Michael Itkoff: Hi Joerg, I’ve just returned from a government sponsored photo tour of a few cities in eastern China and thought it might be an interesting catalyst for discussion.
Link: Conscientious | Ping Pong with Michael Itkoff, Round 5
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As a foot soldier in J. Edgar Hoover’s domestic intelligence program, Withers helped the FBI gain a front-row seat to the civil rights and anti-war movements in Memphis.
Much of his undercover work helped the FBI break up the Invaders, a Black Panther-styled militant group that became popular in disaffected black Memphis in the late 1960s and was feared by city leaders.
Yet, Withers focused on mainstream Memphians as well.
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Civil Rights Photographer Unmasked as Informer
Ernest C. Withers was paid to provide information on his subjects, The Commercial Appeal in Memphis reported.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/us/14photographer.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
On Sunday, The Commercial Appeal in Memphis published the results of a two-year investigation that showed Mr. Withers, who died in 2007 at age 85, had collaborated closely with two F.B.I. agents in the 1960s to keep tabs on the civil rights movement. It was an astonishing revelation about a former police officer nicknamed the Original Civil Rights Photographer, whose previous claim to fame had been the trust he engendered among high-ranking civil rights leaders, including Dr. King.
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The Association of Photographers, which has just announced its 2010 Photographers Awards winners, has been forced to cancel its ceremony as its members “continue to suffer from the economic downturn”
Link: Association of Photographers cancels Awards ceremony – British Journal of Photography
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Canon has unveiled an update to its popular Powershot G-series of compact cameras with the G12, which sports a 10-megapixel sensor as well as a 720p high-definition movie mode
Link: Canon launches PowerShot G12 – British Journal of Photography
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G12 & SX30 Officially Official
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., September 14, 2010 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced the addition of the new PowerShot G12 and PowerShot
via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2010/09/g12-sx30-officially-official/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+canonrumors%2Frss+%28Canon+Rumors%29
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced the addition of the new PowerShot G12 and PowerShot SX30 IS Digital cameras with innovative features to help photo enthusiasts further develop their photographic capabilities.
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Erica McDonald wrote in a while back. I’ve been a fan of her work for a long time, having first met her through lightstalkers, and hoped she might have a project to share. The selection she sent back, from “The Dark Light of This Nothing” is a beautiful portrait of Brooklyn, both timeless and very much of this moment, a look into what rapidly changing socioeconomics means for the city and, by extension, the country.
Link: Erica McDonald’s “The Dark Light of This Nothing” | dvafoto
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Photojournalists can find themselves in some of the most dangerous places on Earth, but sometimes the hardest part of their job can be just to maintain a personal life. Olivier Laban-Mattei talks of his experience, weeks after leaving Agence France Presse to pursue a career as an independent photographer
Link: Starting from scratch – British Journal of Photography
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Ami Vitale’s latest project comes in the form of a documentary video, and with your help (in the form of votes) it can make a difference in the lives of the women in the story.
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Daryl Peveto:
This summer Michael Wichita of AARP Bulletin asked me to work on a project looking at homelessness in America. The basis was for a section in the magazine called Databank USA that looks at issues in the US broken down by state. But, as always, Michael was looking beyond the narrow scope of the immediate assignment to find a compelling way to visually tell the story – one of the many reasons I love working with him.
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Fall Print Offer: Peter Turnley’s Paris
More people visit Paris each year than any other city in the world. It has long been celebrated for its beauty, culture, history and romance—and it has long been an inspiration to photographers. For our Fall Print Offer, our last…
via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/09/fall-print-offer-peter-turnleys-paris.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FZSjz+%28The+Online+Photographer%29
More people visit Paris each year than any other city in the world. It has long been celebrated for its beauty, culture, history and romance—and it has long been an inspiration to photographers. For our Fall Print Offer, our last one before Christmas, we’re pleased and proud to offer for sale three original signed prints of the most famous and popular pictures of Paris by Peter Turnley, who has made Paris his subject as much as any photographer of his generation.
