At the beginning of the 21st Century, photojournalism finds itself in a somewhat uncomfortable position. On the one had, it has become an established and widely accepted form of journalism. On the other hand, its main language - grainy, crooked, and/or partially blurry images, often still black and white - has lost most of its impact because of the fact that …
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I am a bit torn about Bryan Lear's portfolio, but it contains some very nice images that make his site worth the visit. [Link]
Os Encontros da Imagem de Braga já têm data marcada: decorrem entre 27 de Setembro e 26 de Outubro. Fronteiras do Género é o tema escolhido para a edição deste ano que contará com exposições de: Guerrila Girls, Mary Kelly, Mireille Loup, Ana Leão, Ana Perez Quiroga, Ana Vidigal, Annette Frick, Aurore de Sousa, Blanca, Casa Brullet, Catarina Botelho, … [Link]
It is easy to dismiss Fox News as pretentious and partisan, but many people cannot see through the choices the news organization makes to shape public opinion. In the video, the photographs of… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
"Metropolis, the most important silent film in German history, can [...] be considered to have been rediscovered." - story [Link]
In honor of Independence day, I thought I'd throw out a topic sure to cause some fire works. I'll remind folks that while passion is fine and, in careful contexts, encouraged, boorish behavior directed at specific individuals who comment here or their art is off limits and will result in your comment being ruthlessly deleted without explanation or apology.
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Vincent Laforet wrote a good piece about all the problems facing photographers today (here) but concludes that the possibilities are endless for photographers just getting started.
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"I have photographed a group of girls, between the ages of ten and twenty, who are involved in a secret society known as Job’s Daughters. The girls are the direct blood relatives of Master Masons and the group is the only Masonic Youth organization to require this blood relationship." - Alison Malone [Link]
Teatro à la minuta(© Câmara Municipal de Évora)
O próximo Serão em Torno da Fotografia em Évora será dedicado à fotografia à la minuta. A palestra, organizada pelo Arquivo Fotográfico da Câmara Municipal, partirá de uma imagem captada por Gama Freixo, em 1920, para explicar esta técnica. O investigador José Borges, autor do livro Fotógrafos à La Minuta, será um dos … [Link]
Thomas Misik's architectural background is very clearly visible in his photography. [Link]
This one's out on DVD. This one you might be able to see at a local movie theater right now (probably only if you live in a big city like New York, Chicago, or LA, though), but it's worth the wait for the DVD release. And it's quite a bit smarter (and funnier) than it appears to be … [Link]
Dan Stoner of Garage Magazine (here) has an exhibit of photography from the magazine at the 111 Mina Gallery in San Francisco (here). Running July 3 - August 1. Stop by and buy Stoner a drink for me, will ya’.
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If you’re a professional photographer there are 4 reasons to have a blog and 1 good one not to:
1. Community Building. Talking about the industry, helping photographers just starting out, linking to sites and news about photography you think the community would be interested in. This is a great reason to have a blog and a big reason why blogs …
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The short answer is "Of course not." A somewhat longer and more detailed answer is provided by an expert from the reality-based science community, Brian Cox.
Key statement (edited down to the relevant bits): "it's absolute utter nonsense. It's the biggest pile of [Laughs] shit that I've ever heard in my life. [...] right there are two things to say; one …
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Martin Parr em Fortaleza, Brasil(© Luiz Marinho)
Depois de ter vencido o prémio carreira no PHoto España, Martin Parr deu uma pequena entrevista ao El País onde volta a questionar a verdade em muitas das imagens que nos rodeiam.
Para ler a entrevista clique aqui. [Link]
I think I’ve read enough glowing reviews of the kindle in the last month to know that combined with a flailing economy, skyrocketing fuel prices and a fundamental shift in the way we interact with text, that it signals the eventual death of book publishing.
Anymore, it’s going to start to seem ridiculous to print all those books to throw in …
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nelson d'aires, “artista com ATTITUDE” convidado do número 22 (Julho/Agosto) da revista ATTITUDE. há uns meses atrás a Alexandra Novo (editora chefe da ATTITUDE) escreveu-me um email com um simpático convite para eu participar com um dos meus trabalho num…
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Photographers can submit photos to appear on their Fall travel cover (here) and the winner will receive a week-long all-expenses-paid trip for two to Austria. That seems quite a bit better then the usual space rates for cover photography. Deadline is July 31st.
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Tuesday's Aside, a weekly post in which I will do my damnedest to answer your questions. In order to keep each Tuesday's thread on topic, I'll ask that you post any additional questions on the original thread (even though it will fall off the main page, I'll be emailed each time a new comment is added there and so, thus, … [Link]
Charles Fréger works in series of portraits and is the mastermind behind a pan-European network of photographers - which provided ample reasons for me to approach him and ask for an interview. He was more than happy to share his thoughts about photography and about how to work together as a group of artists.
Jörg Colberg: Your work could be described …
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Cara Phillips' Ground Glass is one of my favourite blogs, and I was so certain it that I had added it to the blogroll a long time ago that it never occured to me that in fact it was still missing! That's nuts (and proof that I really am getting old)! So check out Ground Glass if you haven't done …
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Richard Prince has a big show in London, and the critics are not amused (plus this review, the logic of which in part escapes me).
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Chances are you have heard of CERN's LHC experiment, or maybe not. It probably is the most ambitious science experiment ever done ("One of the LHC's detectors - Atlas - weighs as much as 100 Boeing 747s. Looking like a cross between some improbably big communications satellite and the largest electric dynamo you can imagine, Atlas is the work of 1,900 …
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I just found - via PDNPulse - that Peter van Agtmael, one of my Photographers of the Year 2007 has become a Magnum nominee (find the conversation I had with him here). And Alec Soth is now a full member (find the conversation I had with him here). Congratulations to both and to the other new nominee Olivia Arthur and full …
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"It is the underlying, the hidden emotions that interest me." - Flavia Sollner (another fine example of how night-time photography really requires an artistic vision to succeed and to elevate it from being a mere technical exercise) [Link]
It’s time to update the 'blogroll' again. The latest two additions are Chas Bowie's eloquently written that’s a negative and the blog of 1000 words photography magazine, which I mentioned here earlier.
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When I used to send Teru Kuwayama out on assignment I would marvel at the amazing images he would coerce out of a piece-of-shit Holga and how he was never afraid to rely on it for some of the most important shots in the story. And, I’ve always been a fan of imperfection in photography so when I find a photographer …
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(© Nuno Ferreira Santos/Público)
(Pública, 29-06-2008)
Não é bem um click. É mais um longo e sonoro tchackkkk-tchackkkk.
E depois do trabalho da óptica e da mecânica, vem o engenho e a química fazer o resto.
A Polaroid deita cá para fora uma língua de papel e acontece fotografia instantânea. Devagar, mas não demasiado. O tempo certo (acreditam os mais românticos) para nos deliciarmos … [Link]
B A S E S
Fecha de publicación: 1 de julio de 2008.
Fecha de cierre: 11 de septiembre de 2008.
1. Las fotografías presentadas a concurso deberán ser de aspectos de la arquitectura vernácula de la región del Sotavento (casas habitación, construcciones rurales, cercados, interiores, patios, edificios, espacios públicos, quioscos, etc.), entendida como aquella que es un testimonio de …
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“Two narratives bound our era and, by degrees but unmistakably, our predicament: the story of consumerism and the story of globalization. In recent years, the two have combined to produce a single and singularly corrosive narrative. Consumerism has meant the transformation of citizens into shoppers, eroding America’s sovereignty from within; globalization has meant the transformation of nation-states into secondary players on …
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