Wildfire in California
- Devastation in Kern County, California as wildfire spreads rapidly across forest and mountain, making for some spectacular photos of the terrible incident.
- At The Guardian: Interview with Barry Lategan, photographer who captured the infamous photo of Twiggy — just one part in a series of similar interviews about the people behind iconic photos.
- Greg Miller appears to be taking in Middle America through osmosis and releasing it in fantastic photos.
Glastonbury Festival 2010
- At The Big Picture: Fantastic portraits of uninhibited youth at the riotous and eclectic Glastonbury Festival.
- An excerpt of the book “Contraband”, a collection of over 1000 photos of items confiscated at JFK, can be viewed at the NY Times.
- Tim Dirven, who shoots entirely on film, takes an in-depth look at America from a European’s prospective.
- Something guarenteed to make you chuckle — a spectacularly impractical SLR Rain Cover.
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- @ The Frame: The scarcely discussed water crisis in Pakistan is now beginning the enter into the media’s consciousness, especially with these poignant photos from Islamabad.
- An interview with photojournalist Donovan Wylie, in which he discusses capturing conflict around the world, from Northern Ireland to Iraq and beyond.
- Dana Popa captures a very stark (though not always negative) view of everyday citizens of Romania and Istanbul.
- Want a great photography-related accessory? Check out this coffee mug the looks identitcal to a canon lens.
PLUS… For those of you who participated in the Worldwide Photo Walk this past weekend, click here to find out how to upload contest images!
- You gotta love garage sales — A Fresno, CA resident bought a box of photos for $45 and later realized they were Ansel Adams photos, which turn out to be worth $200 million.
- Martin Wilson utilizes contact sheets to create an ingenious result.
- Rian Dundon is truly a simultaneous photography and storyteller, proven by his many collections of narrative photography.
- Who doesn’t love babies? What a better way to cheer up your day than 30 Adorable Photos of Babies.
Boryeong 2010 Mud Festival
- Check out some wonderfully hi-res photos of the Boryeong Mud Festival, which attracts over two million viewers every year.
- In case you ever feel like being fancy/artistic/hipster-tastic, take a look at how to perfectly capture Bokeh.
- Not only are Magda Biernat’s photographs great, but she has managed to effectively utilize and master the art of the slideshow.
- A cure to one of every photographers biggest pet peeves: How to photograph TVs without capturing annoying squiggle lines.
- If you think the Gulf has it bad, take a second look at these riveting photos from the oil spill in Dalian, China.
- NYC Photographers: Check out this cool photo-contest about capturing the essence of Brooklyn.
- Jessica Hilltout has captured the beauty in bleakness in her polaroid-framed photos from around the world.
- Working on getting the perfect landscape photo? Get some inspiration from these 30 amazing photographs of landscapes.
- With power failures stranding 200,000 people in DC without electricity for up to a week, not to mention flash-flooding in Milwaukee, I think we can all appreciate these fantastic photos of world wide crazy weather in 2010.
- Ten quintessential tips and pieces of advice for photojournalists.
- Never before has an artist given the middle America such a nouvelle vague, post-punk vibe, but Andy Spear somehow manages to capture it.
- Check out these four fairly simple and straight-forward steps to help make you photos pop through Photoshop.
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