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Monthly Archives: August 2007
links for 2007-08-31
Newspaper alters football team photo – Romenesko In its fall sports preview section, the Carroll (Iowa) Daily Times Herald “blurred” four high school football players in a team photo because of their hand gestures. (tags: photojournalism) Omaha.com High School Sports…
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Real Salt Lake vs. Kansas City Wizards
Normally the first minute (or two) of a soccer game is spent getting ready to shoot. Finding a good spot, checking my cameras, formatting the memory cards, picking a good playlist on the iPod. Not last night. Real’s Matias Mantilla…
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Posted in Photographs, Photojournalism
links for 2007-08-30
Report Accuses Hezbollah of Indiscriminate Attacks on Civilians in ’06 War – washingtonpost.com The 126-page report found that “as a party of an armed conflict governed by international humanitarian law,” Hezbollah had “violated fundamental prohibitions against deliberate and indiscriminate attacks…
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links for 2007-08-30
The next big step: Perpignan The Perpignan photojournalism festival, officially called, “Visa Pour L’Image” may well be the largest photojournalism festival in the world. (tags: photojournalism) Association Visa pour l’image, The International Photojournalism Festival of Perpignan (tags: photojournalism) 26 Different…
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links for 2007-08-29
WFMU’s Beware of the Blog: 365 Days #240 – School Band Thrift Store Favorites (mp3s) I love old school band and choir records, especially if the selections performed are unusual choices for the kids in question (tags: music)
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links for 2007-08-29
alec soth – blog » Blog Archive » Why bother? I took my SFAI class to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to see a show by Joachim Schmid. All of Schmid’s work is made with found photography. (tags:…
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Utah Open
Sometimes you get lucky. Dustin Volk reacts after sinking a long putt on the 17th hole at the 2007 Utah Open golf tournament, at the Oakridge Country Club.
Posted in Photographs, Photojournalism
links for 2007-08-28
Juxtapoz London-based artist Richard Wilkinson has a bunch of new prints up on BlueFlipArt’s site. They are lovely. Even better, take a peep at his website for the full hot order. (tags: art)
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The Funeral Question
Someone commented on my previous post, asking good questions. Here’s what they asked: What I’d like to know is how do you deal with camera noise at a funeral? What do you consider a respectful distance? And have you ever…
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links for 2007-08-27
Kyrgyzstan – Asia – Soviet Union – New York Times Traveling across the country this spring, I felt as if I were taking a trip to an international cultural exhibition in the Third World. The convergence of cultures was visible…
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Crandall Canyon Mine – Gary Jensen Funeral MM
I put together a slideshow from Gary Jensen’s funeral. The audio track I edited from the service is very simple (you have to keep things simple when you’re working 17-hour days). From an hour of material, I only used a…
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Posted in Multimedia, Photojournalism
links for 2007-08-26
Louis Cannizzaro Interview – OUR ART SITE DOT COM His work has been bought by Madonna, he’s exhibited in Paris, published books that you can find in your local bookstore, he worked with Jack Nicholson for his Rolling Stone article,…
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links for 2007-08-26
SHANE LAVALETTE / JOURNAL » Blog Archive » Joseph Tripi: All America City I like the surprising (yet quiet) photographs that can be found in Joseph Tripi’s personal project, All America City. (tags: photography) 5B4: Some Afrikaners Revisited by David…
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Crandall Canyon Mine – Gary Jensen Funeral
Down to Salina to photograph the funeral of Gary “Gibb” Jensen, who was killed trying to rescue the six miners trapped in the Crandall Canyon coal mine. It was a touching service, and by the end I had a real…
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Posted in Photographs, Photojournalism
links for 2007-08-25
The Misery of China’s Mines – washingtonpost.com More than 4,700 miners were killed last year and more than 2,000 have been killed this year, making China’s coal mines the deadliest in the world (tags: News) Josh Keyes | Paintings and…
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links for 2007-08-25
MattEichPhotography (tags: photojournalism photography) Juxtapoz Continuing in our odd fascination with photo series of two juxtaposed images, we came across another photographer with a proclivity for duos. LA-based photog Jon Huck (tags: photography) breakfast photos by Jon Huck (tags: photography)…
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links for 2007-08-24
Candykiller Blog :: More Sketchbook Samples Following on from the previous look at my sketchbook, here are a few more sample pages (tags: art)
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Review: Where War Lives
Where War Lives, by PaulWatson. [rating:5/5] Watson is the Canadian journalist who took the photograph of a Somali mob dragging a US soldier through the streets of Mogadishu during the disastrous Operation Gothic Serpent (Blackhawk Down). The photo won the…
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Crandall Canyon Coal Mine Tragedy – Media Camp
For the past two weeks, as the tragedy of the Crandall Canyon mine story continued, I’ve been thinking about this post. Originally intended to be a look at life among the media stationed at the command post, I lost enthusiasm…
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