It’s a good day for American copyfighters — COICA, the fast-track Leahy bill that would have established a China-style “Great Firewall of America” has been postponed. That m…
via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/13/us-copyright-net-cen.html
Although it’s a few years old, Alex Webb’s Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names is still probably one of the better multimedia projects to ever grace the internet.
He was named Photographer of the Year in the 1965 American College Public Relations Society, Great Lakes Division. Duane was appointed by the U.S. Olympic Committee as an official photographer covering the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada; 1972 Summer Olympic Games, Munich, Germany; and the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada.
You ever see a picture in a magazine and think, “wow, now that’s a tricky assignment”. Me too. I had that x 100 when I saw Timothy Devine‘s image for New York Magazine’s “Come Here Often?” column last week.
The wrangling for this thing alone would leave me in tears.
But Mr. Devine didn’t cry. I asked him how he stayed sane and got the shot. Here’s what he said
Link: How’d You Light That, Timothy Devine? | A Photography Blog
[slidepress gallery=’tildedewandel_gaza’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Tilde De Wandel Gaza play this essay Winter…
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Winter 2008-2009. Israel bombs Gaza for 3 weeks. Operation ‘Cast Lead’ kills over 1400 people. I watch the news channels and develop the strong desire to go there and experiencing the life in a war zone. I leave but I don’t get further than the West Bank.
Life under occupation intrigues me. An external power dominating your life. Being a prisoner in your own country.
The story begins when Gordon opened a show in New York City in 2002, and was introduced to a 92-year-old Gita Lenz by their mutual friend, Timothy. Gordon was intrigued by Gita and when Timothy asked Gordon for advice about what to do with Gita’s images and equipment, he stepped in an offered to store everything at his home in Virginia.
Feared for the physical and psychological torture within, Hohenschönhausen was the operational hub for the Ministry State Security in communist East Germany. German photographer Phillip Lohoefener, documents its beige patterned walls, wood-paneled interro
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2010/10/phillip-lohoefener/
After the fall of the Eastern Bloc, the notorious prison became a memorial and museum. In 2009, the site had a record 314,000 visitors. One of them was German photographer Phillip Lohoefener, who documented its beige patterned walls, wood-paneled interrogation rooms and antiquated medical apparatuses.
Earlier today the New York Times printed a correction for a series of photographs Fred R. Conrad took of the galleries at the Museum of Modern Art. The images accompanied a review by Roberta Smith, published on September 30, of the recently opened “Abstra
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2010/10/ny-times-apologizes-for-%E2%80%98staged-news-pictures%E2%80%99.html
people who were pictured in the photographs looking at the exhibition “were museum staff members, who were asked by museum officials to be present in the galleries to provide scale and context for the photographs
The Island is an on-going project documenting life on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The long and narrow string of barrier islands for many is a vacation destination.
Link: New Photo Project – The Island | Ackerman Gruber Images – A Visual Duet – Minneapolis, MN
This morning at 8 a.m. Mountain Time, Pentax USA announced that it will import, sell, and service the eagerly awaited Pentax 645D medium-format digital camera. The camera body will ship in December 2010 for $9,995.95. The SMC Pentax-D FA 645…
via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/10/pentax-announces-us-availability-of-645d.html
The camera body will ship in December 2010 for $9,995.95.
Ronzo’s Crunchy the Credit Monster stands as a symbol of the recession overlooking the now gentrified Great Eastern Street… Recently, Ronzo and company released a video finally explaining the making of the adorable sculpture.
I love images that elicit this reaction: “How did you ever get that picture?”
Link: Serendipity, please – Blog – Picture Editor : Photography Consultant : Mentor : Mike Davis
Ohsolazysusan sez, “John Waters narrates the tiny world of big time murder in Of Dolls and Murder, a documentary film about dollhouse crime scenes (the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death),…
via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/11/john-waters-narrates.html
I love images that elicit this reaction: “How did you ever get that picture?”
Lensbaby’s schtick is that you can twist and turn all the lenses in the range to grab selective focus from either a single, small circle, anywhere in frame, or photograph a sharp stripe the slashes through an otherwise blurred image. Until now. Recently,
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/10/scout-the-lensbaby-that-doesnt-bend/
I love images that elicit this reaction: “How did you ever get that picture?”
The Color Splash flash adds a splash of color to your flash. It’s a dirt-cheap, plastic flashgun that contains 12 different colored gels. To select a color, just turn the dial and the gels are rotated in front of the flash-tube. You can even split a shot
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/10/color-splash-flash-the-30-camera-rainbow/
It’s a dirt-cheap, plastic flashgun that contains 12 different colored gels.
Olympus SLR boss Toshiyuki Terada has said that the company will make no more entry-level SLRs. Speaking in an interview, Terada said that “We do not have concrete plans to replace the E-620 and other recent SLRs.” But don’t worry, Olympus isn’t about to
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/10/olympus-the-dslr-is-dead/
I guess there are no surprises here. The mirrorless format is better than an SLR for the majority of photographers, and Olympus has always been a leader in next-gen camera tech.
As Joseph Berger reports, it is possible to know a lot about this photograph without ever answering the question: who was this boy?
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/the-ghetto-the-nazis-and-one-small-boy/
“This photograph of the most dramatic event of the Holocaust requires a greater level of responsibility from historians than almost any other,” Dr. Dobroszycki said, “It is too holy to let people do with it what they want.”
So, Die Antwoord’s $O$ album comes out Tuesday October 12. The item description over at Amazon is hilarious. You have to read this. I’m guessing Ninja typed this in himself, and is havi…
“This photograph of the most dramatic event of the Holocaust requires a greater level of responsibility from historians than almost any other,” Dr. Dobroszycki said, “It is too holy to let people do with it what they want.”
The Amazon Rainforest located in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil is ablaze like never before. The surge in burning can be attributed to the extreme rise in commodity prices. As demand for more food grain is needed, farmers are pushed to dramatically increase soybean and corn production, removing massive tracks of pristine forest in their wake.
Link: VII The Magazine
Much of James Pomerantz’s work reflects the world after war and disaster, but the images featured below were captured on a vacation. His series, Agua Sagrada, is otherworldly–calming and exquisite and a wonderful visual respite to our chaotic world.