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Michael, of course continues to work with a full range of cameras, as readers here well know. I have sold my Canon gear in favor of Leica body and lenses. And how is the change working out?
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The Idiosyncratic Eye of Stephen Crowley
Stephen Crowley may be a bit shy in person, but he’s taken some bold gambles with traditional forms of photojournalism.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/showcase-175/
Stephen Crowley has spent most of his career masquerading as a newspaper photographer while producing idiosyncratic projects that push the boundaries of photojournalism and reveal unvarnished truths behind his most frequent subject: Washington politics.
Mr. Crowley, 57, a staff photographer for The New York Times, consistently takes risks in his photography. He was employing complex compositions in newspaper photography long before the style became trendy.
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VII Agency
VII is a collective of 28 visual storytellers dedicated reporting on issues around the world.
via VII Agency: http://www.viiphoto.com/
Stephen Crowley has spent most of his career masquerading as a newspaper photographer while producing idiosyncratic projects that push the boundaries of photojournalism and reveal unvarnished truths behind his most frequent subject: Washington politics.
Mr. Crowley, 57, a staff photographer for The New York Times, consistently takes risks in his photography. He was employing complex compositions in newspaper photography long before the style became trendy.
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Sandra Dyas
MW What inspired you to start taking photographs, and what is the primary inspiration for you to keep working in this field? SD I sta…
Link: http://2waylens.blogspot.com/2010/06/sandra-dyas.html
Photography has taught me to pay attention to the little details in the everyday world. Teaching photography has done that too. I find myself talking to my students about getting in the zone, paying attention to the frame, slowing down and really seeing what is in front of you. Photography has taught me a great deal about life.
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Combing Cambodia for Missing Friends
Tim Page, one of the Vietnam War’s daring young photographers, at 66 is still trying to find the remains of two of his colleagues who disappeared.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/world/asia/19timpage.html?hp
Tim Page settled back for the long ride, past the town of Skun, known for its fried spiders, past hypnotic rows of rubber trees, out to this dusty village near the Mekong River where he believed the bones of two missing war photographers, Sean Flynn and Dana Stone, were buried.
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The illustrious Chris Steele-Perkins presented England, My England, his new book, to a full house at HOST Gallery. He took the opportunity to show design layouts and discuss the editing process he used in this and many of his previous book projects.
Link: Chris Steele-Perkins presents England, My England – the HOST recording
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This is one of those incredibly simple compositions that can speak so loudly in the world of photography because this is the kind of thing that photography excels at — showing us things in incredible detail without really showing us very much at all
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Too Many Lenses, Too Few Eyes
“Camera, Camera” documents the colonization of a fragile culture by camera-carrying travelers, something Seth Mydans has seen firsthand.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/essay-18/
A new documentary, “Camera, Camera,” begins with a shot of the Laotian countryside as seen on the viewing screen of a small camera. As it proceeds, the film alternates between vistas of rural Laos in its natural beauty and the viewing-screen versions of those vistas. This duplicates the experience of many travelers today, who compose their experience through camera lenses as they go and then take the pixelated images home with them in place of memories.
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The final resting place of Filipino presidents and celebrities, some 80 funerals take place at Manila’s North Cemetery each day. Today the cemetery is also home to more than 2,000 of the city’s poorest families. In order to bring the story of the breathing citizens of North Cemetery to life, James Chance, the 2010 recipient of Pictures of the Year International’s Emerging Vision Incentive, will spend the next year photographing the unique community.
Link: POYi Emerging Vision Recipient Brings Poverty To Life In Cemetery
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This year’s recipient is Masud alam Liton, a student of Pathshala South Asian Media Academy in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He will receive $1,000 along with mentorship for the project from one LUCEO member. Below is a gallery of the images he submitted along with his thoughtfully written proposal. We would like to gratefully thank our judges Elizabeth Krist of National Geographic Magazine, Michael Wichita of AARP and Avi Gupta of US News and World Report for their time and insights and the wonderful folks at LOOK3/LOOKbetween for hosting our judging and allowing us to present this inaugural award.
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Double Exposure – Klinko and Indrani – A Photo Editor
I missed the premiere of this new Bravo show on photographers Markus Klinko and Indrani last night but if this review and these cringe worthy clips are any indication I don’t think I’ll be watching any of it. Markus Klinko, the celebrity photographer who
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/06/16/double-exposure-klinko-and-indrani/
I missed the premiere of this new Bravo show on photographers Markus Klinko and Indrani last night but if this review and these cringe worthy clips are any indication I don’t think I’ll be watching any of it.
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Filmmaker and journalist Travis Fox, who covered the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti talks about documentary film and Khalid Mohtaseb’s recent video about the quake.
Link: Emmy Award-winner Travis Fox ventures into the cinematic journalism debate « DSLR News Shooter
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Untold Suffering: Opium in Afghanistan
A photo essay about opium addicts in Afghanistan.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/showcase-173/
“I walk through a low entrance, stepping over a large puddle while crouching to avoid the wooden beam of a door frame,” A. K. Kimoto wrote. “It’s dark. As my eyes adjust, I see a figure sitting in a corner as gentle wisps of smoke slowly dance across the room. … I’ve come to these remote settlements in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, to find out why so many of the inhabitants have become addicted to opium.”
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I’ve recently delved into a few days of shooting for a new project I plan to spend a lot more time shooting over the next year. After my first few days of shooting though, I’m eager to share and more eager to find more locations through which to explore the idea.
The project is entitled, ‘The Fourth Wall’, derived from the theatrical term for the invisible barrier that separates the audience from the fictional characters on stage. More often, the phrase is used in reference to breaking that wall down. For me, this all relates back to our earliest impressions of the world around us.
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Starbucks to offer free WiFi at all US locations, with free access to paid content in Fall
Starbusians throughout the United States are no doubt cheering today’s news from the mothership: “We’re very excited to announce that coming July 1st: Free. 1 click. No registrati…
“I walk through a low entrance, stepping over a large puddle while crouching to avoid the wooden beam of a door frame,” A. K. Kimoto wrote. “It’s dark. As my eyes adjust, I see a figure sitting in a corner as gentle wisps of smoke slowly dance across the room. … I’ve come to these remote settlements in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, to find out why so many of the inhabitants have become addicted to opium.”
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Lens Adapters Put Leica, Nikon, Canon Lenses on Sony NEX
One of the biggest (and most overlooked) advantages of mirrorless cameras is that they can be adapted to work with almost any lens there is. The short distance between the throat of the lens-mount and the sensor means that there is a lot of space for an a
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/06/lens-adapters-put-leica-nikon-canon-lenses-on-sony-nex/
“I walk through a low entrance, stepping over a large puddle while crouching to avoid the wooden beam of a door frame,” A. K. Kimoto wrote. “It’s dark. As my eyes adjust, I see a figure sitting in a corner as gentle wisps of smoke slowly dance across the room. … I’ve come to these remote settlements in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, to find out why so many of the inhabitants have become addicted to opium.”
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Afghanistan-based photographer Andrea Bruce, who has worked extensively in Iraq as a staff and contract photographer for The Washington Post, and Paris-based photographer Tomas van Houtryve, who won 2010 Photographer of the Year from POYi, have joined the VII Network. Both are new to VII.
Link: VII Photo Announces New Network and Mentor Program Photographers – PDN Pulse
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Another question that came up was whether it was even necessary to shoot video or produce multimedia. Is there a demand for it, the group wondered? Just because you can create video, does it mean you should?
Link: At LOOKbetween, A Discussion of Video and Multimedia Storytelling – PDN Pulse
