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David Leeson Interview
I met photographer David Leeson a few years ago when we were speaking at the same photojournalism workshop in Omaha. It was like finding a long lost brother, so many things did we have in common. We shared the same obsessive compulsive immersive behaviors, the inability to stop or slow down, and as the conversation flowed over a couple of days we weren’t ever filling each other in on anything we didn’t already know about. Since then, Leeson went on to win a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the invasion of Iraq. We haven’t spoken since Omaha. Here’s the interview: Fayrouz in Beaumont -
The Web This Morning
Photos – The Seine, from source to sea, by Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1955 NYT Book Review – Ivan’s War NYT – US plans to give windfall to oil companies NYT editorial – White House shoots foot -
The Web This Morning
Photo – New free beta for Adobe Lightroom Punk – Boy Sets Fire interview Punk – New Anti-Flag song Photos – Beauty in the Apocolpyse by Anton Kratochvil NYT – Turkish Rambo film with American bad guys NYT – US, Israel looking to distabilize Hamas govt. -
The Web This Morning
From the New York Times: Years after 2 Afghans died, abuse case falters “The President of the United States doesn’t know what the rules are! The secretary of defense doesn’t know what the rules are. But the government expects this Pfc. to know what the rules are?” -
The Web This Morning
Photos – Martin Parr’s Parking Spaces Photos – Paolo Pellegrin’s World Press wins Photos – Bolivian Elections by Christopher Anderson NYT – General says training of Iraqi troops suffered from poor planning and staffing -
The Web This Morning
Artist – Alex Gross Bruce Sterling on the Sony rootkit scandal World’s smallest videogames (playable on web) Pancake Mountain coming to DVD – children’s show featuring appearances by Henry Rollins, Anti-Flag, etc. Anti-Authority Section: Pillar’s critique is one of the most severe indictments of White House actions by a former Bush official Vice President Cheney authorized Libby to leak classified information NYT: White House knew of Levee’s Failure on Night of Storm Ex-Cheney Aide testified leak was ordered Drug runners gun down journalists in Mexico Arrested Development, “should have been popular” -
World Press Photo Winners Gallery
Gallery of winning images from the most prestigious photojournalism competition in the world. A must-see. -
The Web This Morning
“Every best photographer will be there. Every best everybody.” Artist- Marion Peck Artist- Isabel Samaras’ Fester and Herman More on Michael Yon, former Green Beret turned Iraq blogger NYT: Guantanamo hunger strike vs. US Cartoon outrage crystallized in Mecca Tom Roberts, guitarist for Poison Idea, dead -
Midnight Train to Warsaw
Though it won’t be published for another eight months, you’ve got to check out the preview to photographer Andrew Faulkner’s book, Midnight Train to Warsaw.
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The Web This Morning
Studs and Spikes Aerial photographs of Mexico City Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak Hamas ready to talk to Israel, won’t renounce violence Swindle Issue #5 out day19.com – Jeremy and Claire Weiss Photography NYT: Bush appointee out at NASA Gizmondo is dead, long live Gizmondo Photos – Gotham Girls Roller Derby Contest for Cartoons Mocking the Holocause Announced in Tehran West sees Islamic Protests as sign of deep gulf Startling Lesson in the Power of Imagery Berlin’s Gestapo HQ – Topography of Terror Republican who oversees NSA calls for wiretap inquiry -
The Web This Morning
Photo: Burma nights, Rangoon Lights, photos by John Stanmeyer Still photographer on the set of Munich Inside the walls with Mara Salvatrucha, Luis Sinco Nancy Kaszerman on shooting The Red Carpet Alec Soth’s Niagara (different than previous mention) Other: Former Green Beret blogging from Iraq… …His blog (by the way, the Pulitzer is only award to work appearing in a US newspaper) People who cut themselves will now be given clean blades in UK Gay Witchhunt in Cameroon Four now dead protesting cartoons Latest edition of the North Star Chronicles, polygamist newsletter from Canada (PDF) MP3’s of the People’s Temple Choir, now you can listen to the sounds of Jonestown Alternative considerations of Jonestown, People’s Temple NYT: Company, by Max Barry Travel story on Sarajevo Al Qaeda’s Jamal Ahmed al-Badawi escapes Yemeni jail in 460 foot tunnel Ethnic fracturing in Iraq -
The Web This Morning
NYT sports magazine Play debuts Sunday White House News Photographers contest results Why US newspapers aren’t running offensive muslim cartoons Lovecraft’s Cthulu done in Lego Pac-Man tattoo History of cookie-monster death metal vocals, from the Wall Street Journal? NYT: Russia’s biggest film coming to US -
From Salt Lake City- The Web This Morning
Polygamous Temple appears to be completed FBI Raids Polygamists PhotoMechanic out, universal binary Adobe PDF on pro-app support for intel macs Washington Post cartoon of armless, legless soldier Reaction to above cartoon French editor fired over Muhammed cartoon “Shocking” Utah TV news report on the fleshpit MySpace Not shocking report that the Serbian army helped hide Ratko Jason from RKL dead Artist- Andy Kehoe Artist- Gus Finkelstein Crazy Ex-Girlfriend MagnumPhotos- Niger Slave Trade by Stuart Franklin MagnumPhotos- Paris Haute Couture by Christopher Anderson MagnumPhotos- Niagra by Alec Soth MagnumPhotos- Nepal’s Maoist Rebellion by Jonas Bendiksen NYT: Evangelical film actor is actually gay More European papers print Muhammed cartoon Used videogames market David Pogue on digital photography Carlotta Gall on Pakistan’s quake victims in winter Singles vs. Albums Profile of writer from My Name is Earl -
The Web This Morning
Links now open in current window. Zeiss lenses come to Nikon mount, can be forced onto Canon SLR’s New version of Photo Mechanic out today Donald Trump wants us to think he’s rich, and he’ll sue to prove it Passenger bitten by man says coverage was off Professional photographers upset at stolen photos posted all over MySpace Award-winning photos of the month, sportsshooter.com MySpace profile and blog of some loser fired from his newspaper job because of blog/profile 114 bugs squashed in new 2.0.1 release of WordPress (wish this was out last week when I was pulling my hair out) NYT: Russian President Putin’s 3.5 hour news conference Hamas, policy puzzle -
Comments/Links fixed
It only took me twenty minutes to find the solution, but it looks like links to entries and comments are now working. Wish this wordpress stuff was easier to fix. Not like I’m an idiot on these computers, you know?
