The Associated Press has just announced that it is making staff photographers available for hire to other news organizations for assignments around the world.
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Thom Hogan: Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4G VR “coming very, very soon now” – Nikon Rumors
Update: the patent for this lens was already covered last year. Thom Hogan wrote on his site today that the new Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4G VR lens is “coming very, very soon now”. Yes, this lens will have VR as it was already discussed in the patent for that
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VII founding member, Ron Haviv, was one of the earliest photographers to land in Haiti after the earthquake on January 12th of this year. This video produced with telegraph21 is an insighful look at what he experienced, the destruction, loss of life and the despair of the people of Haiti.
Link: VII The Magazine
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A Whisper Room of Her Own
Photographer Ozier Muhammad introduces us to Claire Daly, who practices baritone saxophone in a soundproof booth.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/a-whisper-room-of-her-own/
In the second installment of Ozier Muhammad’s series “Sounds From Uncommon Spaces,” we meet Claire Daley, who practices her baritone sax in a studio in Chelsea.
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dmitry markov – awkward age
[slidepress gallery=’dmitrymarkov_awkwardage’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Dmitry Markov Awkward Age PLAY THIS ESSAY I grew up in a small …
via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/04/dmitry-markov-awkward-age/
I grew up in a small Russian town in a family of factory workers. The part of the town where I lived was rough: the only available place of work (the factory) had been closed, and as an outcome most of adults drank much and we being left alone lounged away time roaming the streets. We constantly had fights and problems with a school and police. At the age of 16 I wrote an article in a local newspaper about my friends who were doing heroin. The article evoked a wide response and public attention and was rewarded. Thereby I got fascinated with journalism.
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A blogger who goes by the name of Mr. Mallon — sounds like our 5th Grade science teacher — claims to have created a six-month-long exposure by placing film in a tin can and punching a hole in the side. He then hung the can in his backyard with a clothespin and left it there for six months.
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Famine photographs and the need for careful critique – David Campbell
The photographic reporting of famine, especially in ‘Africa’, continues to replicate stereotypes. Malnourished children, either pictured alone in passive poses or with their mothers at hand, continue to be the obvious subjects of our gaze. What should dri
via David Campbell: http://www.david-campbell.org/2010/04/13/famine-photographs-critique/
The photographic reporting of famine, especially in ‘Africa’, continues to replicate stereotypes. Malnourished children, either pictured alone in passive poses or with their mothers at hand, continue to be the obvious subjects of our gaze. What should drive our concern about this persistent portrayal? This morning I came across an example that demonstrates how criticism needs to be careful before it can make its point effectively.
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Photographer Simon Roberts puts political England in the frame
Sean O’Hagan: Simon Roberts has invited the public to turn their cameras on an England gearing up for the 2010 general election. Already, the results are jaw-dropping
via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/apr/12/photographer-simon-roberts-2010-general-election
Simon Roberts has invited the public to turn their cameras on an England gearing up for the 2010 general election. Already, the results are jaw-dropping
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Different Angles on the Portrait
The photographers Ryan McGinley and Catherine Opie hold a visual conversation through their portraits in two Manhattan galleries.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/arts/design/14opie.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
While putting together the catalog that accompanies his current show at Team Gallery, Ryan McGinley asked another photographer, Catherine Opie, if she would interview him. In some ways it was a strange choice. Ms. Opie, 49, is best known for studio portraits that are as static and deliberate as the 32-year-old Mr. McGinley’s photographs are hyperkinetic. And while both artists explore queer identity, they’re separated by gender, geography and nearly a generation.
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Obama’s disregard for media reaches new heights at nuclear summit
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/13/AR2010041303067.html?wprss=rss_world
World leaders arriving in Washington for President Obama’s Nuclear Security Summit must have felt for a moment that they had instead been transported to Soviet-era Moscow.
They entered a capital that had become a military encampment, with camo-wearing military police in Humvees and enough Army vehicles to make it look like a May Day parade on New York Avenue, where a bicyclist was killed Monday by a National Guard truck.
In the middle of it all was Obama — occupant of an office once informally known as “leader of the free world” — putting on a clinic for some of the world’s greatest dictators in how to circumvent a free press.
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Questions With Christian Erhardt: Vice President of Marketing Photographic Division, Leica Camera USA – The Phoblographer
I recently had the pleasure to chat with Christian Erhardt who is Vice President of Marketing Photographic Division, Leica Camera USA. On the agenda were questions about how Leica has changed recently with the success of their new products, their growing
via The Phoblographer: http://thephoblographer.com/2010/04/13/questions-with-christian-ernhardt-vp-of-marketing-for-leica/
The Leica customer has been and will remain essentially the same: serious amateur and professional photographers who demand the best and finest. There may exist more affordable cameras. We are focused on creating the best.
