These photographs — spanning 30 years of life in Iran, from the Iranian Revolution in 1979 through the highly contested political elections of 2009 — depict conflict, contradiction, anger, defiance, tenacity, and an overwhelming will to live freely with joy and celebration.
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Bodies Altered in Pursuit of Beauty
Zed Nelson documents bodily transformations. As Nadia Sussman reports, he thinks they reflect globalization as much as a Starbucks in Beijing.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/showcase-145/
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iPi — The International Photographer Index at photoeye.com is a visual index of important fine-art and documentary photographers from throughout the world.
It is our mission to become the most focused and useful index and search engine for discovering and exploring fine-art and documentary photography. Unlike all general search engines on the web where pertinent information is buried amidst the less relevant, the iPi search tool focuses only on the art and documentary community of photographers and their work, making it the ideal tool for a discerning audience of curators, gallery directors, publishers, editors, researchers, collectors and all other lovers of art and documentary photography.
The Photography Website Project’s mission is to index all significant websites by internationally renowned and emerging art and documentary photographers.
Link: photo-eye | iPi – The International Photographer Index
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Study: Cheap Cameras Break More than Expensive Ones, and Panasonic Breaks Least
Did you know that more expensive gadget break less often? If you answered “Duh, of course,” then congratulations: You have a brain and can likely think and keep you mouth open at the same time. Nevertheless, a new study showing the reliability figures in
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Ongoing series of collected photographs from eBay.com depicting televisions for sale.
Link: eBay TV | Steve Or Steven Read
via: VVORK
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Link: How “Christ, What an Asshole!” is the Answer to the New Yorker Magazine Caption Contest
via: Boing Boing
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“Appalachia! is a national, juried photography exhibition that welcomes artistic, personal, and documentary images of Appalachia. This exhibition serves to promote photographers from across the nation, amateur and professional, and will feature NEW work that provides the viewer with an appreciation of the spirit and rich culture of Appalachia, a region that spans 13 states and diverse landscapes. Work that incorporates any photographic process is eligible for submission.”
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Memories of Marshall
Tom Zimberoff and Jim Marshall By Tom Zimberoff I had to buy onions today. I just couldn’t bring myself to write about Jim Marshall, I suppose, until something that ordinary and evocative opened a sluice of memories and tears. Some…
via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/03/memories-of-marshall.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FZSjz+%28The+Online+Photographer%29
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Adobe Photoshop Project Manager John Nack previewed the “Content-Aware Fill” feature that will make its way into the Photoshop CS5 later this year. The Content-Aware Fill allows operators to remove parts of the scene without laborious retouching. The implications for image security, watermark removal, and creative expression are enormous.
How should photographers, photo buyers and the industry greet this new technology? And what are its implications, both good and bad?
Link: Wider Angles: Photoshop “Content-Aware Fill” – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter
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For Photographers, the Image of a Shrinking Path
Amateur photographers, happy to accept small checks for snapshots, are underpricing professionals.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/business/media/30photogs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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Remains found in Cambodia thought to be of Errol Flynn’s son
Photographer Sean Flynn, who went went missing in 1970, believed to have been captured and killed in Cambodian war
via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/29/cambodia-remains-errol-flynn-son
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Nikon rebates updated and extended till May 1st – Nikon Rumors
Update: The new Nikon rebates are restricted to either the D300s or D700. Same with the SB-900 – in order to get the $100 rebate on the flash you must buy either a D300s or D700. I will have the full details next week (Adorama and B&H are close for a week
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Article on Footage of Shooting in Zambia Raises Questions for Media
A New Yorker article reports that ABC showed footage of an alleged killing in Zambia in the 1990s — and did not inform Zambian authorities about the shooting.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/29/business/media/29newyorker.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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Along with the letter, I enclose an invoice for the use or uses I have discovered. I tell them that I will grant them a “retroactive license’ upon payment of the fee that they would have paid had they contacted me for a license. However, I also clearly state that they must pay the invoice within 10 days and also disclose any and all other uses of my images they may have made.
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Link: Wooster Collective: Contra’s “Interactive Gordon Brown” Installation on the South Bank of London
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IPhone App to Sidestep AT&T
Line2 takes a big step toward a future when cellphone users won’t need to rely on a cellphone carrier’s service.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/technology/personaltech/25pogue.html?src=me&ref=general
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During this period he got his famous photo of Joplin backstage, slouched on a couch with a bottle of Southern Comfort cradled in her hands.
“Some people said I shouldn’t have published that picture of her lying back, with the bottle in her hand, but I’ll defend it to the death,” he once said. “People said her legs looked too fat. But Janis said, ‘Hey, that’s a great shot because it’s how it is sometimes. Lousy.’”
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SwankoLab is an image editing app for the iPhone and iPod that features a complete darkroom simulator with chemicals, timers, and the whole shebang.