April Maciborka Photography. Peace Starts Here :: 15 lives. 15 refugee camps. 15 stories. //thisisnotdavema// Laneway Festival | Photographs | Boudist. Tokyo Documentary Photography Workshop. Invisible Ph t grapher Asia. UbuWeb. Magnum Photos: Places We Live. Sandy kim / photo. ABC The Drum - Annabel Crabb - The end of journalism as we know it (and other good news)
Updated Wed 27 Oct 2010, 9:48pm AEDT The following is a text version of Annabel Crabb's AN Smith lecture in journalism, delivered on October 27, 2010 at Melbourne University. The internet nearly ruined my career. And I don't mean in that hand-wringing, oh my God, what are we going to do without classifieds sort of way. I mean the "Oh my really God. I just did something so stupid on the internet that I suspect I might actually be about to be sacked" way.
It was 2001. I was a Canberra-based political reporter who had just left the bureau of The Advertiser to work at The Age - it was a distance of about 20 steps from my old office to my new one, but it was a new paper and a new company, and hence a considerable move. My old editor, Mel Mansell, who is still in charge of The Advertiser and is indeed now the longest-serving Murdoch daily editor in Australia, took my departure well.
I decided to out-prank him. And then, so help me God, I typed the message. And then I sent it. That was 12 years ago. Mongolia’s Unforgiving Freeze: Paula Bronstein - Lens Blog. Kate Geraghty Photography. The Lessons My Bullies Taught Me - Bullying - Jezebel. RainyMood.com. Bruce Mau Design: Incomplete Manifesto for Growth. V Magazine preview: Curves Ahead by Solve Sundsbo. Laura Barton: Music for bus journeys. In the stagnant days between Christmas and New Year, when the streets were empty and the sky was hungover, I sat on the bus listening to George Pringle's Carte Postale on repeat.
Through the bus window the city was the colour of stale vase water, and as the corner shops of Hackney and Dalston and Islington floated by I listened over and over to Pringle talking about her "detailed scientific investigation into light reflected on glass". Carte Postale is a young woman's rumination upon cigarette ends, Streetfighter 2 and shoes that stick to nightclub floors, and boasts the superlative lyric: "You've never been up at 4am with the fear/ You've never lain on your bedroom floor half-blind you'd never love the girl who wakes up perspiring beer.
" It strikes me as a perfect bus journey song. I like my bus journey songs to have something of a narrative; "cinematic mini-epics" as Pringle might put it. Carte Postale reminds me of my perennial favourite song for bus journeys, Inside Susan by Pulp. 32 Years In the Life of Alison by Jeff Radcliffe. By aloa Tue, 11/24/2009 - 16:23 I should have posted this a long time ago, but at the time i saw it it did not impress me that much.
Jack Radcliffe photographed his daugther Alison from her birth in 1975 until 2007. This exhibition contains 32 years of very emotional black and white pictures of the process of a girl growing. This collection reminded me of the Noah Video where he takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years and put it into a video. Please visit Jack Radcliffe's wonderful website: for more pictures. When my daughter Alison was born, in the tradition of a new parent, I began to photograph her, initially in a separate and private body of work. My photographs of Alison, because of the nature of our relationship, are very much a father-daughter collaboration-Alison permitting me access to private moments of our life, which might, under different circumstances, be off-limits to a parent. The significance of these pictures emerges in retrospect. Yann Audic.
11 productivity tips that creative types already know | White Hot Truth: because self-realization rocks. Creative types get typecast as meandering goal setters for a reason. They tend to meander. We resist structure (even tho’ we crave it it.) We relish spontaneity (even tho’ we’re intrigued by five year goal setting plans.) We tend to be driven by inspiration (when we’re not obsessed with looking good on paper, or to our parents – who still can’t figure out how we make a living.) We get there in our own way and when the ‘flow’ works, we’re so smokin’ productive that pert charts and to-do lists cringe in the wake of our creative productivity. 1. 2.