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George Steinmetz: Aerial Views
travel photographer
Link: http://thetravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2010/04/george-steinmetz-aerial-views.html
video in which George Steinmetz discusses his career and techniques with Lauren Collins, who had traveled with him to Algeria.
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PhotoShelter slideshows give you the ability to embed your galleries almost anywhere like a blog, webpage, or even your Facebook page. And as more and more people have used them, we’ve gotten a lot of feedback on how they could be even better. So I’m happy to announce that we’ve updated the features and functionality.
Link: The Many Faces of the PhotoShelter Slideshow – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter
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Nikon AF-S 200-400mm f/4G IF-ED VR to be replaced in few weeks – Nikon Rumors
This is the first reliable rumor I received in a while: in few weeks Nikon will introduce a new version of the Nikon AF-S 200-400mm f/4G IF-ED VR lens. The improvement will be a new VR and few other minor tweaks. I also got a report from Japan that this l
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The New York State legislature is once again moving on a right-of-publicity bill for the benefit of Marilyn Monroe’s estate. The state senate could vote on Senate Bill 6790 at any time, but it would still require passage by the New York State Assembly and the governor’s signature to become law.
Link: PDNPulse: New York Again Considering Law to Benefit Marilyn Monroe’s Estate
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Freelance Writers And Photographers In A Standoff With Bauer Publishing – A Photo Editor
Bauer, a German-owned publisher which bought music magazines Kerrang!, MOJO and Q in December of 2007 from Emap is trying to impose a new contract on freelancers working for those titles. Over 200 contributors to the three magazines have refused to sign t
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/04/13/freelance-writers-and-photographers-in-a-standoff-with-bauer-publishing/
Bauer, a German-owned publisher which bought music magazines Kerrang!, MOJO and Q in December of 2007 from Emap is trying to impose a new contract on freelancers working for those titles. Over 200 contributors to the three magazines have refused to sign the new contract which contains clauses that “provide Bauer with an unlimited lifetime financial indemnity in the event of legal action arising from their work” and “to acquire licenses from their subjects for the company to use their image for its own profit as and when it wishes.”
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When BAPLA wrote to the Government regarding the controversial Clause 43 of the Digital Economy Bill the association claimed to be speaking on behalf of a united photographic industry. It wasn’t. BAPLA ignored thousands of photographers lobbying to stop the clause. In an open letter to BAPLA, EPUK asks “Why?”
Link: Editorial Photographers UK | Eight Questions BAPLA Must Answer
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New MacBook Pro: 10-Hour Battery, Hi-Res Screen, i7 CPU
Apple has, at last, updated its MacBook Pro Line with new CPUs and graphics. The 15-inch can now be had with Intel’s Core i5 and i7 chips and the 17-inch gets the i5 as standard and the i7 as an option. This speeds things up, although the clock speeds act
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/new-macbook-pro-10-hour-battery-hi-res-screen-i7-cpu/
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Website Builder for Creative Professionals – liveBooks
Create a beautiful, mobile-friendly website that showcases your work. Our website builder has customizable website templates for photographers, artists, real estate agents & more. 14-day free trial.
Link: http://www.livebooks.com/
With some 500,000 iPads sold in the first week, it is already proving to be a significant tool for the creative community. So, we wanted to write and let you know what we are doing about it.
As of last week, your liveBooks website is now automatically viewable by both the iPhone and the iPad. It’s good, but not great. So in May, we will be launching what we think is a great version that supports finger swipe, rotation and bookmarks as well as allowing you the choice of theme and background/homepage color and home screen icon. With this release your site will look and behave like what we’ve come to understand as an iPhone experience. And, it’s free!
Also in May we are enabling linking between a specific image on your liveBooks website to external e-commerce sites such as your ImageSpanTM account for licensing images, an EtsyTM page for selling your handmade items, Felt & Wire ShopTM for selling your paper goods, or your lab of choice for prints.
In short, we are providing ubiquitous, ‘device independent’ access to your website with an ability for you to tie that site image-by-image to any and all back-end services that you want.
We appreciate the many suggestions you’ve made and we’re excited to be developing many of them. Stay tuned.
And as always, we want to sincerely thank you for your ongoing support and business.
All the best,
Andy Patrick
President & CEO
liveBooks, Inc.
