Link: June Collection
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Silvio Berlusconi’s ‘gag law’ sparks media strike in Italy
Embattled prime minister hopes to pass privacy bill but editors and judges say he wants to hide from scandal
via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/09/silvio-berlusconi-media-gag-law
Embattled prime minister hopes to pass privacy bill but editors and judges say he wants to hide from scandal
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Iran imposes media blackout over stoning sentence woman
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani will not be stoned, the regime has said, but family fear she will be hanged instead
via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/09/iran-blackout-over-stoning-sentence-woman
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani will not be stoned, the regime has said, but family fear she will be hanged instead
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Unsung Allies Battle Starvation in Africa
Marcus Bleasdale found a caring cohort around malnourished children in Djibouti. Karly Domb Sadof explains why he was there.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/showcase-184/
Marcus Bleasdale’s latest work, “Frustration,” is an intimate look at efforts by family members and medical professionals to cope with childhood starvation in Djibouti, at the mouth of the Red Sea.
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Likea: The Cardboard Fake Leica
The Likea camera is like a Leica camera. Specifically, the Likea MPH is a stripped down version of Leica’s already frill-less MP rangefinder. How stripped down? Try these anti-specs: No battery, no light meter, no mechanical shutter, no embellishment – ju
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/07/likea-the-cardboard-fake-leica/
it uses the exact-same 35mm film as the legendary German rangefinders have always used.
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Found on Flickr: Claire Martin
This is another installment in our continuing series where we talk to photographers whose work we’ve appreciated on Flickr. This week we feature Claire Martin. cinemafia: In your artist’s sta…
Link: http://discarted.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/found-on-flickr-claire-martin/
I am under no illusion that it should be easy. I am optimistic that there will be a new digital golden age of news and documentary photography in my time (even though I’m a hopeless techie and love the old ways).
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Standing waist-deep in one of the many gravel pits that surround the city of Kenema, and struggling to fight off the harsh African sun, local diamond miner Muwomba D’akari was deeply saddened Monday to learn of Linda Hines and David Meyer’s recently canceled wedding engagement.
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In a speech to the House of Commons, the Home Secretary Theresa May has put an end to one of Britain’s most controversial piece of legislation, which has been increasingly used by police officers to restrict photographers working in public places
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Time Moves to Limit Free Content Online
In a move meant to drive readers to newsstands and its iPad applications, Time is replacing most of its content online with abridged articles and summaries.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/business/media/08time.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
In a speech to the House of Commons, the Home Secretary Theresa May has put an end to one of Britain’s most controversial piece of legislation, which has been increasingly used by police officers to restrict photographers working in public places
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CNN Fires Middle East Affairs Editor
Octavia Nasr, senior editor of Middle East affairs, was fired after publishing a Twitter message saying she respected a Hezbollah leader.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/business/media/08cnn.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Ms. Nasr, a 20-year veteran of the network, wrote on Twitter after the cleric died on Sunday, “Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah … One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot.”
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Emerging photographer Claire Martin talks to BJP about her Inge Morath Award win and on making it in documentary photography at a time when funding is rare
Link: “Documentary work is difficult to publish,” says Claire Martin – British Journal of Photography
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Video – America’s Finest News Source | The Onion
The latest news from The Onion’s Video coverage all in one place and updated daily.
via The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/video/new-apple-friend-bar-gives-customers-someone-to-ta
NPPA’s Convergence ’10 is underway now at the Francis Marion Hotel in downtown Charleston, and you can watch the event live on Livestream.
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W00t! sends Associated Press a bill for quoting its blog
When W00t! posted its delightful notice about being acquired by Amazon, it was picked up and re-run by blogs all over the net. Not wanting to miss out on the action, the Associated Press ran the st…
W00t! sent the AP a bill for $17.50 for the quotation
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In The Bag with photographer David Burnett from PhotoShelter.com on Vimeo.
via: In The Bag with Photographer David Burnett – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter
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LA Pays $1.7m to Fox Camera Operator
Fox TV camera operator Patricia Ballaz has been awarded $1.7 million in damages stemming from the May Day 2007 Immigration Rights rally in Los Angeles where she was beaten by the LAPD. In her testi…
Link: http://discarted.wordpress.com/2010/07/05/la-pays-1-7m-to-fox-camera-operator/
The contest, which ends at 1800 on 7 July, saw North Korea move from 24th to 1st place in less than two days, several thousand votes ahead of Israel.
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An editor at The Economist insists the decision to Photoshop a news photo for its June 19 cover was made for the sake of design, not politics.
Link: The Economist Alters News Photo for Cover Layout – PDN Pulse
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