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Firecracker’s first pro-women photographers event
The first Firecracker event took place yesterday night at the Apple Store on Regent Street. Fiona Rogers, founder of this new online platform that promotes European women photographers, brought with her Tessa Bunney, Laura Hynd and Léoni Hampton to show … Continue reading
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Tagged apple store, diane arbus, fiona rogers, firecracker, laura hynd, leonie hampton, London, photographers, photography, tessa bunney, women
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A software to uncover photo fakery
Hany Farid, a digital forensic specialist of Dartmouth University, has developed a jpeg-analysing tool to identify even the subtlest alterations to digital images. No human eye in front of a good fake is able to notice there is something wrong. … Continue reading
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Tagged Associated Press, Dartmouth University, digital forensic, fake, Hany Farid, MIT symposium, photography, photojournalism, photoshop, Santiago Lyon, software
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Contrasts in the city
I went around the Strand and Embankment on a sunny day to experiment my own street photography through the use of manual focus and light. I found that London is a city of contrasts (of shapes, colours, lights, cultures…) and … Continue reading
‘The Bang-Bang-Club’ story set to hit theaters
“The Bang Bang Club” is an upcoming movie – it will hit the American theatres on the next month – about the young combat photographers Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich, Ken Oosterbroek, and Joao Silva, who risked their lives to document … Continue reading
Photographer John Moore on the Arab world revolts
The revolts in Egypt and the war in Lybia through th eyes of a photographer: Pulitzer prize John Moore has shared on PBS Newshour his thoughts about what is going on in the Arab World. He says that although he … Continue reading
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Tagged Bahrein, Egypt, John Moore, Lybia, PBS video, war photographer
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Matteo Sandrini wins the Accademia Apulia Award
Design and Arts graduate Matteo Sandrini is the winner of the inaugural Accademia Apulia Photographic Award. His work focuses on his native Italian city of Brescia’s cultural identity. For several days and always at the same time he positioned himself … Continue reading
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Tagged Accademia apulia, art, award, brescia, design, italy, London, matteo sandrini, photography, winner
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INTERVIEW: Mark Burton of London Independent Photography
Mark Burton is a photographer and Publicity Officer of London Independent Photography (LIP), which organised tonight’s Janet Hall Memorial Lecture with photographer Brian Griffin. – What is London Independent Photography? London Independent Photography (LIP) is a community organisation which helps … Continue reading
World Press Photo’s Michiel Munneke on Multimedia
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Tagged contest, Michiel Munneke, Multimedia, photography, World Press Photo
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James Nachtwey’s haunting shots from Japan
“This happened to every town from south of Sendai all the way to the northern end of Honshu. The entire coastline, town after town after town. It’s just apocalyptic. And it all happened between—what? How long did the actual wave … Continue reading
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Tagged earthquake, Hanschu, Iwate, James Nachtwey, japan, Kesennuma, Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Rescue, Rikuzentakata, Sendai, tsunami
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‘In progress’ on Lightbox
One of the sections of Lightbox, the new blog curated by TIME.com photography department, is called ‘In Progress’ and allows visitors to take a look at new material by phographers on assignment for the magazine. The first photographer featured in … Continue reading
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