A domino chain of resignations at the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks followed a unilateral decision by autocratic founder Julian Assange to schedule an October release of 392,000 classified U.S. documents from the war in Iraq, according to former WikiLeak
Balog compares his drive to document this conflict to the one combat photographers feel. “The biggest [motivation] is the sense of being at this decisive moment of earth history and human history, and having the capabilities to bear witness to that. I’m very much motivated by that same ‘I’m here to bear witness’ impulse that moves guys like James Nachtwey.”
In a New York Times article today by Charlie Savage, news that the Obama administration is proposing new legislation that would provide the U.S. Government with direct access to all forms of digita…
Update: Today (Monday) Leica published the last video from their Photokina coverage: Megapixel website interview with Stefan Daniel at Photokina. Recap: no plans for other DSLR solution below the S2 line, no plans for a new M film camera. Leica V-Lux 2 ha
The Leica M9 By Craig (CR Guy) Introduction The Leica M9 sparks a lot of conversation. I’m starting to get questions about why I shoot with one. This revie
This Leica X1 limited edition was created for the 30th anniversary of the Parisian boutique and concept store L’Eclaireur. The camera was designed by Gilles Ouaki (see related Leic’art). 1930 pieces will be produced, the release date is October 14th. No w
CLICK NOTE: Final report from Mark at Photokina. Lots of great information here, including the 160 megapixel Seitz panoramic camera (seen in the photo above).