To foster obsession: 3. 4. 5. 6. To keep moving forward: 7. In order to give up quickly, you have to… 8. So that you can: 9. And be assured that: 10. Which allows you to: 11. And then keep on creating for yourself. My Life Offline (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought) Everyone wants to know how my month offline was. They ask it casually, like “How’s work going?” Or “What’d you do this weekend?”
But it’s not a casual question. It was a huge, incredible, transformative experience. Those 30 days felt like six months. My habits changed, my relationships changed, my identity changed, my personality changed — hell, the physical shape of my body changed dramatically. One thing is clear, though: my normal life style isn’t healthy. But the last few weeks have made it clear there was — is. I am not happy. But most of all, I felt not just happy, but firmly happy — solid, is the best way I can put it.
When I was very young, my parents introduced me to a book called Flow. I go into such states when programming or writing and they are indeed fantastic, but also weirdly hollow. A friend asked me if I knew I was privileged to be able to take such a break. I don’t know how I’m going to carve a life away from the world’s constant demands and distractions. Anyway. The new rules of news | Dan Gillmor. You may have noticed – you could hardly miss it – the blizzard of anniversary stories last month about the fall of Lehman Brothers, an event that helped spark last year's financial meltdown. The coverage reminded me that journalists failed to do their jobs before last year's crisis emerged, and have continued to fail since then.
It also reminds me of a few pet peeves about the way traditional journalists operate. So here's a list of 22 things, not in any particular order, that I'd insist upon if I ran a news organization. 1. We would not run anniversary stories and commentary, except in the rarest of circumstances. 2. 3. 4. 5. . - If we were a local newspaper, the editorial pages would publish the best of, and be a guide to, conversation the community was having with itself online and in other public forums, whether hosted by the news organization or someone else. - Editorials would appear in blog format, as would letters to the editor. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. SARAH BERNHARD PHOTOGRAPHY. Dima Gavrysh is a New York based photographer specializing in documentary and travel photography. Red Dust - a gallery on Flickr. Showcase: From Birth, Death - Lens Blog. 'Mum, Dad, there is something I need to tell you' | Society.
Brodie/Stevenson - Zanele Muholi. Brodie/Stevenson is pleased to present a solo exhibition of photographs by Zanele Muholi. Faces and Phases is an ongoing series of black and white portraits that focuses on the commemoration and celebration of black lesbians' lives, and challenges the public's perceptions of female and male identity. Muholi embarked on the project in 2007, taking portraits of women from the townships to offer positive imagery of black lesbians, who are often featured in the media as victims in the aftermath of episodes of violence. In 2008, after the xenophobic and homophobic attacks that led to the mass displacement of people in South Africa, she decided to gradually expand the series to include photographs of people from different countries. Collectively, the portraits become an act of visual activism, the photographer's response to the violation, rape and murder of innocents because of their sexualities and ethnicities.
In 2008 she had a solo show at Le Case d'Arte, Milan. 5. 6. 8. Emerging into the Light. A deadline met: such relief. You would think that after so many years I might have mastered the art – not of writing – but of putting myself in a position to write. Many writers are, like me, fascinated by process. From an early age I wanted to know whether authors worked by morning or night, whether they typed or wrote by hand and if so on what kind of paper, whether they had their backs to the window, drank wine, sat, stood or lay on their backs with their legs in the air. I don’t profess to understand the reasons, but I work best in the mornings. And by mornings I mean mornings. When I have any serious piece of writing to complete I start by getting up early, about 6 say, and I sit in front of my computer screen till mid-afternoon.
In the old days I used a manual typewriter until I graduated to a golfball and finally one of those Brother machines that could keep a whole line in RAM before printing it out. I began writing seriously when I was about thirteen. Political Ticker: Obama speech to school children: ‘You make your own future’ Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama Back to School Event Arlington, Virginia September 8, 2009 The President: Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today?
