By Danny Ghitis
This series focuses on the complex nature of life in the Polish town, Oświęcim, better known for its German name, Auschwitz. As a grandson of a Holocaust survivor, this is a personal reflection on the town and represents my ongoing studies of human identity. While countless images from the concentration camp flood the media, this is the first long-term photographic study of the town of Oświęcim and its people.
North Korea is in the midst of a series of large-scale events designed to both commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers’ Party, and to introduce heir apparent Kim Jong Un to the North Korean people and the world. Current lead
via Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/10/a_north_korean_anniversary_and.html
North Korea is in the midst of a series of large-scale events designed to both commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers’ Party, and to introduce heir apparent Kim Jong Un to the North Korean people and the world. Current leader Kim Jong Il is now 69 years old and ailing, and has now positioned his twenty-something son, Kim Jong Un, as his successor through recent military and party promotions, and through media coverage of him by his father’s side. Many western reporters were invited to these performances, though their freedom to cover events was still limited by minders. Collected here are images from the recent highly-orchestrated events in Pyongyang, and the “young general” Kim Jong Un. (33 photos total)
travel photographer
Link: http://thetravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2010/10/amira-al-sharif-call-for-photo-backers.html
North Korea is in the midst of a series of large-scale events designed to both commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers’ Party, and to introduce heir apparent Kim Jong Un to the North Korean people and the world. Current leader Kim Jong Il is now 69 years old and ailing, and has now positioned his twenty-something son, Kim Jong Un, as his successor through recent military and party promotions, and through media coverage of him by his father’s side. Many western reporters were invited to these performances, though their freedom to cover events was still limited by minders. Collected here are images from the recent highly-orchestrated events in Pyongyang, and the “young general” Kim Jong Un. (33 photos total)
Carl Kleiner is a still life photographer based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Essentially Kaufman has opted for a smoke and mirrors operation, lifting a phrase from one Terms of Service here, a snippet from another ToS there, then attempting to cobble the various components into a coherent whole: it’s the law as practiced by Heath Robinson. Whether this strategy will work remains to be seen, but judging by some of Judge William H Pauley’s comments, His Honour was distinctly unimpressed by Kaufman’s tortuous logic.
Link: Daniel Morel vs AFP: Small-time PR Photographer In Big-time PR Disaster » The Russian Photos Blog
During his recent talk with the HOST Gallery, Simon Roberts discussed the different methods and strategies he employed when photographing the political life and various campaigns during the 2010 General Election campaign.
travel photographer
Link: http://thetravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2010/10/alixandra-fazzina-unchr-interview.html
In July 2010, British photo-journalist Alixandra Fazzina was awarded the annual UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award as a recognition of her work documenting the often overlooked consequences of war. In this video by UNCHR, she speaks about the plight of the uprooted.
Sometimes, looking at an image or visual idea multiple times brings a new energy to photographs. Since 2008, Keith Johnson has been creating a series of grids that explores landscapes, cityscapes, waterscapes, interiors, isolated forms, aerial panoramas.
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/07/AR2010100707341.html?wprss=rss_world
The head of Pakistan’s military has ordered an investigation into a video, circulating on the Internet, that depicts the country’s soldiers executing blindfolded men in civilian dress.
Former Art Buyers and current photography consultants Amanda Sosa Stone and Suzanne Sease have agreed to take anonymous questions from photographers and not only give their expert advice but put it out to a wide range of photographers, reps and art buyers
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/10/08/ask-anything-%e2%80%93-simple-image-rights-explanation/
Former Art Buyers and current photography consultants Amanda Sosa Stone and Suzanne Sease have agreed to take anonymous questions from photographers and not only give their expert advice but put it out to a wide range of photographers, reps and art buyers to gather a variety of opinions. The goal with this column is to solicit honest questions and answers through anonymity.
Discover and share the best in contemporary photography
via LensCulture: http://www.lensculture.com/webloglc/mt_files/archives/2010/10/north-korea.html
VII, The Magazine, in partnership with Lens Culture, released a rare glimpse inside contemporary North Korea, with this colorful slideshow. The soundtrack is a trippy heroic anthem called, “The Unforgettable Top Of Mount Osung” and is recorded by The Korean People’s Army Merited Chorus.
Maybe it sounds counterproductive, but, I don’t set big goals on internships. For me, every assignment is it’s own goal. When I’m shooting, I’m never just watching the action. I’m constantly thinking about what would make a better image.
Link: The Visual Student » Internship Perspective: Indianapolis Star
Olivier Laude grew up a poor illiterate shepherd on the idyllic Island of Corsica, off the coast of France and Italy.
If your goal now is to be able to enter a portfolio of work in a contest, here are some thoughts on what tends to get recognized. These impressions come from weeks of sitting on judging panels of a great range of contests. I love to judge contests.
Instagram is yet another iPhone photo-finessing app, but it’s one that you’ll keep coming back to instead of playing for five minutes and then forgetting about it. Wired.com editor Micheal Calore’s says it’s “like a mashup of Hipstamatic and Tumblr.” The
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/10/instagram-for-iphone-like-a-lomo-twitter-for-your-photos/
Instagram is yet another iPhone photo-finessing app, but it’s one that you’ll keep coming back to instead of playing for five minutes and then forgetting about it. Wired.com editor Micheal Calore’s says it’s “like a mashup of Hipstamatic and Tumblr.”
It’s an argument sometimes given by supporters of the most visually gratuitous forms of photojournalism that we need to see…
via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2010/10/photofilm-if-he-is-dead-i-need-proof-let-me-bury-him/
If you really want to disturb me, like a good horror film, then you need to get me to create the images inside my head. That’s what really sticks
The Nikon D800 book triggered a series of new tips and leads. Those are the most reliable rumors I received so far (please note that because a potential announcement is months away, some of the specs and/or release dates may change): The Nikon D700 replac
via Nikon Rumors: http://nikonrumors.com/2010/10/05/nikon-d800-and-d4-rumors.aspx
Olivier Laude grew up a poor illiterate shepherd on the idyllic Island of Corsica, off the coast of France and Italy.
He writes, “Since the invocation of Twitter, nobody who has participated in it has created any lasting art.
Link: John Mayer feared Twitter would ruin his career : SFGate: Daily Dish
Tim Hetherington’s “Infidel” is more of a family album for a platoon in Afghanistan than a traditional photojournalism book.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/infidel/
Tim Hetherington’s “Infidel” (Chris Boot Ltd., 2010) is more of a family album than a traditional photojournalism book. There are of course powerful images of life for a platoon in the Korengal valley in Afghanistan that Hetherington and Sebastian Junger documented in the film “Restrepo.” But there are also thorough catalogs of the soldiers’ tattoos, their official Army ID photos and the magazine centerfolds in their barracks, and remarkably revealing interviews with seven of the soldiers. The book stands on its own, separate from the movie.
Three founders of Verso Images Collective document the capital of Chechnya with online guidance from Yuri Kozyrev and the Objective Reality Foundation.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/a-tale-of-many-cities/
Olga Kravets, Oksana Yushko and Maria Morina met when they participated in the spring 2008 workshop. A few months later, they developed a project which documents life in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. The photographers were attracted to Grozny, Ms. Kravets said, because it survived two wars and is so ethnically and religiously divided that it feels like many different cities simultaneously.