Markel Redondo, Katharina Hesse, Ryan Pyle, Xiqi Yuang, Wayne Liu, Carolyn Drake, Rian Dundon, Tim Franco, Eric Guo, Christian Als and Holly Wilmeth, M. Scott Brauer
Link: Worth a look: 100eyes – China: The Past is a Foreign Place | dvafoto
Carolyn Drake, Christian Als, Eric Guo, Holly Wilmeth, james whitlow delano, Katharina Hesse, M. Scott Brauer, Markel Redondo, Rian Dundon, Ryan Pyle, Tim Franco, Wayne Liu, Xiqi Yuang
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Institute for Artist Management’s blog just published a full view of Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen’s new book “Empty Land, Promised Land, Forbidden Land”
Link: Rob Hornstra’s New Book: “Empty Land, Promised Land, Forbidden Land” | dvafoto
in Books
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Venetia brings a different eye to VII and it’s exciting to see her strong documentary style applied in different areas such as fashion and lifestyle,” says VII Photo’s managing director Stephen Mayes
Link: VII Network adds Venetia Dearden – British Journal of Photography
in Photography
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the 1980s was a decade of buoyant, creative and committed photojournalism in the UK; photographers were prepared to exercise their social concerns by investigating the momentous changes happening around them.
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To bring Sky News viewers HD pictures from inside Burma for the release of Aung Sang Suu Kyi was a serious challenge. Foreign journalists and their broadcasting equipment are not welcome. Dodging the authorities was not our only problem. We were also filming rebel militias in the jungle, capturing gun battles – and fighting off the wildlife, like the army of black ants that overran my Macbook Pro as I was frantically editing a video one night.
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‘South of the Border,’ Unsettling Views
For decades, Julio Mitchel has played by no rules but his own. Now, he is ready to share his work.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/southern-latitudes-unsettling-views/
Julio Mitchel, 68, would be the first to admit that he is a bit prickly and has not been adept at managing his photographic career. His name is not branded. He doesn’t have a blog. There are no camera company sponsorships. And he doesn’t have gallery or agency representation.
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A former photographer for The Times-Picayune (Alex Brandon) witnessed a “contentious situation” between three men and police officers after Hurricane Katrina, telling a federal jury Wednesday that he was ordered by police not to snap pictures of the scene.
Link: News photographer says cops asked him not to take pictures the day Henry Glover died | NOLA.com
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Apple iOS 4.2 Arrives, Makes Find My iPhone Free
Apple’s long-awaited universal iOS update is available today to everyone using an iPad or post-3G iPhone or iPod Touch. The big features have been well-known and the release candidate’s been out for a while, but Apple still managed to add a few surprises
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/11/apple-ios-4-2-arrives-makes-find-my-iphone-free/
Julio Mitchel, 68, would be the first to admit that he is a bit prickly and has not been adept at managing his photographic career. His name is not branded. He doesn’t have a blog. There are no camera company sponsorships. And he doesn’t have gallery or agency representation.