I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth grade. I’m glad you all could join us today. I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. I know that feeling. So I know some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. Now I’ve given a lot of speeches about education. But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world – and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. And that’s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education. Every single one of you has something you’re good at. And this isn’t just important for your own life and your own future. Nymphoto. A Conversation with Ying Ang. © Ying Ang Once a nomad always a nomad.
While I have been stationary for many years, my vagabond upbringing has left a permanent impression. For one I am forever hooked into a community of expats & globetrotters. And that is how I came across the work of Ying Ang. NP: Tell us a little about yourself. YA: A little... well, I'm 29 years old and looking forward to being seriously gray haired in a house by the sea somewhere, having produced meaningful and poignant bodies of work between now and then.
NP: How did you discover photography? YA: I don't think that we can escape photography in most parts of the developed world where advertising has taken over the majority of negative space in urban environments. NP: Where do you find inspiration? YA: Inspiration for me lies in the poetry and drama of the human condition. NP: How do your projects come about? YA: Ideas for projects can come from the strangest moments. NP: What’s next? NP: Thank you so much! Ryan Carter - Photographer - United Arab Emirates - +971-50-132-5733. AU Photographer Camera Lens Hire, Australian Photography Directory, Classifieds. A Manifesto for Slow Communication. Fall Fashion 2009 - How Could Annie Leibovitz Be on the Verge of Financial Collapse? Annie Leibovitz clearly hated what a lifetime-achievement award implied about her—that the best days of her 40-year career were behind her. “Photography is not something you retire from,” the 59-year-old Leibovitz said from the stage, accepting the honor from the International Center of Photography last May at Pier 60.
She was turned out in a simple black dress and glasses, her long straight hair a little unruly, as usual. Photographers, she said, “live to a very old age” and “work until the end.” She noted that Lartigue lived to be 92, Steichen 93, and Cartier-Bresson 94. The 700 friends and colleagues who had come to share the evening with her knew about the “tough times.” Despite being a compulsive perfectionist whose shoots cost a fortune to produce, Leibovitz was very much in demand. Lately, however, Leibovitz’s life had taken a decidedly dark turn. Leibovitz was born in 1949, in Waterbury, Connecticut. 100Eyes: Photography Magazine and Photo Workshops for Emerging and Professional Photographers. The World of Mustafah Abdulaziz.
Captured Photo Collection » Photographer Collection: Emilio Morenatti Photos. Posted Mar 23, 2009 Share This Gallery inShare20 Emilio Morenatti began his career in Spain covering both national and international events. In 2003, he traveled to Afghanistan as a correspondent to cover the war and the fall of the Taliban for the Associated Press.
He was sent to the Middle East to cover the conflict for the AP in 2005. In 2006, while covering the conflict in Gaza City, he was kidnapped by gunmen before being released unharmed a day later. An Afghan man carries a bundle of balloons as he walks along a street on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June 27, 2008. A Pakistani child looks on as women covered with burqas from the tribal region of Bajur and Mohmand agency wait to be registered at the Jalozai refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. Pakistani court scribe Ruhman Khan, uses an old machine to type forms at his lawyer's office in the Civil Court of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 18, 2009.
EMILIO MORENATTI. AP photojournalist Morenatti injured in Afghanistan. KABUL (AP) -- A bombing wounded two Associated Press journalists embedded with the U.S. military in southern Afghanistan. Photographer Emilio Morenatti and AP Television News videographer Andi Jatmiko were traveling with a unit of the 5th Stryker Brigade of Fort Lewis, Wash., when their vehicle ran over a bomb planted in the open desert terrain, the military said. Both men were immediately taken to a military hospital in Kandahar. Jatmiko suffered leg injuries and two broken ribs. Morenatti, badly wounded in the leg, underwent an operation that resulted in the loss of his foot. The attack took place in open country 15 miles north of the town of Spin Boldak near the Pakistani border, and 120 miles southeast of Dahaneh, a Taliban-held town where helicopter-borne U.S.
U.S. soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade take positions next to their armored vehicles during a patrol on the outskirts of Spin Boldak, near the border with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 7. Claire sloan. MJR. Ying Ang Photography.