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In addition to D-Lux 5, Leica will release another Panasonic based compact camera at Photokina – Leica Rumors
Based on previous release patterns, a new Leica D-Lux 5 is pretty much guaranteed to be released for Photokina. In addition, Leica is excepted to introduce a second Panasonic based camera with a fixed lens. The rumor is that this camera will be a high-end
via Leica Rumors: http://leicarumors.com/2010/09/12/in-addition-to-d-lux-5-leica-will-release-another-panasonic-based-compact-camera-at-photokina.aspx/
This summer Michael Wichita of AARP Bulletin asked me to work on a project looking at homelessness in America. The basis was for a section in the magazine called Databank USA that looks at issues in the US broken down by state. But, as always, Michael was looking beyond the narrow scope of the immediate assignment to find a compelling way to visually tell the story – one of the many reasons I love working with him.
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andy spyra – kashmir
[slidepress gallery=’spyra_anthropographia’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen Andy Spyra Kashmir play this essay I first came to Kashmir in the early spring of…
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I first came to Kashmir in the early spring of 2007 at the end of a motorcycle trip across India. I simply fell in love with the region, the people, the light and the atmosphere of this remote place of the world. But as much as I love it, that much I dislike the political situation of the valley.
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Leader of the Pack
After 50 years, Bruce Davidson’s photos still click. Jim Lewis meets the man behind “Brooklyn Gang.”
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/t-magazine/12talk-davidson-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
‘They treated me like an invisible man,” Bruce Davidson told me. “I was a shadow.”
He was sitting in the living room of a large, tony Upper West Side apartment building with a courtyard — the fruit of a long and very distinguished career in American photography — and was talking about something that happened more than a half century ago. In 1959, he spent 11 months shooting a stunning portfolio of the members of a Brooklyn gang called the Jokers, producing one of the first full-immersion photo essays about an American youth subculture.
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Russia Uses Microsoft to Suppress Dissent
One of the authorities’ new tactics for quelling dissent in Russia is confiscating computers under the pretext of searching for pirated Microsoft software.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/world/europe/12raids.html
authorities are receiving key assistance from an unexpected partner: Microsoft itself. In politically tinged inquiries across Russia, lawyers retained by Microsoft have staunchly backed the police.
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FarmVillains
Steal someone else’s game. Change its name. Make millions. Repeat.
via SF Weekly: http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-09-08/news/farmvillains/
In June 2009, Zynga came out with the app that would make it a household name among social-network users. While the company had already enjoyed some success with its earlier offerings, FarmVille was a blockbuster hit. But for those with eyes to see, it bore remarkable similarities to a precursor.
That precursor, Farm Town, was developed by a little-known Florida company called Slashkey. It featured a number of clever gameplay mechanics, chief among them real-time crop growth that requires players to regularly return to the game to tend their farms. Zynga’s version, launched months after Slashkey’s, would likely be indistinguishable to most players.
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For this shoot, they sent me out to the desert in Nevada to document a Tea Party movement rally. This was one of the last in a string of six assignments that got me all-to-well acquainted with the radical political party.
Link: Showdown in Searchlight for Stern Magazine | Luceo Images
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Pentagon Eases Some Rules on Guantánamo Coverage
The military reached a significant compromise with news organizations after expelling four reporters.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/us/11gitmo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In a significant compromise, the Pentagon agreed to no longer require that reporters withhold information that the military considers privileged if such information has already been publicly revealed or independently verified.
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Earlier this year, we wrote about a new app for Apple’s mobile devices called ShutterSnitch. At the time, we’d only just installed the US$7.99 app that receives and displays pictures wirelessly on an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch, moments after they’re shot. Fast forward a few months and ShutterSnitch – coupled with the iPad in particular – has become as essential to our photographic workflow as a 70-200mm lens or Photoshop. Here’s why, plus tips on establishing a reliable connection between a camera transmitter (including an Eye-Fi card) and ShutterSnitch.
Link: Rob Galbraith DPI: Wireless photography with an iPad and ShutterSnitch
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Above and Below
Ocean Explorations at Waimea Bay, yesterday
Link: http://elysebutler.blogspot.com/2010/09/above-and-below.html
The documents constitute the “biggest leak of military intelligence” that has ever occurred, according to Iain Overton, editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a nonprofit British organization that is working with WikiLeaks on the documents.
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