Daryl Lang, blogger, senior copywriter at ShutterStock, and (full disclosure here) a former colleague at PDN Online, was increasingly perturbed by the mounting public hysteria and opposition to the proposed plan for an Islamic center near Ground Zero in Downtown Manhattan. Armed with a Canon PowerShot SD600, he spent a couple of hours one Sunday afternoon photographing the streets and storefronts operating near the supposed hallowed ground and posted them to his blog.
- 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.
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We had a great time at New York Photo Festival in Brooklyn last month, covering multiple events catering to the up-and-coming and independent photographer. One particularly interesting speaker was Rob Hornstra, a Dutchman who has found remarkable success in funding and distributing his work, a notable feat in these difficult times. Listen to some of his tips and suggestions for publishing your own photo book from last months talks.
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- Rob Hornstra at NYPH
Go to a meet-up of photographers anywhere in the world and you’ll likely hear a similar refrain: Print is dead. Photographers are so convinced that the practice and business of printing photos on paper, be it for a newspaper, magazine or book, is so obsolete, that few even see themselves as just still photographers. But at the New York Photo Festival this weekend, some photographers, with their feet firmly planted, refused to let go of their beloved photo books and shared how you can do it to. [click to continue…]
- What’s the Jackanory has a great rundown of this week’s photo events around New York.
- Mediastorm’s Advanced Multimedia Workshop is now accepting applications.
- GigaPan plans to make the worlds largest photo which would equal roughly 1,200 billboards.
- NPR’s Picture Show blog shares pictures from photography pioneer Man Ray’s years in Paris.
CS5 is among us, here are some launch parties from around the country to check out.
- In New York: TODAY Friday May 7th at Tekserve
- In Portland, OR: May 13th at the PSU Market Square Building
- In Las Vegas: May 25th on the UNLV campus
- In Utah: May 22nd in Cedars Hills
- NPR shares Beat poet Allen Ginsburg’s personal photographs.
- Burn Magazine features James Dodd and his collection of the youth of England preparing for the 2012 Olympic games.
- The Freelance Switch talks about working on the weekend
- i heart photograph features Andrew Bush’s “vector portraits”; images of people in cars driving at 70 miles per hour.
Becoming a better photographer can be as simple as being one’s self. Bryan Derballa, a New York photographer by way of California and North Carolina, is just that. His blog Lovebryan, is a collaborative project that he uses to bridge the gap between his new home Brooklyn, and his previous ones. The best part is that it’s rarely about the photography. Instead, it touches on the important things that lie in front of the lens, not behind it. Bryan was kind enough to answer some questions for us about where Lovebryan came from, it’s purpose and his own feelings on collaboration.
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